If you have been following along on the Daysteps blog, you know my current project is a planner developed for women to achieve balance, inspiration, and fulfillment in their lives. I have to admit it was a great challenge because it’s for people with very different priorities and viewpoints compared to the average, career-focused consumer [...]

Some of you probably noticed I’ve been scarce the past several months and are wondering where I’ve been. Three other women and I have been busy developing a new type of planner: the Daysteps Personal Lifestyle Planner. Unlike most, this planner is not “strictly business.” The premise behind it is to help people lead a [...]

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Most small business owners know that positioning their companies as providing the same products or services in the same way as the industry giant can lead to disaster. Kind of like a Chihuahua waving a red flag in front of a bull; one twitch from the giant and they’re dead. Studying the competition and acting [...]

It may be tempting for small business marketers to roll their eyes at the thought of spending $3 million on a single ad spot. Smart marketers, however, pay attention. To them, SWOT is more than a misspelled law enforcement team. They know that strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats can arise at any moment. Another’s weakness [...]

Call me crazy, but I have this thing for figuring out marketing and advertising lessons stemming from the hoop-la surrounding the Super Bowl each year (Much of it is focused on how small businesses can apply similar methods). Here it is 2009 and I have at least one “lessons” article nearly every year since 2002 [...]

If you wonder what I have been up to lately, here is your chance to check it out. I am cofounder of Daysteps LLC, a company that helps women live more balanced, peaceful, and successful lives — on their own terms. Our first product will be available late 2009. Meanwhile, we have the Website up [...]

Coupon users tend to have higher income and more education than non-users. And the wealthiest among us are some of the most frugal. Think about it.

Sometimes a formula just isn’t enough. A reader, who recently read the Figuring Break Even Point piece from a few years back, was confused about how to use the CPM formula. I responded, explaining — in words and figures — how to figure the break even point using his numbers. Analytical Bobette was pleased with [...]

When updating your marketing plan, do you imagine the future and take into account how your business environment will change? Throw the current environment out the door, predict what will happen to turn your industry on its head, and plan for that? Perhaps too few of us take that approach. Most (including yours truly) tend [...]