Do You LOVE It?
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that I do my best thinking while I’m mowing my lawn. I personally get out and push mow it. I have for years, and I enjoy it. There are no distractions, it’s good exercise, and I have free time for thinking while getting some […]
There’s Nothing Holding Me Back
In full disclosure, I may or may not have the Shawn Mendes song stuck in my head at this particular moment. My girls, Layla and Vivienne, are currently obsessed with that song, as well as the rest of the Sing 2 soundtrack. But the thought of “nothing holding me back” got me excited all over […]
Throwing Money
I’ve been working in the marketing and technology industry for more than a decade at this point, and I have discovered a trend. Technology in business is a very specialized niche that is not necessarily all that easy to fully grasp. A lot of people understand specific aspects of it, but it isn’t intuitive to […]
What All Do We Do?
Vitality South’s Services For many businesses, you never need to ask the question “what do you do?” For a caterer, they cook and deliver food. For a dentist, they fix and prevent dental issues. Maybe that’s an oversimplification, but most customers walking in the door have a pretty good idea about the majority of their […]
Pajama Day
Ready for Business This morning as my alarm went off, time for me to get ready for work, I felt fatigue catch up with me. It’s near the end of Spring Break week, having worked the week in full, and I was tired. In fact, I really just wanted to roll up into the office […]
Outswimming Sharks
Cybersecurity for Businesses When I was in college, my sister and I decided to take a SCUBA diving class just for fun. We practiced each week in the college pool with our oxygen and masks, and then eventually took a trip down to Florida to do an open water dive and get certified. One of […]
Turn Signals
Change Management in Business While driving, it’s incredibly important to use our turn signals to let other cars know our intentions. Not only is it considerate, but it’s also a matter of safety. Cars often move at high speeds which requires rapid decions and have little time to decide which actions to take and the […]
The Digital Shift
Technology in Business Have y’all noticed how many things we’ve started doing online as of late that we used to do in person? Yes, it’s been heading in this direction for years, but during the Pandemic it seems to have really escalated. Shopping – I’m not just talking about buying from Amazon – but even […]
Mean Tweets
Customer Feedback Because I am in my line of work, I see a lot of comments for a tremendous amounts of businesses. These comments come in a variety of ways: social media messenger, contact forms, comments on posts, reviews, etc. And for better or worse, sending these comments over a digital media, there seems to […]
$5,000 Tax Credit?!
Business Tax Credit There’s a popular hash tag these days #IYKYK which means “if you know you know.” I like it. I definitely had to google it the first time I saw it, but now I’m in the club. #IYKYK. 😉 What’s been so shocking to me in this business adventure is how much I […]
Big Help
You have a friend that’s a business owner. You use her products/services as much as you can and recommend her products/services to everyone. This is amazing and you are a great friend. That’s all you can do, right? Wrong. There is something else. It will take you less than 5 minutes, cost nothing, and help […]
Work Stress
Am I the only one that feels work stress is just a little heavier than everyday stress? I’ll be honest, I’ve been stressed lately. I’m typically a person that handles stress well. Nothing in particular wrong, the weight of running a business is a lot sometimes. It seems like it should be true that the […]
