Your House Number is no Accident
Vicki White is my guest blogger today — let’s have a little fun with house numbers! …Deb There are no accidents. You subconsciously choose your specific home for a reason. Apart from the energy patterns in the shape of your home, you can also look at the numerology of your house number you discover additional…
The Venue is Selected…
Kansas City is a lovely city. There are lots of things to do, great places to stay and wonderful people. What was our problem then? It’s still a city. We are having a conference for small businesses in the middle states of the US to learn how to use social media. We want to make…
7 Signs It’s Time to Hire Someone
Christine Kane is a songwriter and businesswoman. She’s my guest blogger today – I think you’re going to like what you read! ..Deb Back when I had a lawn, I used to mow it myself. I was a tried-and-true DIY gal. I prided myself on it. Only problem? I freakin’ couldn’t stand mowing the lawn.…
Lessons from a cat
Lessons I’ve learned from my cats: Trust Someone. We all need someone we can trust. Love someone when they need it. Cats are great at just being there, loving you no matter what. Always reach for joy. Watch your cat – they know how to make themselves happy. Sleep when you are tired. Cats always…
Wake Up Everybody
Image by p373 via Flickr I went through my 20’s in the 70’s. We caught the tail end of the Vietnam War, the very very last of the hippies and all of the disco songs. It was a glorious decade to be young and stupid. One song stands out in my mind today from that…
Small Business Bloggers to Watch
They are not gurus, experts, mountain climbers or gods. They are not suits in an office or geeks in tshirts in the basement. They are real people, doing real work, in the real world. Jay Ehret Cody Heitschmidt Mary Lynn and George Krueger Kim Dushinski Becky McCray Grant Griffiths Justin Levy Deb Brown They were…
Does it really take a commitment?
I got asked again today. “Is that social media really working for you? ” Then she said “Well, teach me so I can get more clients too. What are you doing?” In this age of immediate gratification, she expected a five minute answer that would solve her problems. It appears her biggest problem is she…
Planning A Conference
I’m planning a Small Business Social Media Conference in June in the Kansas City area. You’d think it would be fairly easy to plan something like this. Decide the dates, find a location, book the speakers, get sponsors on board and put the word out. The speaker part was the easiest – and I’m happy…
Bio from a time long ago
DEBRA ‘WIZ’ BROWN Citizen of World The basic premise you must begin with is, life is an ontological* process. One things leads to another. Having survived the human war for the past 46 years, I am now qualified to talk and teach about those things I learned in that war. I stepped into the technological world…
Simon Estes in Franklin County
Simon Estes is coming to our town. That’s right, Hampton Iowa – is hosting two days of Simon Estes in residency. It gets better – Simon is conducting a 99 county tour of Iowa. Franklin County (my county) is the inaugural county. The rest of the counties are looking to us to set the pace,…