The “Tell Me More” Project: How to Make Human Connections in a Digital World
Posted on 15. Jun, 2009 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein.
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An open letter to my readers, followers, friends, partners, clients, customers, and pretty much everyone else who I’ve met online or in real life:
Over the years, at the advice of my mentors and many of the guru’s out there I’ve set up various layers of staff between me and you all, really [...]
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…because 4 years ago, on March 23, 2005, my daughter Grace was born. I was already a business owner, having launched Potts Weinstein Financial Consulting (personal, fee-only financial and estate planning) about 18 months earlier, working from home. No non-family clients for the first 6 months, and I was really second-guessing my decision to quit [...]
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5 Solutions Are Easier (and Better) Than One
Posted on 22. Jan, 2009 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein.
I’ve been planning to homeschool my daughter when she “officially” reaches the age of requirement in California (age 6), but had kept her in preschool primarily so I could get some work done. I figured that when she was school-age she would be able to work on her school work and/or keep quiet while I [...]
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(Essay written November 2007)
I am not dispensing financial and legal advice from an upper floor of a fancy high-rise, in a dark, wood paneled office, resting on a leather chair, over a mahogany conference table. My advice is dispensed while a toddler is yanking on my sweater, with Dora the Explorer blaring in the background, [...]
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Revelation! No More Waiting; Live the Vision Today
Posted on 23. May, 2008 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein.
About 6 months ago I started journaling again. From when I got a bit an agist at age 10 all the way throughout law school, I always kept a diary/ journal to complain about life, discuss my heartaches, and brainstorm ideas for the future.
When I moved in with my husband I stopped journaling. Why? I [...]
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Have something on your to-do list that you’ve been procrastinating forever? Maybe your bookkeeping or taxes, or your desk organization, writing your book, cleaning up your kid’s toys, writing new copy for your website, or finishing up a client project?
Here’s the secret — instead of working on your big project or task, just do it [...]
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I’ve been working on developing the next big program for Grow Up! Strategies, and was struggling. Ugh. It was a big, complicated continuity membership program, with tons of content, and since it has so many parts it was hard to explain. The marketing copy was difficult to write … and I had a ton of [...]
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Last night was my first time on television — you can see the video at:
http://video.nbc11.com/player/?id=206640
So what’s my secret? What did I do to get on TV?
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After back-to-back information overload and networking at the Glazer-Kennedy Info-Summit and Alexandria Brown’s Online Success Blueprint Workshop, it was easy to get overwhelmed. Here’s what I do at the seminar and when I come home to make sure that the stack of business cards and lists of notes don’t get wasted.
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Last week I went to my Mastermind group meeting, headed by Alexandria Brown — here’s a photo of the two of us in sunny Palm Springs. I absolutely love this group of smart, powerful women, all on the same path to doing amazing things in their line of work. Here’s my top take-aways from my [...]
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Tuesday morning I woke up with a passion … for cleaning out my house. Not "cleaning" per se, but sorting through and organizing all the junk and clutter that has built up in the 4 years we have lived in our home. My first thought was no, I need to work on the gigantic list [...]
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Here are the websites that I use every day for my business — most of them are free or very low cost!
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I still have not yet sent this book to my publisher (still making changes) but am already thinking about what I would do differently next time. So for any of you who are thinking of writing a book someday, take a few tips from my adventures in birthing a book.

I'm Elizabeth Potts Weinstein, a mompreneur who helps other moms transform their "hobby" small businesses into million-dollar empires *without* selling their souls. I'm also the founder & editor-in-chief of 