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8 Tips to Prepare Your Business for the New Year.
Your small business is like your car. It needs regular servicing to keep it running smoothly. With the year rapidly drawing to a close, now’s the time to give your business a tune -up. Here are 8 tips...
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Do You Have a Problem Knowing What to Charge Clients?
For many newcomers to the business of Personal Histories determining what to charge is a challenge. There are no set industry standards and fees range from next to nothing to $100+ an hour. It doesn’t...
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Monday’s Link Roundup.
For first time visitors to my Monday’s Link Roundup, welcome. This is an eclectic list that features articles I find engaging, whimsical, and educational. And I hope of interest to other personal...
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6 More “Purrfect” Business Tips from My Cat.
Annie in the plum tree. Groan. Don’t you just hate puns? Anyhow, my cat Annie is a source of inspiration for my life and business. Previously I wrote 6 Lessons My Cat Taught Me About Time Management....
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6 Ways You Can Banish Freelancer Gloom and Doom.
No clients knocking on your door? Feeling discouraged? Thinking of quitting? I’ve been there and know what that feels like. It’s no fun. So what can you do to get through the gloom and doom? Here are...
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Monday’s Link Roundup.
In this Monday’s Link Roundup there’s lots of practical advice. In particular, I recommend Freelancing: a Complete Guide to Setting and Negotiating Rates. It’s useful no matter what kind of service...
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Encore! How to Get Control of Your Pre-Presentation Jitters.
I’m a “ham” at heart so I love to get in front of an audience, big or small. But when it comes to an important presentation where I know I’ve got to make a good impression, I can feel the...
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Three Big Start-Up Mistakes I Made That You Can Avoid.
Thinking of giving up your current job and starting up your own business? Here are a few big mistakes I made and lessons I learned. Maybe they’ll save you some anguish. Then again maybe you’re smarter...
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Encore! Avoiding the Digital Universe Will Hurt Your Business.
Let me begin by saying there are legitimate reasons to be wary of the ever expanding digital universe – a glut of junk information, loss of privacy, time wasting, and addiction. But there are also...
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How to Set Up a Video Personal History Business.
Are you thinking of setting up a video personal history business? A reader of mine is doing just that and asked for some advice. What I’ve learned over the past 30 years as a documentary filmmaker...
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