September 26, 2024

How to Demystify Customer Ease: a Proven Method to Increase Leads

September 26, 2024/ Maggie Karshner

You can't know what you don't know, and that's true of so much for self-employed folks who are just getting started. You could be missing out on clients that you're not even aware of! That's not clickbait, it's just a fact. People interested in your services might never contact you. You can't completely solve this, but there are things you can do. In this article, I provide clarity for the client's purchasing decisions. Then I illuminate an easy but significant change that will help you to have more client inquiries.

July 30, 2024

Avoid Price Increase Agony: How to Easily Raise Your Rates

July 30, 2024/ Maggie Karshner

Once upon a time, you decided on rates for your business. They made sense at that time. But now, you're not sure they're working for you anymore. Is it time to raise prices? What should you raise them to? How do you roll out these new rates? This article is for folks like you: business owners who are struggling with changing their rates. You don't know how to raise your rates and want to confidently decide upon and implement a new price. Read on as I clarify the process. You'll get instructions on each step so that you can confidently make an increase in your rates.

May 23, 2023

How to Craft an Effective Elevator Speech for Your Business

May 23, 2023/ Maggie Karshner

How would an elevator speech help your business? This is a blog article for authentic business owners who are struggling to talk about their businesses in a meaningful way. Here I'll illuminate the key objectives of an elevator speech and how it can help you talk about your business. You'll discover how a good elevator speech will help you to promote your business authentically. Authentic promotion is possible whether it's a meeting with investors or a spontaneous casual interaction.

November 22, 2021

How to Master Motivation by Being Grateful

November 22, 2021/ Maggie Karshner

A gratitude practice is a powerful way of positively reinforcing and cultivating motivation in your life.

April 23, 2021

How to Get Good at Money: Build the Skills You Need for Self-Employment

April 23, 2021/ Maggie Karshner

I don't know who's promoted the idea that business owners are universally good at money. We're not. And even then, those of who are good at it, it's not because of a god-given talent or anything. It's because we learned it. Being "good at money" is a complex set of skills that are rarely taught, but are totally learnable!

November 19, 2020

How to Shift Internally to Make the Best Decisions

November 19, 2020/ Maggie Karshner

Decision making is a challenge for anyone, but the stakes are the highest for business owners. If you're tired of fretting, stressing, and wondering if you made the right choice, I have a solution. It's not a quick fix, but by turning inwards you can find your own repository of wisdom. Read on to learn how to take the first step!

September 21, 2020

How to Conquer Simple Strong Website Analytics

September 21, 2020/ Maggie Karshner

Website analytics can be nebulous and overwhelming. In this article, I hone in on what's most important for self-employed business owners: understandable and useful data! Conquer your analytics with this simple strategy.

August 31, 2020

How to Easily Optimize Your Self-Employed Workday

August 31, 2020/ Maggie Karshner

Are you feeling overwhelmed working an 8-hour self-employed day? Maybe you feel like you're working endlessly, but it's never enough? It's time for you to adopt the 5-Unit Day.

April 29, 2019

An Unexpected Tool for Living Your Best Life

April 29, 2019/ Maggie Karshner

Seeing as this blog is mostly about starting a self-employed business, I can see how an article on meditation might seem off topic. In actuality, I’ve found that meditation is a vital tool as a business owner. Read on to see if I can get you on the meditation bandwagon!

January 25, 2019

Afraid of Self-Employment Failure? Develop a Plan!

January 25, 2019/ Maggie Karshner

If you’re afraid of launching your self-employed business a plan can be an easy way to alleviate some of your fears. You don’t have to leap blindly, you can have a plan for each of the three phases most people go through when launching their self-employed business. You’ll also find that having a solid plan B is both motivating and comforting.

May 07, 2015

The Big Hurdle of Being an Entrepreneur

May 07, 2015/ Maggie Karshner

A lot of being an entrepreneur is a lot more circuitous than a well-laid and direct plan. Whether you're already running your business, or if you're just thinking about it, you can start cultivating the tools you'll need at any time. The sooner you get started, the sooner your business will be thriving and as an added bonus you'll likely be enjoying your business far more!

November 21, 2014

To Do List Tips and Tricks (or, how to use Trello)

November 21, 2014/ Maggie Karshner

Improve your effeciency with a DIGITAL to do list!

Apr 21, 2025

Self-Employed and Stuck? 4 Parts of Marketing You Actually Need to Know

Marketing is a big umbrella that covers many, many different things. When coming up with a marketing plan, it can be difficult to focus in on the aspects of marketing that you really need to learn about. This article is for any aspiring self-employed business owner who wants to do it right. This overview will help you to understand all that's involved with a marketing plan, and help you zero in on the stuff you need to learn about.

Mar 31, 2025

Beat Your Weaknesses: How to Win as a Unique Self-Employed Business Owner

If you've never felt insecure when comparing yourself to others, this article isn't for you. For the rest of us normal people, we need to explore this and how it's impacting our current or future businesses. It's vital for self-employed businesses to understand their competitive advantages and disadvantages. But trying to understand this usually gets us stuck, demoralized, or frozen. Let me reframe competition and the dis/advantages of your business so that you can more easily succeed.

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