She Owns It’s Top Business Books of 2012 (A Reading List for Women Entrepreneurs)
Guess what boys and girls? Time to share our favorite business books of 2012! I love books. I love putting this post together. I love sharing my favorites with you!
So download the eBook to your Kindle or iPad, snag a copy of the audiobook for your iPod or smartphone, OR do it the old fashioned way and buy a copy to have and to hold! Here are our favorite business books of 2012:
She Owns It is excited to announce our new Featured Contributor program beginning June 2012! We are looking for a few amazing women to share their inspiration and expertise with the She Owns It community. We will be selecting women based on their level of expertise in their particular fields and we will only have one woman per industry/niche. Featured contributors must be able to commit to partnering with She Owns It from January through June 2012.
Don’t be afraid to fall: If you are new to business you will soon experience several types of falls. Many people who know me know that I carry around a fabulous pillow that enables me to fall, roll, and still look graceful. There is indeed an art form to falling and picking yourself back up. As my story indicates kick off your shoes and take a deep seat into your business. It will make it a little easier to catch yourself on the way down.
Challenge yourself to set three goals today—even small goals. The point is to feel the shift in your confidence level as you achieve them. Give that gift to yourself! Self-confidence gives you the ability to carry out your daily tasks with energy and enthusiasm. With a few small achievements under your belt, they soon multiply and create a new confidence from deep within you.
8 Home Page Strategies to Elevate Your Expert Status by @MelodyeHunter Want potential clients to see you as the expert they’ve been looking for?
You could get on Oprah, publish a best-seller or polish your home page to position yourself as a top authority.
Photo by SHVETS production on Pexels by Gina Bell One thing I know for sure… being a best-kept secret or feeling invisible despite ALL of the things you do day-in-and-day-out to market yourself online can be frustrating to say the least. Understanding what motivates your right people to share and recommend your content […]
by Erica Cosminsky Ok, before you smack me, let me set this straight. I LOVE my VA. Couldn’t live without her. It’s the “term” and the psychological implications that I have issues with. 1. Like the term “secretary”, which has a lot of baggage and has become uncouth, the term assistant has latched on […]
Rising from humble beginnings in 2005, Etsy has become a huge international force. The site now has over 15,000,000 active members and brings in $500,000,000+ in annual sales. For many creative people, Etsy is a unique venue for turning passions into profit. But what does it take to succeed on Etsy? Is it as simple as “if you build it, they will come?”
In the three years since I began my Etsy business, I have learned many valuable lessons about what works and what doesn’t. Some are the result of painful trial and error. I’ve also gleaned insights from the larger Etsy community as I’ve studied everything I can about successful selling on Etsy.
by Marcy McKenna It sounds so cliché, but it really is amazing how quickly the day flies by. Though technology is supposed to make our lives easier and save us time, somehow I find myself with less time than ever. And I do believe technology is to blame! It’s all those emails, texts, tweets and […]
by Ali Brown It makes complete sense that entrepreneurship is so attractive to women right now. The traditional work model has never been a good fit for women, especially for those raising families, so for us, being able to custom-design a business that fits the lifestyle we want is the ultimate dream. But, being an entrepreneur […]
