When was the last time you applauded someone else’s achievement and said to yourself, “Someday, I’m going to change the world the way he / she did.” If you ask me, that would be a month ago. I was feeling really down and stressed, because there was just too many things to do yet so little time. I’m sure we…
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Rebel Black about my rural beginnings and entrepreneurial journey to success. Rebel is the co-founder of THE Rural Woman and chief inspirer of gifted, rural entrepreneurial women all around the globe. We had a real blast! It gave me tingles and even some tears when I listened to it Saturday morning —…
How do you make your employees feel empowered? Last week, I blogged about something I’ve been meaning to share for some time now – 5 Critical Lessons All Effective Leaders Must Learn. It took me quite a while to write that piece because I wanted to reflect on all the tough times I’ve had since the inception of our business,…
Facebook can be a challenge for any of us. As a business owner, the stakes are higher as you invest your efforts into building and marketing your business through the social sphere. We asked Web123’s Facebook community to share their Biggest Facebook Challenges with us. As firm believers in helping small biz owners “taking on the big guys”, here are…
If that funny little “in” logo looks familiar but you’ve never given it much thought, let me introduce you to the social media secret weapon for businesses: LinkedIn. With over 100 million users spanning over 200 countries, the professional world is buzzing about this internet powerhouse and how to use LinkedIn in business. LinkedIn has been around since 2002 and…
“Location, location, location!” have always been the words on real estate agents’ lips, but now with the rising popularity of smartphones they’re the words your clients are buzzing about too. Location-based services (aka: LBS or geolocation apps) are applications for mobile phones that use a smartphone’s GPS to help the user find businesses around them. Whether you’re using them or not,…
It’s all about helping small business take on the big league. It’s not every day that a business like ours would undergo such a dramatic change after just nine months. However with a growing list of client needs and the pace of the Internet changing so damn fast, it was an easy decision really. What the last nine months has…
