post by Stephanie Nelson As news broke yesterday of Kate Spade’s death, I found myself, like many others, mired in questions: Why? How could one of my idols have gotten to this point? She had the means that most of us don’t to pay for the fix to most any problem (or at least we…
post by Stephanie Nelson I’ve long known that working for myself and by myself would be stressful. When I went out on my own, I also realized that social media is a 24/7 entity that doesn’t limit itself to 9am to 5pm…or any other regular office hours. Still I chose to do what I love…
post by Stephanie Nelson Spring is officially upon us…and the weather’s finally acting like it, too. A lot of folks like to spring clean their homes, but I like to apply the concept to my business, too. Here are the things I focus on: Email I’m a notorious email hoarder. So once or twice a…
post by Stephanie Nelson With Friday the 13th coming at the end of this week, there’s a lot of talk about being unlucky going around. So let’s take a look at ways you can set yourself up to feel unlucky in business. Focus only on money. Yes, money is great. And yes, there needs to be…
post by Stephanie Nelson April is Stress Awareness Month. And as a solopreneur in the social media space, I can tell you a bit about stress! ha ha ha So for the first blog post this month, I thought I’d share some of my favorite ways to deal with stress. Hanging out with friends. Whether…
post by Stephanie Nelson Outside of grammar and punctuation errors, I have few pet peeves bigger than some of the ways salespeople hit you with their pitches. Not every outlet is appropriate for you to be hitting business people up. If you’re in sales, here are a few things to consider when you’re reaching out. Do you…
post by Stephanie Nelson Given that today is Valentine’s Day, my mind naturally went to the topic of love. And given that this blog is about work and such, I went straight to the quote that says something along the lines of “do what you love and you’ll never work another day.” In my humble…
post by Stephanie Nelson Lately, as I’ve been scrolling through my Facebook news feed, I’ve seen a lot requests for recommendations for different types of service providers. As I was reading through these, something really stood out to me. In many of the requests, there was some sort of caveat along the lines of “this…
post by Stephanie Nelson Some days, inspiration just doesn’t come. That happens to the best of us, whether we’re working for ourselves, working for someone else, not working, or whatever else we’ve got going on. As a solopreneur, these are the days that suck the life out of me, and some of the few days I…
post by Stephanie Nelson Confession time: My name is Stephanie, and I’m a Hamilfan. (If you know the soundtrack, you’ll notice I even just quoted Aaron Burr to start this post.) I’ve been OBSESSED with the soundtrack for a bit over a year, and even though my Southern mouth can’t keep up with some of…
