Entries by Colleen Eakins

Confession: I Don’t Always Take My Own Advice

It’s confession time.  Hi, my name is Colleen and I am guilty of not [always] taking my own advice.  Wait, before you stone me, hear me out and listen to my excuse.  I often advise clients, family and friends that pick my brain on different ways to market their business and position/brand themselves.  A lot […]

Business: Feast and Famine

Every business has seasonal periods that are slower or busier than usual.  With large companies, you tend to hear about lay-offs or seasonal/temporary hires during their high and low seasons.  For them, the economic affect is felt, but not like it is felt in a small business.  If you have less than 10 employees, or […]

6 Blogs You Should Be Following

I am an avid reader and have been since childhood.  With the advent of technology and the explosion of content readily available and easily accessible online, I have added blogs to my daily reading lists.  I follow more blogs than what is listed here, but I thought I would keep the list short and list […]

Low Cost to Free Resources to Learn Technical Concepts & Software

One of the great things about technology is that it has made it easier to share information, find information and learn.  I myself have taught myself new techniques in updated software releases, CSS, some PHP, and a few other technical concepts using online resources.  Some were free resources and some were paid, but the pad […]

Finding Your Blogging Voice

My first foray into blogging was not on this site here, for business, but on my hobby site for fun in my spare time.  I am very competitive and I turn everything into a challenge that I must conquer.  I find it helps to motivate me to accomplish things and move forward in life.  My […]