At the start of most years, I put together my list of resolutions–both personal and professional. Then I break those goals down into micro-tasks. This works well for me because I can squeeze in progress no matter how much, or how little, time I have any given day. This year I’m doing something different: I’m focusing on a combination of … Read more
Happy new year fellow solopreneurs and creative pros! I hope we all have an exciting, prosperous, and healthy year ahead. To kick off the Kiss My Biz blog this year, I’m going to share my own 2023 resolutions for my business, 3 Beat Media. If you don’t know, it’s a 3-prong business focusing on client services, web properties, and publishing. … Read more
Business planning doesn’t have to be complicated. But finding a system that works for you is essential to keep things running smoothly. In this post, learn how I organize business planning as a solopreneur. I share my system combining digital and analog tools to keep my work organized (including Todoist, bullet journals, index cards, and notepads). Use those tools or whatever keeps you accountable and makes your work days easier.
I expect 2022 to be a big year. Personally. Professionally. In some good ways. In some stressful ones. I’ve always loved a challenge though. And that’s what 2022 is shaping up to be. I hope for this site, in particular, to play a more prominent role in what I do. But that’s only the beginning of the changes to come. … Read more
Running a small business as a solopreneur means having to choose your revenue streams. Sometimes that relies on direct customers, such as for freelance writing services or selling books. At other times, specifically with professional blogging, people might focus on directly monetizing readers. But my blogging business philosophy is different: don’t treat readers like my personal piggy bank. There’s long … Read more
Working as a solopreneur poses numerous challenges. But one I’ve struggled with most over the years is learning to forgive, forget, and move past imperfection. When working for someone else, unrealistic goals often fall on a manager. And they either handle it well, learning from mistakes to better handle planning the next go-around. Or they handle it badly, placing blame … Read more
It’s a new year, and that often means big changes in my business. A big change for 2021 is revamping my entire blogging system and schedule in an attempt to rebuild my little “blog empire.” But this comes after a long blogging break. From 2017-2018 I went through a pretty tumultuous time. It left me emotionally beaten down and feeling … Read more
Some people prefer the approach of setting limited goals or tasks each day to keep them focused on their priorities. I am not one of those people. I don’t believe in narrowing the scope of my day to what can realistically be done, looking at extra time as some sort of bonus. I believe in pushing myself — not to … Read more
Bear with me on this long, somewhat rambling, personal year-end update. Most years I post my big year-end resolution lists with goals and plans for the new year. This mostly involves the writing side of my business, so I would share those lists on my freelance writing site. This year I didn’t share that list. Actually, this time I’m entering … Read more
Over the years (largely at the original incarnation of NakedPR) I’ve talked a lot about what’s wrong in the social media and SEO world — from the circle jerk phenomenon of “tribes” to the way bad SEO and social media marketing can make you look like a spammer, scammer, or incompetent dolt. But instead of covering what you shouldn’t do … Read more