As we reach a milestone and publish our 50th issue, I’ve decided to take a look back at some of our history. At first, WomenandBiz started because I couldn’t find a print magazine that focused only on women business owners. I combined my knowledge of creating basic HTML sites, with my passion for supporting women [...]

This issue we are covering investing in yourself, in your business or in other side projects. Have you thought of any areas of your life and business that need investment? Are there any skills you are lacking that you could learn? Could you sign up for a home study course? What do you need to [...]

Join me on October 22nd for  A Day of Self- Discovery. I’ll help you get clearer on your business/blog/book vision and idea; understand what may be stopping you from moving forward; learn ways to release the blocks; and start working on a plan of action to make your idea happen. Visit http://bit.ly/jV5Lz1 to learn more and [...]

How are you using creativity to grow your business? How has your ability to create change your business and life? I enjoy taking some time off from writing, editing and coaching to draw. My inspiration has been flowers for a few months now. Yesterday, my friend, entrepreneur and artist Ig Mata gave me a gerbera flower, [...]

In this 38th issue of Womenandbiz.com, we are discussing the best ways to stay competitive. What can you do to differentiate yourself and your business? Here are a few basic suggestions: Re-package your current products or services and offer unique “combos”; Focus on a specific niche your competitors are not targeting; Provide stellar customer service; [...]

Even if you have great supporters (staff, advisory board, mastermind group, family and friends) in your life, take some time to appreciate yourself and all that you do. Here are a few ways to do it: Take time off from running your business to do something special for yourself, get a massage, go to the [...]

Over the past few months since my first (yes! I still have more books in me) book was published, I’ve been through many emotions, including excitement, despair, happiness, anxiety, sense of accomplishment, frustration, and resistance. I had heard of other authors having difficulty in promoting their books, and now I’m experiencing it first hand. Hence, [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, Welcome to WomenandBiz.com, your source of inspirational and resourceful business articles. Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year, to you, your family and your business. During this month, we recommend that you take some time to celebrate all barriers you overcame, all successes your business achieved and all that you have been able [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, Welcome to WomenandBiz.com, your source of inspirational and resourceful business articles. In this month’s issue of WomenandBiz.com, our guest writers discuss the importance of investing in yourself and in your team by going “back to school”. In the last few weeks I listened to an interview with Les Brown, hosted by Lance Hood, [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, Welcome to WomenandBiz.com, your source of inspirational and resourceful business articles. In this 27th issue of WomenandBiz.com, we are discussing sales strategies. Our guest writers are sharing their tips on how to prepare for a sale, negotiate a sale, close the sale, and how to use social media to sell. You can click [...]

During our last WomenandBiz.com writers’ networking meeting, one of our contributors, Laura Allen, suggested the theme Back to Basics. Regardless of your business situation, it is important not to overlook the basics of running a successful business. Here are a few basic and essential suggestions to keep in mind: Treat clients well – return phone [...]

In any economy and especially today, it is important to consider everyone involved in your business, and to take steps towards satisfying their needs. Here are a few tips we suggest you consider: Shareholders/Partners: Invite your partners to understand how the business is doing and work together to create strategies to move forward. Vendors/Suppliers: Your [...]

 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: [...]

