Small Biz Friday: Pamela Warwick

 I know it’s Monday.  I hope you’ll excuse me for being late.  This is worth waiting for. Meet Pamela Warwick.  You may know her from the West Franklin Ramblings in theHampton Chronicle.  But she is more than just a columnist.  She and her husband Tom have seven children between them, and four grandchildren.  They live…

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Ackley Chamber of Commerce

I’ve been asked to keynote at the Ackley, Iowa Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner this evening.  This is exciting and an honor for me.  I went to school at Ackley-Geneva and I know many of the people who are in business there.  It’s been said that local people are not often asked to speak in…

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3 Words: Explore, Become, Serve

I follow use three words at the beginning of the year to define where I’m headed for the year (or longer).  2012 has been an adventure to better wellness, more paid speaking gigs, and learning to walk in my own paths.  2013 will be more of that and also the following: explore: to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery This year I see…

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Visions for 2013

It’s the last day of the year.  A day generally spent in raucous revelry, dropping balls and too much alcohol – amateur night. What if you did something a little different on this day? My friend SuzeMuse suggests you spend the day in quiet.  Suze says “choose to spend the last day of the year…

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Twitter Ag List: Who To Follow

Have you seen all the lists for entrepreneurs, women, business people, educators and the like who are the top 100 or top 20 or 10 most popular under 40? Me too. And I’ve had enough.  It’s time to talk about the 2%.  The people who feed you.  And those who love and support them.  That’s…

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Living Loess

Yesterday I met with the Living Loess group of people.  It included artists, a lavender farmer, aronia berry growers, historical society leaders, a goat owner and cheese maker, a numbers cruncher, restaurant owner, web designer, and me.  This fine group of people are partnering together to bring visitors to their area to see why the…

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Follow the Money

Via: BOLT Insurance BOLT Insurance from Connecticut shared this infographic via email.  I think infographics are a great way to get someone’s attention.  They hiredwww.percepture.com, a marketing and pr company, to create and promote the infographic. What an unique way to bring new customers in the door!

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