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Tackling Business Strategy: 6 Tenets of Building a Scalable Brand

Success

Work with a professional graphic designer at the planning stage of your business and consider all the possibilities for future growth. That logo may look fine close-up on a business card. Revisiting our example of Emma’s Dog Treats, pet health and happiness should be key in her values media.

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How I Learned to Love Selling (and How You Can Too)

Success

Sadly, this is the conventional wisdom on networking: talk about yourself with as many people as you can for just long enough to hand out your business card in the hopes that some of these seeds will sprout, even without watering. Once you do, you’ll be free to enjoy the process, rejection and all. Some bad, mostly good.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

Success

Everything from the title on my business card to the location of the building fed my notion of success. I can’t quit a steady job; it’s irresponsible for me to give up this paycheck and health benefits.’” In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. It’s the essence of engagement.

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Communication Productivity Tip: Don't Make People Search for You.

Stephanie LH Calahan

  My process is to go out to each person and find out how to connect with them so that I can thank them for the follow.    This is the back of my card as a sample of what I mean: Creating Your Online Business Card An online business card is one site that lists all of your connection points online. 

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How To Manage Your Receipts

Brilliantly Better

Each trips has its own pile of receipts, waiting to be categorized, transcribed and somehow processed into my own personal expenses tracking system. And I will get an email stating that my receipt was received and that it will be soon processed. The next day, another email stated that my receipt was processed. Namely, receipts.

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Does Your CRM System Help Your Business Grow? Interview: @batchblue

Stephanie LH Calahan

The other day I was working with a new strategy client and we were reviewing her client sales and communication processes.   Yes, we are currently in the process of developing an Android app as well. In previous years, we’ve joined the international effort to raise money for men’s health with our own Movember team.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

She gave me her business card. I always have tons of stamps, thank you cards, blank cards, and stationary on hand along with pre-printed address labels. I also include my personal business card with my name, cell number, email address, and city, state, and USA printed on it since I do travel overseas sometimes.