Cinco de Mayo!

Today Janet Toering, from All Cultures Equal in Webster City, is our guest blogger.  Thanks Janet!  It is Cinco de Mayo! Never ask anyone that speaks Spanish the question, “When is Cinco de Mayo?” because it translates to “May 5.” Why do people celebrate Cinco de Mayo, May 5? Many people erroneously think it is…

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A Guide for Authors: Building Online Presence

Every so often we have guest bloggers join us, today is one of those days.  I’m working on my book, Building Possibilities: 7 Principles, and I found this information very useful.  Not only for promoting a book, but much of this information can be used for small businesses too!   Building Online Presence – a…

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5 Business Travel Apps

Christine Kane is one of our favorite guest bloggers.  I love travel and do lots of it for business.  You can bet I’ll use this advice!   5 Business Travel Apps that You’ll Actually Use (and LOVE!) If you travel for business, no doubt you’ve got more than one app that was supposed to make…

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Maslow, Again

Joshua McKenna, Executive Director of the Knoxville, Iowa Chamber wrote an interesting article about addressing your basic needs.  He has graciously allowed me to share it! Director’s Desk Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a concept that I very much have a love-hate relationship with. I love how this concept plays into so many different decisions…

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Mastermind – It Takes More Than One Person

I belong to a mastermind group composed of Becky McCray, Glenda Watson-Hyatt, Paul Merrill and Jon Swanson.  We have meet IRL and we often meet over the internet.  We help each other talk through things, work out problems, give suggestions and encouragement.  While reading the Joyfully Jobless News, I read that Terri Belford and Barbara…

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Women in Social Media

The infographic shows the domination of women in the biggest social media websites, like Tumblr, Instagram, and Pinterest which grew their user database to 10 million over the past 12 months. This growth propelled the value of these sites to billions of dollars as of today.  Thanks to Alex from financesonline.com for sharing! Source: reviews.financesonline.com…

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Top 10 Aging Tips

Chamber member Mona Kitt Everson of Life and Health Care Inc. shared these tips on her page today.  We are happy to have her guest post today!  We all hopefully will be given the gift to age and be blessed to be with our families. Aging is not to be feared. In being a RN…

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Are you a role model?

My friend Alicia, the Spashionista, lives in Nashville.   She blogged about being a roll model today and I asked her I could share that post here.  As part of my desire to bring you a better picture of modern Nashville style I was really looking forward to the grand opening of a new boutique…

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5 Marketing Blunders to Avoid in Your Business

“I want more clients! I’m doing all the right things! How come I don’t have enough clients?”  If you’ve ever uttered these words (or even thought them), you might be tempted to wonder if you’re any good at what you do. Or maybe you doubt if you’re even cut out for business. Most likely, however,…

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A Town of World Largest …

Today we have a guest post from Darlene Dingman.  Darlene is a volunteer at the Wilson Brewer Park Museums and Complex.  On her travels she likes to visit museums!  On her last trip she found herself in Casey, Illinois and shares her visit with us. Her experience proves that one person can make a difference!…

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