Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Entrepreneur,
Welcome to the 21st issue of WomenandBiz.com.
In this issue, our guest writers are discussing negotiation skills: negotiating price, negotiating to close a sale, negotiating at meetings, negotiating your time, negotiating to grow!
When negotiating, remember to listen, to clearly communicate your goals and expectations, so that you come up with win-win situations.
If you […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Entrepreneur,
Welcome to our TWENTIETH issue of WomenandBiz.com. The theme is on Smart Spending, and I’ve had many A-HA moments just by reading our contributors’ articles. They discuss how important it is to be aware of your expenses, to choose what’s important, to invest in things that matter, and to spend on whatever will help […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Entrepreneur,
After four years distributing WomenandBiz.com with the same layout, we decided it was time for a change. We hope you enjoy the changes, and the Business Change issue. You are now able to bookmark articles, to write comments, to easily locate articles written by your favorite guest writers and to search for the articles […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Entrepreneur, The other day a client contacted me because although she had written a business plan, she wasn’t ready to take the next step and start her venture. She was stuck! It is common to feel that way when there is so much going on or when you are taking a risk, either to […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Entrepreneur, Can you manage it all? I’m sure anybody can! But the question is, at what cost? What are you giving up in order to manage it all? And is it worth it? By doing everything yourself, are you adding value to your business, or taking precious time from what you do best? How […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Entrepreneur,
Welcome to the 14th issue of WomenandBiz.com!
Our guest writers are discussing how to establish Business Connections, create strategic alliances (Sherese Duncan, Nina L. Kaufman and Pattie Simone), join support groups (Persephone Zill) and leverage from technology (Lena West and Dan Koifman). You can also learn listening skills (Lorraine Cohen), networking and follow up […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Entrepreneur,
Welcome to the 13th issue of WomenandBiz.com!
We are discussing Diversity in business, in the workplace and in life. Our guest writers share their experiences, knowledge and thoughts about this theme. Jeannine Narcisse provides important statistics; Karin Vibe-Rheymer-Stewart brings to your attention how different cultures see time; Jill Kanter teaches how to provide constructive […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Entrepreneur,
Welcome to our 12 issue!
This issue brings information about how to run a successful home-based business. WomenandBiz.com’s guest writers tell you how to set boundaries; how to avoid loneliness; what are the issues involved with working from home; which marketing strategies you can start applying today; how to manage it all and simple […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Womenandbiz.com Reader, Have you stopped to think about your Vision lately? Where would you like to be in 5, 10, 20 years? When are you starting your business? What is the size of your business? Who is your strategic partner? How many businesses do you have? What actions are you taking today to help […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Womenandbiz.com Reader,
For this issue we are discussing family business and home-based businesses. When I was taking an entrepreneurship class at Baruch College, we had a guest speaker who spoke about family business. She mentioned that many times even self-employed individuals actually run a family business, as they need their family support in order […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Women and Biz Reader,We hope you join us in celebrating our one year anniversary, and that this issue of Women & Biz helps you stop to think about your business and where you are today. It might be a good idea to take time to celebrate each of your accomplishments and start to plan […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Women and Biz Reader,
The sixth issue of Women & Biz brings ways for organizations to cooperate with their competitors creating a WIN/WIN situation to all parts involved, specially the customers. Our columnists and guest writers give inspirational ideas on how to use “coopetition” to achieve success and grow your business.
Andrea Nierenberg, owner of The […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Entrepreneur,
This issue of WomenandBiz.com encourages you and your business to Think Green. It might seem that establishing an eco-friendly business is costly and not worthwhile, however, even when it costs more to be green, the gains outweigh the initial investment in many ways. In addition, local, state and federal government have established programs […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Entrepreneur,
Have you ever had a dream that you believed you could never achieve and never acted on it? Or do you have experience pursuing a dream, only to have life and business realities get in the way?
I have learned that sometimes all you need is to start from where you are. If you are […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Reader,
We hope this issue of WomenandBiz.com inspires you to research the market, find out more about your clients, their needs and wants, their demographics information, their habits, their buying attitudes, in order to offer them a better customer service and to develop a precise marketing strategy. Nowadays, information is readily available; you can conduct […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Readers,
Our 8th Issue of Womenandbiz.com brings even more inspiring ideas to succeed in life and in the business world. For the first issue of 2005 we chose to write about Setting Business Goals, so that we all can start the year in the right foot. Thank you to our guest writers, who talk about […]
Written by: Elisa Balabram
Dear Women and Biz Readers,
We chose Leadership as the Women & Biz theme, thinking about those entrepreneurs who lead themselves and their companies toward success. Thank you to all columnists, guests, and women business owners for sharing experiences and contributing to Women & Biz Magazine.
We interviewed three true leaders and innovators, each in their own […]
