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March is here and the time has come to look ahead. Do you know what you want to accomplish by month's end? If not, here are ideas of what I'm working on as a way to inspire you fo…

Two months down, ten to go. So far, I’m making progress on both my annual and monthly goals but with the expectation of child number five, this fall with some unexpected events wi…

No matter how well organized and self-directed your organization (or project) may be, it truly does require a strong vision-centric leader to move it forward. If you thought you c…

Since May 2017, I've been using Harpoon* to manage my invoices (automatic payment reminders), track my expenses, and project my future expected income (with dashboard charts). It…

Freelancing is hard. The roller coaster is wearing. And then it happens. You lose several clients all at once for a variety of reasons. You experienced what it was like to survive…

With $100 in credit at the real-time survey tool 1Q (referral link), I had the idea this past weekend to send an open-ended question to business owners as a way of exploring topic…

If you’ve wondered how search engines respond to breaks and the activity following them, my unique data below points to Google sending traffic to websites with active blogging and…

There are unexpected events along the blogging journey, and those ahead of me who share provide insight and inspiration to help me along. So here I am, doing the same. One of thes…

Listen To This Blog Post Have you surrounded yourself with catfish?  Wait, what?!  That may sound like an odd thing to say, but it could save your life, or empower you to h…

This page and its contents are hot! When eating super spicy sauces, please proceed with caution. Also, this page does include affiliate links to hot sauce products. I wrote previ…

Do you have an upcoming Hubspot renewal and wonder what do about those dormant contacts? With Hubspot (a powerful email automation software with amazing customer service support)…

We're expecting another kiddo this fall, and the Montoya household is going from four to five children! What would Matthew (from my twitter conversation below) have thought if he…