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: [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, What can you as a woman business owner do? How can you keep growing your business in today’s economy? To help you answer these questions, WomenandBiz.com’s guest writers discuss how Being Proactive is key in business success. Furthermore, the columnist and management consultant Jill Kanter, brings up the fact that meditating, finding balance [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, As we celebrate our 5th year anniversary – bringing you articles to help you succeed and featuring many women in business to inspire you, we would like to thank you and all our guest writers! The theme of this issue is Stay the Course – How can you keep going and growing your [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, Welcome to the 21st issue of WomenandBiz.com. In this issue, our guest writers are discussing negotiation skills: negotiating price, negotiating to close a sale, negotiating at meetings, negotiating your time, negotiating to grow! When negotiating, remember to listen, to clearly communicate your goals and expectations, so that you come up with win-win situations. [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, Welcome to our TWENTIETH issue of WomenandBiz.com. The theme is on Smart Spending, and I’ve had many A-HA moments just by reading our contributors’ articles. They discuss how important it is to be aware of your expenses, to choose what’s important, to invest in things that matter, and to spend on whatever will [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, After four years distributing WomenandBiz.com with the same layout, we decided it was time for a change. We hope you enjoy the changes, and the Business Change issue. You are now able to bookmark articles, to write comments, to easily locate articles written by your favorite guest writers and to search for the [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, The other day a client contacted me because although she had written a business plan, she wasn’t ready to take the next step and start her venture. She was stuck! It is common to feel that way when there is so much going on or when you are taking a risk, either to [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, Can you manage it all? I’m sure anybody can! But the question is, at what cost? What are you giving up in order to manage it all? And is it worth it? By doing everything yourself, are you adding value to your business, or taking precious time from what you do best? How [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, Welcome to the 14th issue of WomenandBiz.com! Our guest writers are discussing how to establish Business Connections, create strategic alliances (Sherese Duncan, Nina L. Kaufman and Pattie Simone), join support groups (Persephone Zill) and leverage from technology (Lena West and Dan Koifman). You can also learn listening skills (Lorraine Cohen), networking and follow [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, Welcome to the 13th issue of WomenandBiz.com! We are discussing Diversity in business, in the workplace and in life. Our guest writers share their experiences, knowledge and thoughts about this theme. Jeannine Narcisse provides important statistics; Karin Vibe-Rheymer-Stewart brings to your attention how different cultures see time; Jill Kanter teaches how to provide [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, Welcome to our 12 issue! This issue brings information about how to run a successful home-based business. WomenandBiz.com’s guest writers tell you how to set boundaries; how to avoid loneliness; what are the issues involved with working from home; which marketing strategies you can start applying today; how to manage it all and [...]

Dear Womenandbiz.com Reader, Have you stopped to think about your Vision lately? Where would you like to be in 5, 10, 20 years? When are you starting your business? What is the size of your business? Who is your strategic partner? How many businesses do you have? What actions are you taking today to help [...]

Dear Womenandbiz.com Reader, For this issue we are discussing family business and home-based businesses. When I was taking an entrepreneurship class at Baruch College, we had a guest speaker who spoke about family business. She mentioned that many times even self-employed individuals actually run a family business, as they need their family support in order [...]

Dear Women and Biz Reader,We hope you join us in celebrating our one year anniversary, and that this issue of Women & Biz helps you stop to think about your business and where you are today. It might be a good idea to take time to celebrate each of your accomplishments and start to plan [...]

Dear Women and Biz Reader, The sixth issue of Women & Biz brings ways for organizations to cooperate with their competitors creating a WIN/WIN situation to all parts involved, specially the customers. Our columnists and guest writers give inspirational ideas on how to use “coopetition” to achieve success and grow your business. Andrea Nierenberg, owner [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, This issue of WomenandBiz.com encourages you and your business to Think Green. It might seem that establishing an eco-friendly business is costly and not worthwhile, however, even when it costs more to be green, the gains outweigh the initial investment in many ways. In addition, local, state and federal government have established programs [...]

Dear Entrepreneur, Have you ever had a dream that you believed you could never achieve and never acted on it? Or do you have experience pursuing a dream, only to have life and business realities get in the way? I have learned that sometimes all you need is to start from where you are. If [...]

Dear Reader, We hope this issue of WomenandBiz.com inspires you to research the market, find out more about your clients, their needs and wants, their demographics information, their habits, their buying attitudes, in order to offer them a better customer service and to develop a precise marketing strategy. Nowadays, information is readily available; you can [...]

Dear Readers, Our 8th Issue of Womenandbiz.com brings even more inspiring ideas to succeed in life and in the business world. For the first issue of 2005 we chose to write about Setting Business Goals, so that we all can start the year in the right foot. Thank you to our guest writers, who talk [...]

Dear Women and Biz Readers, We chose Leadership as the Women & Biz theme, thinking about those entrepreneurs who lead themselves and their companies toward success. Thank you to all columnists, guests, and women business owners for sharing experiences and contributing to Women & Biz Magazine. We interviewed three true leaders and innovators, each in [...]