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What’s In This Episode: How slowly or quickly do you get things done? Everyone works at a different pace. Some folks prefer to take their sweet time. Others speed through their work days without looking back. Jill’s speed-of-lightening pace has gotten her into terrible awful no good very bad blunders, one of which left her…

The Founding Moms is pumped up! to have Eleanor Hicks on our blog. She’s doing some amazing things and she’s just the kind of mom entrepreneur we love to hang out with. Stay tuned for more pieces of wisdom from Eleanor…  The Founding Moms is a community for mom entrepreneurs. We share a wonderful –…

Make it Big 2022 Has Landed It’s BigCommerce’s annual conference happening virtually on September 13 – 14. In its fifth year, Make it Big’s theme, The Future of Ecommerce is Now, emphasizes growth and innovation for small business merchants to keep them on a forward-thinking track and help them build, manage, and grow their online…

What’s In This Episode: Do you throw the kitchen sink at potential customers and clients when you’re trying to make a sale?  It’s time to meet Josh Hall, web designer and founder of In Transit Studios, who once wanted you to know eeeeeeeverything there was to know about him. But why was that his big…

What’s In This Episode: Remember slipping up on that pitch you sent to that sponsor that one time?  Let Jill help you out of the messes that you might make in the future when pitching to sponsors — and if you haven’t ever pitched a sponsor for your business yet, may this episode be the…

What’s In This Episode: What do Weight Watchers, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Peloton have in common? To answer that question, Jill wants to introduce you to a few of her friends that are WAY into their hobbies for one very specific reason. It’s a reason that might be the same for you and how you do…

Email marketing is still one of the best ways to communicate with your customers. It’s versatile in every way. For example, you can use it to gain the trust of your subscribers and feedback. Or you can announce new updates about your business and keep your brand at the top of customers’ minds. However, approximately…

What’s In This Episode: Do you have too much work to do? Too busy to plan a vacation or even a staycation? Too complicated to coordinate days off or to figure it out with your kids’ crazy schedules? Excuses, excuses. It’s time to stop overlooking the best remedy for all your work woes. We’re not…

What’s In This Episode: Why is it that we entrepreneurs often walk on the sunny side of the street? Is it because we’re risk takers? Optimistic? Persistent people who get carried away? Meet employee-turned-entrepreneur Naa Ardua Flohic, founder of Paper Flo Designs, who got herself into a big business back-up plan blunder. She’ll remind you…