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[QW9] – Adding professional bullets to your LinkedIn profile

Mar 20, 2021

Yeees, I know LinkedIn® has a way to add bullet points to...

Is the term “freelance” affecting your credibility?

Mar 6, 2021

The first rule of websites? "Never send your reader away from your website." Yep, that rule. The one I am about to break, so please come back. If you work on a contract basis, you may have considered: should you use the term 'freelance' to describe your...

[QW8] “How do I get past client objections?”

Feb 20, 2021

"Heard it all before, yadda, yadda, yadda." Of course. But how many of us...

[QW7] Two words for ya: kitchen timer!

Jan 16, 2021

Here's a mini business tip to start off our new Quick Win year. Enjoy. [QW7] Two words for ya: kitchen timer! This is one of those "Why didn't I think of this?" no-brainers that hadn't occurred to me. I ran into a non-tech buddy and grumbled: "I missed a...

5 Steps to Non-Overwhelm [Redux]

Jan 2, 2021

As small business owners suffered through the 'overwhelm' known as 2020 (!), I...

[QW Bonus] Infographic: 4 Money-Saving Steps to Your First Draft

Nov 21, 2020

Two weeks ago, my talented VA created the infographic I vowed to generate. Two years ago. In all my spare time, right? When October rolled around this year, I did offer you my post on this subject: 4 money-saving steps to your first draft But I still didn't...

Newsjack alert! A twist on Thanksgiving

Nov 7, 2020

Enjoy this first post from the new website! Thanks to the team at for non-overwhelming the end of 2020 for me. Such a blessing. 'Newsjacking' is grabbing a story...

[QW6] Is “Everyone has …” or “… have …” correct?

Oct 17, 2020

If you've followed along with the Quick Wins from the beginning, this is where it starts paying off! In [QW1], we discussed a team is a collection of people making up: A group An entity (one - 'it'). The team has a chance to win. It has a chance to win. Although it...

4 money-saving steps to your first draft

Oct 3, 2020

It's an unhappy moment. An editor tells an author they need the first...

[QW5] “It’s” vs. “Its”

Sep 19, 2020

Here is a problematic word puzzler where one outlier does not follow the rule. [QW5] "It's" vs. "Its" We often find an apostrophe demonstrating ownership: The dog's bone A company's logo A Ferengi's tooth sharpener (If you're not a Star Trek fan, never mind 🙂 ) We...

“Am I a good work-from-home candidate?”

Sep 5, 2020

Someone just screamed at their phone: "NO!" And I sympathize. In February...

[QW4] ‘Democratic’ vs. ‘Democrat’

Aug 15, 2020

Okay, pet peeve time. We in the U.S. are ramping up to an election in early November. And I guarantee: we will hear and see the word 'democratic' misused 99% of the time between now and then. Well ... forever, really. Few of us – including grammar pundits and the...

A fresh look @ follow-up

Aug 1, 2020

When my friend Shawn and I talked about meeting reminders, she gave me another excellent idea to research and share with you: “I’d like to find the best way to follow-up and thank clients. Has the etiquette around thank-you notes changed?” Funny you should ask. When...

[QW3] Don’t confuse ‘I’ and ‘me’

Jul 18, 2020

[Surprise! I'm experimenting with sending my posts on Saturday mornings. It's history makin', and you're part of it ;-). Thanks for tagging along. Enjoy, K.] One of the most difficult things to get right in sentences is 'I' and 'me.' [QW3] Don't confuse 'I' and 'me'...