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Sandra Yancey to Speak at American Express OPEN Women’s Business Summit

The New Rules of Doing Business for Women Entrepreneurs

eWomenNetwork Founder & CEO, Sandra Yancey

eWomenNetwork Founder & CEO, Sandra Yancey

The American Express OPEN Women’s Business Summit will be held in Houston, Texas on Feb. 17th & 18th. Our founder, Sandra Yancey will be presenting “Make New Friends: Social Networking Starts with Relationships” on Thursday, Feb. 18th at 2:50 pm. She is also going to be one of the judges for their Count Me In – Make Mine A Million $ contest. We will also have a booth there.

All registrants have the ability to attend sessions in any of the three conference tracks:
•    The New Rules of Doing Business Seminars
•    Make Mine a Million $ Business Workshops
•    SCORE Speed Coaching Sessions

Choose among the Summit’s many sessions:

  • Navigating the Federal Market Place
  • Make Mine a Million $ Business Finalist Rehearsals
  • Find New Customers: Doing Business with the Government
  • Find New Partners: Partnering to Secure Government Contracts
  • Learn to Lead: Leading in Challenging Times
  • Embrace the New: Employing New Marketing Strategies: Social Media Prowess
  • Plan for the Unknown: Change Management in Small Businesses
  • Practice Your Business Pitch
  • Make New Friends: Social Networking Starts with Relationships
  • Hire and Keep the Best Team Possible: Finding and Retaining Top Talent

Through our partnership with American Express OPEN, we are pleased to invite you to be among a select group of women business owners to participate in the 2010 American Express OPEN Women’s Business Summit. Your membership in our organization also means your entire event registration cost will be waived.

For registration information, follow this link

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Exciting Announcement from the Tampa Chapter!

Exciting News!   4 of our members have been recognized by Enterprising Women Magazine in their annual awards acknowledgment:

Finalists:

Joy Gendusa

Joy Gendusa

Joy Gendusa, CEO, Postcardmania – 10 to 25 mil category

Barbara and Susan McCarthy, SunCountry Cleaners – 5 to 10 mil category

Honorable Mention:

Sheri Taber

Sheri Taber

Sheri Taber, The Peak Performance Group

Please join me in congratulating these OUTSTANDING women who we are proud to have as representative members of the Tampa/St. Petersburg organization!

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Growing Staff to Grow Your Business

Maria Coyne

Maria Coyne

From Maria Coyne at Key4Women:

For many women business owners, one bright spot coming out of the recession is that they’ve figured out how to make their companies operate more efficiently.

These successful business owners are thinking carefully about their core business, strategy, and long-term goals. And they are asking employees to adopt a more entrepreneurial mindset, to actively contribute to growing the company.     Read more.

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eWomenNetwork Presents: Your Social Media Road Map: How to Promote Your Company Strategically and Grow Your Sales Using Social Media

Get the low-down on using social media to grow YOUR Business!

Get the low-down on using social media to grow YOUR Business!

Caroline Melberg, Social Media Strategist & Web Expert

Caroline Melberg, Social Media Strategist & Web Expert

Have you been invited to join social media sites like LinkedIn or Facebook – and you’ve joined only to wonder – ok, now what?

Have you heard that “you must be on social media to grow your business” — but you’re a bit overwhelmed by the amount of social media sites out there and you’re not quite sure where to start?

Well – you’re not alone!  I talk to business owners all the time who feel exactly like you do – and that’s why I’m excited to announce a new Tele-Insights Webinar coming up NEXT Thursday, December 17th at 3PM Central Time where I’ll be sharing how you can promote your company using social media – and how you can do it strategically so that you skip the wasted time and you actually see results for your efforts!

In this Webinar, I’m going to cover:

  • Why “Marketing as Usual” no longer works
  • Creative ways you can tap into the Twitter craze to market your business affordably
  • Specific social media take-aways you can use to find new customers and increase your sales right away
  • How social media helps you rank higher with the search engines
  • How to strategically implement a social media plan for your business that eliminates wasted time and gets results
  • Why you need to get started with social media today!

I am really looking forward to this Webinar — I can’t wait to share this info with you!

Get all the details and register for the Webinar here today!

