Recently I posted on Emotional Intelligence and thought I would follow up with some ideas on staying connected with your customers. The advantage to being an internet entrepreneur is you earn money around the clock. Technology enables you to bill and even respond to people while you’re sleeping, hanging out with your family, planning your […]
What’s Your Attitude?

Do you happen to have a bad attitude towards your business? Is it not getting you where you want to go — right now? What’s your Attitude? Here’s the definition of attitude: position or posture of the body appropriate to or expressive of an action, emotion, etc.: a threatening attitude; a relaxed attitude. According to […]
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Small Business Owners

Have you ever wondered why some very smart people don’t do so well in business? And how other people with moderate intelligence succeed beyond their wildest dreams? A lot of success has nothing to do with standard intelligence but rather with what’s called Emotional Intelligence (EI). Emotional intelligence, according to Merriam Webster, “describes the ability, […]
What You Need To Know About Entrepreneurial Burnout
How to Avoid Entrepreneurial Burnout Entrepreneurship is a dream for many, and a reality for comparatively few. Though many like the idea of starting a business and becoming their own bosses, it takes a special type of person to succeed as an entrepreneur. You’ve got to have a high tolerance for risk, a healthy self-esteem, […]
5 Tell-Tale Signs That You’re A Bookshelf Brand

“A Bookshelf Brand” – it sounds like it might be a compliment doesn’t it? We might think that our bookshelf is where we keep our important stories and reference resources. I can see how one could think that way, but I’m referring to brands that are inactive for any reason. You might be a bookshelf […]
Sound Advice

We are all familiar with visual brand images, but have you ever considered audio brands as part of your image? Every brand has a visual image including their logo and color palette. These elements are often developed with a special consideration given to establishing an icon. Icons are a form of sensory trigger that immediately […]
SBB Small Spark Contest 2010: Maximize Your Time
Maximize Your Time with Guest Bloggers When you operate a blog, with or without the online business to go with it, it takes up a lot of your time. Readers want fresh content on a regular basis. Sometimes it is hard to keep up with their voracious appetite unless you have help. Blogging Help Seek […]