Avoid a Freelance #Fail with Creativity, “Bread and Buttah”, and Rainbow Colored Toe-Socks

Often, you’ll find many freelancers are a creative lot. They are drawn to freelancing because the idea of making a living on their own terms appeals, so they can free up more of their time for creative pursuits. I know… I’m a pretty creative chick myself. However, creative doesn’t always do the job of paying the bills.  Sure it’s fun to take on tha ...

3 Strategies to Build Credibility with Men as Female Entrepreneurs

This is a guest post courtesy of Patrick. In short… go hard or go home. Don’t waste your time and energy succumbing to fear and a lack of confidence. More and more fearless females are entering the exciting, stimulating and challenging world of entrepreneurship. Owning your own business is tough! But the rewards are hard to beat which ...

3 Downfalls of Being Self-Employed You Can Easily Overcome

This is a guest post courtesy of Kimberly. Working for yourself isn’t always rainbows, butterflies, and cherry licorice. It has a downside just like anything in life. Please make Kimberly feel welcome and feel free to drop your thoughts in the comments below this post. So you got the nerve to step out on your own. Exciting, isn’t it? Living t ...

The Secret Sauce to Building an Empire, Dork.. Erm.. Girl Style

Once upon a story, there was an online friend of mine named Nathan. He used to run a blog over at NathanHangen.com, where, once upon the same story, I wrote a fantabulous (not to toot my own horn or anything) guest post. On said blog, Nathan liked to talk a lot about “Empire” building. He also liked to use testosterone filled words like “Sword” and ...

Smart Outsourcing for Entrepreneurs and Small Biz Owners

This is a guest post courtesy of Miz Sue Fenton. If you’re feeling any kinda overwhelmed with your business and entrepreneurial shenanigans, it “may” be time to consider outsourcing.  Just throwing it out there. 🙂 Please make Sue feel welcome in the comments below. If you run a business, you are likely to be (at least somewhat) ...

Take the Job or Chase the Dream? All In or Not at All

This is a guest post courtesy of Julie. All this talk of empire building recently, and Julie is on a mission to build one of her own. So, I agreed to her submission for two reasons. She has a great story with wisdom to share, and I wanted to help support her by bringing attention to her Kickstarter campaign. It’s hard to put yourself out ther ...

#BGB Tutorial- 5 Tips to Rocking Your Customer Experience

Sometimes it’s easy to forget one of the biggest factors driving your business’ success—customer satisfaction. I know, for shame right? However business owners sometimes get a bit of tunnel vision when it comes to their day-to-day operations. Gotta make that money honey! But keeping existing customers and attracting new ones is an ongoi ...

5 Feng Shui Office Tips to Ramp Up Your Work Flow and Productivity

This is a guest post courtesy of Kathryn Weber with tips from her new ebook Living Space: Simple Tips to Transform Your Home and how the same concepts can help you keep your office a productive space. Ya’ll know I have no shame in sharing my own struggles with productivity and work flow.  It’s seems to be the bane of a freelance writer& ...

#BGB Tutorial- Rocking Successful Business Relationships

This is a guest post courtesy of Tim.  At some point in the life span of your business, you will probably partner with someone else.  Whether it’s a temporary collaboration on a single project, or a more long-term collaboration it’s important for you to play well with others, so to speak.  That seems to be easier said than done sometime ...

8 Branding Essentials for Powerful Business Presentations

This is a guest post courtesy of the team over at Company Folders, on what it takes to create a powerful biz presentation. I tend to avoid things with the word presentation in them myself, so I thought deferring to someone with more experience in them would be a good idea, for those of you that do erm… present stuff.  Please feel free to drop ...