Thanks so much for being a reader here at Startup Spark. It’s time to celebrate, and one of the ways I do it is to give you a couple PR gifts as well:

Join me on December 30, when I’ll be hosting a FREE teleseminar called “Three Steps for Free Publicity” at two different times, so you can pick the one most convenient to you. So check your schedule and see if you are available either at:

December 30  at Noon EDT, 9 AM PDT
December 30 at 8 PM EDT, 5 PM PDT

In ‘Three Steps for Free Publicity’, sponsored exclusively by …read more

Another issue of Be Heard!, the free weekly ezine, is now available.  Get the scoop on a free webinar with ReadyTalk on promoting your webinar or teleseminar (August 6 at 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT).  Also find out more about social networking for business, and get contacts at O, The Oprah Magazine.
Check it out here.

Most of us created our business to have a lifestyle that allows us to do the things we want. For me, I started my company to be able to travel more with my husband, but then the girls came so now it’s all about spending more time with them: from music classes and the library to trips to the beach. Plus I get to spend extra time doing the things I love: like meeting my girlfriends for a morning breakfast or going to the spa.What about you? Why did you create your business?
Whatever the reason, you can have the business …read more

Last summer, I was at a crossroads in my business.
Frankly, I was overwhelmed. I had just fired another VA who couldn’t handle the assignments I gave her. My accounts were a mess. I was behind on projects. This was become a lot more work than a ‘regular’ 9 to 5 job.

My family life was suffering. I was gaining a weight, just as I was getting it down. I wasn’t making the money I should have been. I even considered going back to the ‘real’ corporate PR world. I was drowning.
But a friend of …read more