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Queen City Buzz: Live From the Hive
Connecting Manchester/'s people, information & resources to get the stories, facts & news you need to survive and thrive as a start-up in the Queen City.
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Episode #28: How to Maximize Your Ad Reach with Facebook
Are Facebook Ads Really the Right Choice for Your Limited Marketing Dollars? If you are like a lot of small business owners, you don't have the time or money to waste on advertising campaigns that don't work. As promised, Brad Solomon from Solomon Strategic Business Development is back this month...
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Episode #27: How to Save Time & Your Sanity With Perfectly Balanced Bookkeeping
How do you know if you're winning if you don't keep score? We are into October, the end of the year is coming up fast and if you've been paying attention the past three years you'll know that means it's almost time to talk about my favorite topic. Nope, it's not networking. My favorite topic is...
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Episode #26: How to Put Money in Your Pocket With These Simple Sales Tools
September is all about sales and in this month's episode of Live from the Hive I'm talking to interior decorator Piper Turgeon from Eco Chic Interiors about how to get the best price for your home with a little help from a professional home stager. Hint: Think de-clutter and clean, then clean...
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Episode #25: How to Look Your Best & Save Money With an Image Consultant
A Little Help for Your Tech and Style Woes When you work in the corporate world you have an IT department to handle all those tech challenges - computers, software, and data security. It all seems so easy when the guy from IT shows up, plugs in a few cables, taps a few keystrokes and says "Okay,...
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Episode #24: How to Solve Problems and Get Things Done
Two Local Business Owners Find Success as Problem Solvers In this month's episode of Live from the Hive I am talking with Manchester business owner and Ward 6 aldermanic candidate Ryan Van Orden. As the owner of Uni-Star Cleaning Service, Van Orden has overcome a lot of obstacles to start and…
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Episode #23: Day Care, Pizza & Marketing
Above & Beyond Childcare In this month's episode of Live from the Hive, we're talking about daycare with Rebecca Collins, owner of Above & Beyond Childcare. Whether you're self-employed or work in a cubicle, day care is a big issue for a lot of parents and Rebecca is going to give us some insider...
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Episode #22: How to Point Your Business in the Right Direction
In this month's episode... In this month's episode of Live from the Hive, the incomparable Tammy Downing from Out of the Box Tours is back in the Hive. Tammy is always a lot of fun and you will definitely want to stay tuned to hear about her latest paranormal and foodie tours around New England....
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Episode #21: Glow Worms & Social Media, Oh My!
Overwhelmed by Social Media? Has anyone else noticed that the only people who think using social media to market your business is easy are the people who don't actually have a business? Don't get me wrong, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest are great options for a budget conscious business owner,...
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Episode #20: Office Design & Promoting Your Business with Justin Mikolyski & Chris Pastrana
In this month's episode... In this month's Live from the Hive I am talking about office design and functional workspace with Justin Mikolyski from Creative Office Pavilion and how to promote your business using video with Chris Pastrana from the NH Business Show. It doesn't matter if you are a…
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Episode #19: How to Earn Good Karma & Be a Better Networker With Kevin Willett
New England's King of Networking On this month's episode of Live from the Hive I am talking with New England's un-official King of Networking, the one and only Kevin Willett. For anyone who hasn't met Kevin, I can guarantee you that it is just a matter of time. This man is everywhere and he's...
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Episode 18: How to Save Money & Have Fun With Inkspot NH & Out of the Box Tou
What do you get when you mix wine, chocolate, ghosts, and toner? Would you believe a boat load of savings and a whole lot of fun? Happy New Year everyone! I don't know about you but I am super excited about 2017. I spent the last couple weeks networking and I am on overload at this point. I'm...
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Episode 17: How to Relax and Relieve Stress with Peaceful Strength Massage
Not so guilty pleasures... It may make you feel pampered and decadent, but massage is actually an affordable luxury that should be part of your healthy living plan. Whether you've got that nagging neck pain or are simply feeling overwhelmed, the healing power of touch can bring a welcome relief…
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Kickstart Monday: How to Embrace the Silent Power of a Smile
Those toothpaste commercials were right... Way back in the day, when I worked for the City of Manchester I noticed that if I smiled at people they yelled at me a lot less and started smiling back at me. Just so we're straight, people would come in off the street and start yelling about things…
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Episode 16: Ideal Health - The Best Choice for Healthy Weight Loss
Stop the Madness! Is your weight causing health problems like diabetes or hypertension? Are you tired of being sick and tired? Whether you need to lose 20 pounds or 100, this month's guest, Stephanie Edwards from Ideal Health, LLC, can help. Edwards is a nutritionist and a weight loss coach who…
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Kickstart Monday: Stop Feeling Like a Fraud: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Even the people we look up to have those moments... Poser, faker or fraud. No matter what you call it, there comes a time when we all look across the conference table and felt like an impostor. No matter how much experience, skill or education there comes a point when we meet someone or come…
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Episode 15:How to Save Time & Money with Island Breeze Virtual Assistants
Virtual Saves You Money In the business world time equals money, and when you're a small business owner it's super easy to convince yourself that doing everything on your own will save money. I'm here to tell you that mindset is a false economy. This month's guest on Live from the Hive is John...
