It’s time to go beyond networking and start connecting. Being a good connector reaps endless benefits for your business and life. Knowing the right people gets you jobs faster, scores you more clients, boosts your visibility, increases your acumen and skills, and shapes your ideas. It is also great for your health and enjoyment in your career. But how do you become a good connector if you think … [Read more...]
The Stubborn Person’s Guide to Creating Habits
I’m stubborn and it’s hard for me to change. We can have the best of intentions, but if we can’t make healthy habits stick, the results will always be the same. Apply this to any habit you might be trying to create: updating social media on a regular basis, finding time to focus on writing, sending invoices every week, working out 3x per week, drinking more water. Flossing every … [Read more...]
5 Tools That Run My Business
While I might be a branding expert with years of experience in consulting and marketing, when I started out in 2008, I was not an expert at running a business. I cobbled together my operations and processes over the years. Since then, I’ve learned a lot about running a business and working for myself. And that includes slowly finding many of the tools I use to run my business on a daily … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes of Red Slice: Reinvention + Renewal (Part 3)
Previously in Part 2 of the Red Slice origin story… My entrepreneurial journey – and my life- came screeching to a halt when I almost died from a ruptured brain aneurysm. There are just some crises you can’t build into your business plan! But, guess what? The sky didn’t fall. In fact, it opened up to a whole new way of living and doing business that would change me forever – and can … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes of Red Slice: Business Grows…and Crisis Strikes (Part 2)
Previously in Part 1 of the Red Slice origin story… After leaving the security of corporate comfort, I embarked on my consulting business in my new home city of Seattle. Savvy, authentic networking and a rock-solid brand strategy accelerated my early growth, resulting in wonderfully interesting small business clients and a lucrative corporate gig. If you missed Part 1, including my three … [Read more...]