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Healthy Gifts: Why All the Cookies & Wine?
January 10, 2012
by Melanie Spring
Over the holidays, Sisarina was blessed with cupcakes, cookies, wine, chocolates, and other baked goods. Between us we have one who is gluten-intolerant,...
Filed under: Healthy Options - Tags: be a leader, leadership, intentionality, setting expectations, client gifts
A Year of Leadership: Be a Leader
January 9, 2012
Intentionality was the word for 2011.
Leadership is the word for 2012.
With intentionality, Sisarina learned a lot about hiring, cutting out disruptions, what social media fits...
Filed under: Be a Leader - Tags: leadership, intentionality, guestbloggers wanted, be a leader, lead your team,
Vacation Policy: There Isn't One
December 29, 2011
Ever feel like vacations end up being more stress than they're worth? You have 2 weeks a year (or more if you've been somewhere long...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: vacation policy, employees, staff, running a business, small business, leadership, intentionality
5 Ways We've Learned to Be More Efficient
December 6, 2011
by Melanie Spring
As a small business, we have to do our jobs with a high level of efficiency. Our staff is lean, we do a...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: no talking tuesday, efficiency, to do lists, being efficient, intentionality
5 Ways to Be Yourself... at a Networking Event
November 8, 2011
Ever go to a networking event where you really want to meet new people but you wander around looking like you're looking for someone so...
Filed under: Marketing - Tags: business, business relationships, networking, networking events, marketing yourself, being you, conversations, discovering, entrepreneur, empower, growing a business, inspiration, intentionality
Sisarina Quits Facebook
November 1, 2011
There's no need to be like everyone else. Just be yourself.
So many of my clients come to me for branding & marketing help with business...
Filed under: Marketing - Tags: facebook, twitter, linkedin, intentionality, marketing, being you, small business, non-profit
Trick or Treat: Tricks to Beating the Winter Blues
October 24, 2011
by Megan Brown, @thatgirlmegan
December 21st is perpetually the darkest day in my life.
That dreadful day is the winter solstice: the shortest day of the year....
Filed under: Tricks and Treats - Tags: tips, balance, business tips, intentionality, intentional, being happy
SIMPLIFY: 5 Easy Ways to Manage Your Money
September 21, 2011
by Aimee Steckowski, @ByAimeeSki
in 2007 i was working part-time from home making a full-time paycheck and enjoying the rewards of a dual income while raising...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: tips to simplify, simple tips, keeping it simple, life simplified, intentionality, budgeting, finances
SIMPLIFY: Seeking The Simple
September 9, 2011
by Jerry Hurley, AERG
If one is committed to leading a simple life, and can afford it, one would sleep late, rock gently, and retire early.
However,...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: goals, simple, simplify, simplify your work, keep it simple, intentionality
SIMPLIFY: 5 Work Tips To Refocus
September 2, 2011
Today's tips for simplifying your life are taken from the time I spend in Western New York with my family. They live between Amish farms...
SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE: Your Life. Simplified.
September 1, 2011
Your Life. Simplified.
Finding time for everything is really difficult while building a business. In fact, it's difficult even if you're NOT building a business. Friends, family, dating,...
Hiring Well: Lessons Learned
June 9, 2011
This is Part 2 of a two-part series
In my last post I talked about lessons learned the first time I tried to hire.
Time to hire...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: hiring, hiring well, small business, employees, HR, human resources, intentionality, intentional, social media manager
Hiring Well: Lessons from the Scared & Scarred
June 7, 2011
This is Part 1 of a two-part series
Almost every new business starts out with the same goals: get clients, get busy, hire people, and...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: hiring, hiring well, small business, employees, HR, human resources, intentionality, intentional
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
Building a Tribe: a Seth Godin Moment
April 8, 2011
by Melanie Spring, Sisarina
I never defined myself as a leader... until I read Tribes by Seth Godin.
In a great list of books I found...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, building relationships, business success, collaboration, community building, conversations, creativity, curiosity, generosity, discovering, Seth Godin, entrepreneur, future leaders, leader, graciousness, intentionality, guidance, inspiration, networking, overachievers,
Design: April Series
April 1, 2011
Sisarina Loves Good Design
Ever wonder why design can cost so much? Wish you knew how designers figured out usability? Find out during April when the...
