How To: Introduce Young Children To Social Media
Donna Maria shares how she is introducing her children to social media, with tips and ideas for you to consider.
Donna Maria shares how she is introducing her children to social media, with tips and ideas for you to consider.
Donna Maria shares why it’s vital to use content to market (package) your products and services.
Donna Maria shares tips for helping you start your own membership-based, for-profit trade organization.
Donna Maria shares thoughts on The Gap’s logo change (and change back), and on the importance of decisively leading your brand.
Donna Maria shares the importance of staying in touch with tangible correspondence, like letters and note cards.
Donna Maria introduces Twitter Pre-School — or “TweeSchool,” for those who are new and confused about how to leverage the power of Twitter.
Donna Maria shares new things coming to INDIE, including an updated private networking and personal development space for members.
Donna Maria offers sincere but pointed commentary, and a reality check, for people seeking to launch small businesses with unrealistic expectations.
Donna Maria suggests to small business leaders three approaches to change: anticipate it, initiate it, respond to it.
In this video, Donna Maria shares tips for leading the discussion, not “controlling” the discussion, at your blog.
I have observed several parallels between running a business and running for fitness. When I run in the morning, I enjoy seeing different types of people at the track. Obviously experienced runners breeze around, passing me two and three times before they’re done. Other runners (especially newer ones like me) are slower and more measured…
Donna Maria shares three sure-fire ways to avoid getting sucked in and wiped out by social media!
Each day, small business owners fail to maximize the most valuable asset they have: themselves. They invest hours creating marketing copy that touts the benefits of their products. They spend a small fortune on a website. They plunk down thousands on ingredients, supplies, labels and everything else. While those things are important, none of them…
Donna Maria shares key leadership points made by Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun in her keynote presentation today at the 2010 Conference of Handcrafted Soapmakers.
Donna Maria shares how pushing the limits of physical endurance through running makes her business more successful.
Donna Maria shares a simple technique you can use to expand your sphere of influence on Twitter.
Other than tonsillitis and a hernia as a small child, a fractured shoulder a decade ago and the occasional cold or flu, I have been blessed with good health. As a teen, I was a cheerleader and played tennis almost daily. In college, I walked practically everywhere I went. But law school and practicing law…
Donna Maria shares commentary on using social media and new technologies to be everywhere your customers are.
These words never cease to move me. “I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. … I’m not worried about anything, I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of…
Last Saturday, I celebrated my 10th year as the leader of the Indie Business Network, a trade organization serving small manufacturers of soaps, cosmetics, perfumes, candles, confectionery items and other health, beauty and lifestyle products. I am thoroughly enjoying serving my members, and I look forward to the next decade and beyond.Unfortunately, too many small…
How hiring a virtual assistant can save your business and your sanity.