Money Matters and More

Ready to launch?  Think that business idea is ready to go, but you could appreciate some solid advice to ensure success?

Be sure to tune in for Part Two of my interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Small Business Editor  Colleen DeBaise today at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern)  DeBaise’s new release, The Wall Street Journal, Complete Small Business Guidebook, offers great practical advice.

From strategies for finding funding for your venture, on through creating and managing your business successfully, and beyond, the book provides a useful blueprint for prospective entrepreneurs.

In today’s interview, we’ll be talking about the nuts and bolts of getting started, including the ins and outs of managing your finances, how to find great employees and balancing work and family time.

To tune in, click onto blogtalkradio.com.  It’s the Money Matters & More radio show.

Got questions for Colleen DeBaise?  Call into the listener line at (646) 929-1832, between 10:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. today.

If you want to email questions, click onto moneymattersandmore@yahoo.com; for Twitter: moneyandmore; Facebook: moneymattersandmore.

Look forward to hearing from you.  Enjoy the show!

Imagine for a moment that it’s1996. You’re a married businesswoman living and working in sparsely populated rural Canada. How do you find customers and clients? For Denise Wakeman, a business and online marketing strategist the answer was clear: use the Internet. Today, Wakeman is based in California and has spent nearly 20 years helping a wide variety of professionals gain greater visibility and attract more clients and opportunities using social media.

In a live interview on yesterday’s edition of Money Matters & More on blogtalkradio.com, Wakeman explained that she “fell in love with the Internet” in the ‘90s because of its “global nature and access.” Despite the fact that she lived out in the country, the Internet enabled her to build a business with clients all over the world.

Wakeman offered a number of benefits from blogging, Facebook, Twitter and other social media:

n Can help businesses develop relationships with customers/audience they’re trying to reach

n Researching what’s happening on other site can help businesses discover a need that’s not being met

To hear the interview from Thursday, September 24, 2009, click onto the media player at the top right corner of this page.  (To learn more about Denise Wakeman and what her company has to offer, check out her website at www.denisewakeman.com)

Entrepreneurship 101: Let’s Talk Live Guest Appearance on NewsChannel 8 on Monday, September 28, 2009 (12 Noon)

If you’re thinking about setting up your own business, be sure to tune into NewsChannel 8 on Monday, September 28^th. I’ll be talking with the hosts of Let’s Talk Live about “How to Start a Business: What Things You Should Know.” (For those who aren’t in the DC area, click onto letstalklive@news8.net)

Thanks for reading the Money Matters and More blog!

Given the crummy unemployment numbers for August, and the state of the current economy, it would be hard to blame any job seeker for pulling out all the stops in his or her approach to the job market.  But how much is too much?  And what techniques work most effectively in a slow market?

Be sure to join me tomorrow September 8th at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern) as I pose those questions for Joann Lublin, Management News Editor for The Wall Street Journal. Last week, she wrote “Lessons of Extreme Job-Hunting,” a Careers Column that featured the experiences of three job hunters as they used unconventional, somewhat risky approaches to their job searches. (To read the whole article, click onto http://tinyurl.com/nypakc.)

What are the three most important ways to find work, no matter the state of the economy?  For the answer, tune in at 11:00 a.m. for the live broadcast of Money Matters & More, or later for a podcast at www.blogtalkradio.com/Money-Matters–More.

Thanks for reading the Money Matters and More blog.  Drop me a line with suggestions for upcoming show topics at www.moneymattersandmore.com.

Heather Taylor

This Labor Day at noon, be sure to tune into CBS affiliate WUSA Channel 9 in Washington, DC where I’ll be interviewed by award-winning and veteran TV anchor J.C. Hayward about “Extreme Job Hunting:  What Works, What Doesn’t.” The segment will include tips on effective (and ineffective) job-hunting tactics.

Thanks for reading the Money Matters and More blog.

Heather Taylor

Journalist Emily Brandon of U.S. News & World Report joins me at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time) today, to share tips for Boomers who want to start their own businesses.  And she’ll talk about a brand new study from the Kauffman Foundation that reveals that “baby boomer businesses are booming.”