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Kickstart Monday: How to Be Productive in Three Easy Steps
Stop the Excuses! Everyone has an excuse, and it's usually something reasonable and valid, but at the end of the day all it takes are three easy little steps to overcome almost any situation and be productive. This week's podcast isn't so much about finding the right time management system as it…
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Kickstart Monday: How to Find Your Mojo & Get Things Done
Finding Your Groove Do you ever feel like you work, and work, and work but you're still not where you want to be? On this week's episode of Kickstart Monday, I'm sharing tips on how to figure out what's holding you back and how to find your mojo when you're in a slump. At some point or another,...
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Episode 14: How to Get Noticed With Video From the NH Business Show
Did you know there is a video version of Queen City Buzz? In this month's episode of Live from the Hive I am talking with Chris Pastrana from the New Hamsphire Business show and he is going to share insider tips and answer questions about using video to market your small business. How to use…
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Kickstart Monday: How to Avoid Deadbeats & Other Problem Clients
You Want to Get Paid? You Gotta Follow the Rules! In this week's podcast, I'm going to talk about the three rules for handling clients, why they are important and what to do when a client doesn't comply. If you're not familiar with them, the rules are: Always get a contract Always get a...
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Kickstart Monday: September is the Perfect Opportunity for a Do-Over
Review, Refine, and Re-boot No doubt about it, September is the best time to call a do-over. Think about it, when you were a kid September meant a new school year. You were in a new grade, with new teachers, and everything was new and exciting. If you are like most people you spent 13 of your…
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Kickstart Monday: How to Wade Through the Crazy Without Losing Your Mind
Feeling like this summer has been one big challenge? You're not alone... I'm hearing from a lot of people that things have been spiraling out of control lately which got me wondering how people wade through the crazy without losing their mind. In my world, the first step is always going to be to...
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Episode #13: Live from the Hive with Sharon Jensen from Embrace Your Wardrobe
Why You Need a Personal Image Consultant You've been dressing yourself since you were 5, you love those skinny jeans and there is no way you'd ever be caught dead in pantyhose. You have a clear idea of how to dress for comfort, but is it really your best look? Do you struggle to find the right...
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Kickstart Monday: How to Leverage the Power of Your Network
Building Relationships Do you know what's even better than a Monday? When Monday is the first day of the month. I don't know why, there's just something clean about it, a new month, new week and a new opportunity to succeed. Can it get any better? Since this month's Coffee Buzz Networking is...
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Kickstart Monday: How to Save Your Sanity with One Simple Word
The Power of No A couple weeks ago my mother-in-law's looked at me and said "Pat, you've got to learn to say no once in a while." Being a reasonably polite person I smiled and said "I do. In fact, I say no to people all the time." I may be in the office six days a week and my calendar may look...
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Episode 12: How to Boost Your SEM with Daryl Eames
Fix-It-and-Forget-It is Not a Marketing Strategy If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times. Fix-it-and-forget-it is not a marketing strategy. Forget about all those stories you've heard about people who put up a website or got a business page on Facebook and became an overnight success....
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Kickstart Monday: How to Discover Your Strength by Paying it Forward
Knowledge is Power Have you ever heard someone say that knowledge is power? Did you know some of that knowledge comes from things we've learned in books, but an equal part comes from experience and learning from our own mistakes? We may not always have the information we need or want, and there…
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Kickstart Monday: What's Your Motivation, Why Are You an Entrepreneur?
What's YOUR Why? This week I am talking about motivation. Not the kind of motivation that propels you through the tedious tasks, but the motivation that explains why you chose to be an entrepreneur. I found a quote from recording artist Kid Cudi that really resonated with me. He says "I just want...
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Kickstart Monday: Time for a Mid-Year Goal Review - Check Your Panic at the Door
Winter is coming... It's official. We've reached the end of June, the summer solstice is behind us and the days are getting shorter. I don't mean to alarm you, but "winter is coming" and it is time to get serious. Anyone who reads the Queen City Buzz blog knows that I've spent the last three…
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Kickstart Monday: You Are What You Think You Are
Who do you think you are? There is one voice that is always with us, the one that has seen all of our actions and knows the truth of our desires even when we aren't ready to admit them to ourselves. Are you smart? Are you pretty? Do you suck? We all have an internal monologue, what do you tell...
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Episode 11: How to Work With Your Husband at the Office
Have You Ever Worked With Your Husband, Wife, Boyfriend, Girlfriend or Partner? Do you like your partner enough to work with them? Have you ever thought about it? This is a challenging topic for a lot of people. There seems to be this idea that if you love someone you should be able to work with...
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Want to Succeed? Love What You Do!
Forget about "Do What You Love" and embrace "Love What You Do" We live in a society that collectively values money over happiness because they think money will bring them happiness. Don't waste your time trying to point out the irony in that belief because these people are true believers and you...
