Business Basics – Four Components for Success

Is 2012 the year YOU start your own business?  If starting a business is in your future, you need to be prepared for all the challenges and successes that await you.  This week, I took a look back at not only my trials and tribulations, but also my summits and...

Organization: Exactly Where To Start

The week in between Christmas and New Year’s for me is either spent traveling or organizing my office for the new year.  I absolutely hate to file things, so inevitably I have client folders, brand inspiration pieces and creative books in several piles around my...

Online vs. Local Printers

Only ten short years ago, hiring a printer involved a nice phone call to a local family-run establishment.  Back then, my clients wanted me to handle all the technical details and the complicated printing lingo.  But nowadays, most of my clients want to upload their...

Working from Home: Are You Ready to Make the Leap?

It’s the beginning of a new year, and that means it’s the time when many business professionals rethink their careers.  Maybe the grass is looking greener from the other side of the fence, so you’re thinking it might be time to start working from home.  Or maybe the...

6 More Cool Tools: Own Your Productivity!

As a solopreneur, I’m always on the lookout for productivity tools that are fast, fun and easy to use on the go.  So, as a follow up to my previous post, Cool Tools: Must-See Websites and Apps for Business Owners, I’m unveiling even more (cheap!) ways to connect,...

Find Your Focus Fix

“With the repositioning of my firm these past three years, I’ve opened up a whole new world of opportunity and I have all sorts of directions I can take,” says marketing and design specialist, Luke Mysse. “But I’ve been lacking that focus I once enjoyed.”...