Passions That Pay

I have started with LinkedIn as I hear so many great things about them. My friend and networking expert Carol Deckert highly recommends LinkedIn and attributes client acquisition to having her profile there.
Setting up a profile is a piece of cake as it steps you through the various parts.
For me though the trouble is [...]

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Networking has a long history in the offline world. It can be informal - mentioning what you do for a living at a party is networking and considered vital in certain industries such as entertainment. Or you can attend more formalized situations specifically set up to network for business.Most chambers of commerce organize mixers for [...]

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I have always believed in the power of networking but have been lax lately on following up on it. I have a profile with most of the networking sites but haven’t worked them effectively. So I am setting myself a target to spend a week at each of the major networking sites (and a couple [...]

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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Thich Nhat Hanh
If you read the last Phase one post then hopefully you have had some time to have some fun and you have at least one activity that brings you joy. The target now [...]

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1. Akismet
This plugin comes with the wordpress download. It does a wonderful job of catching spam - and believe me you want to catch all spam as much of it is the opposite of family friendly. It has to be activated from the plugins tab and you will need your Wordpress API key.
2. Statpress
The geeky [...]

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“The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.”
Earl Nightingale (US motivational writer and author, 1921-1989)
“Passion, it lies in all of us, [...]

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Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk. J. C. Penney
With the time pressures that modern society puts on us today, it is more important than ever to learn [...]

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You will hear me talk time and time again about how important it is that you have a support group - a group of people who have your best interests at heart, who will be positive and enthusiastic, who will encourage you to follow you dreams and help you gain all that you need to [...]

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One of the reasons some people are put off building a blog is the idea that it is VERY time consuming. Certain bloggers are very prodigious, producing several posts a day or writing mini novels but there is evidence to suggest that short and sweet can be just [...]

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