Brand Building

As employees reassess their careers and future ambitions, they’ve become more interested in the enduring value of personal branding. A widespread misperception is that personal branding is only essential for businesses, celebrities, or high-ranking individuals. Nope! You have a personal brand. It’s everything you post on social media. It’s everything …

June 2022 FIRE Update

Happy Independence Day! Did you have a good month? June was a fun month for us. RB40Jr finished school and we went on a road trip to see friends and families. This road trip was put off twice due to Covid so we were all looking forward to it. We …

Attract Ideal Clients

With more than a decade of research backing them up, some experts discovered that many companies struggle to find their ideal clients. In 2022, we are standing in a virtual sea of social media marketing and frequent content sharing. Business branding, as well as personal, reigns supreme. All for the …

Lessons in Business Leadership – The Ukraine Crisis

Over the last two years, business leaders have been guiding their firms through a succession of crises. Several of these were occurring at the same time. These include the pandemic, a series of “hundred-year” weather disasters, social upheaval, financial shocks, and substantial labor shortages. Leaders that are looking to the …

Meeting Protocol Lessons

Do you ever make any of these blunders while facilitating meetings? Keep these meeting protocol principles in mind the next time you have to lead a meeting. Not only will they help you succeed as a leader, but your team will thank you as well. Leaders that are successful try …

What Should Happen When a WordPress Theme or Plugin License Expires?

As the WordPress ecosystem continues to mature, it presents new challenges. Everyone from end-users, web designers, and theme/plugin authors is impacted. While it may seem like the open-source content management system (CMS) and its community are niche, the numbers say differently. When over 40% of the web is using the …