Filed under: Design - Tags: designer, design, brand identity, branding, business, Business Branding, business owner, business tips, creative, creative genius, creativity, design process, web development, development, graphic designer, guidance, inspiration, intentionality, intention, intentional, marketing, marketing campaigns, web design process, web developer, web marketing, web-based, website, marketing materials, print design
5 Tips to Eating Healthy on the Job
March 30, 2011
by Jill Spaeth, Citizen Creative
An eight (or ten) hour work day is like a hundred meter dash. When you make it to the finish you're...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: balance, business, business owner, goals, career coaching, discovering, entrepreneur, empower, enjoyment, getting ahead, intentionality, mindfulness, motivation, minimizing stress, personal goals, reflection, resource, self-awareness, physical fitness, solopreneur, time management, time saving tips, time-saving tools, tips, work life balance
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
Breathe: Take Care of #1
March 7, 2011
by Jessica LaGarde, Peace at Hand Massage Therapy
As small business owners, it is easy to give our business and our clients first priority, and to...
Filed under: Entrepreneur - Tags: business, business owner, checklist, creativity, discovering, empower, entrepreneur, getting ahead, guidance, inspiration, intention, intentionality, mindfulness, motivation, positive attitude, personality, personal goals, reflection, starting a business,
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
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
Favorite Non-Profits
February 9, 2011
What is your favorite non-profit?
1. Tell us why they're your favorite.
2. Give us the link.
3. Tell us how others can help them.
Tell us!
...
Filed under: Non-Profit - Tags: community building, conversations, discovering, inspiration, mindfulness, motivation, intentionality, intentional, positive attitude, non-profit, non-profit organizations, helping hands, reflection, NPOs, socialize,
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...
Non-Profits: Questions for Your Web Firm
February 7, 2011
by Melanie Spring of Sisarina (@Sisarina)
Your non-profit is ready for a new website. You're tired of wincing every time someone tells you they were just...
Filed under: Non-Profit - Tags: non-profit organization, non-profits, design, development, customer relationships, customer training, guidance, how-to list, human knowledge, identity development, inspiration, intentionality, non-profit goals, non-profit, SEO, strategic partnerships, technology, Content Management System, CMS, user engagement, web marketing, web design, web design process, web developer, web project manager, web-based, web site launch, web, web content, web content management, website design, website content, website
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...
A Focus on Goals: January Series Recap
January 31, 2011
The goal: be intentional. The intentional series: goals.
For the month of January Matt Brock (@matthewbbrock) of Divergent Planning & Sisarina's Melanie Spring focused on...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: business, business goals, intentionality, goals, entrepreneur, growing a business, inspiration, mindfulness, personal goals, reflection
Systems Drive Efficiency
January 30, 2011
by Matt Brock, Divergent Planning (@matthewbbrock)
I love systems. Most of this love stems from being a creature of habit (to a fault at times) but also...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: business, business goals, business owner, business systems, inspiration, intentionality, listening, organization, time-saving tools, reflection, motivation, searching, searching online, strategy, time saving tips, tips, technology
Get Organized, Be Efficient
January 26, 2011
by: Melanie Spring, Sisarina
As business owners, we have to maximize our time, be efficient and find profit in the nooks and crannies. There are 24...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: business, business goals, businesses grow, checklists, discovering, empower, entrepreneur, growing a busienss, guidance, mindfulness, time saving tips, efficiency, profitability, time management, free online software, free online applications, personal goals, reflection, saving money, searching online, intentional, intentionality, starting a business,
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
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
Be Sincere. Be Welcoming.
January 5, 2011
by: Melanie Spring, Sisarina
Sitting in my usual church service this past Sunday, our pastor delivered one of his most incredible sermons so far and...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: goals, business owner, intentionality, intentional, business, businesses grow, sincere, sincerity, friendships, business partnerships, listening, business goals, personal goals, giving, welcoming, welcome,
Goals: January Series
January 4, 2011
This is the year of intentionality & clarity.
In 2011, Sisarina is working toward a goal of being intentional. Not the fluffy kind of intentional, the...
Filed under: Goals - Tags: intention, intentionality, influence, growing a business, businesses grow, inspiration, partnering, business, business owner
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