coffee
product vs. experience: are you selling coffee or seats to the dog parade?
print by LegacyHouseArt – click image for more info We recently had a great discussion about the experience your customers have with your stuff. One reader suggested I write a follow-up expanding on the idea that “It’s not the stuff; it’s the experience.” So I thought I would. Thanks, Kathy! So here’s the deal: sometimes [...]
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A career coach for creatives armed with the super power of hearing between the lines, Laura Simms helps passionate creatives discover and cultivate the work meant just for them. Once called a “momentum swashbuckler,” Laura puts the giddy-up in career transition and career strategy. Learn more at createasfolk.com.
new from megan auman: leather cozycuffs
Not so long ago, Miss Megan Auman showed up at my house bedecked in a newfangled type of cozycuff. It was made of leather. A cozycuff made of leather? I about cried out of sheer joy. I love the felt ones. Don’t get me wrong – and by the way, she has two new colors [...]
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Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
morning person
today’s goals chalkboards by mary kate mcdevitt i’m a morning person. there, i said it. there have been times in my life when i’ve fought my natural rhythms – walking bleary-eyed across campus at 4 in the morning – but i always come back around. i thrive when the light is shallow and low. when [...]
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Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
handmade solutions #62 :: outfitting your coffee addiction
[outfitting your coffee addiction] i’m not a coffee drinker but i know so many who live off of it. i thought i’d focus on coffee-related items this week to help satiate your addiction. coffee is on the way print. helendardik :: $25 vice sugar creme scrub. gloilockandbody :: $10 cocoa mocha soy candle. ozarkscentscandleco :: [...]
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a tale of two loves
no, this isn’t a blog post about a sordid love triangle. this is about my obsession with two very simple things: handmade goods and great coffee. you see, in my previous life, in between philosophizing & theologizing in college and living the dream as a mom & blogger, i was a bookstore/coffeeshop manager. i was [...]
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Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.













