Let’s not beat around the bush: There seems to be a myth amongst One Woman Shops that it’s shameful to take on part-time or full-time work for someone else when they’re working to build their solo business. The feelings that come up: shame; embarrassment; failure. After all, how can you call yourself a business owner…
There’s something we mentor our coaching clients and members on nonstop here at One Woman Shop: that you, as a solopreneur, are your first and foremost client. It seems that without that constant reminder (that everyone needs), it’s easy to keep working in your business and forget that you deserve to work on your business.…
Welcome to Tools We Love, where we highlight some of the tools that make us more efficient, productive, and effective in our businesses. Have a tool that you want to share with the community? Email us! Meet Edgar. He’s an octopus who just so happens to be a social media wizard. (Really, it’s a social…
Welcome to One Woman Experiments, where daring business women experiment with different parts of their business in order to find best practices. We hope these mini-experiments help improve your business and inspire you to test-drive new strategies. Have an experiment you want to test out and document? Check out our ideas and guidelines! This experiment…
Testimonials. Raves. Reviews. Call them what you want, but know that they all boil down to one thing: social proof. Proof from past and current clients that you do what you do as well as you say you do. (How’s that for a mouthful?!) It’s this social proof that can make or break your solopreneur…
How many “productivity hacks” have you encountered or read about lately? They’re prevalent for a reason: every solopreneur is out to do the same — get more done with less, and make the most of our (seemingly limited) time. The truth is, there are truly great methods out there — the Pomodoro Technique, unplugging, taking…
