Author Archives: Monica Bowers

Dressing to Impress for Less

You only get one chance to make a first impression. Yes, we’ve all heard it. That’s why we buy expensive clothing, pay top-dollar for fabulous shoes, exercise religiously on low-carb diets and only let stylists at the hottest salons touch our contemporary “doos.”
And yes, it matters. You, as a business owner—regardless of whether you [...]

Price Wars

Regardless of what your company does, you must provide some service in order to sustain an existence. And where there’s a service, there’s a price. So how do you know what to charge your customers?
In my field (freelance writing), there are always bidding wars. Most customers discern equally talented writers by comparing the price of [...]

Advertising – Be Seen, Be Heard, Save Money

Now that you’ve gotten your business cards printed, your website designed and hosted, your location rented and set-up, how do you get the word out about your brand-new company?
I have been faced with this question, repeatedly, for the last six months. I started my company for less than $5000, and don’t have the money to [...]