In case you missed it, here are the top five articles I tweeted/wrote this week based on # of clicks. Please Enjoy!
Ask the Eventprofs: Finding an Events Job
Liz King, Liz King Events
In keeping with our “Ask the #Eventprofs” series, here is a question coming from ME that I would love your input on! It seems I have been meeting more and more people who want to transition or enter into our industry and they just can’t seem to get started. As professionals, what can you suggest to help?
Tool Review: Yap Voicemail
Liz King, Liz King Events
The busier life gets, the less I remember voicemail. As I’ve shared on the 9to5 Entrepreneur blog, I work out of a zero inbox. Basically, that just means that I use my inbox as a to-do list and my goal is to always keep it empty – meaning I’ve done what needs to be done. When other tasks come to me through Facebook, I use the notifications in my inbox as a reminder. However, voicemails just throw me off. I listen to it and then it’s forgotten as if it never happens.
Nine Things Successful People Do Differently
Heidi Grant Halverson, Harvard Business Review
Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail.
Making an Event Planner Open House Work!
Liz King, Liz King Events
Last night, I attended an event planner’s open house at a venue downtown. Now, I’ve been told that I can be rather harsh when it comes to judging events, but I like to see it as constructive. I always try to spin things in a way that allows us all to learn. I also love to highlight when things are done correctly! In either case, here are three components of any good venue open house.
Should Your Business Be an LLC or an S Corp?
Darren Dahl, Inc. Magazine
You’ve finally decided to start a business of your own. Or maybe you have been running one as a sole proprietor, even moonlighting on the side, and have decided you need to protect your personal assets from those involved with your growing business. You might even decide there could be a tax break in it for you. Whatever your reasoning, you’re likely contemplating a choice that many entrepreneurs face: should your enterprise be structured as a limited liability corporation, often called an LLC, or an S corporation, known commonly as an S corp, which is named after subsection S of Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code?
