From the monthly archives:
Do It Yourself To Dollars: My Tips In Working Mother Magazine
I am pleased and honored to be included on page 59 of the May 2008 issue of Working Mother Magazine, in their Entrepreneur Mom: Ask a Pro department. They included my tips for turning a pastime or hobby into a profitable career, like the 650+ members of the Indie Beauty Network have done!
Click the article page to read all of the tips. What an honor to be included.
Post your best DIY to Dollars tips below!
Save Big, and Have More Left To Grow Your Business
According to money coach Alvin D. Hall, families can save the most money by cutting the family grocery budget. I agree, and joined Alvin and Michel Martin, host of Tell Me More on National Public Radio, to share my best tips on how you can save money on your grocery bill.
While you’re listening to the show, print out "Donna Maria’s Top 10 Tips for Using Coupons," which they posted at the site under the show link. Carry it with you so you are constantly reminded to save as much as you can. As always, special thanks to Real Coupon Queen for teaching me how to save money using coupons!
The less we spend on groceries, the more we have to pay ourselves first, and put the rest back into our businesses!
For more money saving tips, subscribe to my blog feed. And check out these other money saving posts:
Five Ways to Recession-Proof Your Business
Financial Contentment: You Can Achieve It!
How to Pursue Profit
Ask Not What the Economy Can Do For You
The Best Credit Card
Video: Saving Thousands With My Coupon Organizer
All Atwitter About Twitter
I am lured toward new technologies like a wave toward the shore. It’s a good thing too, since it’s impossible to be successful in business without embracing new technologies as they arrive on the scene. Lately, I’m atwitter about Twitter, which lets you "follow" people, and lets others "follow" you by leaving short messages summarizing things you’d like to share with others. It’s like having your very own "breaking news" channel. My "followers" learn from me, and I learn from people I follow. What fun!
I’m planning to Twitter from the Conference of Handcrafted Soap Makers next week. If you’d like to follow the conference action as it unfolds, sign up to follow me at Twitter. Here’s how.
1. Visit my Twitter link and click Join Today to open your account. If you have a business, consider using your brand name as your username since your Twitter page will correspond to that.
2. Once you have an account, go back to my Twitter link and sign up to follow me. (Use the "Follow" link under my picture.) Also, leave a comment below and let me know your username so I can visit your Twitter page and sign up to follow you.
3. When you meet a Twitterer you think I or other Indies would be interested in following, share their information here.
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Free Branding Advice for Max Garcia and William Righi
Today’s New York Times lead story is about the worsening economy and how people are having to stretch each dollar further to make ends meet. In addition to the traditionally employed, the article also touches upon the plight of the self employed. Consider Max Garcia and William Righi, two small business owners struggling to keep their businesses afloat. Here’s what they are doing online to accomplish that goal.
That’s right, nothing. At least not from what I can see.
Max and William are today getting thousands and thousands of dollars worth of free publicity by being featured in the New York Times, and I can’t find them on the Internet. I can help, but first, let’s consider the reasons why their businesses are ailing — reasons that have nothing to do with the economy.
No Hard Hat, No Boots, No Business
As rewarding as small business ownership is, sometimes, it stinks. You often have to do the same things over and over for many months before seeing tangible results. You spend more than you plan to spend. You make less than you plan to make. To be successful in small business, you have to be ready for everything. This sign says it all.
Your hard hat is the tough skin you need to stick out the difficult times. Thin skin will earn you a thin profit margin. You have to ignore nay sayers and haters and push forward with your mission no matter what.
