It’s hard to explain sometimes when people ask me why I go to the gym so often or choose water instead of soda. There are too many reasons actually. I have always enjoyed exercising, but being fit and healthy came along more recently. I started running last April, it was my goal to run a 5k after my youngest son …
What You Should Know About Fair Trade
I’m Brandi and I am an Ambassador with Noonday Collection and I blog over at the fair trade fashionistas. This Saturday, May 11, is World Fair Trade Day, so I asked Vend Raleigh if I could guest post about fair trade. It’s my passion – my crazy thing. And the great news? It’s becoming more and more a “hot topic.” …
3 Tips for Managing Your Small Business’ Charitable Giving
Charitable giving is good for business and good your soul! But if you find yourself being weighed down by obligation to contribute to every donation request that comes along, I’ve got 3 tips to be confident in responding to non-profit donation requests. 1. Contribute to a Specific Cause Pick one or two organizations that you are passionate about …
SuperMoms, Top Three Ideas for Taking Care of YOU
Moms rule. I mean, who else do you know that can juggle mopping, meal planning, grocery getting, disciplining, chauffeuring, appointment setting, booger wiping, cooking, errand running, vacuuming, kid entertaining, dishwashing, education advocating, party planning, diaper changing, laundering – WHEW! I need to take a breath! Taking care of kids, a partner, a home and a business are hard work. The …
Recovery and Giving Back
Tick, Tick, Tick… As I sat up one morning recently rocking my 17 month old son, I was reminded of my time just over a year ago when I dreaded this part of each day: sitting up, rocking, listening to the clock tick off the seconds, and longing for the birds to start chirping to let me know morning was …
What Do Those Numbers Mean?! Facebook Insights
As entrepreneurs, we know the importance of promoting our businesses on social media. We have read all the books, attended the webinars and designed our social media marketing plan. GO US! But… what happens when you do all of that yet you don’t understand your analytics. How are you going to adjust your strategy? Facebook in particular often leaves people …
Too Much to Do Today
It’s 5am and I’m looking for something. In my head, I mean…and I can’t quite get to it. Something I remembered, something I forgot, something I need to do – does this happen to you? “I have too much on my mind”, I think, “too much to do today.” This is my daily mantra. I am a woman who does …
10 Super Easy Tips for Growing Your Business on Twitter
You’ve launched your Twitter channel for growing your business…now what? Get creative! In this follow up blog post to getting started on Twitter, I’m going to list some Twitter basics to help you think about how you could use Twitter for a valuable marketing channel for growing your business. Let’s start conjuring the creative juices by considering the Kogi Korean …
Free Publicity- I’m an expert on __________. You fill in the blank!
As a Mompreneur you are a “Jane of all trades.” Knowing and meeting so many of the moms in the Vend Raleigh community, I see talent in all areas. You are a mom, wife, chauffer, entrepreneur, dual business owner, manager, marketer, advertiser, financial expert, counselor, chef just to name a few of the things that you do as a Super …
7 Gutsy Steps To Being The Creative “You”
Everyone explains that they can’t draw a stick figure. Well, good news … there is more to finding your creative side than that. Put simply, it takes guts to be creative. If you’ve ever wandered around ArtSpace in downtown Raleigh, you’ve seen indescribable modern art installations that leave you thinking, “How did they think of that?” These people have put …