Marie Deveaux, Author at High Tides Career Coaching & Training

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Small Business, Find a Role Model, Be a Role Model

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 by Marie Deveaux

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Networking Makes Me Tired Conferences are exhausting. And yes, I know I have been to three in the last 6 months (Blogher, Rockstar Marketing Bootcamp, Ewomen Network). There's an element of content overwhelm going on. But aside from the sheer number of learning opportunities placed in front of you,…

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Rockstar Marketing For Small Business

October 8, 2018 by Marie Deveaux

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Marketing Makes The Business I just spent three days at a Rockstar Marketing conference. If there is one thing I have learned from being business over the last 2 years, its that no matter how amazing you, your products, and services are, you will not make money if no one…

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The Ideal Entrepreneur Schedule

October 1, 2018October 9, 2018 by Marie Deveaux

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Deep vs. Shallow Work When I worked for someone else it was always fun to plan out my days. I had my marching orders from the COO in terms of long term projects and objectives. But I also had my team to manage and any number of meetings to attend. …

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Efficient Entrepreneurs’ Top 10 Not To Dos

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018 by Marie Deveaux

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Its almost the end of the year which means we start to assess if we are accomplishing all that we wanted for these 365 revolutions around the sun. Have you been efficient and productive with the first few months of the year? Or have you been too distracted, overwhelmed, and…

She’s Got the Whole World

July 30, 2018August 2, 2018 by Marie Deveaux

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. . . on her shoulders Women in business spaces take on a lot. The "have it all" mantra doesn't seem to be working out in our favor. stats: women are more educated than men women still make 80% of the salary of their male counterparts 62% of women entrepreneurs…