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How to Get Your Business Online If You Can’t Afford a Web Designer

You know your business needs a website. But professional web services can be expensive, especially if you’re just starting out. If you have some time and enthusiasm, you can create a simple website on your own, and save the big design bucks for when you’re a little more established.

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What is the key to customer loyalty?

What is the key to customer loyalty? “Community! Community is the heart and soul of this studio. The environment is safe and loving and has a Cheers kind of feeling, where everyone knows your name. häuteyoga Queen Anne has become a second home to many students.” —Leah Zaccaria of häuteyoga Queen Anne, CRAVE Spa Puget [...]

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Business Spotlight-Anisa International, Inc.

Anisa Telwar is the owner of Anisa International, Inc., a private-label designer and manufacturer of cosmetic brushes and tools for major global beauty brands. Here’s what Anisa has to say about her business & her life as an entrepreness:

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How to Speak to Prospective Clients Without Leaving Home

How often do you actually get to speak to prospective clients? Do you believe that it would help your business if people could hear your voice? Imagine if you could ‘talk’ to loads of prospects without having to do it one-on-one.

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3 Tips for Creating a True Online Money-Maker

Unfortunately, I’ve seen a lot of well-meaning entrepreneurs head into the online money-maker territory and invest lots of hours and money for very little return. Here are my three tips for avoiding such a fate:

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Online Money-Makers

We love online shopping, but what does it take to run a successful e-commerce business? This month, we want to know everything from the best way to market an online business to how you connect with clients without in-person face time.

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Top 10 Take-Aways from Seattle CRAVE Chat

CRAVEchat @ DRY SODA – Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 On Wednesday night (4/25), CRAVE Seattle hosted a “Girls CRAVE Funds” chat downtown at Dry Soda. This chat included discussions with women of all career types about creating a business plan, money management, entrepreneurship, and what might be most imperative – encouragement and support. It was [...]

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TMI? How Much Personal Stuff Should You Share in Your Business?

Maria Ross, author of Branding Basics for Small Business shares a more personal side in her new humorous and heartwarming memoir, Rebooting My Brain: How a Freak Aneurysm Reframed My Life (Print edition out May 1, 2012). To celebrate the release of her new book, we chatted with Maria about the relationship between one’s personal life [...]

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Smart Women Buy Real Estate

There is an interesting trend that I have noticed in my business, the number of single women buying homes, let’s call it “Mortgage before marriage.” Based on studies done in the United States, in the past 25 years, the percentage of single female homebuyers has nearly doubled, making unmarried women the second largest group of buyers behind married couples.

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Women vs. Men: An investing snapshot

As an advisor specializing in wealth management for women, I have been able to gather some interesting information over the last 15 years about the differences between men and women when it comes to investing.
I am sure you have heard the expression “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.” Well, here are some of the differences between the sexes and what we can learn from each other.

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