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August 25th, 2008

Watch Michelle Obama Tonight!

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Tonight’s speech by Michelle Obama will be a defining moment for Obama’s campaign. It will be a time when presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s campaign will be further defined - - by Michelle, the woman who has been often herself been branded as being “deflating” and “humiliating” to Barack by referring […]

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August 25th, 2008

What Kind Of Business Woman Are You?

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Since blogging here at Biz Chicks Rule every week, I have met a ton of awesome business women! Some of you are savvy, fierce business gals, while others are methodical, careful and placid. And then there are the hil-a-rious ones who keep us on our toes while others of you have been quick […]

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August 25th, 2008

Business Women: What Is YOUR Sacrifice?

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A lot of women who are in business, whether single, married, childless or 5+ children have given up something to be a business woman. No matter what it is or how insignificant it’s deemed, a sacrifice is a sacrifice.
What’s YOUR sacrifice?
The reason I ask is to see how focused we all are with […]

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August 22nd, 2008

The Four-Day Work Week - - It Might Actually Work

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I work from home as a freelancer, and have been trying to get to the four-day work week for about a year now. No dice.
In order for me to get to that coveted four-day work week, I’d have to go up on my rates and work more hours of course during the other […]

By Bridget Wright -- 5 comments

August 20th, 2008

Business Mentors Are Useless

A while back, I interviewed Kelly, our Business Channel Editor here at b5media and one of the questions that I asked her in the interview was, “Who was/is your business mentor?” Surprisingly, Kelly said she didn’t have one, had never had one and probably wouldn’t be getting one soon. I don’t think she hates mentors, […]

By Bridget Wright -- 5 comments

August 18th, 2008

Advice For A 10-Year Old In Starting Her Own Business

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What would you tell your 10-year old daughter to do with her life, if she asked you?
Loaded question, isn’t it? I’ve offered my (now) 11 year old advice on numerous occasions about her life and career. I always, always, always encourage her to go to college and then all kinds of opportunities open […]

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August 18th, 2008

Business Marketing Monday: Why You SHOULDN’T Market on a Monday Morning

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It’s Monday morning everywhere (just about) and women small business owners, online marketers and female power executives are gearing up to have a phenomenal Monday. They’ve lined up their call resources, targeted which area of town they’re going to cover and have decided that they’re going to finally approach that business […]

By Bridget Wright -- 3 comments

August 15th, 2008

Sexy Coffee Cake

OK, I’m waaay past the traditional age for cat-calling and guys whistling at me, but it happened to me on yesterday. I was at a lunchtime business meeting and was mingling with the guests shortly before the meeting started. I had to excuse myself to take a phone call, and when I returned, I had […]

By Bridget Wright -- 4 comments

August 15th, 2008

Does Saying “I’m Sorry” Get You Any Business?

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I was at a PTO Board Meeting this morning, and something interesting was brought up at the meeting that I think would benefit the business women here at Biz Chicks Rule. As business women, part of our job is marketing (of course), and often having to market to people and companies that you […]

By Bridget Wright -- 2 comments

August 14th, 2008

Are You There Yet? Checking In On Your Goals

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At the beginning of the year, we talked a lot about goal-setting and priortizing our business lives. So here I am in August with over a third of the year almost over to check in with you and see how your goals are coming along.
Did you set any business goals in January? How […]

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