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How to Write a Mission Statement for Your Brand or Business

A business mission statement is the backbone to your business and it’s success! Last time I shared why your business needs a mission statement, but now you may be wondering where to start. It can be an overwhelming task trying to condense your business goals and philosophy into one simplified statement. If the idea overwhelms you, let me help. Here are a few simple steps to write a mission statement for your brand or business.

A mission statement is a concise yet compelling reflection of the essence of your business, including its philosophy and vision. It is what defines who you are and how your business runs. It seems like such an easy task and yet, when I sat down to write about the heart and soul of my own business, it felt daunting,and with good reason. These five steps will help make this process much simpler for you!

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Ask Yourself Key Questions to Start Brainstorming

If you aren’t sure where to begin, brainstorming is the perfect place. Brainstorming is where you can flush out all of your ideas, both the good and even the bad. n my experience, it can be overwhelming to brainstorm when there are so many facets to consider, including who you are as a company, about your clients, your products, your philosophy and so much more. [Read more…]

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Why Your Business Needs a Mission Statement

If you’ve ever had a difficult time articulating who you are and what your business has to offer, a mission statement is the solution for your business! A business mission statement is the backbone to your business and it’s success!

Whether you’ve already started your own business or you’re considering it, I’ve bet you’ve heard the phrase “mission statement” before. I bet you’ve even heard that it’s important and necessary for running a business.

Before I tell you why your business needs a Mission Statement, let me confess: I put off creating a mission statement for my own business.

In the midst of organizing my every day, juggling my responsibilities as a work at home mom and working on branding projects for clients, conceiving a mission statement ended up at the bottom of my to-do list.

I knew it was important, but other things felt more urgent. I quickly realized that a mission statement truly is the core of a business. Without one, it’s easy to feel your business moving in all different directions. So creating a mission statement became both urgent and important in order to build the backbones of my business. [Read more…]

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How to Choose the Proper Hashtags for Your Social Media Posts

Bloggers, business owners, and even social media hobbyists can learn from these tips on choosing the proper hashtags for your social media posts!

Choosing the proper hashtags for your social media posts can make a huge difference! Learn from these tips.

Social Media has taken the world by storm over the past few years and it seems that any and every person in the world has some sort of social media. Whether you use social media to simply communicate and keep in touch with your friends and family or maybe you use social media as an artistic outlet to express your creativity. Along with the huge outburst of social media became the huge outburst and uproar of the hashtag.

A hashtag is basically like a keyword that you would use to describe your post. A hashtag is how you get your content out into the world because people search hashtags and there they will find your posts. If you’re just looking to share your pictures or videos with friends and family you don’t necessarily need to use hashtags because chances are they are already following you and will see your posts regardless but if you’re looking to spread your content and creativity and reach people who may not have otherwise seen you then the hashtag is your best friend.

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5 Things No One Tells You About Being Self-Employed

In the generation before mine, it was common to work a job for a long time before realizing your calling may be outside of the corporate world. My dad, for example, worked in banking nearly 20 years before taking time to try his hand at running his own business. These days, millennial college graduates leave college dreaming of the day where they can work for themselves.

Coming out of college with that mindset (if you are driven to be your own boss someday) isn’t a bad thing at all and it will set you up on a road to making that dream a reality. However, in the last year of being my own boss, there are a handful of things I’ve had to learn the hard way. Things no one told me before I became self-employed.

Can you relate to these 5 things no one tells you before you go self-employed?

I remember just a short eighteen months ago when I used to sit in my corporate office and wonder how long I’d be stuck there. I counted down the theoretical weeks or months I had left until I could be my own boss and do my own thing. I can honestly say there hasn’t been a single day that has passed where I have wished that I was back in the corporate world but there are definitely some things I’ve learned that no one seems to talk about when it comes to self-employment. [Read more…]

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Why Personal Development is Important for Blog Growth

If you have a blog for your business or as a business, you need to know why personal development is important for growing your blog! Without growing yourself, you can’t truly grow your blog. 

A huge thanks to Jenn from Creative Boundless for sharing her thoughts today! 

Why personal development is important for blog growth and how to make that happen!

Whenever I have a chance, I love watching tv; especially “Dance Moms”. I’ve been getting hooked to this season and loving the dancers. I don’t necessarily watch it for the drama, but I’m actually quite interested on how these girls work. These girls are young, and dance every day for hours.

What really draws my attention is a young dancer named Maddy. At such a young age, the Instructor named Abby is able to show Maddy a new routine and perform it within a few days. However, the show spins when Maddy is considered “perfect”. Apparently, she reached a point where she can’t learn anymore since she knows ‘everything’. On the contrary, she ended up forgetting some performances, she started getting over worked and eventually quit to pursue other things.

How sad is that? A great beautiful dancer quits because they thought she couldn’t teach her anything else. She lost the fire.

This is one thing you need to remember. This story can relate to anyone, especially the relationship with you and your blog (If you have one)! The success in your blog is the success in improving yourself. If you can’t figure yourself out, who is going to figure out your blog?

That’s why self-development is your best friend. It will keep you on track. [Read more…]

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10 Uncommon Facebook Hacks You Need to Know

Facebook has always been a fairly controversial social media platform. Like a lot of social media sites, you either love it or you hate it. With so many changes over the last few years, Facebook has definitely made it’s fair share of enemies. Being a blogger and business owner, I use Facebook more for my business life than I do for my personal life. Because of that, I’ve had to learn a few tricks along the way to help improve the way I use Facebook. There are actually so many built in features that Facebook has created that make using it for business or personal use so much easier. Let’s see how many of them you already knew!

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