This month's fabulous business owner interview is with Catherine Offner from Catherine's Music Studio in Skippack, PA. We used her services for my son's guitar lessons for years. She gathers several instructors to teach individuals their instrument of choice. Let's read about how she made her business a success for many years. 1. Tell us about your business and when you started. I own two music studios in which I teach piano lessons and have other instructors teaching instruments such as … [Read more...]
Questions to Make Your Office More Organized When Business Grows
As a small business grows, we tend to adapt our current procedures to our new larger company. However, this thought may not work because larger companies work differently than smaller companies. For example, the invoicing process will need to change and take more time if you don't update the system when you have more clients to invoice. A solution to this issue is to use a software package, like QuickBooks or QuickBooks Online, instead of invoicing with Microsoft Word document … [Read more...]
10 Important Tips for Juggling Work and Family While Starting a Business
Every day, we struggle to manage our home and work lives all the time. But, as a small business owner, this is even more compounded. We have the drive to start our business but are torn between taking care of our young children. It is a real dilemma and may not be resolved in this one post. But, we can sure try! Right? Remember, there's no need to feel guilty about this process, we all go through it. I came out the other side and learned a lot of different tips to make this process much more … [Read more...]
How To Quickly Improve Your Online Writing
If you have read my blog, you know that I am big on getting to the point to inspire you to take action quickly and simply. The below FREE extension in Chrome has helped me speed up my online writing and helped me improve my grammar skills at the same time. Here's how I did it. Before using this Grammarly extension, I would write my post, then have to wait for a few hours or a day, before I would revisit the post for editing. I was told when I was in school to put the essay down before and … [Read more...]
