Ready to Start a Blog - Why Wordpress?

Are you having trouble deciding which blogging platform is right for you and your business? If you’re looking for an easily customizable and user friendly option, look no further than WordPress.

What WordPress Has to Offer

WordPress offers easily customizable templates with many templates to choose from. Some of these templates are free and can be found online through a search engine, via the WordPress website, or from developers themselves. Other WordPress templates can be created and designed by a professional to meet your specific business needs.

And you can also find WordPress templates available for sale online. In short, you can create a 100% unique website with WordPress templates.

It’s so very easy to use. Whether you’re a blogging novice or an industry expert, WordPress offers a user friendly control panel. Even the customization of readymade templates is pretty straightforward.

And there are blog posts, manuals and forums on just about every WordPress topic under the sun which means if you have a question, chances are the answer is out there and easy to find.

Widgets and plug-ins. Because WordPress is so very popular, there are literally thousands of developers continuously working to create widgets and plug-ins to solve the needs of business owners like you and to make your blog experience unique for your readers and customers.

Widgets and plug-ins cater to just about every interest or need from games, to social networking to SEO tracking and data. If you need it, you can probably find it in a widget or a plug-in.

All in all, Wordpress is a great option and I highly recommend hosting your wordpress blog yourself. It is a very small investment to host your own blog and worth it!

Tackling the Time Monster

How often do you find yourself running around crazy feeling like you're not getting anything done and thinking you just don't have enough time?

How you "see" your time directly affects how you utilize it and how you feel as you go through-out your day. If you're not careful, you will find your business and life running you, instead of "you" being the master of your business and life.

It wasn't too long ago that my business and life were running me all over the place! I had to step back and realize that my relationship with my time was totally unhealthy! I always felt like I never had enough time and that I was never getting anything accomplished. I am sure you can identify with that feeling... I think it can be pretty common and you know that it isn't fun!

So, how do you go about changing your relationship with time? Here is what worked for me!

• Set your intentio to change your thinking about time. When you feel rushed or find the chatter in your head saying "you don't have enough time"... STOP. Battle it with positive affirmations like "I have more than enough time", "time is on my side", "everything that needs to get done, will!".


• Remind yourself that what needs to get done, will. You know that anything that you have ever needed to get done has gotten done. Even if you have had to pull an all-nighter you got it done! (note: all-nighters not recommended after 25)


• Prioritize your time. Map out your month, your week, your day and set your priorities. What do you want to get done NO MATTER WHAT. When you get it done... check those baby's off your to-do list and trust me you feel a lot of accomplishment!

Your time, just like your life, is all on how you see it. If you think you don't have enough time... you are probably right. If you think you have all the time in the world... you are probably right! So, remember YOU HAVE TIME! Ahhh... now doesn't that feel better knowing that you have all the time you need!!!!

Creating Your Own Success Plan and Celebrating YOU

One of the most important things you can do in business is create and identify your achievements. Goals not only help you stay motivated, but they are the starting point for helping you break it down into tasks and small steps.

Here are some tips to help you create your own success plan:

#1 – Chart your goals. Keeping track of your goals is important. You may want to start by writing down all of your goals in one place where you can easily keep track of them. Give your goals estimated dates of accomplishment and reward yourself as you tick off your successes.

Keeping track of your goals in this manner will help you stay motivated and keep you moving in the right direction. Experts have agreed that we are more likely to stick to our plans if we have well-thought out and specific goals we’re aiming for. Writing down your goals and giving them a due date helps you do this.

#2 – Overcome your obstacles. We all have obstacles we need to find a way around. In business, it may be balancing your family life with work, or perhaps squeezing in time to build your business around your full-time job. Whatever your current situation, it may help to write down your obstacles together with a resolution plan to help you get over them.

For example, if you have very little time to build your business, write a realistic plan to keep you on track. Even if you only have four hours a week, it’s much more realistic to write that down than to aim for ten hours and end up disappointed.

#3 – Celebrate your success. Many of us have goals which we strive for, but often times we only celebrate our big accomplishments. However, it’s important to celebrate the small successes just as much as the big ones.

A good way to do this is to have smaller goals as well as large ones. Then chart down your progress and identify all of your achievements – big or small.

Taking time to celebrate your small achievements will give you a sense of accomplishment. It will help fire you up and make it easier to tackle your larger goals. It really doesn’t matter how you celebrate as long as you acknowledge your job well done.

5 Reasons to set-up a Google Profile Today

You launched your business and you’re blogging, you’re using social networking sites, and you’re going to networking meetings, but have you set-up a Google Profile? Google is one of the biggest search engines out there today and you absolutely want to make sure that Google is linked to you!

Here are 5 reasons you should set-up your profile today!

1. Your profile will appear at the bottom of the first page on Google. You know that everybody checks everybody else out online now. Let’s just say you are at a networking meeting and you meet Susie and set-up a one on one next week. Before meeting with her, you think what else should I know about Susie and do a Google search. If Susie has set-up a Google Profile, you would find her listed at the bottom of the first page with all the information she wants you to know.

2. Your profile can include links to your Blog, Website, Social Media Pages, Services, Products, YouTube videos or whatever you want to put links to. This is a great tool to help people connect to what you offer!

