Archive for January 2009
Melissa Launches Teleseminar Series For Six Figure Design Success
The New Year is off to a roaring start! Join me on January 27th at 8pm EST for our first Teleseminar of the year. I’m hosting Jennifer Haubein of Best Biz Website Solutions as she shares exclusively with design professionals How to Take Your Design Business Online! (in less than 30 days*) Sign up here,…
Read MoreBUSINESS BUILDING BLOCKS: 5 Shortcuts to Getting Your Website Done in 30 Days
Now that I am urging you officially and with resources to get your website done and up, I want to share some quick and easy ways to make it possible. If you will do one of these steps each day, by the close of the week you’ll have your content! REMEMBER, BE THERE FOR THE…
Read MoreSOCIAL NETWORK SUCCESS: Asking for Referrals
Since I am big on being a connector I am always delighted to refer businesses resources to clients and colleagues, but I’ve found that there are successful ways to request a referral and invite business and unsuccessful ways. I often receive unsolicited emails from artists, gallery, furniture retailers and more requesting me to visit their…
Read MoreMelissa Gives the Secret to Getting Ahead!
This is the perfect time to invest in professional development. I know many of you are stressed about money right now. 2008 wasn’t easy for anyone. But when we don’t have a lot of business going on, we have time to develop ourselves, set new initiatives in motion and be that much more ready when…
Read MoreBUSINESS BUILDING BLOCKS: Beating the Post-Holiday Blues
This can be a tricky time of year. The decorations have come down (except for those of us insisting on year around festiveness); family and friends have returned home; work realities have set in. It is easy to allow yourself time for the post holiday blues. Here are some quick tips to beat them, one…
Read MoreMARKETING STRATEGIES: How Color Sells: Need to be Memorable? Add Yellow!
Color is about more than interior design and fashion; it is used for marketing products from diapers to diet soda, from office supplies to electronics, from bargain buys to luxury investments, color sells. The key is to learn how to use color to your advantage as it is often a subliminal influence. Once you know…
Read MoreBUSINESS BUILDING BLOCKS: Ditch the Resolutions, Make Commitments that Count!
Every year at the New Year we find ourselves once again making resolutions. And every year within 30-60 days most if not all of those resolutions have gone by the wayside. Resolution comes from the word to resolve and Webster’s dictionary defines that as “the act or process of reducing to simpler form; the act…
Read MoreMELISSA'S FAVORITES: Dumb and Dumber!
Dumb and Dumber! Every now and then we just need a reminder of how idiotic folks can be, it makes us all feel smarter, LOL. Here are just a couple that will make you grin if not guffaw in wonderment. #1 of 2008 You Gave Your Daughter WHAT to Eat? I am a medical student…
Read MoreMelissa Shares Her Top Commitments, Will YOU Share YOURS?
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I want to get you started on your own list of COMMITMENTS for 2009, and thought that sharing just a few of mine might inspire you. I’d love to have you share your ultimate COMMITMENTS with me by email, melissa@173.254.10.202 or just reply to this ezine. TOGETHER WE’LL ALL GO FARTHER! On…
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