I am leaving up this old blog since I know a lot of people still come here to look at all of the articles. However, I am writing on a new blog - for new articles please visit me at http://www.MavenDi...
You may notice that I haven’t posted on this blog in a while. Well…I have still been writing blog posts, just not here. For my latest and greatest, please visit me on the Kinesis Blog (ht...
The Internet offers many, many opportunities to make money by selling your products and services. Some people choose to sell a low-priced single ebook with just a clever sales page. But they are only...
When you walk into an ice cream store and look at all of the flavors, it can be a bit overwhelming. So, you ask for a taste. And they give you a little bit of ice cream on a tiny spoon to help you de...
To those of you who are using Twitter, here is a list of Alt Codes that you can use in your Tweets to spice ‘em up. To use these Alt Code Characters, here’s what you do. When you are in y...
Ok - I am very excited. Here is my very first, brand, shiny new online video. It’s short and sweet, and it’s a little scary to appear in this new media. But I am looking forward to doing ...
Welcome to all the new readers who discovered me through TheMetroMom! I am so excited to have you as part of the Maven Community. Here are some tips to help you begin to write your blog: Your blog is...
I’m really excited to be one of the speakers at the upcoming Metromom Online Success Telesummit! And I hope you’ll join me. I’m one of the 18 experts giving information on how to ma...
Our mindset is as big of a factor in our business success as anything else that we are doing to grow our companies. Every successful person will agree. Unfortunately, some of us have what I call a ...
The Internet is abuzz with Susan Boyle. Susan Boyle is a forty-seven year old woman. She’s frumpy and awkward, with an odd dress, no make-up, and bushy eyebrows. She’s unemployed, lives alone w...
Let me start today’s article out with a confession. I am recovering from a bad case “perfection-itis.” You may know this disease - perhaps you have it too. If so, we’re not al...
Twitter taking too long for you to read? Move aside Twitter, Flutter is here. This is a great parody on Twitter. I hope it gives you a good Monday chuckle: Twitter Love Me! © Wendy Maynard...
Sales are crucial to building our business. More sales = more money. In my Maven Marketing System, I have several chapters on how to easily make sales. Because I find that it’s a place where a ...
Now look here, we need to have a little chat. Yeah you over there. Sit down and listen for a moment! That’s right, I’m talking to you, the guy/gal who is so busy throwing around your sale...
If you start a business, you are going to get criticized. And yes it is certainly a big bummer if you take it to heart. Because nobody wants to be disliked. It comes from grade school and our parents...
We’re starting this Thursday! Just a reminder for anyone who is considering signing up for the Brilliant Blogging for Business program, do it in the next couple of days! This program is a 4-wee...
Ed King, Director of Small Business Services for Wayne State University tell it like it is. Marketing is About Solving Problems. If your business solves problems for people, you’ll make money i...
I’ve been practicing yoga for about 15 years. And, I love it. However, with a four-month old baby, I have NOT been on the mat in months and months and months. Not so very long ago, I would have...
When I first started my business, Kinesis, nobody knew that it existed. So, I began to implement marketing activities to get the word out. I chose a variety of strategies to get new clients. Some wor...
The longest stint I’ve ever managed to hold down a job was for 10 months as a technical writer at MCI - and that place was exactly like a Dilbert comic strip. Every time I tried to work for som...
Yesterday, I let the cat out of the bag and told you I’ve been having a love affair with a number of other bloggers. Well not a love affair, but more of a one-sided crush…or a (well, just...
Lately, I’ve been in a love affair with a number of other bloggers. Well… it’s not really a love affair because: 1) I haven’t told them. 2) They don’t love me back (only...
It’s so easy to fool ourselves into thinking we are stuck. But the truth is that there is no such thing as stuck. Stuck is a trick that we play on ourselves. Stuck is a little game that happens...
Hello readers, I need some help and where better to turn than you? I am looking for an ezine that is really cool, unique, and scintillating. I have become bored with my own format because there are s...
Oh my God. Is is Friday again? I thought it was just Friday yesterday. How is it that now that days and nights are filled with baby love and baby squawks that life passes by so fast? I mean it’...
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