Business Advice Archives - joanne tombrakos

How To Find The Passion In Your Pitch

The dirty little secret that those who pitch for a living know is that the best idea is not always the one that gets the business. The one that wins is the one that is presented the most convincingly. To do that there has to be passion in your pitch. If you can’t demonstrate passion, […]

Why My Social Media Queue Sits Empty

Buffer keeps sending me emails telling me my social media queues are empty. It’s usually a nice reminder when you’re a solopreneur and the social media scheduler you pay to use reminds you that you’re behind in your self-promotion. But not this morning. Not today. Not on July 1. Today it was just another reminder […]

What I’ve Learned After 10 Years Of Working On My Own

A lot happened in 2008. On September 29th of that year the Dow plunged almost 778 points, setting the country plunging into what would be called the Great Recession. On November 4th Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the United States in history. But for me the day that would be the […]

All Things May Pass – Except The Need For Humans

A few weeks ago I was on a mission to watch All Things Must Pass, a documentary directed by Colin Hanks about the rise and fall of Tower Records. It had been on my to-do list for ages but it wasn’t until now, two years after the film was released that I was getting around […]

Why There Is Still Relevance In The Hustle

The good thing about the internet is that everyone gets to express their opinion. The bad thing about the internet is that everyone gets to express their opinion. Those who have lots of opinions are often deemed experts when all they have really done is express an opinion that is relevant to you. If you’re […]

Why We Need A Weight Watchers Approach To Digital Consumption

Through my teen years I was model thin, standing at 5 feet 8 1/2 inches and hovering between 117 and 120 pounds. What I ate and how much I ate was of no concern to me. Then came college and the freshman fifteen, which lingered with me past graduation. My twenties were no better. I […]