If you’ve followed The Successful Solopreneur column for any length of time, you know I love a good business book. Who needs crime or romance when you can read about how to grow your business or learn effective ways to differentiate yourself from others in the market? I’d rather take the latter any …
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The Successful Solopreneur is an exclusive column by Christina M. DeBusk, small business and health & wellness writer. DeBusk pens this column to provide other solopreneurs the tools (and encouragement) needed to successfully build and grow their own one-person businesses. In addition to regularly contributing to Businessing Magazine, DeBusk has also been published by Country Living, Woman’s Day, and many other publications, with more than 4,500 content-related projects completed to-date.
What to Look at When Doing Your Mid-Year Review
The middle to end of May is the perfect time to do your mid-year review. There’s still over a month left to reach the first-half-of-the-year goals you set for your one-person business. It also gives you enough time to really think about what you’d like to accomplish before the year comes to an end …
How To Take Time Off as a One-Person Business
I have a vacation scheduled in a few months and I have to admit that I’m already starting to sweat when I think about taking the time off. In the past, I used to look forward to my time away from work. I could step out of the office without a care in the world because I knew that someone else …
25 Failure Quotes That Inspire Success
Some days it is easy to feel as if you’ve failed. Your business isn’t growing like you expected, there’s tension in your relationships, and no matter what you do to try to turn things around, nothing seems to work. Though failure can make you feel incredibly alone, this is one feeling that most …
3 Books I Found Helpful as a Solopreneur
I’m the type of person who would rather snuggle up with a good self-improvement book than spend my time reading a book in any other genre. As a solopreneur intent on providing my clients the best service possible, many of these books fall into the business realm. Yet, one thing I’ve noticed is …
Stay in Business for Yourself or Work for Someone Else: Is It Time to Hang Up Your Solopreneur Shoes?
A couple of months ago, my business started to slow a bit. I’ve worked for myself long enough to know that there are natural ebbs and flows, with some times of the year being more lucrative than others. However, the unknowns created by the pandemic caused me a bit more concern. How long would this …
