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Graphics, Themes & Colors: Fun Tools For You

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Do you want to… create your own WordPress theme? build the perfect color palette? create and edit images in your browser (without Photoshop)? do fun things with your photos? You’ll like these cool tools! Color Scheme Designer To create a beautiful color palette, play with this tool a bit.  Try the random button! http://colorschemedesigner.com/ Pixlr [...]

Overcoming Secret Blogging Fears: How Will I Find Time to Promote My Blog?

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Are secret fears holding you back from jumping head first into blogging? Don’t let them! Blogging is nothing to be afraid of and it can do amazing things for your online business.  This is part 5 in an 8 part series to help you bust through your blogging fears! Writing blog posts is only part [...]

Overcoming Secret Blogging Fears: No One Will Read My Blog

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Are secret fears holding you back from jumping head first into blogging? Don’t let them! Blogging is nothing to be afraid of and it can do amazing things for your online business.  This is part 4 in an 8 part series to help you bust through your blogging fears! What if no one reads my [...]

Overcoming Secret Blogging Fears: I Don’t Have Time

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Are secret fears holding you back from jumping head first into blogging? Don’t let them! Blogging is nothing to be afraid of and it can do amazing things for your online business.  This is part 3 in an 8 part series to help you bust through your blogging fears! I Don’t Have Time Blogging does [...]

Celebrating “Working Naked” Day

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Yes, you read that right.  I’m celebrating because today, Feburary 1st, is the official “Working Naked” day! I don’t really work naked… though I do often blog in my PJs, I’ll admit. I loved Lisa’s brand when I was first introduced to it.  She talks about how when we move to working from home it’s [...]

Are You Challenging Yourself?

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This marks post 31 during January 2012 here on my blog.  It’s Ultimate Blog Challenge month so I had a goal to hit.  4 of my posts were today.  But I completed the challenge! Here’s my question for you: Are you challenging yourself? Some food for thought: “Accept the challenges so that you may feel [...]

Color Outside the Lines

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One of the cool people I was honored to meet at last weekend’s Leadership Success Summit was Lisa Marie Platske.  She’s an energetic speaker and shared some great information on how to step up and become a leader. So I did a quick search and found this great article she wrote about coloring outside the [...]

101+ Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

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Would you like more traffic to your blog?  Join me for a webinar tonight! We’ll cover social media, content syndication, networking, links, search engines, repurposing your content, offline strategies and more. In this 90 minute live webinar (replay will be available) at 4pm Alaska time (that’s 5pm PST/8pm EST) I’ll share 101+ different tools, strategies, [...]

Overcoming Secret Blogging Fears: I’m Not a Writer

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Are secret fears holding you back from jumping head first into blogging? Don’t let them! Blogging is nothing to be afraid of and it can do amazing things for your online business.  This is part 2 in an 8 part series to help you bust through your blogging fears! I’m Not a Writer! What if [...]

Overcoming Secret Blogging Fears: I Don’t Have Anything to Write About

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Are secret fears holding you back from jumping head first into blogging? Don’t let them! Blogging is nothing to be afraid of and it can do amazing things for your online business.  This is part 1 in an 8 part series to help you bust through your blogging fears! I Don’t Have Anything to Write [...]

A Quick Shot of Inspiration from Leadership Success Summit

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Need a quick shot of inspiration or motivation to start your week? Here a few of the great snippets tweeted from the Leadership Success Summit I attended this weekend: You can find more of what was shared with the hashtag #2012LSS on Twitter, just click this link: https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%232012LSS%20lang%3Aen Which of these quotes/ideas connected with you [...]

Why I’ll Never “Graduate” Unless I Want to Kill My Business

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This weekend I’m in “school.”  Yeah, I graduated more than a few years ago and got a diploma that’s buried somewhere in my garage.  But I’m in school to keep my business alive and growing. There’s no single secret to success, but constantly learning more is one of the keys. Identify what’s stopping you from [...]

10 Opportunities to Take a Quantum Leap in Your Business

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Ready to kick off 2012 with a BIG leap in your business? Check out the new training series Yvonne Jones is hosting at http://takeaquantumleapin2012.com/ It starts today! Here’s the schedule, with 10 great opportunities to listen in and learn ways to leap forward in your business: Martha Giffen: Blogging Your Way To Online Success and [...]

Have You Seen “The Rise to the Top” Yet?

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It’s my new favorite Roku channel.  You can watch it online.  Or catch it on iTunes (video or audio).  But watch it.  You’ll love it. Their tag line is “The #1 Non-Boring Business Show” and they live up to it. It’s insightful, inspiring, and fun to watch. Some interviewers have the talent of asking the [...]