Making a “Someday Maybe List” allows you to file away ideas (even crazy ones) for the future without stress or obligation. Imagine this: Your friend mentions a fantastic best-kept secret neighborhood in Northern Maine that you’d like to visit someday. A colleague gives you the idea of someday starting a podcast related to your currentRead More...

The Ellanyze Wonder Woman Entrepreneur Interview Series features badass women business owners changing the world for good one day at a time. What does it take to run a successful business? According to Emily McGuire, the founder of a thriving email marketing business in Ann Arbor, Michigan Flourish and Grit, hard work, ignoring self doubtRead More...

Looking for some help with generation of blog topic ideas for your blog? Here are some tips to help you get those creative juices flowing! It’s Friday morning, and I know what that means. I know because marked on my calendar every single Friday without fail (that’s repeating events for ya) from 9 to 10Read More...

Why do you need SSL installed on your website? Read on to learn why if you don’t have it installed, you’ll want to do so as soon as possible. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer – but you don’t care about that (and frankly, neither do I). What you do care about is how itRead More...

Are you a “People Pleaser”? Here are five reasons you’ll love learning how to be ok with not being liked by everyone. Do you consider yourself a highly likable person? Can you get along with almost anyone? Do you enjoy a life with very little confrontation or dispute? If you answered each of these questionsRead More...

What are the biggest website mistakes that people make? Read on to find out. Marketing experts love to talk all day long about what you should DO on your website. Have photos of this! Make sure and mention this! Whatever you do, don’t forget about this! It’s exhausting. So today, I’m going to keep thingsRead More...

How to build business relationships? Give these 3 secrets a try, and you may just find yourself with some superhero comrades at your side. We’ve all heard that business is about relationships, but have you ever thought about why? Superman can move mountains. Batman’s intellect allows him to invent top-notch gadgets. And Wonder Woman canRead More...

The Entrepreneurial Operating System illuminates even the darkest of rooms in your business. EOS benefits broken down. Fumbling around in a dark room: this is how I would describe my approach to running a business one year ago. A lightbulb illuminating everything before me: this is how I would describe my experience with EOS. EOSRead More...

Add a little self-care to your routine this December: 5 tips. For some, December is the most joyous of all the months. The snowfall, the decorations, the merriment and everything else; it thrills us and throws us into the ever mentioned “holiday spirit.” However, for some of us, this time of year has the oppositeRead More...

If I could give a single piece of advice to new business owners, it would be this: serve on the board of an organization in your local area. Really? Yes, really! Today wrapped up my first year on the board of The Women’s Exchange of Washtenaw (WXW), a nonprofit organization in SE Michigan that bringsRead More...

Resizing and cropping your photos, once you know how to do it, is a skill you’ll use a lot more than you might think. Between online profiles, applications, and social media accounts alone – it’s a task that many of us complete daily. Ever been told to “upload a photo that is 800 px squared”Read More...

All too often when we’re feeling unmotivated and uninspired in our work, we wait for a change to miraculously come from within us. In these “slumps” as some call them, it’s easy to forget that often the quickest way to spark change within is to change the outer – be it surroundings, activities, or circumstances.Read More...