Girl, it’s time to network!! 5 Easy ways to grow your connections, today.

Listen when I say, get networking in your calendar, NOW! Some of us tend to shy away from networking; however, I’ve realized that the lack of networking was killing my business! Realizing that we need to grow, we should figure out how to do it fast. I can say that although networking can be a daunting task, do not allow it to consume your fears. You are the head of your business, and for it to grow and people learn about you, you must become your biggest cheerleader and connect. If…

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It’s Not Personal…. How To Process Your Feelings When Staff Members You Love Move On

When I 1st hired my friend, I knew what I was in for... I knew I would have someone working with me who was like me, professional, knowledgeable, kind, self-efficient, and the ideal assistant for me. When she informed me she would be leaving, I was so happy for her for what she wanted to do for her life. As an employer, I IMMEDIATELY went into CEO mode. Check, checking, re-checking, and make arrangements to move on. Internally, situations like this can be stressful, daunting, and downright questionable.... but you can’t…

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Finding Employees During a Pandemic

While our country is in the middle of a crisis, you can not afford to lose staff members. Your business needs you, your customers who invest in your product need you, and your family needs you too. However, during this pandemic (that no one expected), we are always faced with illness, high-turnover, and temporary staff. “This is a problem, and what are you going to do about it” you frequently say to yourself.  If your company is anything like mine, we are essential workers meaning the pandemic must be non-existent in…

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Mental Health & 5 ways you can protect yours

As I am sitting here with tears in my eyes, my heart in my stomach, and my nerves stinging through my veins because of what my world is going through at the moment I am compelled to speak to you about protecting your mental health and speak peace in your life.   It took a while for me to realize that there may be events in our lives that we do not pay attention to and how it may affect us. I am so sorry for what is happening to our BLACK…

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Organizing Your Thoughts & Time to Make Your Money, Flawlessly.

Most of us have so much to do on a daily basis... taking care of our babies, husbands, family members and our businesses, right!!? We can get so bogged down to the point where we tend to believe that we do not have any time to do what we want! Meaning, developing our businesses, grooming our team, training ourselves and working on our TIME MANAGEMENT!!! The average entrepreneur spends 68.1% of the time working “in” their business—tackling day-to-day tasks, putting out fires, etc.—and only 31.9% of the time working “on” their…

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5 Biggest Problems Small Businesses Face and How You Can Avoid It!

Do you have any idea how difficult it can be to have an idea, develop a plan and build the business..... but NOW you have to retain it! Yikes!! Many small businesses fail because they face the problems listed below: ⤵️. ⤵️. ⤵️. ⤵️. ⤵️ 1️⃣ Cash Flow & Lack of Income 2️⃣ Proper Marketing 3️⃣ Targeting & Retaining Customers 4️⃣ Strategic Leadership 5️⃣ Seeking & Retaining the RIGHT Team Members Insane, right!? Listen to me when I tell you while being in business since 2003, I GET IT!! Been there!!…

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6 Easy Steps to reach your audience through Emotional Branding

I would like to take a turn and REALLY narrow my approach for all of you. I have received many messages about helping with your business’s BRANDING! Thank You for your engagement. There is a HUGE difference between Branding, Emotional Branding, Personal Branding, a Brand and so much more!! What is Emotional Branding: Emotional branding is a term used within marketing communication that refers to the practice of building brands that appeal directly to a consumer's emotional state, needs and aspirations. At the end of each brunch, I present my guests…

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Everything you do, do it with intention!

What are your intentions? I know that I am not the only one when I sit and ponder and see that nothing I want to do is done. I have not completed anything I said I was going to do and lost touch of what I want to do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. It’s draining, it's annoying, it's not living with purpose at all!! Ugh. It’s a new year and that means NEW BEGINNINGS, NEW FOCUS AND A NEW OUTLOOK on life. After attending one of thee most influential workshops of…

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Take a break from Business!

Sometimes it’s ok to take a break from Business!! Funny, I kept telling my clients this time after time, allow moments of serenity, peace, moments of reflection; however, I wasn’t doing this for myself. Why!? I deserved time to myself but I was too afraid to take it, in fear my businesses would suffer. When in fact, this caused me to be irritable, tired, restless and unmotivated. I couldn’t give anyone the service I wanted because I was uninspired to do it. So now you are thinking to yourself, what does…

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Professing My Love For Business!

I absolutely LOVE Business!! Anything that requires a Woman to network, learn, teach, connect, research, scale and look flawlessly fabulous in her own way, EXCITES ME!!! Over the years I have noticed a huge change within Women and how we do business, for there is so much to learn from one another. Did you know: Women-owned businesses employ 9.2 million people in the U.S -Experian.com I remember back when I was a child, I began my baby sitting service! Watching my younger cousins and siblings just so I could buy my…

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