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My tenacity is working for me. I have been blogging and podcasting for 10+ years. I have been struggling with blogging and podcasting on a regular basis, but I don’t give up. I am not fizzling out. It has to do with the guidance of my philosoph Read More

How do I communicate with tea amateurs (“lovers of things“) drinkers, enthusiasts, and experts? I have been contemplating on this issue for a bit, and it triggered me to start a new podcast, The Perfect Cuppa – Tea Sketches, and to do a shout-out to fellow authors, podcasters, and tea drinkers: ... Read More

This solo episode is a shout-out to fellow authors, podcasters, and tea drinkers! A comment on my first book on tea, “knocked” me down for a bit. I am back up now, contemplating on how I will find the “first, ten” and the smallest viable audience. Read More

Today Carina and Martin are talking about the presentation techniques cake. A cake with eight yummy pieces. Each piece will help you with your presentation. Go ahead and take a bite.

The first piece of this cake is about how your breath can help you, if you get nervous when you are standing in f Read More

There are a growing number of signs pointing to a shakeup in how marketers are allocating their digital advertising budgets. Now to be sure Google and Facebook are still the top destinations for those ad dollars. But more and more you’re hearing about big brands beginning to switch as much as 50-6 Read More

Before you create that next piece of content for your site or social media channel or YouTube channel or whatever, think … is this going to entice someone to buy something from me?
To start this latest edition of This Week in Small Business, co-founder of SMB Group Laurie McCabe and I discussed th Read More

An upcoming webinar will give your small business the edge when it comes to tracking very specific costs.
With the right job costing system in place, you can keep track of the direct and indirect costs of jobs and job costing in your business.
Scott Gregory brings his 30+ years of experience with Read More

New research from Kabbage underlines how important mentors are to small businesses. In fact, the research finds almost all (92%) of respondents that had one found them vital to success in spite of the fact only 22% were mentored when they were a start up. And 89% of that segment wish they’d had a m Read More

Content marketing remains important for small businesses, a Clutch survey says. But that’s only when the content is useful and valuable.
2018 Content Marketing Statistics
According to the survey, 73% of respondents say they’ve made purchases as a result of viewing marketing content. Another 70% s Read More

I’ve done a few name tag cartoons before, but this one was a challenge.
You have to place the “camera” further away to show all of the tags, but they also need to read as name tags with different names.
There was plenty of zooming and cropping and squinting involved, but I think it turned out wel Read More