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Standing Behind Your Staff
April 22, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina
Every entrepreneur dreams of the growth their business will take. You work alone in your bedroom for awhile, then start hiring people,...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, business goals, business owner, business success, businesses grow, business tips, company values, communications, customer relationships, customers, employee satisfaction, empower, entrepreneur, future leaders, growing a business, guidance, being a boss, being a good boss, inspiration, intention, intentional, intentionality, organization, personality, professionals, reflection, supportive environments
My Time... Away From Everything
March 22, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina
Have you had days (or weeks) where you are working so much that you forget to eat? That you get much less...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, business goals, business owner, intentionality, company values, curiosity, discovering, entrepreneur, future leaders, getting ahead, goals, goal setting, intentional, growing a business, inspiration, intention, keeping it simple, networking, motivation, personal goals, overachievers, perspective, reflection, sisarina, starting a business, women business owners
A Focus on Non-Profits: February Series Recap
February 28, 2011
We Heart Non-Profits. So Does Small Act!
For the month of February the fabulous non-profit lovers at Small Act (@smallact) & Sisarina's Melanie Spring focused on...
Filed under: Non-Profit - Tags: company values, non-profits, business, business goals, brand identity, community building, discovering, customer relationships, creativity, curiosity, communications, empower, employee relationships, employee satisfaction, efficiency, inspiration, intentionality, marketing, networking, motivation, non-profit goals, non-profit organization, non-profit organizations, non-profits, nonprofit event, NPOs, online presence, reflection, sisarina, self-promotion, sincerity, social media, social media strategies, successful business, supportive environments, web design, web marketing, women business owners
Building an Awesome Non-Profit Culture, Part 2: Value, Welcome, Define, and Celebrate
February 25, 2011
by Kate Hays of Small Act (@SmallAct)
My last post for the Sisarina blog was about how to build an awesome culture through hiring. But once...
How to: Have a Work/Life Balance
February 23, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina (@Sisarina)
Work/life balance has become a huge topic of discussion in recent years with Gen X and Gen Y moving in with...
Filed under: Non-Profit - Tags: benefits, company values, checklist, client, communications, conversations, creativity, customer relationships, discovering, empower, employee relationships, future leaders, getting ahead, goal setting, goals, giving, growing a non-profit, growing a nonprofit, guidance, helping hands, hiring, hiring practices, how-to list, human knowledge, influence, inspiration, intentionality, intentional, intention, knowledge vs information, mindfulness, motivation, money, networking, non-profits, non-profit, non-profit organization, NPOs, nonprofit event, non-profit organizations, organization, personal goals, reflection, serving others, sincerity, strategy, success
Building an Awesome Non-Profit Culture, Part 1: Hiring
February 11, 2011
by Kate Hays of Small Act (@SmallAct)
Last week, Small Act had an event, and several people commented on our team. I heard a lot of...
Filed under: Non-Profit - Tags: benefits, non-profits, company values, employee relationships, growing a business, guidance, inspiration, intention, socialize, successful business, supportive environments, hiring, hiring practices
Profitable Non-Profits
February 8, 2011
by Jenny Trucano of Small Act (@SmallAct)
Last week, I wrote about what businesses can learn from nonprofits, namely, how companies can evaluate company health and...
Patagonia: Product, Planet & People
February 2, 2011
by Jenny Trucano of Small Act (@SmallAct)
Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, led the way for businesses to measure organizational success not just by profits,...
Filed under: Non-Profit - Tags: business, non-profit, businesses grow, business goals, company values, community building, conversations, creativity, customer development, customer feedback, curious, curiosity, generosity, creative genius, discovering, entrepreneur, environmentall-friendly, future leaders, getting ahead, giving, goal setting, growing a business, guidance, inspiration, marketing, mindfulness, positive attitude, reflection, resource, sincerity, starting a business, strategy, success, successful business, Small Act
Non-Profits: February Series
February 1, 2011
Sisarina Hearts Non-Profits
In 2011, Sisarina is working toward a goal of being intentional. Not the fluffy kind of intentional, the hardcore real kind that makes...
Business Plan Simplified
January 17, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina (@Sisarina)
True or False: All businesses without a business plan fail. FALSE.
