Workplace Abuse and Entrepreneurship: The Warning Signs
Whenever I visit a doctor’s office, a bank, or even a fast-food drive-thru, I’ll often encounter signs that state plainly, “Abusive behaviour or language toward our staff will not be…
How to Raise Your Rates Without Sticker Shock
You work hard. Really hard. You receive excellent feedback from your clients and customers on a regular basis. You’re constantly burning the midnight oil to make sure everything is taken…
5 Tips for Entrepreneurs… From Toddlers
If you’ve ever had a conversation with a toddler, you know that what sounds like gibberish to the untrained ear often hides surprisingly insightful, funny or touching messages from these…
Is Your Everyday Life Hiding Valuable Business Lessons?
Coming up with authentic, quality content for your blog or online marketing can certainly feel like a struggle sometimes. You may start to wonder if you have anything new to…
If Your Business Isn’t Making You Squeal, Here’s What You Need to Know
This summer on my Instagram feed I posted a video of my son that is 1) really adorable but also 2) (more relevant here) inspiring to me as an entrepreneur….
Dealing With Discrimination
How to Handle the Situation With Grace When You’re Judged Unfairly I had just finished up a meeting with a client and their own clients were arriving in the board…
How to Avoid the Silent Killers of Entrepreneurship
Sometimes as entrepreneurs we can get stuck in our current ways because it is what we know, it is what works and is comfortable. However, at what point do our…
What I Learned in 2015
A technical glitch, an unexpected influx of work, or running out of steam in your passion for your business, or even personally — these are all potential snafus that can…
Classic Christmas Lessons — What I’ve Learned From Scrooge About Client Relations
Ebenezer Scrooge has been held up as an example to us all since Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843. This wretched (but rich) miser of a man learns…
4 Entrepreneur Lessons You Need to Know
I have run The Marketing Girl for nearly four years and learned many valuable entrepreneur lessons along the way. Some are no-brainers, but some were learned the hard way. I’m…
