Life of E's

Suggestion/Resource: Alicia Smith, the Disc Ninja, coach, and entrepreneur, recently sent out this list of places where you can submit your writing.  Several of these are ones I was familiar with, but others are new to me.  So, if you try them out, let the rest of us know what you think. Article Submission Sites [...]

Tags: Alicia Smith, Article Submission Sites, articles, on-line articles

Article to read: One of our members sent me a link to an article that is worth reading. Here’s the first part and the link is the title: Get Rid of Those Pesky “Weasel Words” By Tom Sant Weasel is language that sounds wishy-washy, even sneaky. It avoids saying anything definitively. Instead, every assertion is [...]

Tags: passive voice, subjunctive mood, weasel words, writing

Information: These are the notes that were sent to me from the tele seminar. Women are holistic shoppers; they see, hear and notice everything. Women are deep researchers – they want to find the right solution the first time Women want to know how your product and service with fit into their life Women like [...]

Tags: consumer, Kelly J. Eveleth, Marketing, target, target audience, women

Resource: One of our members listened to the free Sage International teleseminar hosted by Cheri Hill today.  Her guest was Deborah Prout from Nevada Microenterprise Initiative.  Kelly thought this might be a good resource for other members.  The website is http://www.4microbiz.org so check it out. Thanks, Kelly.

Tags: Cheri Hill, Nevada Microenterprise Initiative, Sage International

Question: My assistant and I just finished your 2nd PowerPoint class – Great!  We do have a question about the copyright info.  What is the correct verbage and should it be on all the slides? Note:  This was emailed to me by a person who took my two webinars about PowerPoint and I thought my [...]

Tags: copyright, copyrighted

Suggestion: My colleague in our gifted and talented services department found this site which is a free pdf converter site.  She uses it for all types of documents: Word, Publisher, and Excel.  It is https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp  Give it a try! Posted by Sherry Hecht | 2/19/08 Comment: Thanks, Sherry!  Appreciate the suggestion!!

Tags: PDF, PDF converter, Sherry Hecht

Article to download:  “Get Organized for Tax Season” Download kristin_white_del_rosso_get_organized_for_tax_season_2_11_08.pdf by Kristin White del Rosso – Pea Organizing Services, Inc.SM Shared with her permission for members of MEMc. Posted by Meggin | 2/13/08

Tags: Kristin White del Rossa, organized, Pea Organized Services, taxes

Suggestion: For those members of MEMc who work in the area of K-12 education, consider writing for ASCD Express.  Just click on the link and you can see all the various themes, as well as the info on submitting your manuscripts.  A number of the themes look applicable to some of you…so investigate. I’m strongly [...]

Tags: ASCD, ASCD Express, writing

Question: What is your opinion about asking for a deposit to hold a speaking date?  There are only 5 days of Nevada Reading Week and I want to be sure I am storytelling every day of it.  I don’t want to double book, but I’m wondering if asking for a $100 deposit sounds fair?  Or [...]

Tags: fees, presentation bookings, presentation deposti, presentation fees, presentation reservation fee

Suggestion: Consider the phrase “Money loves speed.”  Dan Kennedy (and others) make this statement and the idea is that if we want to make money, we need to move…fast.  We can’t dawdle and worry and fret and try for perfection (yes, I am indeed writing this).  Many of the members of Life of E’s are working on [...]

Tags: Alexandria Brown, Dan Kennedy, speed