Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 8/27/10

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on August 27, 2010 in: Weekend Reading

The Ben Franklin School of Persuasion – Benjamin Franklin was a serial entrepreneur, regularly seeing huge success implementing ideas which others thought were impossible or pointless.
Free Information Isn’t Enough Anymore – The next place of growth for service professionals and information marketers is to take all the free information you research and produce for your [...]

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Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 8/20/10

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on August 20, 2010 in: Coaching, Weekend Reading

Do It Right the First Time & Do It With Class – When you don’t give something the proper effort, often the results are not satisfactory. Then you find yourself in the position that you have to do it again. Not doing a task “right the first time” often creates more work.
Having a strategy doesn’t [...]

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Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 8/13/10

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on August 13, 2010 in: Weekend Reading

Reminding Yourself That You Love What You Do – As creative professionals, it’s easy to get caught up in the business end of things and not actually spending much time doing anything for ourselves. If you are freelancing or working at an agency, it’s important to have something in your pipeline that’s done just for [...]

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Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 8/6/10

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on August 6, 2010 in: Weekend Reading

Why Entrepreneurs Need Community- Glen Stansberry shares some killer wisdom on the importance of community. This is a fantastic example of how community is pivotal to the success of an entrepreneur.
Why Are You Scared To Be Outspoken? – The question isn’t why we’re so outspoken and willing to expose ourselves, it’s why you aren’t? When [...]

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Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 7/30/10

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on July 30, 2010 in: Weekend Reading

Too Smart For Your Business? – When we make every decision from our intellect, we tend to over-complicate. We see all the options, have a million big ideas, and either want to improve upon everything or convince ourselves of what won’t work.
The Myth of the Personal Brand – By all appearances, the discussion of personal [...]

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Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 7/23/10

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on July 23, 2010 in: Weekend Reading

Four Inspirational Moments in Film – Movies are a great source of inspiration. You can learn valuable lessons from watching how others deal with failure and overcome obstacles, as well as taking note of the perspective they take toward life. Listed are some great inspirational moments in film.
The World’s Best Frozen Margarita Recipe – Movies [...]

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Even Headliners Struggle…

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on July 19, 2010 in: Coaching

Before Gary Vaynerchuk (the video/social media guru and all-star author), there was Gary Varynerchuk (the wine guy). Before Chris Brogan (the social media guru), there was Chris Brogan (the aspiring author). Before Biz Stone (co-creator of Twitter), there was Biz Stone (the guy with the weird name). Before Seth Godin (the “he’s-never-wrong” author and marketer), [...]

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