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Moms: Small moves. Lots of love.
Something a little different this time: a writing assignment for you! But hang on. I think you'll like it. When you're finished, you'll have a different kind of Mother's Day card mapped out (or something for another special person in your life). I first offered...
[QW10] – Copying an online button or its text
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] . Here are three reasons to copy a website button or the text behind it: You don't have time to check out the information right now. You want to see where the button leads before...
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[QW9] – Adding professional bullets to your LinkedIn profile
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] Yeees, I know LinkedIn® has a way to add bullet points to your About section. But the ones I've seen are unprofessional ('cutesy' icons, really), and LinkedIn keeps changing the...
Is the term “freelance” affecting your credibility?
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...
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[QW8] “How do I get past client objections?”
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] "Heard it all before, yadda, yadda, yadda." Of course. But how many of us paid attention? Writing a post on this topic was the farthest thing from my mind. (Except for the...
[QW7] Two words for ya: kitchen timer!
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] 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?"...
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5 Steps to Non-Overwhelm [Redux]
[ Chapter 1 in my book is based on this post. Although originally written for small business owners, I use these concepts at home, too! ] U P D A T E As small business owners suffered through the 'overwhelm' known as 2020 (!), I know some of us used a bit of...
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[QW Bonus] Infographic: 4 Money-Saving Steps to Your First Draft
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
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?
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] 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...
4 money-saving steps to your first draft
It's an unhappy moment. An editor tells an author they need the first draft copy before editing can begin. The writer is dumbfounded. Isn't that what they emailed? No. They sent months (or years) of musings. Maybe the file was run through spell check. But it's...
[QW5] “It’s” vs. “Its”
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] 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...
“Am I a good work-from-home candidate?”
Someone just screamed at their phone: "NO!" And I sympathize. In February...
[QW4] ‘Democratic’ vs. ‘Democrat’
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] 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...
A fresh look @ follow-up
When my subscriber and friend Shawn H. 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...
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