VIDEO: Family Business TV: Episode 1
Donna Maria Coles and Darryl Johnson’s Family Business Focus TV Episode #1
How To: Generate Sales With Your Email Newsletter
Donna Maria’s basic (and we mean basic!) tips for using a newsletter to increase sales.
3 Reasons Why I Still Publish An Email Newsletter
There is no shortage of expert commentary and analysis on whether or not email is dead when it comes to business communications tools. On October 12, Jessica Vascellaro of the Wall Street Journal said email is dead. On the same day, Kit Eaton of Fast Company said email is alive and kicking. Because I have…
Help! Someone’s Copying Me!
What to do when someone steals your thunder.
The work-life merger
Donna Maria assesses the work-life merger, and asks other Indie Business owners this question: Do you work?
You Have to Touch Home Plate
Donna Maria shares that, it doesn’t matter how hard you work if in the end, you have nothing to show for it.
Indiecation Nation
Donna Maria shares tips for enjoying “indiecation,” a term she coined to describe vacation time taken by Indie Business owners.
What’s Your Exit Strategy?: How One Indie Took Her Dream Full-Time
Donna Maria shares the story of how Indie Beauty Network member Kristen Fraser Cotte left her job to work in her beauty business full-time.
The Family That Grinds Together Binds Together
During a radio show interview this morning, I was asked how couples could be successful in business despite challenging life issues that are common to all families. I told them about Kibby and Jay Mitra and Sheri and Rich Schmelzer. During the show, the hosts joked about how an increase in family businesses could result…
The Entrepreneurial Imperative
The feds don’t do much to help today’s family make ends meet and find that elusive thing called work-life balance. But how much do we expect them to do? In my opinion, what we need to be working on is embracing the work-life merger anyway. This morning, a Good Morning America segment reported that the…