EB: Dear Jennifer:You’ve been contributing to WomenandBiz.com since March 2007, when we published our 6th issue. We truly appreciate your expert contribution. Through your articles, our readers came to learn a lot about internet marketing, social media, website design and content and just a little bit about yourself and your own experience. I thought it [...]

 Dear Entrepreneur,
How is your business doing? It is time to do a business check up and find out. This way, you can knowingly choose to improve the areas that are not working so well, and to maintain the ones that are helping your business thrive.
Some of the areas you might consider reviewing are: Operations – [...]

EB: Dear Monique:
It’s been over a year since we featured you on WomenandBiz.com. Could you give us an update on your business?
Monique:  Dessert Noir Café & Bar in Beaverton, Oregon, has now been open for four years as of January 29, 2009.  In addition to delivering great desserts, fantastic cocktails, and delectable savory [...]

As businesswomen, we’re constantly delivering messages (a/k/a, public speech) about the services and products we provide-and we need to make sure those messages stay relevant and fresh.
Sometimes the realization that we’ve fallen out of step with our customers comes from hard experience:  A drop in sales…    the loss of a valued client…   or an event [...]

My grandmother often said, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”  And while that sounds like something out of the Farmer’s Almanac, it really bears out when it comes to legal issues in your business.  It’s similar to why I go in for my annual physical every year.  If there’s a problem [...]

 In today’s economy, it can be challenging to maintain an accurate sense of where you are with your business.  Inundated with “doom and gloom” projections from the media, it’s easy to envision the worst case as your inescapable destiny.  Self-fulfilling prophecies aside, imagining your business going down the drain doesn’t make for a pleasant day.
While [...]

 What gets your attention faster – a faucet with a slow leak or a busted pipe causing a flood? The flood, of course.  Does that make the slow leak any less of a threat?  No.
I’m willing to gamble that right now, you have a slow leak in your business.  And, odds are, you won’t address [...]

 If we listen to the media, 2009 is shaping up to be a tough year.  People are losing jobs and homes and businesses are struggling. A tough economy, however, does not mean that no one will ever buy anything or that no business at all will be done in 2009.  What it does mean is [...]

 1 – Do what you love and Love what you do!
Have a strong passion for what you do and you will be good at what you are doing. If you are truly happy at work, you won’t have to drag yourself out of bed every morning and you’ll find that the time will fly [...]

In a recent article included in Issue # 23 ‘Being Proactive’ for Women & Biz.com, I discussed personal self-worth as a vital practice for every entrepreneur.  Following that vein, this article will cover the best way I know to incorporate self-care, wellness and personal value check-ins within the context of your, perhaps stressful, workday. It is [...]

 January is already over. Time goes so fast that we usually don’t have enough time to do everything we would like. I am sure you probably have your to do list in the morning and when the evening comes you still have a lot to accomplish from it. You got distracted during the day, something [...]

 What message are you and your business projecting to the public-at-large these days? Is your image up to the competition and challenges in the current market? Or are you getting lost in the shuffle?
How you answer these questions has everything to do with your current level of success! Has your business fallen off? With a [...]

 While many of us take stock of our personal lives at the beginning of each year and make resolutions to improve our live styles that will ultimately benefit our health and well being, the beginning of a new year is also the perfect time to assess the organizational health of our companies.  A rather simple [...]

 In the “7 Habits of a Highly Effective Leader”, author Steven R. Covey reminds future leaders that they must start with the beginning in mine. Through many well-spoken affirmations and long hours sitting at the computer, followed by down time with the family, the entrepreneur takes the first step, emerges from the cocoon of their [...]

 This is a time of change. Business changes, changes in leadership of our country, changes in the economy – they affect every area of our lives.
Now is the time to look at your business and determine whether or not you are ready to deal with the upcoming challenges. My own business has experienced various changes [...]

Dear Entrepreneur,
How is your business doing? It is time to do a business check up and find out. This way, you can knowingly choose to improve the areas that are not working so well, and to maintain the ones that are helping your business thrive.
Some of the areas you might consider reviewing are: Operations – [...]