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7 Harmful Attitudes Blocking You From Getting Featured in the Media and Getting Great Publicity
SUMMARY: Are you struggling to get featured in the media? It might be your attitude holding you back. Discover 7 harmful attitudes blocking your path to publicity success, from body image concerns to feeling ordinary. Learn from role models like Oprah and Anne Hathaway, who embrace authenticity. Remember, being yourself is key to media success.…
Read More5 Ways To Gracefully Deal With Internet Trolls
SUMMARY: Learn to handle internet trolls with advice from Asian women entrepreneurs: Use humor to deflect trolls. Remove insults and deepen discussions. Engage with diverse voices for education. Respond respectfully to trolls. Ignore negativity to protect your online space. Having protocols in place is crucial, including considering the source, learning from criticism, and addressing unresolved…
Read More8 Things Donald Trump Can Teach Us About Courting Publicity
Guest Post By Victoria Greene It’s fair to say that America is a fairly divided place right now, with wildly differing ideas about what’s right and wrong. Whatever your views, our blundering, boastful President does seem to have mastered one thing, and that’s showmanship. As he appoints more than a few questionable characters to office, many…
Read MoreI Was Hit in Aikido—and it was an honor
I was hit repeatedly at an Aikido training over the weekend. And it was an honor. When I told a friend about this she said, “At the first hit, I’d be out of there. Off to get a latte and shopping for shoes.” Of course a part of me wanted out of there. The other part welcomed the opportunity to polish my spirit. As Rumi says, “Criticism polishes my mirror.” My work will be done when nothing can annoy, irritate, anger, or ruffle me. That is a long way off.
Read MoreBe a Media Darling [My New Podcast]
This is why my Podcast took 3 years to launch: I got waylaid. Over and over again. I think I resisted it because talking came so natural to me. And I did lots of other harder things first. I created webinars, special reports, ebooks, courses. I trained to get my black belt in Aikido. I got…
Read MoreThe “Right” Way to Steal Other People’s Brilliant Business Ideas
Is it ever OK to “steal” someone else’s ideas – in business? Surprisingly: Yes. Not long ago, a friend of mine found herself in the kind of situation that would make anyone’s stomach twist into knots. My friend (an entrepreneur with a modestly popular website and blog) discovered that a woman in another country had…
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