The Firefly Blog

You want practical business and marketing tips you can use to grow your business. That’s what I’ve got for you right here, articles and videos you can take action on right away. And, if you scroll down you’ll find video interviews I’ve done with successful entrepreneurs where they share their top marketing tips.

Let’s Talk About the Money, Honey

by Stephanie Ward

There’s more to running a business than only profit. There’s also passion and purpose. But how much attention do you pay to the profit part of your business? How often do you look at the numbers in your business? For many small business owners, dealing with the...

How Many Times to Follow Up with Someone and How to Do It

by Stephanie Ward

What do you do when you send someone a message and you don’t hear back from them?Do you assume they aren’t interested? Take it personally? Give up and move on? Doing this does not serve you or your business.Here is exactly how you can follow up and how to know when to...

Why You Need to Keep Track of Your Tribe & How to Do It

by Stephanie Ward

The people you know, your network of connections, are the foundation of your business.You could even go so far as to say they are your business.Think about it, without them you have no clients, no prospects, no partners, and no colleagues.So if your tribe is so...

Do You Use Any of These 7 Tips to Grow Your Business?

by Stephanie Ward

Feeling stuck in your business? Or could you really use some fresh new ideas? I've got just what you need.In this video, I share 7 (of 88) business tips from the book, Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of Basecamp (previously known as...

The Best Marketing Strategies for Small Business Owners

by Stephanie Ward

Would you love to know which marketing strategies work the best for Small Business Owners? I’m so curious about this question and I want to try to answer it. I realize different things work for different people and different kinds of businesses. And yet there must be...

Are You Using Any These 3 Powerful Marketing Tips?

by Stephanie Ward

I sat down with Amel Derragui of Tandem Nomads in New York and asked her to share her top three marketing strategies for Small Business Owners. Check out our interview and see which tips you can apply to your business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bTHhk5h5xc Don't...

Seth Godin & the Two Questions You Need to Be Able to Answer

by Stephanie Ward

When I read Seth Godin’s daily blog on October 18th the content of his blog stopped me in my tracks.The post described an event he was hosting in New York on December 10th, I knew immediately – I had to be there. I took action and made it happen within a...

A Stress Free Way to Solve Problems and Get New Ideas

by Stephanie Ward

When you get stuck in your business, which happens to all of us, sometimes it’s hard to know what to do next. It may seem counterintuitive, but oftentimes the best thing you can do is take a break. Watch this short video to find out my favorite way to take a break and...

Top Marketing Tips from Successful Entrepreneurs

Discover the marketing strategies that worked for these extremely successful business owners and think about how you can apply their tips to your business.