Today’s Biz Ladies post is from German resident, graphic designer and e.m.papers co-founder, Eleanor. While establishing and managing a downloadable paper company, Eleanor learned how to effectively handle her time and plan for the future. Today she shares some tips for scheduling milestones in the year ahead. Thanks, Eleanor, for this wonderful post! — Stephanie Read…
Today’s Biz Ladies post is from Meagan Visser, a creative business owner and coach who inspires moms to follow their creative business dreams. She offers marketing, time management and basic strategies for building successful creative businesses while having a family on her site, MeaganVisser.com. She is also the author of Creative Business Marketing 101, a…
Today’s Biz Ladies post is by Regina Morrison, owner of the small handmade accessories business and blog, Acute Designs. Regina is actively pursuing her life as a handmade business owner in San Diego, where she lives with her husband and two crazy dogs. Today Regina graciously shares some of her insights on properly valuing your…
Today’s Biz Ladies post is by Katrina Padron, an award-winning director of marketing and a social media consultant. Katrina offers weekly social media strategies through her website, www.katrinapadron.com, and today she shares some of the best practices for creating a fan-base from scratch. Thanks, Katrina, for this helpful advice! — Stephanie Read the full post after the jump . ….
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Karen Kobelski, general manager of BizFilings, an online incorporation provider. While we have previously covered the topic of incorporation, this post delves deeper into the details of incorporation, including the various types of incorporation you can choose from and the best location for your incorporation. Thanks, Karen, for such an…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Liesl Gibson, founder and chief designer of Oliver + S and Lisette sewing patterns and fabric. She also authored the recently published Oliver + S Little Things to Sew: 20 Classic Accessories and Toys for Children. Today she shares some tips and tricks for providing the best customer service in…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from regular contributor Andrea Baxter of Bratface Marketing and Smart Cookies. In this post, Andrea teaches us what we need to know about growing our businesses outside of our cities. From researching the competition in various cities to casting a large networking net, Andrea covers the basics for expanding your business…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Kelli Proia, the principal attorney at IP in Focus in Massachusetts, an intellectual property boutique. Kelli helps her clients maximize the return on investment in their most important business assets — their people and their intellectual property — while minimizing the risk of doing business in today’s marketplace. Throughout her…
Today’s Biz Ladies comes from Lior Levin, a marketing consultant for an international company that specializes in targeted cancer therapies and e-commerce stores and an advisor for the political science department at Tel Aviv University. Lior also spends her time writing blog posts and sharing knowledge, especially in the field of online marketing. Today she is doing…
Today’s Biz Ladies comes from the wonderful ladies at Smart Cookies, the financial expert team. In this post, Katie Dunsworth, a co-founder of Smart Cookies and owner of Spark PR, shares her personal story (and tips) of making the leap from employee to self-employed. She offers some valuable suggestions for taking your business idea to the…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from previous contributor Tara Gentile. Tara is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs and artists of all sorts with fresh ideas about productivity, passion and profit. She is also the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning. Today she points out 7 myths that many business owners face….
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from previous contributor Sarai Mitnick, the sewing writer, designer, blogger and business owner behind boutique sewing pattern company, Colette Patterns, and author of the forthcoming book, The Colette Sewing Handbook. In 2009, Sarai quit her Silicon Valley “dream job” to start a business around something she was passionate about, and…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Erin Giles, a creative business coach and artist. Erin is passionate about helping female entrepreneurs shine online. She is currently working on a free e-book that will be available October 10th on her site, and today she offers her knowledge on how to leverage Twitter as a powerful business tool. From socializing with…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from previous contributor and retail strategist for creative business owners, Rena Tom. Rena previously owned Rare Device, a boutique and art gallery with locations in Brooklyn and San Francisco that was renowned for its carefully edited collection of design objects, books, housewares and accessories, and for supporting small, innovative designers…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes to us from Design*Sponge’s very own bookkeeper, Mandy Miller. With more than 10 years of financial experience, Mandy has assisted businesses in establishing budgets and maintaining financial accounts. Today, she offers some of her extensive knowledge on the subject with a comprehensive guide to managing your business finances. Thank you,…
Yesterday I did a radio interview where I got to talk about the Biz Ladies series in more depth than I normally do. I guess I’ve never really thought about how it might seem odd to some people to have a business advice column on a design blog, but for me, it’s always been a…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes to us from Megan Auman, designer, maker, educator and previous Biz Ladies contributor (read her posts here). She is an entrepreneur who has built a multi-faceted business around her passion for great design and sustainable business, and her latest project includes a new group-coaching program, Wholesale Academy, which starts on…
Today’s Biz Ladies topic is one that is incredibly relevant and important to so many of us running our own businesses: dealing with stress. After an interesting Twitter conversation I had with some of you after reading this NY Times article, I really started thinking about how so many of us struggle with balancing work…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Elizabeth Grace Saunders, a life coach for bad time managers and the founder of Real Life E. Elizabeth empowers clients who feel too overwhelmed, frustrated and guilty to accomplish more with peace and confidence through her Schedule Makeovers. In this post, Elizabeth offers a comprehensive comparison of some of the best…
Today’s Biz Ladies post is from regular contributor Lauren Bacon, co-founder of Raised Eyebrow Web Studio, Inc. and co-author of The Boss of You. Lauren has previously contributed to the Biz Ladies series with her posts on how to delegate roles, HR for the self-employed, when to hire your first employee and how to find the right employees at the right…
