From the monthly archives:

February 2010

8 Ways To Work Smarter and Be Happier

This is a guest post by Charlie Gilkey, who shares 8 ways for mom entrepreneurs to work smarter and be happier.
Let’s start this with a scenario:
It’s 9am. You’ve finally gotten your older kids to school, and your younger ones are at daycare for the morning. You’ve got to pick up the kids from daycare [...]

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Don’t Get Burned By Your Lightbulb Moment

Last week, I read an article on StartUpPrincess.com by Margie Zable Fisher called “How to Get Media Coverage for Your Product”.
Step #1 in Margie’s how-to? Have a great product.
Clearly, to get media coverage for your product, it’s gotta be a great product. She’s absolutely right about that.
Margie then goes on to list some of [...]

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Weigh-In Wednesday: What Plan Do YOU Need Most Now?

OK, it’s Weigh-In Wednesday and today’s question for you is…
What plan do YOU need most right now? What plan would help you most right now?
Just some ideas…

A business plan
A financial plan
A time management plan
A PR plan
A product development plan
A social media plan
An exercise plan

Weigh in below in the comments! Can’t wait to hear your answers!
Heather

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5 Steps To Planalyzing

If you’re a small business owner, it’s safe to say you’re using analytics of some sort – counting hits to your homepage, monitoring reads of your blog posts, checking email open rates, or tracking in-store sales.
But did you know that you can plan your week or month using your analytics so you work smarter and [...]

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The One Page Business Plan For Women

Jim Horan & Tamara Monosoff have announced the launch of their newest book, The One Page Business Plan for Women in Business.
“We have spent 15 years creating the simplest, fastest way to write a business plan. This book incorporates all our best thinking on this subject but has the benefit of Tamara’s incredible contributions,” says Horan.
“This [...]

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Something New! Weigh-In Wednesday

I’m starting something new here on The Mogul Mom, inspired by Michael Martine’s “Open Discussion”.
Every Wednesday here on the blog, I’ll toss out a question related to our monthly topic and invite y’all to weigh in about it in the comments.
I think this’ll be a fun way for us to get to know each other [...]

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February Action: Plan Ahead

Last weekend, my husband and I took our three kids and one big dog to New Hampshire for three days. The stars and planets must’ve been aligned just so because, before we left, I completely outdid myself with planning ahead. I:

Scheduled a blog post
Turned on my email autoresponder letting people know I was away
Planned the [...]

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Become A Blogger Premium (Review)

Back in 2007, I started blogging here on The Mogul Mom using Google’s Blogger platform. I didn’t know anything about blogging but thought it was a great way for me to share with mom entrepreneurs everything I’d learned along my own journey without the hassle and expense of a website.
Not long into my blogging career, [...]

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