This is the second post in the summer slump series – view all the posts & read the others here. As mentioned previously, in the past, my business will slow down a little bit (but not a huge amount) in summer, then it picks up again in fall, and then it grinds to a screeching halt in October or […]
This article was inspired by a question in a Facebook group I’m in: Anyone have awesome resources for gigs? I’m looking at dribbble, behance, coroflot and craigslist right now to fill the (very large) gap but it’s not happening. Any places you can point a designer with a mad open schedule would be really great! I’m […]
Getting referrals is every business owner’s wet dream. More clients and customers, without you having to actively beat the pavement looking for them? Yes, please. The problem that a lot of people run into is that they have no idea what to actually do to get referrals, so they just kind of put something like […]
One of the questions I get a lot is: Michelle, how do you find all the awesome stuff you share in your newsletter? (Not on the newsletter? Missing out on those awesome links? Sign up to the right or at the bottom of this post!) It’s actually a pretty simple process – I made a […]
In May, I did a talk for RISE on Systems for Creative Entrepreneurs & thought y’all might be interested in seeing the results! Here’s the speaker reel from it (the talk with Q&A took up the full 90 minutes, so this is preeeetty condensed!): (video via Cuya Productions) Here’s pictures of the whiteboard after I […]
The last few months have been a bit rough over here at Chez Bombchelle. (Hence the radio silence here at the blog.) Nothing major – well, sometimes major, but nothing life threatening – and part of the bumpiness is that I was continuing to operate in systems that weren’t really a good fit, which led […]
Like a lot of people, I’ve had a rough time transitioning back from the holidays into 2013, resulting in some tumbleweeds here about these parts – so when my buddy Liz offered to write a guest post I said “ohmygodpleaseyes”. Here it is, y’all! Hi, I’m Liz. I work a full-time “corporate” job, and have […]
For the last few months, I’ve been working on one of the biggest changes in my business so far – switching my main service set (online business management/project management) from an hourly, freelancer-based model, to a monthly retainer, almost more of an agency style model. This is something that I really agonized over, and to […]
Today we’re doing something a little different – a case study showcasing a recent client o’mine who is at the starting stage of her business. You’ll get a peek inside the process of the purple lipstick plan service + some extra-juicy insight into places where you can improve your own business systems & plans, right […]
Back at the end of March, I went to Las Vegas for a few days for my sister’s 21st birthday. Myy sister, my mom, my grandma, and I all convened in Sin City. It was a lot of fun & interesting too (they aren’t lying when they say casinos are easy to get lost in!), […]