From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Point of Difference

Today, my brother Sean emailed me to ask what I thought about a new business he’s considering–baking & selling all-natural dog biscuits.
He loves dogs, has worked with dogs, and last year, purchased a dog biscuit recipe book and began experimenting with different ingredients & focusing on all-natural biscuits inspired by his own dog Aidan’s food [...]

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New The Mogul Mom Features…YOU!

To keep things fresh, I’m updating the questions for “The Mogul Mom Features…YOU!” (If you’ve already filled out the old questions, have no fear–I’ll still be using those submissions. If you *want* to, you can resubmit with the new questions–but it is NOT necessary.)
If you’re a mogul mom who would like to be featured here [...]

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Seth Godin: Find Your Voice

As usual, Seth rocks. He reiterates what we’ve been talking about with Liz Goodgold, Jennifer Fong, Heather Ledeboer and Sarah Bray. Find YOUR voice.
Marketing (in all its forms) is unlike everything else an organization does, because it’s always different. There’s no manual because everyone does it differently, and what successful marketers have in common is [...]

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The Mogul Mom Features…Stephanie Nash of For Baby With Love

What is your name & how many children do you have?
I am Stephanie Nash and I have 4 year old boy/girl twins.
What’s the name of your company and the inspiration behind it?
I own and operate For Baby with Love. The twins are really the inspiration behind the online store as we wanted [...]

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The Mogul Mom Features…April Welch of Simply Organized

What is your name & how many children do you have?
April Welch – 2 boys (+ the one I’m married to)
What’s the name of your company and the inspiration behind it?
Simply Organized. Wanted to create my own company that would help folks with their lifestyle.
What is your current business struggle?
Depends on the [...]

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Fashion Incubator: Free Access to The Entrepreneur’s Guide

Kathleen Fasanella has generously opened up her sewn-product bible, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing and is giving 4 FREE chapters PLUS bonus material–forms, charts and tables.
If you’re in the sewn products business, you MUST visit Fashion-Incubator now to take advantage of this amazing offering!
Just some of the information included:

What is manufacturing?
What your name [...]

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Startup Nation Announces Home-Based 100 Competition

Celebrating America’s most outstanding home-based businesses and the people behind them
Heroes of home-based business, welcome! The third annual StartupNation Home-Based 100 Competition is a ranking of outstanding home-based businesses and the amazing people behind them.
If you’re proud of the business you run from home, give it a shot and enter the competition! It’s your chance [...]

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Why All Business Owners Should Read and Comment on Blogs

As a business owner, it is important to read and comment on other blogs targeted at your niche.  There are several reasons why this approach can be beneficial for your business.

Visibility – When you comment on other people’s blogs, you become known in the space.  Especially when the blog is well-known [...]

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Have an iPhone? Build a Brand

On the back of TIME magazine, there was an ad for the iPhone 3G with the headline “Helping you run your small business, one app at a time.” There were a dozen apps (for anyone living under a rock, “apps” is short for applications) listed with prices and descriptions.
One that really caught my eye [...]

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Tweeting for Some, Not Tweeting for All: How to Use Twitter in Your Business

As a speaker and author always on the quest for what’s hot, I get updates and emails daily all talking about tweeting. Now let me be clear: these are not tweets, but tons of reporters looking to write about Twitter.
It feels as if Twitter is the “It Girl” of the moment. She’s sexy, new, [...]

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