Award winning speaker, business owner, mom, Girl Scout adviser and pioneer in online custom furniture sales. I love to drink coffee, crochet and discover new places, spaces and things.
What Paul Revere Can Teach Us about Personality

What Paul Revere Can Teach Us about Personality

On the morning of April 18, 1775, a young stable boy in Boston overheard two British officers discussing something about “hell to pay tomorrow.”  The stable boy scurried off to the shop of Paul Revere, a silversmith by trade, and repeated his tale.  Further information was quietly gathered throughout the...
90 Days of Thanksgiving

90 Days of Thanksgiving

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing.  It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire Today, I am introducing a bold new concept that will change the way you view the people and circumstances around you. I believe that gratitude leads to greatness. And I aim...
Interview:  Tara Rodriguez of Kindermusik with Miss Tara

Interview: Tara Rodriguez of Kindermusik with Miss Tara

Tara Rodriguez of Hanford, California (located in the Central Valley) is the mother of two pre-school boys plus a college professor.  Tara shares how her youngest son inspired her to launch her business, Kindermusik with Miss Tara. “The most important thing in the world to me is my children and giving them...
30-Day Gratitude Challenge

30-Day Gratitude Challenge

Gratitude is defined as the state of being grateful; a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation.  Saying “thank you” isn’t just about good manners.   It is an attitude that defines and guides.  It helps you choose your path, your destiny.  The more that you are genuinely grateful for, the more you...
Interview:  Peggy Schafer Vincent of Comfy Cozy, inc.

Interview: Peggy Schafer Vincent of Comfy Cozy, inc.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe.” – Anatole France Peggy Schafer Vincent is the mother of  2 boys ages 12 and 14 and founder of Comfy Cozy, inc.  She designs magical glow-in-the-dark pillowcases and apparel from her home-based business...
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Don't You Just Hate It When They Give You Pickles?

Don’t You Just Hate It When They Give You Pickles?

Several years ago, I attended a Girl Scout volunteer training entitled “Give Them the Pickle.” It was a customer service workshop meant to inspire leaders and volunteers to serve the needs and wants of the girls based on what the girls wanted, and not what we as leaders wanted them to do. This lesson easily...
How to Change a Flat Tire in the Desert (or anywhere) by Stephanie Hall

How to Change a Flat Tire in the Desert (or anywhere) by Stephanie Hall

by Stephanie Hall I dig cars.  In truth, I don’t dig cars as much as I dig “getting” cars and being able to talk with people about cars.  Especially men; men mechanics to be specific.  And, if they are being honest, they kinda dig it that a woman “gets” cars.  The basics are pretty simple...
Interview:  Susy Christiansen of Busy Bee Studio

Interview: Susy Christiansen of Busy Bee Studio

Southern California based Susy Christiansen successfully transitioned from the corporate world and created a technology company with kids in mind.   She is the mother of 4-year old twins. “I knew that the work-life balance I wanted as a mom would be tough there, so I decided to make a big change and venture out...
Send Personalized Custom Greeting Cards for $1.47 or less

Send Personalized Custom Greeting Cards for $1.47 or less

Just this past week I received several Facebook messages from my SendOutCards clients that have really touched me.  I’d like to share just one, because it brought tears to my eyes: “I almost didn’t recognize my mom when she called yesterday…she couldn’t stop crying – tears of joy and wonderful memories. Sent her a card...
Grow Your Photography Business with Greeting Cards

Grow Your Photography Business with Greeting Cards

As a photographer, you might be missing out on repeat sales and referrals.  I can help! As an independent distributor for SendOutCards, I help professional photographers, like you, implement appreciation marketing strategies to grow your business.   The following are real-world examples of ways you can use SendOutCards in your photography business. The Perfect System...
What's Weighing You Down?  Get Rid of It!! by Susie Glennan

What’s Weighing You Down? Get Rid of It!! by Susie Glennan

Decluttering Wisdom by Susie Glennan “Are you defining yourself by the things you keep or moving forward for a more freeing life of simplicity?” Can you imagine??? 50% of the things I’ve been saving for the last 30 plus years are gone! And more is going every day. I think my spring-cleaning is turning into...
Interview:  Kay Green of My Precious Kid, LLC

Interview: Kay Green of My Precious Kid, LLC

Kay Green, owner of My Precious Kid in Hillsboro, Oregon created her company out of a personal need.  She wanted ID cards for her homeschool children.  The business has expanded to include child safety, cloth diapers and safe baby products.  Kay has 4 children and 4 grandchildren. “I try to leave work at work and...
Appreciation Marketing for Real Estate Professionals

Appreciation Marketing for Real Estate Professionals

“To be successful in Real Estate you need to two things, listings and referrals.” – Jim McCord In the video, Jim offers three ways he uses highly customized greeting cards in his own Real Estate business: He thanks his clients with a custom card and gift.  Send Out Cards has 100′s of gifts, including gourmet...
Linking with Love by Tanya Lavoie

Linking with Love by Tanya Lavoie

Social Media Savvy by Tanya Lavoie Thanks, thankfulness, appreciation, gratefulness… How do these powerful words relate to social media? Social Media, seriously! Well think about it. We ‘SHARE’ our thoughts and ideas with each other. We ‘LIKE’ each other’s posts. We ‘PIN’ and ‘REPIN’ other businesses photos, and we ‘RETWEET’ other folk’s words on Twitter....
Interview:  Lisa Shock of Utilization Solutions in Healthcare

Interview: Lisa Shock of Utilization Solutions in Healthcare

Lisa Shock, mother of two daughters ages 4 and 10, resides in Hillsborough, North Carolina.  Her company, Utilization Solutions in Healthcare, is literally changing the face of healthcare. MG:  Tell us about your business. LS:  I am a physician assistant and a health care consultant.  We teach hospitals, practices and physicians how to incorporate and...
Interview:  Sandy Schmidt of You are Special Patterns and the Olde Country Cupboard

Interview: Sandy Schmidt of You are Special Patterns and the Olde Country Cupboard

Sandy Schmidt of Starke, Florida, cancer survivor and mother of one, shares her experiences owning two businesses simultaneously.  MG:  What is the name of your business? SS:  I have two pattern companies You are Special Patterns and the Olde Country Cupboard. MG:  Where do you sell your products? SS:  I sell my products on line via...
My Story by Stephanie Hall

My Story by Stephanie Hall

by Stephanie Hall This is a story.  No wildly passionate, bodice ripping scenes; no crazy antics or wild chases of any kind.  Just a story.  About a woman. With two children.  And a marriage.  And some plans for the future.   This woman had just hit 39.  She was in a marriage that was doomed; things...