The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur

The other day someone on a committee I’m on didn’t receive the email notice about the last meeting - even though everyone else did and she’s received emails from this person in the past.
Recently I’ve been hearing a lot of grumbling about people not receiving emails. Even emails from people who have been “white listed”. [...]

Adding new technology to your business is always an iffy proposition. Yes you may gain new tools or abilities. New technology allows you to do new things in your business or helps you do old things better or faster.
But there’s always a downside, a cost. And that cost isn’t always financial. Often the learning curve [...]

Yesterday I started reading Timothy Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek. Although I’ve barely cracked the spine, he said something that really got me thinking.
He compared two people: one making $100,000 per year working 80 hours per week vs. one making $50,000 per year but only working ten hours per week. He pointed out it’s not about [...]

Maybe it’s because it’s almost back to school time, but I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting in the past week. I’ve been thinking about what it was like during the first few weeks and months of being in business full time. It was an equally exciting and frightening time.
I had a business and marketing [...]

Yesterday I came to a startling realization. I have serious mental blocks about money and selling. Why do I have this block? How can you sell products in your ezine or blog effectively and ethically? Read this blog post to discover the answer.