We were greeted by these beautiful sandcastles one morning as we were walking on the beach.
It is such joy to start the day with the creations of others that nature has left for us to enjoy before the tide comes in and washes them away.
Female lifeguard putting out the flags for the safety swim area at Kirra beach. Most lifeguards are male 🙂
Suzie thinks it’s a circle of inspiration, Des thinks its a circle with spires. You choose 🙂
Are you starting out on a new business endeavor and wondering what it takes to be successful? It’s a journey you must take with the understanding that it’s about more than just yourself or acquiring money. To be successful in today’s business world, read the following five tips and implement them today.
To complete the journey, you must be ready to take the long and uneasy road to success. As with any journey, you need to have a destination chosen. This destination can be to own your own company, to reach a particular net worth, or to expand to an international client base. This will be how you define your business success.
On this journey, you’ll need to do much more than just want it. You must work hard, think positive, read collaborative books, and study your mentors who are already where you want to be. It’s a mental and physical journey to take. Are you ready to walk the walk and talk the talk?
While you are on your journey, remember the old phrase, “you are the company you keep.” If you are surrounded by those who are negative, you can be sure there will be negativity along your journey. They will make a rough path seem impossible to cross.
So it’s important to keep positive influencers around you who are looking to take the journey to success as well.
Have you ever met a successful person who tried to promote a new product and then quickly decided to let it go? Probably not. The most successful people in today’s business world are extremely persistent and consistent. These are two positive habits that will keep the money rolling in, over long term.
Sure, in the end, it’s great to have wealth. However, you should not chase the money to define your success. As a business owner, do focus on your sales, cash flow, and net profit. This will help you determine how well your business is doing. Evaluate your business success by how well you are meeting your customers’ needs, and the money will follow naturally.
Just because you have money coming in like crazy, does not mean you’ll keep it in your bank account. You need to manage your money wisely.
Some of the most successful individuals realize everything is not handed to them on a silver platter. They must work hard for it, and in turn, they learn to appreciate their wealth.
They are frugal individuals– yes, this includes even Warren Buffett. So take baby steps with your money. Keep your old vehicle as long as it runs and keep a smaller home. Leverage your frugality so that you can reinvest in your business or new ventures down the road.
You need to have something to offer people for them to pay attention to you. Others purchasing your products and services, of course, is the way you will become successful.
So, you need to create value in their lives for them to support you. In turn, you’ll provide value in your own life toward your success.
Money is not always the top priority in successful people’s lives; it’s making others happy and providing value.
Business Insider has a list of 23 successful people who failed and kept going. From Thomas Edison to Stephen King, they never gave up. In order for you to be the next successful person, remember the above five tips, and never let greed get in your way.
Walking onto the beach this morning we saw this sand castle and Des said: “It’s holding out against all odds,” as the waves crashed in.
The next moment the top was gone yet the base remained.
Bloggers unite! The year 2014 is going to be a huge one for conferences where we can all get together, learn about current trends, improve marketing results, boost content and make plenty of valuable friends along the way.
Some of the events going on are truly exciting, as they are some of the biggest series around. If you are planning on attending any conferences within the next twelve months, here are some you should really consider.
SOBCon comes back stronger in 2014! Please read the official updates here. Even though the event in Portland was canceled, we will all be looking forward to Chicago SOBCon this year!
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Content Marketing Institute is one of the most popular marketing sites on the web. Their annual conference is huge, and a huge boost for any career to be seen speaking there. The speaker proposal deadline has passed, but it’s still a great place to network!
Where and When: Cleveland, Ohio. The Conference is September 8-11th, 2014.
For the women bloggers out there, you can attend a conference aimed directly at you and the special considerations to females in the blogosphere. Founded in 2005 by Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone, BlogHer is a great site for educating, spreading awareness and assisting women online in their content and marketing.
Their annual event is always very informative and a lot of fun. Sign up early, because these tickets sell very fast. Also check out Pathfinder, the pre-conference set of workshops only open to a few hundred attendees on a first come, first serve basis. Tickets are on sale now.
Where and When: Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 8:00 AM – Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 11:00 PM (PDT) in
San Jose, CA
Still rather new on the conference circuit, Now What is still managing to attract a lot of attention from industry leaders and members of the public alike. Focused on web content, management and marketing, it is a great opportunity to keep up with the latest trends in the market. All while having plenty of chances to network with others and meet with representatives from dozens of well known brands in the expo hall. They are currently accepting submissions for speakers and workshops.
Where and When: Sioux Falls, South Dakota – Washington Pavilion in
April 23-24, 2014. The official venue hasn’t been announced yet.
For the fourth year in a row, Lifestyle Bloggers Conference is coming to Los Angeles. Aimed at female and Latina bloggers in particular, it is a great chance to learn about how social media is changing the face of blogs through greater community interaction.
There will be three keynotes, two sponsored lunches, a tour behind the scenes of LA Mart, and various panels and workshops. Unlike many other conferences, this one tries to cover all topics relevant to bloggers, from copyright law to SEO. If you want a well rounded conference targeted at women, you will love this event.
Where and When: March 27-29. 2014 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (PDT), Los Angeles, CA. Be sure to book a hotel closer to the venue which is Cooper Design Place this time. One of the sites that has a convenient search and a huge database is LosAngelesHotels.
A great place to meet other designers, Design Bloggers Conference has the distinction of being just as much about inspiring creativity as it does learning about an industry. This time they will have two keynotes at the two day event: Jeffrey Alan Marks and Candice Olson. There will also be a fantastic expo there you won’t want to miss, held by the dozens of sponsors who will be showing off the latest in interior design products and ideas.
Where and When: This year the conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 3300 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2-4.
This is a common question, and an understandable one. When your work is primarily done online, and social media becomes the backbone of that work, it is easy to forget how important one on one interaction can be. Sure, you can learn a lot of what is offered online during webinars or posted presentations. But you lose the human element.
Meeting up face to face with other bloggers is a great way to forge lasting working relationships. Not to mention it is a fun and exciting way to spark innovation, collaborate on project ideas, and just get away from the computer for a couple of days.
It also lets you interact more directly with experts and industry leaders in a way that leaves a lasting impression. You know you are more likely to remember someone you speak with over drinks than someone you tweet back and forth to.
When you work online it can be easy to forget to leave the web behind and really speak to others. These conferences are a great reminder that will have some serious benefits along the way.
Jessy Troy is the self-made marketer blogging at Viral Mom, the established blog for WAHMs. You can follow Jessy on Twitter as @jessytroy.