Official Savor the Success Blog!
The Savor the Success official blog follows seven women who declare a goal and take inspired action steps to accomplish it by a certain date. You can read about how these women tackle the challenges, what steps they decide to take (or not take), who helps them, what vendors they use, their struggles, and their successes.
Official Savor the Success Blog
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Stephanie Cion
wellalarm inc
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Where Journalists and Reporters are Hiding on Twitter!
January 5, 2009Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday!
Thank you for the fabulous feedback on my twitter post! It is gratifying to know people found the material useful. I really wrestle with the overall value of twitter in building a business. As the CEO of a start-up hands down, my primary goal is sales. For a social networking business, like Savor the Success, I can certainly see the value and how they would easily gain customers and build traffic…however, for a product/service company like WELLalarm, though I certainly concede that any traffic is great, I am not convinced twitter is one of the best uses of our time to increase sales.One quick way I have decided to promote WELLalarm on twitter is to tweet a WELLtip every couple of days about what to do/how to handle an emergency situation! (And of course, how WELLalarm can be of help in many of these situations!) Should be interesting to see how this helps WELLalarm's overall visibility. Again, visibility and sales are [...]
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Alisa Bowman
Bauman Ink, Ltd
Emmaus, PA -
Why I write for free: Part 1
January 4, 2009
Among freelance writers, blogging and guest posting are quite controversial topics. The debate has two sides, or camps.
The Write-Only-for-Money Camp: "It's bad enough that some writers are willing to work for pennies. Now you bloggers are putting your stuff out there for free. Do you realize that if you keep doing that, no one will want to pay any of us anything?! We will all starve. Is that what you want? Is it?"
The Write-What-We-Want-Even-if-We-Don't-Get-Paid Camp: "But blogging is really fun."
Okay, the reasoning for writing for free is actually a bit more complicated. What follows are all of the reasons why I write for free. I do it because:- I can. I get paid a premium for ghost writing and health writing. Because of that, I do not have to work full time. I have the time available to me to try other types of writing, types of writing that, at the moment, I get paid little or nothing to write (see next point).
- No one will pay me for the material that I'm putting out [...]
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Romy Taormina
Psi Bands
Pacific Grove, CA -
Balancing Work and Home
January 3, 2009I would like to share some strategies that I use for balancing work and home and welcome your ideas, too (I will put them to the test!).
I am a WAHM (work at home mom). I have two sons, ages 9 and 6 ½. My day is busy from start to finish, but I would not have it any other way. It’s a challenge and one that I welcome so that I can do what I love to do – spend time with my family and grow my business.
Balancing Strategies:
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Ask for help – whether it is from a friend, spouse, or colleague, when you need help, ask for it. When I travel for business, I ask for help from my girlfriends (who have children the same age as my own) to take my children for a few hours after school until my husband gets home from work. My husband handles the grocery shopping, a task he took over from me about one year ago when I was felling overwhelmed. A big relief for me because I don’t enjoy it and he can do it after the kids go down at night (when it’s not crowded in the stores) while I ge [...]
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Savor the Success Founders
Savor the Success
New York, NY -
Big + Bold Announcement!
January 2, 2009Ladies,
We just got back a fun and much-needed vacation, and now I am energized for a phenomenal 2009 for all of us!
Do you see the "Laugh Often" tee that I'm wearing from Premium Member Andreea Ayer's Tees for Change? That's my New Year's resolution-- to have fun and laugh as much as I can in 2009!
And what about you? What are your 2009 resolutions? What would make you excited if you could accomplish anything in 2009? List them below and declare your intentions to the universe!BIG + BOLD ANNOUNCEMENT!
Savor the Success has been planning a very cool and unique opportunity to get your business in front of the media (and ultimately your targeted audience).Are you ready for a fresh and fabulous PR campaign to build buzz for your products or services in 2009?
It's big and bold, and we at Savor have been planning and thinking outside the box to bring you this exciting opportunity!
We will be announcing this initiative early next week, so look for the Savor announcement deli [...]
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Alexandra Mihaescu
Esculon
Astoria, NY -
It can't get better than this, can it?
January 1, 2009
I've just gotten the best testimonial and PR mention in one...a great way to end a year. Or maybe a great way to start the new one.Judith is a fellow blogger and Astorian who became a customer totally by accident. She actually mentioned me on her list of "Best of 2008." Needless to say, I'm very flattered and excited at the same time. And being that it's so good, I thought I'd share it with you:
"Esculon Jewelry - I've been hooked on Alexandra Mihaescu's funky jewelry designs. She makes contemporary fashion jewelry at reasonable prices. My most recent purchase, the Golden Dotty Earrings have become a huge hit with all of my friends--so much so that I've purchased 3 more pairs for some of my closest buds. The compliments on these babies just keep pouring in!"
This brings me one step closer to getting 15 PR/blog mentions by February 1, 2009. That date seems to be creeping up on me now.
Happy New Year! =)
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Karen Renzi
Beyondus, Inc.
Youngstown, NY -
Resolution #3: Make Time for Me
December 31, 2008[First, a quick side note... my resolutions here are more personal resolutions for making me a happier, more successful business owner (and person in general). I also submitted a more business-focused resolution in response to a HARO query and it was published on the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur blog. See #21! Now I'm really on the hook this year!]
Anyway, my final resolution here is probably the most important one because it so directly relates to my sanity. I need to learn how to make time for me.
I hardly EVER take time to do my own thing for fun. The closest things to it lately were shopping some mall sales with my daughter this weekend and turning brunette at the salon yesterday (I'll try to post a pic at some point if anyone cares). While I was sitting there I realized that it was probably the longest I'd sat still without any kids around for weeks.
So, in 2009, I'm determined to make time for myself. Doing things that are not chore, work, or family-related, if I c [...]
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Alisa Bowman
Bauman Ink, Ltd
Emmaus, PA -
In 2009, I resolve not to lose my mind
December 31, 2008
Thanks to Karen Renzi, fellow STS blogger, for encouraging me to think about resolutions. I've been procrastinating this task. Today is New Year's Eve.
What will I resolve to do in the next year?
That question leads me to ask another question, "Is a resolution different from a goal?" For instance, I already have about 378 goals for next year:- Write two guest blogs a month (more on this in another blog)
- Break down my memoir into a book proposal, get over my fear of rejection, and send it out to publishers.
- Get my local lifestyle magazine to profile me and my blog.
- Hold a contest to drive up my blog subscriptions
I could go on and on, but I'm pretty sure you don't have the time or inclination to read all of my business goals. Still, I think a goal is a little different than a resolution. A goal is a task, something that goes on the to-do list.
A resolution, in my mind, is a life shift-something that lasts forever. For instance, the common "lose weight a [...] -
Romy Taormina
Psi Bands
Pacific Grove, CA -
2009 Goal Setting Ideas to Help Your Company Reach the Next Level
December 31, 2008In no particular order, some thoughts and resources for goal setting for the new year:
- Join the Make Mine a Million $ Business™ RACE – It’s It's a great way to support each other in reaching our individual goals, creating jobs for others, and helping to turn our economy around. We can be each others' success stories, and no business is too small to participate. If you have a business -- and want to grow it -- then this is for you. If you choose to participate, please let me know! Psi Bands is in! JOIN HERE: http://www.makemineamillion.org/race
- If you are not sending out an e-newsletter to stay in touch with your customers/clients, and wish to do so, here are some resources: Emma: www.myemma.com; Constant Contact: http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp; or WagMail http://www.wag-mail.com/
- Consider how hiring an assistant (or an intern from your local college) would help you to further grow your business. Now more than ever there is great talent out there with reduced s [...]
