4 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was Struggling To Pay My Bills

Why do you want to build an online business?

> Is it for the money?
> The impact you can have on others?
> The freedom and flexibility of being your own boss?

How I run my business in just 20 hours/week

10 years ago, I was running a small music school in the Willamette Valley. In a lot of ways, it was a great gig! > I spent my time working with music & kids. > It was easy and fairly enjoyable. > I was even — kind of — my own boss. But it wasn’t […]

How to Reach BIG Goals

Have you ever started a new year with renewed enthusiasm for reaching your biggest goals only to find that by February 1st, you’re discouraged, in a slump, or have completely forgotten about your well-meant plans for the year? You’re not alone. According to Forbes Magazine, only 8% of people stick with their resolutions with any […]

How To Find Good Opportunities

We all have goals, right? And we all want to become successful — whether that means becoming a published author, traveling the world, or making a million dollars. But, here’s the thing: in order to reach our goals and becomes successful, we have to get good opportunities so that we can move forward. We can’t […]

13 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Blogging

13 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Blogging I started my first blog about ten years ago… and quit it after my second post. Since that time I’ve started a half-dozen blogs, including two that became quite successful. There were SO many things that I didn’t know when I started blogging. What I […]

3 Ways to “Invest In Your Business”

What does it mean to “Invest in Your Business” anyway? Back when I started my first business (and, really, probably for a good 7+ years after that) I was eating up everything I could get my hands on about business growth and personal development. Often, I ran into the advice, “Invest in your business.” I […]

17 Social Media Marketing Lies You Probably Believe

As an entrepreneur in the 21st century, there’s truly an expectation that you are on social media, networking, promoting, and growing your business. We’ve stopped questioning if you should do social media marketing and have jumped to how. Along the way, we’ve embraced many truths about exactly how social media marketing “works,” what we should […]

The Six Fastest Ways to Grow Your Blog in 2017

How to Grow Your Blog What does it even mean to “grow your blog”? Basically, it’s all about attracting and retaining your “who” — your reader. Creating growth starts with informing your target market that you even exist. Because if they don’t know you exist, then how could they be interested in your content or […]

How Do Bloggers Actually Make Money?

“So, what do you do?” I take a deep breath and think, Long version or short version? What time is it, and when do I next have to be somewhere? While I 100% love what I do, explaining it can be a significant challenge! As a writer, blogger, entrepreneur, and owner of multiple businesses, it’s […]

How I Built My Business By Building My Community

Out of all the things that make up a good brand, how it relates to the people who love it is probably the most important goal to reach. If you can create a brand that resonates in the right way, to the right people, then you my friend, have struck gold. Sure – we could […]