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Made with Love: Six Design-Inspired Valentine’s Cards

Made with Love: Six Design-Inspired Valentine’s Cards

We think you’re fontastic, Valentine!” Valentine’s Day is always filled with cute, corny puns targeted for anyone. We love receiving them, reading them and (most importantly) creating them! Here are six Valentine’s Day graphics made by insight180 for you to enjoy and share with your Valentine! By special request, we’re including the 2017 “designer” Valentines that inspired us to spread the love even more.

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Seven tips for coming up with great content when you're stuck

Seven tips for coming up with great content when you're stuck

the content conundrum. how to get ideas

Where do you come up with content?

It’s that time. You know you need to write another blog post, but you’re just not feeling it. Where do you start? If you are an expert advisory firm, you are aware of the importance of providing valuable thought leadership, also known as lead-generating content. Your website needs to substantiate the work you do for your clients. When a prospect who is “on the fence” about your services comes across your site, your content can make the difference.

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Running a Business and Fahrenheit 451

Running a Business and Fahrenheit 451

do nothing
. . . and why you need to take some time off.

It’s the end of August, often thought of as a slow time for advisors and consultants –– and, well, business in general, as people take vacations and prepare for school. Interestingly, this year, we haven’t really noticed a let up. Networking events have been packed to the gills, clients have been calling with new projects, and we all seem to be busy. Even some of the lucky few who have been able to get away manage to answer emails or take calls. One colleague joked that he wasn’t in a hurry for a proposal because he had one more day to collect sand between his toes (yet he responded to my email in record time). So we’re on vacation, but are we really on vacation?

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Thinking outside the box?

Thinking outside the box?

At a panel discussion for enterprising women that I attended last week, I heard a particular sentiment that resonated with me.  The point that was being addressed was that changes in the economy, in technology and in the way we work have contributed to a  paradigm shift — it’s no longer enough to simply “think outside the box,” because the “box” is no longer there.

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