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BOSS Spotlight: Meet The "Fashion Consultant" Stacey Emerson

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Stacey Emerson , Owner and Founder of HER Treasures Boutique located in the Chicago land area. With her creative, unique fashions and styling, she created an ideal online boutique with emphasis on customer service, affordability and quality clothing for every woman. TheBOSSNetwork: What were some obstacles that you faced in the beginning process of starting your business or career?   S tacey Emerson : As I began my brand I faced internal obstacles. I was very self limiting. I frequently discouraged myself from starting my business due to fear. I was afraid to fail, afraid to struggle  and oddly enough afraid to succeed. BN:   What inspired you to break into your particular industry? SE :I have always had a love for fashion. As a little girl I was intrigued by shows such as: How do I look? The look for less and Rachel Zoe. I wasn't like most kids watching cartoons instead I was figuring out how to make clothes. So, as an adult I turned my life long passion into a business.

On Being Oprah without the Budget and Legal Team By Angelia L. White

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I am no different than any number of online, digital and print publishers when I say that Oprah is my muse. At the beginning and end of all of my dreaming and planning for Hope for Women magazine was this desire to be like her and create my best version of O magazine within my niche. That is a pretty lofty goal to achieve, especially when you do not have Ms. Winfrey’s budget and team of professionals. That didn’t stop me from publishing, though, and it didn’t stop me from learning some valuable legal lessons. Look at all of the pretty pictures Have you ever been issued a cease and desist letter from Getty Images or some other stock image company? Have bloggers or photographers ever contacted you to ask that you remove their images from your site? Maybe you have received a gentle nudge from an online publisher who asked you to credit her photo on your site properly. Or maybe you have had be the enforcer. If you have experienced any of the above scenarios, then as a publisher you

The Career Selfie: 7 Ways to Get Noticed at Work By Natasha Miller Williams

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Photo Credit: www.THREE20Media.com Rule #1: To take a great selfie, lighting is as important as your good looks. Rule #2: Post to social media, of course! Selfies shouldn't be reserved for good hair days. Your career deserves the same shameless self-promotion. Let's call it the career selfie. Taking a snapshot of the work you’re doing is essential to being noticed at work and ultimately moving up—a kind of career self-promotion. The best professional advice I ever received sounded something like this: “No one else is going to look over your career like you can. Don’t be too modest to talk about what you’re doing around here.” What I heard was: Go on. Take a career selfie. Shamelessly self-promote. So I did. Great performance is only one part of work advancement. Bringing exposure to those accomplishments is the other. Let’s take the selfies on your smartphone. They may look amazing, but if you never post to Instagram how will you get any likes or comments? Promoting y

Empowerment Networking Series Blog By Audrey Woodley

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When social media and networking events start to build your target market, “ching ching,” you are on to something significant! Most of the time when you are looking to build your network – if you didn't already start in college – you will have to take the time to study your market and know the current shortage or need in your particular industry.  Some of you know all about the hair or jewelry industry.  It’s understandable, luxury, high style and bling are fun things in which to indulge.  But, you have to go beyond the surface.  I've noticed that most women don’t want to study their market, and usually spend more money into buying supplies, than building a team and a down line to make the money work for itself. You have to be the master of your plan, girly.  Know when to make cuts of people and habits that don’t serve you.  It’s time to get a new bag of friends when you’re working towards success and they are out party hopping.  Sometimes the haters are the ones closest

YOU ARE DIVINELY EMPOWERED by Dr. Mimi D. Johnson

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Saving the Best for Last As a woman, do you know that God created everything all around “YOU”?  He created the heavens and earth, land and seas, the grass and herbs, the moon, sun, the birds, water life, and earth’s living creatures, Then God made man in his image and likeness, breathed life into his nostrils and gave him a garden to tend and keep.  He didn't want man to be alone so he took a rib from his side to make a helper.  Overwhelmed with awe, Adam saw her beauty and exclaimed, “Wo – man!” Sisters, don’t you know that God saved the best for last?  He created his entire world around the woman.  He also gave us the power to bring forth life and to be the keeper of a man’s heart.  Do you realize how significant this is?   When you truly understand the power that is yours, you know that you are an amazing force.  Yes, the man is the head, but we are the neck which gives the head its turning power. Ordered Steps God has a plan for your life.  He knows your end from your beg