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biz ladies: 5 factors to get and convert all the clients you need

Stephanie — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:00:44 +0000

Today’s Biz Ladies post is from Elizabeth Archibong, the “Get More Clients” expert at Minted Creative. She teaches small business entrepreneurs who are struggling with marketing how to get more clients consistently without pushing too hard. Today she shares her in-depth knowledge on converting your site traffic into paying costumers. Thanks for this extremely helpful post, Elizabeth! — Stephanie

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biz ladies: hire a designer or DIY your website?

Stephanie — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:10 +0000

Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Stephanie Peterson, founder of the web design/development company Fairground Media. Stephanie helps small businesses build their online presence through content-based and e-commerce sites. Today she offers some valuable advice for deciding whether to hire a web designer to build your site or to go the DIY route. Thanks, Stephanie, for this very helpful post! — Stephanie

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biz ladies: trade shows 101

Stephanie — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:30 +0000

Today’s Biz Ladies post is from Carina Murray of Crow and Canary, the travel-based repping agency that focuses on handmade products, eco-friendly practices and a talented line up of local and national designers. With the New York International Gift Fair coming up at the end of January, Carina thought it was prime time to discuss the basics of the trade show world. Thanks, Carina, for this helpful guide to trade shows! — Stephanie

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from blog to book: alt summit panel via twitter

Grace Bonney — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:25 +0000

If there’s one thing I learned at Alt Summit this year, it’s that I can still constantly be amazed by technology and all the ways it makes information more easily available. Along with Julia Rothman, Amy Butler, Kate Woodrow of Chronicle Books and Lia Ronnen of Artisan Books, I spoke on a panel about turning your blog (or other creative project) into a book at this year’s conference. We felt strongly that this panel should deliver as much practical, honest and forthright information as possible, so we jammed as many facts and tips into that hour session as possible. I was so pleased with the turnout and response to the panel, but was bummed that we couldn’t share the advice and conversation that followed with everyone. But thanks to the magic of Twitter, Chronicle books created a very easy to follow Twitter timeline of the panel, our advice and people’s responses to it. They even organized it by chapter- it’s fantastic. So if you’re interested in checking out our panel from start to finish, please click here to read through the real-time slides and audience reaction/participation. Thanks again to all my amazing panel-mates for their advice and to everyone who joined us for the discussion. xo, grace

Photo by Justin Hackworth

Three of my favorite tweets are below. We worked so hard on this panel and I am so thrilled that people enjoyed it.

biz ladies: 5 steps to turn your passion into a paycheck

Stephanie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:00:08 +0000

Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Mariah Danielsen, an award-winning graphic designer and marketer who discovered she could build a business around what she loves: weddings, stationery and DIY projects. She is the owner of Oh, What Love and the co-creator of The Create+Connect Project, a program that helps creative entrepreneurs turn their passion into profit. Today Mariah shares some key steps to making the leap into the career of your dreams. Thanks, Mariah, for this inspiring and helpful post! — Stephanie

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biz ladies: 12 lessons for 2012

Stephanie — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:01 +0000

Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Andrea Mansfield, a Portland-based business coach. As part of her coaching, Andrea curates a selection of business-related posts on her blog, and today she offers an itemized list of 12 things we can learn in the new year to help grow our businesses. Thanks, Andrea, for such an inspiring post! — Stephanie

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