Caroline

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Have you ever misplaced a recipe and spent way too much time searching for it? Do you have handwritten recipe cards you cherish and want to preserve?

Lori Hastings, Recipe Runway Founder

Lori Hastings, Recipe Runway Founder

My mom was a FANTASTIC cook, and she collected recipes by the hundreds over her lifetime.  When she died, as her only daughter I inherited all of those recipes… and what a task to figure out what to do with them and how to organize them!

Finally, there’s a solution for that problem:   Transform your old-fashioned paper recipe collection into an interactive online collection that’s simple and fun to use. Your own personal recipes, organized in a recipe center, at your fingertips, and online all the time!

We took some time to get some more information about Recipe Runway to share this exciting new service with you:

EW Q:    What is a Recipe Center?

RR:    A recipe center handles the perpetual question, “What do I do with all my recipes?” Recipe Runway has answered that question by providing a unique and innovative way to organize and manage ongoing recipe collecting. We leveraged a long-standing tradition of recipe collecting with technology of today to keep this hobby fun and easy so that you can get back in the kitchen and cook!

EW Q:    I already have recipes in online recipe boxes. Is the Recipe Center the same thing?

RR:    No, there are all kinds of online recipes boxes. Most of them are not categorized or organized in an easy and effective way. Remember, you are using their database of thousands of recipes that you have not tried or tested. At Recipe Runway, you have a personal recipe center.

EW Q:    Are the recipes in the Recipe Center your own?

RR:    Yes, the recipes come from each individual’s personal recipe collection.  You can personalize; add stories, family history, anecdotes. You can add serving or menu ideas, and even create virtual cookbooks of your recipes.

EW Q:    Do I have to upload or type in my recipes myself?

RR:    You can, but we find that the fastest and best method is to have them professionally scanned by Recipe Runway. Plus, it has you organized in just 10 to 14 days.  Our professional scanning captures and protects your treasured favorites; this is the heart of the recipe center. The handwritten recipes, the magazine tear outs with pictures, the little notes and changes you have made—all are preserved forever. In addition, scanning transforms a messy and/or unorganized compilation of recipes into a categorized, alphabetized, online collection and does it in 2 weeks or less. Searching, sharing and accessing your recipes just became a snap.

EW Q:    Can other people see my recipes?

RR:    No, your personal recipe center is private. However, you can choose to share your recipes publicly or with just those individuals you choose or not at all. The choice is up to you.

EW Q:    Can I give this service as a gift?

RR:  Absolutely! This is a fabulous gift for family, friends, colleagues, neighbors; favorite gal pals, or guys—anyone you think of as a food enthusiast, cook or appreciator of all things food.

EW Q:    Why Recipe Runway?

RR:    If your recipes could speak, what would their stories be? The dinners around the table that held a family together? The first meal you cooked for your new husband? How you and your daughter bonded when you taught her to make your grandmother’s sugar cookies? So you see it’s not about the actual recipe as much as about the impact these recipes and meals have had in our lives and history. That is why we value the recipes so much. That is why Recipe Runway!

We invite you to subscribe today at www.reciperunway.com  With the Holiday’s fast approaching this would make a wonderful gift.  Learn more about the Founder, Lori Hastings, at www.reciperunway.com in the about section under “Lori’s story”.  Also, take a moment to check-out the videos in the “how it works” section to learn more about the recipe center.

What a great way to get organized before the Holiday cooking starts – and what a great Holiday gift, too!!

Caroline

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SBA to Help Women Business Owners Identify & Take Advantage of Federal Contracting Opportunities

New Online Course from the SBA

New Online Course from the SBA

The Small Business Administration has announced a new online training course to help women business owners learn how to identify and take advantage of more federal contracting opportunities.

This new course is part of a government-wide initiative to promote opportunities for women-owned businesses in the area of government contracting.

The SBA said it is committed to ensuring that women-owned businesses receive at least 5 percent of federal contracts.

“Federal contracts can provide unique opportunities for women entrepreneurs and small business owners to grow their businesses and create jobs, particularly during these tough economic times,” SBA Administrator Karen Mills said in an announcement.

For more information and to access the course, visit the SBA website today!

Caroline Melberg

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