For women marketers, female entrepreneurs, and moms in business who trade office space for home, kids, daycare, and laptops, the time's never been riper than now to dive in the "Diapers to Dollars" phenomenon. The great recession was really bad, but if it could speak it would gladly take credit for creating more WAHMs than ever. WAHM is a term you can't miss if you frequent social networks, trendy blogs, and specialty chat forums. It means Work at Home Moms. Priya, Erookie's resident WAHM took t ...

When starting a business, many entrepreneurs make the mistake of trying to build it themselves for the sake of credentials and ownership. After all, the praise, recognition, and adulation they get is tremendous if they make it big,  but only if they make it big. The lure to be a successful entrepreneur leave many to believe they can function better by not having input and opinions from others. They fear others might obstruct their business vision, or offer a different solution to what they ...

I know the title got your attention. Attention whore, attention hog, center of attention, puffing up your chest, whatever you call it is a good thing. Good when it comes to making your business a star. Senseless attention whoring as a constant fix to one's low self-esteem is some other annoying issue.   Let's get back to attention whoring for business. Unless you're heir to a fortune, a thrown or seat of power, most likely no one is going to make you a powerful entity. You must do it for ...

I know the title got your attention. Attention whore, attention hog, center of attention, puffing up your chest, whatever you call it is a good thing. Good when it comes to making your business a star. Senseless attention whoring as a constant fix to one's low self-esteem is some other annoying issue.   Let's get back to attention whoring for business. Unless you're heir to a fortune, a thrown or seat of power, most likely no one is going to make you a powerful entity. You must do it for ...

Exactly how pimped out is your social media brand page. Chances are it's getting whipped in the looks and popularity contest, but why does it even matter? You're probably following the trend everyone does. Build a profile Add a name or simple logo. Tell a couple hundred people to like or follow it and hope you're more famous than god tomorrow. Sadly everything's wrong with that approach. Two weeks ago I was guest speaker at the Miami Cutler Bay Business Association where I showed why and ...

I really love writing stuff people like. What I like even more is speaking to people about stuff they like or should be liking. Crazy fast internet and social media has made the virtual world the real world for many people. Years ago search engines, (not the library) became the go to place for instant updated information. It only made sense to follow the lead and write stuff to get people's attention on search engines. tweaking words, meta descriptions and titles became the exausting thing to do ...

I really love writing stuff people like. What I like even more is speaking to people about stuff they like or should be liking. Crazy fast internet and social media has made the virtual world the real world for many people. Years ago search engines, (not the library) became the go to place for instant updated information. It only made sense to follow the lead and write stuff to get people's attention on search engines. tweaking words, meta descriptions and titles became the exausting thing to do ...

I really love writing stuff people like. What I like even more is speaking to people about stuff they like or should be liking. Crazy fast internet and social media has made the virtual world the real world for many people. Years ago search engines, (not the library) became the go to place for instant updated information. It only made sense to follow the lead and write stuff to get people's attention on search engines. tweaking words, meta descriptions and titles became the exausting thing to do ...

I really love writing stuff people like. What I like even more is speaking to people about stuff they like or should be liking. The crazy increase in high speed internet and social media has made the virtual world the real world for many people. years ago search engines, (engines not the library) became the go to place for instant updated information. It only made sense to follow the lead and write stuff to get their attention on search engines. tweaking words, meta descriptions. and titles beca ...

Exactly how pimped out is your social media brand page. Chances are it's getting whipped in the looks and popularity contest, but why does it even matter? You're probably following the trend everyone does. Build a profile Add a name or simple logo. Tell a couple hundred people to like or follow it and hope you're more famous than god tomorrow. Sadly everything's wrong with that approach. Two weeks ago I was guest speaker at the Miami Cutler Bay Business Association where I showed why and ...

Exactly how pimped out is your social media brand page. Chances are it's getting whipped in the looks and popularity contest, but why does it even matter? You're probably following the trend everyone does. Build a profile Add a name or simple logo. Tell a couple hundred people to like or follow it and hope you're more famous than god tomorrow. Sadly everything's wrong with that approach. Two weeks ago I was guest speaker at the Miami Cutler Bay Business Association where I showed why and ...

Thank you Montrell. It's unfortunate this happens in so many startups. The drama at the top of management often trickle down to the employee level eventually creating an unstable working environment with doubts about the longevity of the company. That's why so many startups have such high turnover rates in their first few years. Each founding member of the company has to put in equal effort.

Who ever heard of a breakout business success story that didn't have some sort of drama attached to it? There are many exceptions, but a great majority of published success stories tend to have some sort of major conflict, founders having beef, or competitors relentlessly fighting to drive a nail in the coffin of a promising startup. Name any one major business success story and I can give you an example where they had some kind of conflict or drama before reaching stable ground and pay dirt. & ...

Who ever heard of a breakout business success story that didn't have some sort of drama attached to it? There are many exceptions, but a great majority of published success stories tend to have some sort of major conflict, founders having beef, or competitors relentlessly fighting to drive a nail in the coffin of a promising startup. Name any one major business success story and I can give you an example where they had some kind of conflict or drama before reaching stable ground and pay dirt. W ...

Whether you're a flashy startup company looking to rank at the top of your niche or an established business with brand star power, one thing's certain, you need help. That help often come in the form of internships. There's the informal way to do it giving a fresh college/high school walk-in a chance to prove themselves. There's a better way however through a well designed and thought out internship program.   Jennifer King an expert HR Analyst for Software Advice had some cool tips from ...

For women marketers, female entrepreneurs, and moms in business who trade office space for home, kids, daycare, and laptops, the time's never been riper than now to dive in the "Diapers to Dollars" phenomenon. The great recession was really bad, but if it could speak it would gladly take credit for creating more WAHMs than ever. WAHM is a term you can't miss if you frequent social networks, trendy blogs, and specialty chat forums. It means Work at Home Moms. Priya, Erookie's resident WAHM took t ...