Solo Smarts #62: Paul Taubman Makes WordPress Look Simple

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Paul Taubman of I Need Help With WordPress is my guest this week.  Involved in teaching tech all the way back in high school, with a degree in computer sciences earned and used along the way, he’s a deep rooted geek.  It was only natural that he’d fall in love with WordPress. Today he’s showing [...]

Solo Smarts #61: Michelle Mangen is a Six Figure Success as a Virtual Assistant

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Michelle Mangen of Your Virtual Assistant is my guest this week. Michelle is a successful virtual assistant earning 6 figures after just 3 years in business. She’s also a single mom to a teenager and understands the challenges of running a home-based business and being the sole source of income. She works primarily with solopreneurs [...]

Solo Smarts #60: D’vorah Lansky Loves Book Marketing

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My guest this week is D’vorah Lansky of Digital Publishing Cafe.  D’vorah coaches and trains authors in online book marketing practices through a variety of programs. D’vorah is passionate about online marketing as well as helping authors to grow their business and their brand. Claim your free virtual book tour tips. 10 Day May Madness [...]

Solo Smarts #59: Small, Steady, Determined, Focused, Purposeful Steps

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Things are firing up around here as I prepare for the May Stretch Yourself Challenge. When you hear me talking about the challenge, what comes to mind?  Do you imagine that I’m going to ask you to suddenly take massive amounts of previously unknown action? That is exactly what the Stretch Yourself Challenge is NOT. [...]

Solo Smarts #58 What To Do When You Buy A Website

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What to do when you buy a website from someone else.  (What I’ve been up to in my spare time this week.) Last week I announced (*gushed*) that I acquired Sparkplugging, and thought you might like to hear what I’ve been tackling so far to ‘make it mine’. Assume ownership of domains. Move everything to [...]

Solo Smarts #57: Even Kelly Can Be Wishy Washy

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Pull up a comfy seat and grab a cup of something good.  It’s a coffee with Kelly episode. I shared in a recent episode that I knew it was time to part with my little network of home and family blogs, Mom’s Talk Network.  Well, in this episode I’ll share why I’ve changed my mind [...]

Solo Smarts #56: Blogging for Profit with Nicole Dean

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My guest this week is Nicole Dean, author of Expert Briefs: Blogging for Profit – The Stripped-Down Naked Truth from 26 Rockin’ Online Business Owners. Nicole and I have been friends and multiple project partners for years, but I wanted to kick this interview off by asking her some basics so that you could get [...]

Solo Smarts #55: Tracy Roberts is Helping New WAHMs

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Tracy Roberts of Moms in a Blog is my co-host on this episode.  We’re talking about overcoming procrastination to launch an info product and doing other things that make us feel uncomfortable to grow our businesses.  I’m sure you’ll enjoy our casual discussion – I know I appreciated Tracy’s willingness to be transparent about what [...]

Solo Smarts #54: Keeping My Focus

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Last week I released a fresh version of The Power of a Focused Business and it caused me to give everything I have going on a passing critical eye.  In this episode I’m going to share what I’ve seen and what I’m going to do about it. How am I doing with My Three Words [...]

Solo Smarts #53: Not Podcasting? Your Competition Probably Is

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Do you want to be found where millions of people are searching for content?  I’m talking about iTunes of course.   Every year I welcome new coaching clients that I can track straight back to being found in iTunes.  Some people worry about being dropped from Google – I’d be far more devastated if I were [...]