For Savvy Tuesday this week, I took a question from imyjimmy on my Tumblr. He wanted to know: What is the common denominator of successful social media entrepreneurs? How many are actually “wantrepreneurs”? How can you tell? Understanding a professional’s level of expertise in any industry is important when hiring or taking advice from someone [...]
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The Office Space Debate [VIDEO]
I have this conversation with myself reguarly. Starting a business and watching it grow makes you want to properly display those smoke and mirrors by having a place for it to call home. It makes it feel so much more professional. So today I wanted to discuss The Office Space Debate and when it actually [...]
How to Start Speaking [VIDEO]
Speaking opportunities are a great way to build your resume as a thought leader in your industry. It may or may not be something you’re actually interested in doing, but if you’re in the camp of giving it a go to increase your brand we’re talking about how you can start to prepare yourself and [...]
Kardashians on Social Media: It’s Not Just a Device to Help You Promote [VIDEO]
Hear me out. Regardless of whether you are a fan of the Kardashian family or not (sidebar: being real here… I’m trippin’ on Kardashian Koolaid and I like it. Just call it my guilty pleasure. And an addiction to E! network.) this is a must watch video. P.S. Can you doubt how much money they’re making?? [...]
The Business of Official Business [VIDEO]
As promised in my videos last week, I made a big announcement yesterday for the development of my business. So for Savvy Tuesday, I thought it would be appropriate to fill you guys in on what’s happening with my new venture and how it’s developed over the last few years. Tune in to learn more [...]
Doing It All
Those of us bootstrapping for our business know what it’s like to be in charge of doing it all. You’re the creative. You’re the design. You’re the employee. You’re the boss. You’re the accounting. You’re the maintenance guy. You’re the only one. I sometimes worry what it would be like to have an employee in [...]
What’s Your Oath of Office?
With President Obama swearing in for his second term, I had a thought: Good to know everyone’s all sworn in again. #inauguration Maybe I should swear myself in regularly to reiterate my goals & responsibilities? — Amy Schmittauer (@Schmittastic) January 20, 2013 At first I thought it would be a funny tweet, but I [...]
3 Top Project Management Tools
Editor’s Note: This post was written by a guest blogger. Learn more about them in the bio below this post. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ In business, managing your staff and their individual tasks can be one of the trickiest jobs you’re faced with. Even more challenging can be keeping track of those group-run tasks, wherein multiple employees can [...]
How to Manage Your Brand’s Community Involvement
This post was written by a guest blogger. To learn more about them, check out the bio below. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Here’s a snapshot of the moment when I almost lost my cool and came this close to physically attacking someone in my shop. That is, if I were the sort to physically attack someone, which of [...]
7 Things Madonna Taught Me About Business
Madonna was on The Ellen Show this week. Something I wouldn’t usually care much about (the Madonna part… I adore Ellen.) But I tuned in and was much more intrigued by the performer than I have ever been. See, being born in the 80′s means you know of Madonna and you’ve heard her music, but [...]
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