Hang up those beach towels and let’s get back to work!

•  The BOC Women’s Business Center is holding its fifth annual “21st Century Business Woman” conference on September 10th in Staten Island.  For more information, click here.
• The American Business Woman’s Association is holding a number of events in September.  On September 15th, there’s a neat-looking conference about building your business - “Building a Business You can Sell.”  Click here for the complete calendar of events.
• On September 16th,  NYC Small Business Services  is holding a workshop targeted to Latina-run businesses, about selling your services/products to the government.  Click here for more information.

Have a productive Fall!

Are you looking for a change from your 9-5? Are you debating about following your passion? Thinking about taking that leap into entrepreneurship? Last week I came across a very interesting video on this topic. The video was created by Caren Magill, the Founder & Chief Media Strategist of Digital Pink Media. Digital Pink is a website portal and consultancy dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs build brands and promote their small business online using affordable, repeatable strategies.

Here is what I learned: when starting out here are 4 tips you should keep in mind.

1. Consider what you’re good at and what you enjoy doing. If you don’t enjoy being in the kitchen cooking, then becoming a top chef might not be the right fit for you. Figure out another way to work your passion.

2. Brainstorm without restrictions. Don’t eliminate any ideas in the beginning. Your best ideas will stick while the other will fall to the side.

3. Explore your ideas exhaustively. Research! Research! Research! Talk to people already in that profession. Find out as much as you can: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

4. Surround yourself with like-minded people. Network both OFFLINE and ONLINE.

So don’t forget to learn about entrepreneurship. You can view the video here on the Digital Pink Media website.

Looks interesting.  Wonder if there’s a future podcast or something on-line?Social Media Workshop for Women