This week’s Spark an Idea Thursday is About Something You Want So Bad You Can Taste It. I’ve got a big list myself right now… I want a new laptop, an iphone, a new car and twice the income   (Easy peasie, right?!) Susan wants a new Nikon. Laurie wants a laptop. Traci wants to [...]

This week’s Spark an Idea Thursday is About Being a Lifetime Learner. Since our awesome Sparkplugging Authors are definitely leading by example on this point, they’ve got some great advice for us: Susan learns from several books at a time. Leslie says to make learning part of your daily routine. Traci learned to keep on [...]

According to Wikipedia… A wiki is a website that uses wiki software, allowing the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked Web pages, using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor, within the browser. So, in other words, it is a web site builder. What’s so special about that? The web [...]

Have you ever called up your hairdresser or fitness trainer, got the voice mail, put on hold and wished they could just go online to set up an appointment yourself? You’re not alone. Playing phone tag is a pain and not very efficient. The good news is, there are many, many appointment scheduling systems you [...]

This week’s Spark an Idea Thursday is About Following Your Gut. I invited our authors to share something they’ve learned either by lesson or observation from a favorite blogger. Laurie says HALT! Traci says your gut may know better than  your head. Jenn says a happy heart makes for a happy business. Brandie says to [...]

Let’s get the jargon out of the way. Crowdsourcing is a term that’s used to describe the process or soliciting the mass or your own network of friends, followers, fans, customers, prospects and so on, to accomplish a task, project or maybe just answer your questions. So what does it mean to crowdsource your customer [...]

I sure love my gadgets. The trouble is the accessories that come with them. Every single gadget is often accompanied by at least one charger or USB cord. It can get so very messy indeed. I’ll admit I haven’t quite hit the right spot how best to organize this because I’m sort of fickle and [...]