“What Should I Do?” – Location Sharing

Once again, I’m taking one of the branches of the Social Media mindmap from MindMeister and sharing some of my thoughts and best practices on it.
This week’s topic is Location Sharing and the mindmap shares the 4 big location sharing sites: BrightKite, Foursquare, Gowalla, and Loopt.

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Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 6/18/10

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on June 18, 2010 in: Weekend Reading

Turning Fear Into Fuel – Johnathan spoke at TEDx conference at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) back in April to a group of people on the topic of Fearless! Now keep in mind Johnathan clearly states that he was a bit nervous about speaking in-front of the 500+ people in that room – but he adjusts [...]

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One Month In…

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on January 25, 2010 in: Coaching

In a couple of days, my calendar is going to ping me with a reminder. It’s going to say “One month in – how’s it going, Heather?” This reminder is for me to review the new business strategies I intended to integrate into my business this year.
Each year, I list out a bunch of strategies [...]

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Got a problem?

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on November 27, 2009 in: Coaching

Running a small business is all about problems!

You’ll be more successful when you identify a problem that your target market is facing… and you solve it.

While many of your customers will leave happy, some will return the product or express dissatisfaction with the service – that’s a problem.

You’ll also encounter problems each and every day [...]

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The Three Stages of Small Business

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on August 13, 2009 in: Coaching

In my reading I’ve enjoyed the writing of Duct Tape Marketing creator John Jantsch. You can read his blog over at Duct Tape Marketing.
In a recent blog, The Three Natural Phases of Successful Small Business Growth, Jantsch talks about the 3 phases that he sees small businesses progress through.
The first phase is foundation, the second [...]

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Are you managing? Or managing?

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on July 22, 2009 in: Coaching

Business owners work hard to create a business that hopefully will become a valuable, revenue-generating asset for them. IF a business survives, that is a tribute to the entrepreneur. But IF a business thrives, that is even better.
So, how does a business get from “survive” to “thrive”? I suggest that the clue is in the [...]

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Why Loading the Dishwasher is the Right Thing to Do

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on April 14, 2009 in: Coaching

At a big family gathering a couple of years ago, my then-8-year-old niece saw the adults cleaning up after the meal. She was given a task to do and, not surprisingly, she dawdled. When reprimanded, she rolled her eyes and complained that adults LOVE doing the dishes and other boring things.
We laughed, of course, because [...]

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