Starting a business is hard! It’s early mornings, late nights and working when others are off. It’s caffeine, stress, and “Wait, did I eat today?” I knew all of this going in. What I didn’t know is how much I would rely on the mentorship, expertise and kindness of others to keep me on course…

Last week I presented a webinar on the importance of blogging, in which I briefly touched on how blogs are considered “link magnets.” And why wouldn’t they be? Linking to informative, educational blogs is a great way to help searchers learn more about a topic. Perhaps the linked article explores a focus area more in…

Blogging. You’ve heard the term. You probably even know that a blog is a section on a website that is frequently updated with content relevant to the business.  But why do smart, innovative business owners implement a blog, and is it really worth all the effort?  In short: while generating ideas and content consistently for…

By now, I’m sure you’ve all heard some iteration of what I lovingly call “the ham story” at some point. It goes like this:  A young girl was watching her mother bake a ham for the Thanksgiving gathering and noticed her mom cutting off the ends before placing it in the oven. “Mom, why do…

Anyone who knows me personally knows I love to read. I have a list of “want to read” books on Goodreads that will take me years to work through, if ever, because I’m constantly adding or reading different titles. For several years, I read only nonfiction books, from memoirs, biographies and autobiographies to historical, science-related…

If you’re a professional in business, media, law, healthcare, or a host of other fields, chances are you know how critical transcriptions can be to your services. Whether you need transcriptions for medical documents, to create subtitles or notes for online video posting, or you need notes from a live event to help guide you…