Tara Jacobsen

I love marketing and thinking of great ways to help people get more oomph for their efforts. Whether you want to know about niche marketing or branding or recommended vendors, stop back often to see some great ideas!

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I have worked from home for about 15 years now and can’t really imagine the thought of going back to the 9 to 5 grind. That said, I was super surprised the other day when I looked down my block and though that maybe the majority of the adults on my street worked from home. …

This post is for my pals at the Colorado House Rabbit Society. My daughter and I volunteer there and just recently the gal in charge sent out a call for help. Many of the college kids who had been helping had gone back to school and they were really low on volunteers to help with …

John Wooden was a UCLA basketball coach, winning 10 championships in 12 years. The neatest thing about Mr. Wooden was that he thought that having a good character off court was as important as playing basketball well. These are selected John Wooden business quotes that are particularly helpful for business people. It is amazing how relevant …

I am a creative GENIUS marketing-wise. I can come up with a MILLION big ideas (okay maybe only hundreds of ideas), and now I have a system of capturing them so they don’t get lost… Getting Things Done – Start An Ideas List Today. But what’s next? How do I take all of those wicked …

Writing a perfect listing blog post should accomplish a few things including 1) making your seller happy, 2) increasing your digital footprint in your marketplace and 3) increasing your blog content. We will look at all these reasons today and go over what needs to happen to have that perfect listing blog post! Reason For …

We have to talk about something really serious today because I am grumpy. I have been getting a lot of feedback lately that is not complimentary about all my great ideas. Somehow having lots of ideas has been turned into a bad thing or a chore. In fact, I have been hearing that people have …

If you are creative, bright, and smart, you probably have A LOT of ideas of things that you COULD do! And maybe you even have the written down on sticky notes or even in a notebook somewheres. Or you spend time in the shower, figuring out new business concepts and plans in your head. Or …

A lifestyle blog is all about writing, taking pictures and videoing what you know. That is maybe the neatest thing, that you are just really doing what you do anyways and then documenting it. Here are my top tips and ideas for starting your lifestyle blog. I have started doing a lifestyle blog over at …

If you are alive today you are feeling stressed out and busy! When I was young I can remember a time when a phone call was a big deal, we all jumped up to yell “I got it” and ran to the phone. Today a phone call comes from your pocket and you probably are …