Motivation is part of the tagline for my business, so it’s a word I live with. Why are you working 40 hours a week for an organization? Why are you getting up early every morning to run? Why are you working at a job , then coming home to spend nights and weekends building your …
en·tre·pre·neur·ship (n) one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise. I may have owned my first business for 5 years before I learned to spell my name. Entrepreneur. It’s even a little hard to pronounce since it was first coined by the French economist, Jean-Baptiste, in the early 19th century defining “one …
Whether you are building your own online influence or wanting to connect with other influencers (probably both!), it’s wise to know what motivates each type of influencer and understand the best ways to engage them. A picture’s worth a thousand words, so many thanks to Traackr – an Influencer Marketing Blog for the Infographic The Many …
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Social Media has changed the way the world communicates, and that includes the way news is broadcast and the way disasters are responded to. Since the advent of television, we only thought news spread quickly, but now it spreads like wildfire with mobile access and 24/7 conversations on Twitter, Facebook and multitudes of social media channels. …
Technology has given us the capability to navigate on a global scale, download and upload information instantly from almost anywhere, text, send emails along with a full menu of digital options including thousands of “apps” to manage our lives with. Though we each have nearly unlimited capabilities as powerful transmitting stations, when it comes to …
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Rich Man, Poor Man – Who’s More Noble of the Two? I’ve been thinking about money a lot lately. You made a quick judgment when you read that, whether you realize it or not. I’ve been pondering how the beliefs we hold about money are formed very early in our lives and are so tightly woven into our thinking …
Why Blogging is Important One of the most important reasons to express your voice online through blogging is that it crystallizes your leadership in a very personal way. Most people focus on the external benefits of blogging. Establishing your expertise, building trust with your audience, search engine optimization – these are important and good. But even more …
Blogs have personality. Some are science, some are art, some are business and some are fun. Regardless of your motivation for blogging or the content you convey, there are structural elements of an ideal blog post. The Pillars For Your Post Length 300-500 words is a guideline for a solid blog post. Most people read several …
In 35 years of business ownership, I’ve seen a lot of change. It’s hard to even remember a time when we didn’t rely on computers. It really makes me laugh to remember my first cell phone. It was about the size of a shoe with a huge antennae that stuck out of my purse – …
Edgecrafting is all about innovation. There’s no better time than springtime to plow some new ground, stretch your boundaries and try something new. Let’s innovate! We’re sailing out of years of econmic doldrums (and there’s some tacking involved, eh?) . We can not just revive what worked in the past and carry on. It’s time …