post by Stephanie Nelson In honor of International Cat Day, we present to you our favorite feline office companion, Lulu. Lulu joined SBN Marketing as a wee kitten just 7 months after we opened our doors. She’s been a constant – companion, distraction, source of laughs. She loves a computer, an iPad, a smartphone. She’s…
post by Stephanie Nelson If you’re using a free email service such as Gmail or Yahoo, you may be costing your business money without you even knowing it, and you may be unwittingly putting your business email at risk. When your email is tied to a free service (instead of to your own domain), you’re…
post by Stephanie Nelson A few years back, I wrote a post about what tools I use to stay on top of everything for my business. Even though the post was written less than a year after I’d gone out on my own, I still use all of the tools I listed there, and I’ve…
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…
