4 Tips For Public Speaking

4 Tips For Public Speaking

If you haven’t noticed, I do a lot of public speaking. It has become second nature to me. To be totally honest, I would much rather be talking to a crowd of people than having a one-on-one conversation. Is that weird? It is something I should probably look into more.

I like the energy that comes from public speaking. No matter how many times I have done my DIY PR presentation, the

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Should I Use Help a Reporter Out (HARO)?

The question I probably get asked the most at my DIY PR workshops is: Should I Use HARO? I know a lot of small business owners do use HARO to look for media opportunities. If you don’t know what HARO is, it is an e-mail that is sent out 3 times a day where journalists can post what they are looking for in terms of the stories they are working on.

In my

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3 Tips on How to Take Control of Your Time

3 Tips on How to Take Control of Your Time

I try to write blog posts about things that I am personally struggling with. I feel like I can’t be the only one that is having trouble with these things. I try to find solutions to my own problems and hope that sharing them can help some other small business owner.

Now that summer is over, my schedule has seemed to explode with meetings

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Dealing with Anxiety and Worry as an Entrepreneur

Dealing with Anxiety and Worry as an Entrepreneur

Dealing with Anxiety and Worry as an Entrepreneur

I have always been an anxious person. For as long as I remember, my mind always scans every situation looking for all the signs of what can go wrong while preparing for all the worst case scenarios. I do this way before anything has actually gone wrong, and most of the time everything ends up being fine.

Working for yourself can come with a string of ups

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5 Tips for Getting Your Product Into Holiday Gift Guides

5 Tips for Getting Your Product Into Holiday Gift Guides

Last year, it was estimated that Americans would spend $1 trillion on Christmas gifts, averaging a spend of over $400 per person. As millennials move into their prime spending years, that means small businesses have a huge opportunity to capture a market that has proven to prefer shopping small when finding unique gifts for their loved ones.

But how do they know what to look for?

Annual gift guides are what people consult when shopping for that perfect present, and now is the time to get your business featured on those quintessential

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Dealing with Professional Setbacks as an Entrepreneur

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I have been thinking a lot about this blog post for the last few weeks, but I am only sitting down now to write it. Quite frankly, I wasn’t sure if I was going to write it because to be honest it embarrassing. No one wants to blast to the world that something they are working on failed.I had to cancel some of my DIY PR workshops in July because despite my efforts to promote the events on social media I wasn’t able to get anyone to sign up. Even writing that sentence out makes me a little sick to

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Interview: Should you Hire a Coach for Your Business?

Kavita Sahai, CEO / Founder of Have BIGplans, has 10+ years of experience working with entrepreneurs that are looking to better the world through technology, education, healthcare and/or business model innovation. She has worked on over $800M successful investment plans.

Through a proven process, she will help you create a 21st-century business plan and execute on it. She has worked as a professional investor with large investment firms like Sun Capital Partners

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Getting the most out of your internship

Odds are, at some point in your high school or college career, you’ll work in some kind of internship. And for good reason- internships help you learn about potential careers, grow your network and can even maybe lead to full-time employment. While interning, it’s important to always put your best foot forward and work hard to impress your co-workers. Use these tips to help you maximize the return on your internship experience.

Be on time- Get to work or any kind of meeting early, or at the very least on time. Don’t leave early and stay until your work is

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Career Confidential: Liz Anne Hill

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Full Name?: Liz Anne Hill

Position / Job title?: Starling Glow‘s singer

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A pop star veterinarian. I wanted to tour the country healing animals in my mobile vet-clinic aka tour bus, while selling out arenas at night. Then I took a biology class in college and decided I had better just stick with

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8 Tips for Positive Self-Talk to Spur Success

Each of us has about 50,000 thoughts each day. Most are judgments. Many are negative. All are stories. Most of them are fiction.

We find ourselves saying:Grace Killelea LO

“I’m never going to get that promotion.”

“Money is not my strong suit.”

“I’m so disorganized!”

If we hear these “lies” enough, they can end up becoming truths.

Self-talk is one of the easiest ways to sabotage your business career as well as your social life, and, conversely, one of the easiest ways to

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