10 years ago today I started Sisarina. (Yep, now I...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: business, starting a business, growing a business, businesses grow, business goals, checklists, client, company values, customers, discovering, guidance, goal setting, goals, identity development, influence, intention, intentionality, marketing campaigns, marketing, mindfulness, motivation, personal goals, resource, reflection, ROI, searching, self-promotion, sincere, sincerity, solopreneur, entrepreneur, strategy, success, technology, transparency
Being Intentional with Clients
January 13, 2011
by Matt Brock, Divergent Planning (@matthewbbrock)
Like most philosophical ideas, "Intentionality" leaves room for interpretation. For me, intentionality brings about thoughts of having an overall mission...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: customer relationships, client, client collaboration, community building, company values, conversations, customer development, customer feedback, customer relationships, customers, business, business goals, goals, entrepreneur, guidance, goal setting, reflection, success, transparency, welcoming
The Goal of Graciousness
January 11, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina (@Sisarina)
In the online age of social media and blogging, we have become an openly snarky generation of people. When we don't...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: goals, transparency, grace, graciousness, positive attitude, socialize, small business, sincerity, reflection, mindfulness, listening, inspiration, guidance, growing a business, entrepreneur, empower, friendships, giving, goal setting, goodwill, discovering, customer relationships, conversations, company values, community building, business, business owner, business goals
Go Beyond Goal Setting
January 6, 2011
by Matt Brock, Divergent Planning (@matthewbbrock)
Most people set goals in life but far fewer are able to live their life intentionally toward achieving those goals....
Filed under: Goals - Tags: goals, goal setting, business, businesses grow, business owner, company values, entrepreneur, growing a business, guidance, inspiration, intentional, intentionality, knowledge vs information, personal goals, business goals, reflection, starting a business, strategy, transparency
Newsletters That Work
November 26, 2010
You have a company newsletter (if you don’t, you should!). You check your stats every time you send it out but are you seeing the...
Filed under: Marketing - Tags: newsletters, newsletter, client, company values, copywriting, creative, creativity, customer development, customer feedback, customer relationships, entrepreneur, growing a business, guidance, marketing campaigns, marketing, success, email marketing, email newsletter, web content
Entrepreneur Talk: Recommended Reading via Twitter
November 16, 2010
I heart books. I'm drawn to bookstores, new and used. I've used antique books to decorate my office. My living room at home has a...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: busienss, brand identity, reading, business owner, Business Branding, company values, conversations, customer development, discovering, growing a business, inspiration, knowledge vs information, reflection, resource, books, starting a business, small business, social media, marketing, entrepreneur, work life balance
Entrepreneur Talk: The Art of Reinvention
November 1, 2010
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly
but rarely admit the changes it has gone through
to achieve that beauty.“ - Maya Angelou
A few...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, branding, company values, creativity, discovering, green, environmentally-friendly, growing a business, human knowledge, identity development, inspiration, mindfulness, self-promotion, small business, solopreneur, strategy, supportive environments, women business owners
Entrepreneur Talk: Spin Your Web
October 13, 2010
Changing careers is tough no matter what, but establishing your own business is particularly challenging. I am an aspiring screenwriter with a day job, so...
CNN: How to Avoid Getting Burnt Out at Work
May 21, 2010
CNN came to Sisarina HQ in downtown Bethesda to interview us on how the downturn in the economy is affecting small businesses and came up...
Filed under: Tell Us - Tags: CNN, business, company values, creativity, inspiration, Marisa Peacock, Melanie Spring, Teresa Thomas
How To: Keep Clients Coming Back for More
May 18, 2010
“Will you walk into my parlor?”
Getting a client takes a lot of time, motivation and resources. Now that you have the client, how do you...
Filed under: Tell Us - Tags: business, businesses grow, client, company values, customer development, customer relationships, customers, inspiration, strategy
Offline Transparency: How to Ground Your Business
April 23, 2010
Are you as transparent offline as you are online?
If you’ve embraced social media, you’ve embraced its call for transparency.
But has transparency seeped its way into...
Filed under: Tell Us - Tags: brand identity, branding, businesses grow, company values, women business owners
5 Steps to Creating a Sisterhood of Women Business Owners
March 22, 2010
Don’t women entrepreneurs deserve a “sisterhood”?
There’s the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. There’s the one about the traveling pants and the seven sisters. Yet, when it comes to...
Filed under: Marketing - Tags: sisarina, sisterhood, networking, women business owners, company values, socialize, marketing campaigns
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