Posts by Jamie Teasdale
What Every Entrepreneur Should Keep in Mind When Communicating
If there is one thing I’ve learned throughout my life, it’s that communication is vital, and how we communicate makes all the difference, but communication isn’t just by verbal words. In my high school English class, I learned that grammar, punctuation, proper spelling, sentence structure, and the flow of a story all add up. In…
Read More4 Team Building Areas Solopreneurs Need to Understand
Building a team of professionals can be one of the greatest joys, points of relief, and opportunities to grow your business in different ways. Or it can be one of the greatest headaches an entrepreneur can face. Interviewing, hiring, managing, leading, and letting team members go requires a dedication to your mission and an understanding…
Read MoreSelf-Starting Inspiration: January 2019 Social Round-Up
This is a round-up of all images and captions from PropelBizWorks’ Instagram in the month of January. This month’s theme was Self-Starting. In the following posts, you’ll find tips and inspiration for your own self-starting endeavors. I invite you to further engage with PropelBizWork’s Instagram profile by following this link: https://www.instagram.com/propelbizworks/. Enjoy! 1.1.19: I have…
Read MoreHow to Self-Start When Motivation Is Low
How Do Solopreneurs Self-Start? A student in a class I spoke to last year asked me, “how do you force yourself to get up when you work for yourself and make your own schedule?” I snickered and responded, “Sometimes I wake up two hours before my alarm goes off because my mind knows there is…
Read MoreKeep Track of Your Social Media Progress
Businesses worldwide have adopted social media marketing as part of their overall marketing strategy. Whether they are posting to Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, YouTube, or all of the above, businesses around the globe are reaching their audiences through the use of social media. Now, businesses can post to social media and engage with…
Read MoreTake It Easy: One Platform at a Time
Small business owners have probably been hearing for some time now that they need to be on social media. However, they may be wondering how they could possibly take on yet another thing? With so many social platforms they could be on, they may start believing that it’s too difficult to possibly manage every platform…
Read More4 Things to Consider In Your Email Marketing Planning
Have you decided it’s the right time for your business to join the many businesses already using email marketing? If so, you are making a wise decision. For one thing, email is still one of the most effective means of communicating with your audience and driving more business. According to a recent stat quoted by…
Read MoreOutsourcing: It Doesn’t Have to Be Scary
What is your first thought when someone mentions, “outsourcing”? For some of us, it may call to mind examples such as the call centers that are located overseas. However, outsourcing has become – and continues to be – so much more. Entrepreneur.com provides the following definition of outsourcing: The practice of having certain job functions…
Read More10 Reasons Your Business Should Be On Social Media
It is safe to say that most businesses today are on at least one social media platform. According to Social Media Examiner’s 2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report, a whopping 92% of the 2,800 marketers surveyed revealed that social media is important for their business. This percentage is up from 86% in 2013. A 2014…
Read MoreBuilding Business Websites That Perform
We can all say that we have been on hundreds of different business websites; some “wowed” us, and others, well…let’s just say they did not. If you are in the process of building your own business website, it helps if you start by determining which individual elements you need before looking at the “big picture.”…
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