This is what it is all about…

Why do I choose to work around my family? Why have I chosen to do what I do to lift up others’ brilliance? It’s exactly this. So honored to be featured on Austin’s KXAN! Thanks to Mary Ellen Tribby of www.WorkingMomsOnly.com for empowering so many of us to learn how to work for ourselves, on our own time!

How to ditch the “9 to 5″ schedule: kxan.com

The Business Of Giving: How To Create A Business Brand That Does Good And Has A Blast!…Plus A Giveaway To Prove It

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How often do business owners choose to go into business with the dream and expectation that owning a business would be fun, exciting, and create the freedom they’ve wanted…and yet, after a few months, they are feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and just.plain.ready.to.give.up.

Their dreams of the fun they’d have have slowly turned gray. Their excitement feels almost resentful. The days turn monotonous, boring. Drab.

Then, they look across the street (or maybe to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, or…) to their other business owner [...]

Bored With Your Brand? Tips To Get Out Of The Slump In 2012

John Morgan's Best-Selling book, Brand Against The Machine

….You are not alone.

Honestly, you are probably feeling the exact feeling about 99% of business owners feel. They know their product and services are great, but they are {{so. darn. bored.}} with how they are branding themselves.

They don’t know how to stand out. They don’t know what their unique angle actually is. And it’s keeping them stuck, deterring potentially amazing customers AWAY from their business. I truly believe that if more small businesses took the challenge of creating a business [...]

Money Serves Dreams…

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I hope everyone has enjoyed their week! Here in the US, we’ve just finished Thanksgiving, the opportunity to give thanks and gratefulness for all that has been this year in our lives and in the lives of our family and friends.

I took a great nap today (think I am still getting over the turkey coma from the T-Day dinner!) and woke up with this phrase stuck in my head, “Money serves dreams, hopes and opportunities.” Hmm… What if we took [...]

Is Business Blogging For Me?

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I get asked a lot…”Maruxa, does blogging really work for my business? I just don’t see how it will fit!” or “Maruxa, I get so frustrated trying to figure out what to put on my blog, that it’s probably better for me to not do it at all.”

I totally get it when I hear these questions. To be quite honest, when I first got online, I thought I really shouldn’t even try to get into blogging for the same [...]