All the cooking and feasting seems to have put me a day behind in this adventure. But that’s ok, I’ll catch up. After all, it’s a journey – not a race. 🙂Prompt 13 in 30 days of blogging is to write about strengths and what brings joy.This is an important topic that everyone should explore
Read MorePrompt number 12 in the 30 days of blogging is to find a work of art that supports your blog. This isn’t a work of art but a graphic I used on a booklet I wrote. It’s a graph of a profit chart. I think it’s representative of my work not just for the obvious
Read MorePost #11 in the 30 days of blogging project is about blogging goals.This is a simple one for me. The goal for Nessa’s Notes is to support my main website Vanessa’s Desk. My business is all about removing the confusion and frustrations involved in setting up and marketing a small business; letting folks know they
Read MorePrompt number 9 in the 30 days of blogging adventure is to make a list of 3 people who support me in my blogging efforts.First on the list has to be the creator of this 30 days project Susan Loughrin. Susan is a wonderfully caring and creative artist and brilliant photographer who I “met” on
Read MoreYep, I missed another day but that’s OK. Participating in the 30 days of blogging has been a wonderful boost – to my blog, my habits and my perceptions of why and what I want to accomplish.#7 is to Ask A Question. Being told to ask a question naturally makes you wonder what it is
Read MoreOne thing about me – other than my near obsession with helping folks pull themselves out from the bottom of the financial heap – is that I enjoy playing games. Most of my online “biographies” note that fact. Cards, board games, puzzles; it doesn’t matter. I just like friendly competition. There’s an online game I
Read MoreI got the line “PR’s Do Work” from a client who is also a dear friend. This is the caption she used to share her success when she was featured in a newspaper article.About three weeks ago I got a call from a reporter for one of the local TV stations. She wanted to do
Read MoreThis post is an article written by my friend Debbie Barth of NC Women’s Network. Debbie would like you to visit http://www.sharethecause.com/healthlineLife Lesson: My Bowling EpiphanyWho knew going bowling could teach me another life lesson! My husband bowls once a month with some of his co-workers, and suggested recently that I should go with him
Read MoreGood customer service is not a difficult art to master. A few simple basics should be the starting philosophy of every business.1. If you want my business, you have to make it worth my while. Show me the value and don’t try to fool me with worthless junk or expensive “upgrades”. 2. You are not
Read MoreWhy is it so difficult to take our own advice, to do for ourselves what we do so often and so easily for others?I have spent much of the past twenty years helping people start and grow their small businesses, yet my own seems to have suffered through an endless cycle of surges and stalls.Both
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