***A tweet post I sent out today is asking the question, “What are the 3 biggest career showstoppers for experienced women entrepreneurs?”   So revisit this email again to see  responses, including those from other experts I invite to comment here.  Plus, see my Facebook page for comments.  (click here to access it).***

For now, here are a few things I see that continue to be prevalent among working woman entrepreneurs, no matter how long they’ve been in business.  This is backed up by my client sessions, my newsletter feedback, online studies, marketing classes, and books I’ve read about current women entrepreneur needs, such as Marti Barletta’s books, Marketing to Women and Prime Time Women. 

1.  Enough Time.  Women are looking for ways to cut corners in their business efforts, particularly in their marketing, to spend more time offering the service or product they love, and have more time off for family or personal matters.    This often means that they feel they are short-changing something or someone, which leaves them less fulfilled then they’d like to be. 

A Solution:  Set small weekly and daily goals along with one big or two big ones a week.  Don’t try to eat a 1 pound steak at every meal.  This way you’ll have days that flow more easily and better use the hours you have for working, so you will feel more accomplished without every day seeming to run into the next and never getting to the bottom of your project pile.

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