Check out the live stream on www.blogtalkradio.com.

(Click onto Money-Matters–More)

And if you’re in the DC area, join me for a “Money Monday” interview with award-winning TV anchor, J. C. Hayward, on CBS Affiliate (WUSA9), Monday, July 27, 2009 at noon.

Have a great weekend!

Thanks.

Heather Taylor

We didn’t get nearly enough time to talk about Carla Hall’s experience on Season 5 of Bravo TV’s Top Chef, so Carla willingly agreed to return to the Money Matters & More radio show.  Be sure to tune in today, June 11th at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern) on blogtalkradio.com/Money-Matters–More.

Thanks for reading the Money Matters and More blog!

Heather Taylor

If you’re already a fan of Bravo TV’s Top Chef, the name Carla Hall is probably very familiar to you.  She’s the Nashville native who owns and operates Alchemy Caterers, and who beat some stiff competition to make it to the finals in Season 5. 

What you may not know is that Carla Hall graduated from Howard University with an accounting degree, but spent a few years as a runway model in Europe–or that she believes in beginning each morning sitting peacefully and moving in a way that enables her to combine passion and love into the food she prepares.

What’s the secret to her success?  That’s what I’ll be asking Carla Hall on this week’s radio broadcast of Money Matters and More (BlogTalkRadio.com/Money-Matters—More.)  Be sure to tune in Thursday, May 28^th at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern).

Want to ask her a question? Email us at moneymattersandmore@yahoo.com or call into the show at (646) 929-1832 tomorrow at 1:00 p.m.

Thanks for reading the Money Matters and More blog!

Heather Taylor

At a time when most of us are trying to tighten our belts and are cutting back on expenses, many charitable organizations are having a tough time reaching their goals of meeting needs of the community.  What can individuals do to help meet the challenges of our community, while continuing to keep an eye on our spending?

Answer:  Consider creating or joining a giving circle.  A giving circle is a group made up of individual donors who pool their money, ideas and other resources and jointly decide where these funds should be distributed. 

Over the past decade, the number of giving circles has grown, and it’s estimated that hundreds of them currently operate in the U.S.   The funds benefit a whole range of issues including youth development, women and girls, and human and mental health services.  The size of each donor’s contribution varies from giving circle to giving circle, but often range from $150 to more than $10,000 per year.

Want more information about how to create a giving circle?  Check out the Forum of Regional Association’s Giving Circles Knowledge Center at www.givingforum.org/givingcircles.  Also, free to email us at moneymattersandmore@yahoo.com, or contact us at Facebook (moneymattersandmore) or Twitter (moneyandmore). 

**Check out today’s Money Matters and More interview on CBS Affiliate WUSA Channel 9 at www.dvmourtime.com.

Looking for tips on starting your own giving circle?  Be sure to tune in to this week’s edition of Money Matters and More on blogtalkradio.com, Thursday at 1:00 p.m.

Thanks for reading the Money Matters and More blog and have a great week!

Heather Taylor

If you’re having trouble finding a job or making a career change and can’t figure out what to do about it, be sure to tune into Money Matters and More Radio, tomorrow, Thursday, May 14th at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on www.blogtalkradio.com/Money-Matters–More).  Veteran career counselor Katy Piotrowski, the author of several books, including The Career Coward’s Guide to Changing Careers andThe Career Coward’s Guide to Interviewing, joins us to offer practical job and career advice for weathering this tough economic climate.  Piotrowski has written a weekly career advice column in the Ft. Collins Coloradan since 1994, and is quoted regularly in such media outlets as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report. 

Do you have job hunting or career-changing questions to ask Katy Piotrowski?  Send them by 10 a.m. tomorrow, May 14th, and we’ll pose them to her during the interview.

If you’d like to contact us, feel free to email us at moneymattersandmore@yahoo.com, Facebook (moneymattersandmore, or Twitter (moneyandmore).

Have a great day!

Heather Taylor