“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question every small child is asked at one point or another. When I was in the early elementary years, my answer would have been, “I want to be a bus driver so I can drive children around and make them smile!” Another answer I had later in …
Getting Your Store Online
Raleigh small business owners, looking to get your store online? Local website designer Cori Nevruz tells you what you need to know. Creating a website for your business can be a big undertaking. There is so much to do and consider. Adding an online store to your website brings in another component that adds to the complexity. Take …
Ten Tips to Make Your Disney Trip Magical
It was such a pleasure to have the opportunity to spend the morning last week with Vend Raleigh moms talking about Disney! I know it’s a super busy time of year with Mothers Day, Teacher Appreciation and end of school year (oh how can it be) activities gearing up so I wanted to take a minute and share some of my top …
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.” …
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 …
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 …
The Ultimate Group Coaching Opportunity for You!
Join VEND Raleigh and Redefine Balance for the Ultimate in Group Coaching! Update-Due to popular demand, we are changing Group 1 content to be the same as Group 2. Now you have 2 exciting options to take your business to the next level. Spots are filling up fast, so make sure to sign-up right away. Contact Gaye Esser at coachgaye@redefinebalance.com to …
WOW Social Media Marketing that You Can Do!
WOW social media marketing strategies that you can do from Raleigh small business owner, Jill Markijohn. To learn something new, you need to ask questions and be unafraid of making mistakes. When I was a teacher, this is what I hoped to instill in my students so they could learn – and love to learn. This is what I did …
4 Steps to Loving You
As Moms and Mompreneurs, let’s face it, it is hard to do it all and be it all. I work with so many Moms that struggle with being truly happy with who they are and where they are in life right now. For my February topics for my weekly ezine, the topics were centered around LOVE- loving you more than …