I’ve been seeing people's New Year’s resolutions all over social media. We’ve seen them all from loose weight to be more grateful. Allen even made a resolution this year! Like, that’s a Christmas miracle in and of itself. He is striving to be more positive this year. The other morning before he left for work he said to me, ‘I know I’m supposed to b…

I don’t know about you but 2016 has been heavy. Heavy in emotion, heavy in energy, heavy to carry. I’ve just kinda been going through the motions of writing blogs + sending emails because that’s what one is supposed to do. I’ve been a terrible friend to you for that. That’s not helping you or me. I’m not going to go into all the gory details about …

Pivoting sometimes sucks. But the beauty of being an entrepreneur is that we are nimble + flexible and can pivot our business quickly + easily. Embrace it! After you wallow for a hot minute of course.Oleh Ronii Bartles

I know this is a controversial statement I just made because we are taught to be encouraging + find our passion to be happy. BUT, hear me out before you tar + feather me over this. There are all these cliches about passion; lack of passion is fatal, follow your passion, do what you love + you’ll never work a day in your life, etc. I’m not disputing…

Adulting is hard. Like really hard. And that elusive work/life thing doesn't always balance out in the life of an entrepreneur. Danielle LaPorte writes, 'I no sooner want to be balanced than I want to be a “good” girl. “Balance” is not something I want to live down to.' There are all kinds of articles out on the interwebs telling people how they ca…

Entrepreneurs are an interesting breed. We work ALL the time. Ideas are floating around in our heads all the time. I just had one yesterday while walking Lucy. We plot + plan + stress about how many followers we have on Instagram. Totally an arbitrary number, we do actually know this, but our brains are always on the ‘please like me’ mode so the nu…

Do you ever suffer from what I like to call Squirrel Syndrome? No? You don't loose focus? You already have, haven't you? If you're like me there is so much jammed packed into my schedule that I get overwhelmed, which in turn distracks my attention constantly. And its easy to get distracts by, say...OHHH... SPARKLY!Sorry. Focus, Ronii. You are writi…

Set it + forget about it! I totally said that in a Jersey accent in my head. We do this for dinner all the time. But what about doing it for the marketing in our businesses? Most of us find marketing to be hard + spend 90% of our time doing what we think is marketing our business.But imagine a world where you don’t have to do that + the time you ju…

Customer avatar. Customer profile. Persona. It’s all Greek to me. This is one of the hardest pieces of the marketing puzzle for entrepreneurs. We can’t seem to figure out who our ideal customers are. We are so stuck on how we can help everyone but know we need to narrow it down to one person and that’s just… hard.This is the one thing I see that ma…

A few months ago I had a dentist appointment. I’m one of those very few people that loves going to the dentist. That’s probably because I don’t have any cavities and haven’t had any major dental work so all I ever get is a cleaning. I was chatting with the hygienist while she cleaned and when the dentist came in she asked the same question that mos…

Branding is a hot topic around these parts (parts = my office chair). I’m obsessed with lots of things but brand strategies is in my top 3 along with close, authentic relationships and ‘Hot Now’ Krispy Kreme Donuts. The inventor of Spanx is a billionaire because donuts {and bacon} are delicious (honestly, I can’t take credit for that one because I …

No Sh!t?! You can get your business model done in a week?! I swear, I'm not lying to you! Cross my heart + all that other cliched stuff. It doesn’t have to be that hard. Everything can get set up in a week. I’ve found that one of the keys to running a successful business is to not keep re-inventing the wheel over + over again. That’s where the Oper…

Recently, I was researching a business and came across its Facebook page. The cover image was great + conveyed a strong message with the logo prominently placed. I know exactly who they are. But the little square profile image that shows up in my newsfeed is different (I noticed because I do branding). You know what though? New potential customers …

You like 'em in Facebook {and as of yesterday you have several emotions to pick from}. You double tap them on Instagram. You definitely retweet them on Twitter. What am I talking about you ask?The inspirational quote.You feel me. We love them! Like the junior high, first love kind of love. They suck us in every time.How many times have you double t…

We are diving into a hot topic today! You know me, I want to research everything so I find myself asking lots of questions of my entrepreneur friends + clients. I can almost guarantee that when I ask them, 'what's your biggest challenge?' Every one of them puts marketing as one of their top three answers.It seems that everyone needs help with {and …

Does this sound like your life? But is it really your friend? Or foe? I guess if you get used to all the chaos in your personal + professional life then it sure seems like a friend. But is it working for you?Oleh Ronii Bartles

your vibe attracts your tribe!I don't know who said this, but it is brilliant. And I totally stole it. It’s so relate-able, isn’t it? Not just professionally but to our personal lives too.Mastermind. Clique. Peeps. Tribe. They all mean the same.Tribe - (n): like-minded individuals that congregate to from your closest inner circle that gives you sup…

Can you believe it? 2017 is approaching at lightning speed. I went to TJMaxx {yes, I’m a maxxinista} the other day + all the Christmas decorations are out already. You’ve got to be kidding me! We haven’t even had Halloween yet.IS YOUR BUSINESS READY FOR 2017? This year has had lots of ups + downs and twists + turns. But as we approach the holidays …

I’ve done them all. You name it, I’ve put it on my credit card. I have spent thousands of dollars on every business program out there. I get sucked in because the copy writing is good + I just throw money at gurus. Only to be disappointed when I don’t get the practical solutions I crave. I know I need clarity. I know I need to have a plan. I know I…

Your business plan should be your tool to make your business work for you, not against you. It should make all your decision making easier. Have an idea to add website design to your bookkeeping business? Um, first, those are two totally different things and just because you used a Wordpress template to make yourself an awesome website doesn't make…

A results-driven operations marketing consultant for growing small businesses who understand that traditional marketing doesn't work if their operations are broken and desire to provide an exceptional customer experience by implementing systems that make marketing easy. I believe everything in your business contributes to marketing. Your invoicing …

A results-driven operations marketing consultant for growing small businesses who understand that traditional marketing doesn't work if their operations are broken and desire to provide an exceptional customer experience by implementing systems that make marketing easy. I believe everything in your business contributes to marketing. Your invoicing …

A results-driven operations marketing consultant for growing small businesses who understand that traditional marketing doesn't work if their operations are broken and desire to provide an exceptional customer experience by implementing systems that make marketing easy. I believe everything in your business contributes to marketing. Your invoicing …

A results-driven operations marketing consultant for growing small businesses who understand that traditional marketing doesn't work if their operations are broken and desire to provide an exceptional customer experience by implementing systems that make marketing easy. I believe everything in your business contributes to marketing. Your invoicing …