Video marketing seems to be everywhere now, from social networking sites to your inbox. At mostly 60 seconds or less, videos are an excellent way to get attention for your business or cause. These videos convey the message in a…
Are you still living in denial that you can do everything and don’t really need any help? A lot of women face this problem. If you think that not having a helping hand or by not asking people to help,…
Let me preface this with saying that while it may sound naiive to those of you in business for far longer than I, that manipulation is not the way to lead a business. You may have gained rampant success with…
We all love to do other stuff in our free time. Interests like cooking, painting, writing, hiking, reading, etc. are a few we can relate to. But there is always something we actually take out time to do. For instance,…
While an MBA may help your credibility or investors may help your financial viability, there’s no substitute for learning from those who are in the postition you’re vying for. Successful entrepreneurs, people in that ultimate position your goal is to…
In order to pursue the promise of a successful business, you need to be mentally tough – resilience is key to any merger, startup or even in relation to your personal goals. Regardless of what your goal may be, career…
To be successful, you need to be an expert within your industry, remaining ahead of the competition at all times by honing your skills and generating work rather than waiting for it to come to you. In order to become…
““A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.” ” — Frank Zappa Here’s one for all you creatives out there who struggle with writer’s / artists’s block at times. Artist, Barbara Bailey talks us through…
I have had two career paths, three really if I count the one I did to supplement the other two. Making a living as a painter has been practically impossible. I sold work from my studio on Waiheke Island, and…
At some point in the last few years, it somehow became acceptable to interchange adjectives and profanity in business. Even industry icons we’ve looked up to have begun using them to add extra emphasis to a statement in a professional…
While most social media these days is focused on relaying the latest dramas or posting play-by-play images of meals, LinkedIn is the exception. LinkedIn is solely focused on your career. Providing both an online resume, a legitimate networking platform and…
In the rat race of job searching, you’re often one of a plethora of applicants with similar skillsets and cvs, near identical experience and form letter cover letters so it’s important that you set yourself apart as much as possible…
It’s a fact, most women earn less than men in the same roles and while some of that can be accounted for as gender inequality, the sad fact is that a large portion is simply due to women not asking…
Perhaps you were intending to catch a potential client of major industry player at that networking event and narrowly missed the chance or perhaps you’re looking to create a relationship with a potential client and don’t know where to start….
‘The Martian’ (in cinemas now) is a look at how not to give up when circumstances are deftly against you. In the film, Astronaut and Botanist, Mark Watney is left behind on Mars after an emergency evacuation, with his crew under…
The opportunity to be able to work from home is both amazing and difficult at the same time. One the one hand you’re able to wake up at your leisure, saunter into your office (or onto the sofa, wherever you…
An internship is one of the best ways to get into the career you want if you don’t have the necessary experience. Companies will often hire their interns rather than advertise if the intern has done well because the intern…
Update your resume Before even considering applying for new jobs, ensure that your resume is up to date – check contact info, check spelling and grammar and ensure that your roles and responsibilities that have been added since the last…
Whether you’re an entrepreneur just wetting your feet or you’re a seasoned executive, time is your most valuable asset and it’s also the most wasted, especially in a startup where you’re just not ready to delegate tasks because your business…
Networking is probably the most despised necessity of all business related function but it is a necessity. So many CEOs and other C-Suite Manager complain about having to attend networking functions and yet they know the power of word of…