How to Take a Mini Vacay

All work and no play isn't healthy for the creative soul!  Sometimes it's important to change perspective by taking a mini vacation.  I spent the day today beaching it and whale watching on the shores of Redondo Beach. 

How to Create Videos for the Web

Do you need an ad campaign video for your brand, website or upcoming event? Creating it yourself using online tools and a camera with high capabilities is more personalized, rewarding and satisfying!

With the availability of faster bandwidth speeds, videos are now huge part of the online industry. Come to think of it, online users watch YouTube videos for more than 6 billion hours each month and 100 hours of uploaded videos every minute. With these huge numbers, video is indeed a fastest growing trend in digital marketing. Knowing this market reality, all size of businesses is taking advantage of video to inform and entertain their target audience. When done right, videos are effective way to promote your brand and convey your message in a more credible and engaging way. To make the most of video advertising, you should know the several video formats which you can choose from. You may combine some of these formats according to your needs.

Spring Clean Your Virtual Tools

Spring is upon us. Warmer temps, blooming flowers, and sunshine!  As the days get longer and warmer, it's important to take time to give your virtual tools a little spring cleaning. I mean this in several ways!

Put a little rubbing alcohol on a cloth and wipe your computers, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones. Clean all your headphones.

Keep Your Inspiration Fresh! FREE printable quotes for framing!

FREE Downloads - Always fun to have some inspiration and motivation! Enjoy!

Printable motivational quotes, size 8.5 x 11". Can be framed or pinned to your idea board.

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Self Hypnosis for Achieving Goals

What comes to your mind when you think of hypnosis? Probably stage shows where people are made to do silly or mystifying things. Possibly also the controversial subject of “lost memory retrieval,” or dramas where unsuspecting victims are made to commit crimes without their knowledge. In any case, it’s not something you think of in the context of ordinary life.

So this may come as a shock –  each one of us is basically in a state of self-hypnosis all the time. We are constantly entrancing ourselves with a steady stream of hypnotic suggestions in the form of beliefs about ourselves, our lives, the future, and everything we consider to be “real.”

How to Present Yourself to Others 2015

When it comes to interviews, presentations, important or personal meetings, and any situation where you need to make a good impression, looking professional is just as important as being professional. But looking professional means more than just having a top-of-the-line briefcase, Italian shoes, the best laptop money can buy, and a bright smile. Here are some tips you may never have thought of in the course of your career.

Don’t Get Chained To Your Computer: Time Management for Online Entrepreneurs

Online entrepreneurs need not be chained to their computers because of lack of time management. Even if you have family or personal commitments, managing your time well will leave enough space for you to do your own personal things together with spending time with your family. Successful online entrepreneurs always say that the key is to manage your time wisely. Here are ways to do it:

How to Brand your Business on Social Media

Having a strong online professional reputation today is more important than ever. Your credibility as a leader is at stake when people cannot find you online.

Further, if you are found online and what is found is outdated, incomplete, negative, or inconsistent, then you as the leader are at risk of being viewed as a poor leader. This is like having bad press, and no leader or company can afford bad press in a world driven by consumer perception and opinion.

In case you want to know how to brand your business online, follow the methods below.

Biz and Life Hack: Meditation

Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or for the mind to simply acknowledge its content without becoming identified with that content or as an end in itself.

The term meditation refers to a broad variety of practices (much like the team sports) that includes techniques designed to promote relaxation, build internal energy or life force and develop compassion, love, patience, generosity and forgiveness. Meditation has been used by many cultures and religions for the purpose of seeking knowledge, spirituality, relaxation, and improved focus. Today, meditation is being researched for its possible benefit to helping with certain health conditions, effects on increasing relaxation, and seeking a greater understanding of what is commonly referred to as the "mind-body balance.

CREATE A 2015 VISION BOARD AND REALIZE YOUR GOALS

A vision board is a tool used to help clarify, concentrate and maintain focus on a specific life goal. Literally, a vision board is any sort of board on which you display images that represent whatever you want to be, do or have in your life. 

2015 IS HERE ~ PLAN YOUR GOALS AND WORK YOUR PLAN

Greetings from Rancho Palos Verdes, California. As we recently journeyed into 2015, now is the time to establish some life balance goals, business benchmarks, and intentions for abundance.  There are a lot of ways to get on path and motivated for the upcoming year.