Make It Happen in 2008!

A New Year, new goals, new opportunities! Now that you have things sorted out and put together, put last year behind you, scrap the old plans and get ready for a new start. New things require new strategies, new tactics and new plans. There’s an old saying – if you always do what [...]

Carlsbad Chamber December Sundowner Slideshow

These are the businesses I visited with at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce December Sundowner. Check them out, get to know them. Who knows what "net" can be "weaved" by reaching out to our fellow North County solopreneurs and small business owners.

Tom Schuck
Astor [...]

Networking Tool Video

It’s the end of the year and the business networking is slowing a bit. Now is the time to brush up on your networking skills. I found a great video at You Tube on "working a room."
Do you have some networking tools you’d like to share by commenting? How do you work a room?

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Small Business Planning Summit

Strategic planning is like a chess game. You need to be two or three moves ahead. As a solopreneur, how do you stay ahead, how do you keep up with all the hats you wear?
Many big CEOs have plenty of other CEOs with whom they can brainstorm their businesses. As a small business owner, we [...]

How Do You Set Priorities?

As a business owner, it’s easy to get caught up in the bustle of day-to-day business. In the drive to make sure you will reach your monthly financial goal, it can be tempting to spend a significant portion of your time fighting the myriad fires that crop up every day. Instead, take the time to [...]

5 Steps to Get Ready for 2008

So, you’ve heard everyone, including me, telling you that you need to get ready for the New Year. But, what does that mean? Where do I start? What should change?
In marketing, which some might profess to be the most complicated aspect of business, it is a necessity to have a plan to stay on track, [...]

Sheryl Roush Releases Heart of the Holidays Book

Sheryl Roush’s rise in professional speaking, and now as a published author is inspiring. Her early years were hard, filled with tragedy. Yet, she overcame those obstacles and now, with unbridled enthusiasm for life, she uplifts and motivates the best in others.
Sheryl owned several businesses, since age 16, before becoming a full-time inspirational, motivational keynote [...]

76 Ways To Build A Straight Referral Business ASAP!

This is a great book to keep by your desk. Lorna Riley offers timely advice on how to create a referral business, and isn’t that the best way to secure new clients and work?
Lorna will share with you how one person sold one billion dollars of product in one year with one idea, how a [...]

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How to plan your products
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What are you waiting for? Come and join us from the comfort of [...]

Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Sundowner

The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce will hold it’s December Sundowner at Grand Pacific Palisades Resort & Hotel from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 12.
The resort, 5805 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, offers a luxurious setting and superior service. Grand Pacific is a three-story complex situated on 12 acres with breathtaking views of the ocean and the Carlsbad [...]

Thank You Is Enough!

I was told recently that I’m viewed as always being happy. Of course, in reality (ask my husband) I’m not always happy.
However, when I’m networking at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce’s various events I’m in my element. It’s so easy to network with my Chamber members. My high school buddies would tell you I always [...]

Business Relationships That Work!

Business is all about relationships. In the rush to get something done, small business owners often find themselves with less then perfect outcomes. Too often I hear the complaints and laments of [...]

The Best Direct Mail Piece Ever- The Holiday Card

It’s that time of year where everyone is turning off their brains and planning out their Holiday Vacations.  This is particularly bad if you are a small business owner trying to meet goals and get things set up for 2008.  You need business and you need to get in front of decision makers to make [...]

Sheryl Roush Holds Book Signing for Heart of the Holidays

My good friend, Sheryl Roush, Sparkle Presentations, is holding another books signing for her Heart of a Woman book.  I, along with many other women in the business community provided inspirational passages, humorous and serious stories, as well as poems. It may have started with Heart of a Woman, but it certainly didn’t end there.  [...]