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Kickstart Monday: 5 Things You Should Never Be Afraid Of
Five Fears that Kill a Small Business Owner's Dreams When you start a business there are a lot of unknowns. Will you succeed? Are you smart enough? Do you have the right skills? They're all valid questions, but they're not the fears that create that gnawing sense of dread. They are not the...
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Kickstart Monday: Successful People Make Their Own Rules!
It's a three-day week here at Queen City Buzz, so this week's episode is going to be short and sweet. When you're first starting out it makes sense to do some research, read books, watch interviews and get a sense about what other people in your industry have done to succeed, but there comes a...
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Kickstart Monday: How to Succeed in 5 Easy Steps
Happy Monday People! My May vacation is over and I am back in the hive refreshed, renewed and regenerated. Okay, that might be a stretch, but I am back in the office ready to tackle this week's tasks. Which is a really a round about way of getting to this week's topic. From the dawn of time man…
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Kickstart Monday: How to Deal with the Haters
As we say in New England, "they hate us 'cause they ain't us..." I'm on vacation this week so I'll keep this short and sweet. At some point or another we all get ambushed by negative people. Whether they're the know-it-alls who feel compelled to tell you how to do things better, even though…
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Episode 10: How to Take the Work Out of Networking with Cami Baker
Taking the work out of networking When I first started working as a small business consultant every client seemed to struggle with something different. For some it was marketing, for others it was sales, accounting or even product development. Networking almost never came up as a topic of concern...
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Kickstart Monday: How to Define Your Brand With 3 Simple Words
And suddenly it's Tuesday... I'm going to start by saying, yes, I do realize that it's Tuesday and I am suitably embarrassed and mortified that episode 2 is late. My only excuse is that sometimes, no matter how well you prepare, even when the podcast is taped, edited and ready to go, things go...
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Kickstart Monday: How to Get and Stay Motivated, episode 1
Welcome to Kickstart Monday! I don't know about you, but I am wicked excited to be launching Kickstart Monday. I'm one of those people who absolutely loves Mondays. To me Mondays are all about the possibilities. It's like a do-over every week, so let go of whatever you didn't finish last week…
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How to Find Purpose, Peace & Prosperity with Jen Ryan
We're Back! After a five month hiatus Live from the Hive is back in the pod-o-sphere and we are hitting the ground running. In addition to the return of the monthly Live from the Hive podcast, we are adding a weekly 5-minute Kickstart Monday podcast and are talking to a few tech leaders about...
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Live from the Hive Episode #8: Changes - Rebranding & Adding Products
9 More Weeks 'Til 2016 -- Time to Make Some Changes! Lot's of great conversations this month. I am super excited to sit down with Your Creative Solutionist, the one and only Peter Jude Ricciardi who is sharing the details of his recent re-branding experience, a quick primer on mining content to...
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Live from the Hive Episode #7: Summer's Last Surge
Things are Hopping Here in New Hampshire! (See how I cleverly avoided saying buzzing?) It is no exaggeration when I say that these are exciting times to be in the Queen City. Here at Queen City Buzz we launched the new website this month and we're rolling out the long awaited Coffee Buzz…
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Episode #6: Live from the Hive with Cathy Clement from Clement Massage
When was the last time you had a massage? This week's Live from the Hive guest is licensed massage therapist and local business owner Cathy Clement from Clement Massage and after talking to Cathy, there is no excuse for anyone not to be enjoying this affordable luxury. As a veteran therapist with...
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Episode #5: Live from the Hive with David Barron 8/3/15
The Exciting Life of an Entrepreneur Being your own boss can be a great option in today's unreliable job market, but it's not for everyone. On top of the challenge of finding clients, paying bills and taking on all those pesky chores that your former co-workers used to do, like billing, accounts...
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Episode #4: Live from the Hive with Graham Gifford 7/22/15
How do you spell success? I know it'a a cliche, but if you looked up the word success in the dictionary you would find a picture of Graham Gifford. I'm totally serious. It's not that she is superhuman or magical, though you may the odd fleck of pixie dust trailing behind her, it's because she has...
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Episode #3: Live from the Hive with Piper Turgeon 7/13/15
Welcome Piper! Please join us as we welcome this week's Live from the Hive guest, Piper Turgeon. It's been a busy week of collaboration for Piper and Queen City Buzz. Not only did we publish her first article as a Queen City Buzz contributor, but Piper very graciously stepped in as this week's…
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Live from the Hive with Jen Ryan from Jen Ryan Coaching 6/29/15
Finding Your Why Join us on Live from the Hive as this week's guest, Jen Ryan from Jen Ryan Coaching, talks about finding your why, discovering your talents and how to figure out what your new direction should be. I met Jen back in April when I was researching a story about her New England Goal...
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Live from the Hive with David Barron of New Hampshire Hypnosis 6/22/15
Who says networking doesn't pay off? I stopped by last week's Gold Star Mill City meetup at the Airport Diner and had the good fortune to meet David Barron from New Hampshire Hypnosis. Unlike a lot of people I meet, David's business isn't something that every person or business needs. He serves a...
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