3. You can have your bio on your profile. Let people know who you are, what you offer and how you can help them.

4. Your profile can include photos! Flicker photos can be integrated onto your profile! If you make Cakes, Design Jewelry, have an Apparel line or have samples of your work, you can include them on your profile. How great is that? Let a potential client experience what you offer via pictures!!

5. Having a profile on Google is not only a great way to help brand you, but it is a great way to promote your business too! Take advantage of another opportunity for you to showcase what you want people to know about YOU and YOUR BIZ.

It only takes a few minutes to set-up your Google Profile and is free to do! You can set-up your Google Profile by going to www.google.com/profiles. For the small investment in time, you have nothing but opportunity to gain.

The Buzz on Blogging and How It Effects Your Biz

Whether your new to business or been in it awhile, you have likely heard about blogging. Blogging may seem like just another thing you have to do in the long list of to-do's to run and grow your business, but used properly it can create more visibility for you. So, in other words it is a great tool to attract potential clients.

If you optimize your blog and post consistently valuable and useful information the search engines will love you. Simply put, when someone types in keywords of something they are looking for and you are blogging about what they are looking for on a regular basis, they are likely going to find you in the search results.



Basically, you are creating a valuable tool to drive traffic to your website and it cost you practically nothing. The best part is that these people searching and finding you are considered "pre-qualified" because they have chosen to click through to read your content. If your content is valuable and informative they are going to want more and will likely sign-up for your list.

You are building a relationship with your blog readers. They are getting to know, like and trust you through your posts and interaction on comments. This helps make it easier for them to take action in the future when you offering a product or service to them. They are more inclined to buy because you have built that relationship with them and experienced your expertise.

Remember that blogging is a marketing tool and to make it work you have to be consistent. You should be blogging at least two to three times a week. Saying you don't have enough time is an excuse. You have to make time. It is just as important as going to your networking events or any other social media that you spend your time on. You are doing it to attract new clients, period.

Blogging is a wonderful way to connect with your audience, to provide valuable and useful information to prospects and customers, to sell your products and services, and to drive traffic to your website. Have fun with it and just do it!

Create Your Perfect Day... Week... Month

Have you ever thought about what a perfect day would look like? I mean seriously, you might be surprised at what you come up with. I was. At first I caught myself day dreaming and imagining aspects of a somewhat material life, but when I thought about a typical day and what would put a smile on my face each and every day I was surprised.

The truth is a perfect day is likely for most people very simple and quaint. A perfect day encompasses not just work time, but play time and of course me time too! It is a day that makes you feel whole; and nourishes your physical, emotional and intellectual well being.

To get started creating your perfect day, think about what is really important to you. What matters the most and use this list to guide you as you map out what your perfect day would look like.

Here is an example of my perfect day.

6:00 -6:15 Wake-up - I'm Alive

6:15-7:00 Enjoy Yummy Delicious Coffee/Get Kids Ready

7:00 -7:30 Drop the Monkeys Off at School

7:30 -9:00 Work-out/ Get Clean & Beautified / Have Breakfast

9:00 -10:00 Power Hour - Answer Emails, Return Phone Calls, Update Website

10:00 -10:45 Client

11:00 -11:45 Client

12:00 -12:30 Lunch/ Errands / Read-Education

12:30 -1:00 Marketing - Write Articles, Post, Update, Newsletter Etc

1:00 - 1:45 Client

2:00 - 2:45 Client

3:00 - 3:30 Pick-up kids

3:30 - 4:00 Answer Email / Return Phone Calls / Prepare for next day

4:00 - 7:00 Open Time / Family Time / Dinner Time

7:00 - 8:30 Biz Development Activities

8:30 - 9:30 Downtime / Me Time

9:30 Night Night


My day doesn't always happen in this order, but I try to make sure that I follow this as best I can and most importantly implement the things that are most important on a daily basis.

The joy you will get by creating your Perfect Day is amazing. Just simply laying it out has an impact on your well being, because often we haven't even recognized what are perfect day is and/or maybe we are already living it and not truly being grateful for it.

Lets take this perfect day to the next level. How do we create our perfect week and perfect month? It is simple you take the basis of your perfect day and expand it into your week and month.

Lets talk business. One of the best things you can do is get clear on what it takes to run your business. Write down everything you need to do to make your business operate. Now plug these task items into your week and or month depending on how often you need to do them or better yet get rid of the ones that are not a good use of your time and hire a VA or intern.

A couple of things to think about:

• Group meetings, phone calls and/or like items together to make the best use of your time.
  Make sure to include dedicated time that you are going to work on your business and not in your business, this is your business development time.


• Figure out how much money you want to make and work it backwards. How many hours do you have to work to meet that goal and then plug it into your day/week/month.


• Decide what your "Me Time" is. Make yourself plug this in! It is too easy to skip past the "me time" like it is some task that you will do later and this is vital to both the success of your business and your sanity. Trust me!


• Plug some fun time into your weekends! I love to hike, so I know that twice a month I grab the family and head out to hike the trails of AZ.

Just by taking the time to think about what is most important to you and then creating your day, week and month around this makes a huge impact on your life and your business. It rejuvenates you, pushes you forward, makes it easy to pop out of bed in the morning to take action and creates inner peace.

One of my favorite sayings when I was a very young lady and still is; Always Take Time to Stop and Smell the Flowers.

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