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Dr. Monique Flemings

I am CEO of Monique Flemings Enterprises and a Transition Specialist Coach. I walk people through transition embracing the unknown and learning from seasons of uncertainty. As a Digital Educator, I recreate online courses to support healthy professional development and growth. My niche areas are leadership, transition, and personal development.

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one year ago

Competence has an important role in success, but history shows us that it’s not enough by itself. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or working within a corporate environment, being skilled alone does not guarantee greater success. An equally important factor, one that is often not given enough attention, is your personal brand and your ability to promote it, calling attention to those skills you worked so hard to develop. 

Through storytelling and developing a clear sense of what the people you interact with will find most valuable, you will learn to build a powerful brand that resonates with others.

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one year ago

We live in the age of the side hustle—of smart young professionals branching out beyond their career paths and building new streams of revenue. It’s not a new idea—people have been freelancing on the side for as long as they’ve had marketable skills. But a new generation of tech-savvy individuals have codified and scaled the concept of the side hustle in entirely new ways, and with access to powerful online tools and experts in the field, it’s now possible to build a side hustle that can supplement your income, protect against instability in the market, and possibly even launch a new business.

Recently Jena Viviano shared her insights into how to develop and maintain a side hustle that works for you in a webinar for IAW. Jena is a career coach and side hustle strategist who has maneuvered the treacherous waters of multiple career changes—starting out in investment banking, she swiftly moved on to the New York Stock Exchange, where she met and interviewed C-suite executives as their companies went public. Before leaving NYC, she wrote, evangelized, and coached for The Muse, a career platform used by over 50 million candidates looking to advance in their careers. It’s there that she launched her side hustle and started encouraging others to do the same.

In this eBook, we’ll share many of Jena’s ideas from that webinar, presenting you with the key things you need to consider and the steps to take if you’re interested in achieving better financial security through a side hustle.

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one year ago

Entrepreneurship without a business plan is a lot like traveling without a map. You may get somewhere interesting in the end, but you’ll probably be late, and it may not be where you intended to go. Study after study shows that business plans drive success. Regardless of company type, growth stage, or intent, a business plan drives success in business goals, including obtaining a loan, getting investment capital, recruiting team members, thinking strategically, and growing the business.

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one year ago

In this guide, we’ve gathered her most impactful tips and examples to help you write your own resume and cover letters. From the opening lines of your resume to the substance of your cover letter, we’ll dig into what works and what doesn’t as you market yourself to prospective employers.

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one year ago

This easy-to-read eBook will help you grow your personal brand via LinkedIn. It includes resources to help you:

  • Increase your LinkedIn presence;
  • Refresh your profile;
  • Check the grammar and spelling on your profile;
  • Customize your URL; and
  • Stay connected to your contacts.

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one year ago

8 Steps To Building A Powerful Professional Network

The power of your network will propel you to a successful career no matter what your aspirations are. The best jobs. The inside track to growing your business. Engaging interactions with amazing people. None of this happens by accident.

It's your network that provides the tools and knowledge needed to reach the next level. This book will teach you not only why networking is important, but also how to engage with people in memorable, relationship-building ways.

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one year ago

This book is designed to be informative and to serve as a reference book. Use it to help you transition to a professional part-time role and figure out solutions to the challenges you may face on your path. You’ll find tips, tricks, ideas, insights, advice, and general stories throughout the book.

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one year ago

Freedom from the 9-to-5 grind and late-night emails. The opportunity to express yourself through something that is yours.

Business ownership is what many of us aspire to, but owning a business is only the first step. If your ideas flourish and if the market responds well to what you offer, the next step is growth, and this is where many business owners struggle.

The challenge of scaling a big idea with a limited scope into many ideas with much larger scope is not only a commitment of time, it is also potentially very expensive, and often needs some form of outside funding.

Fortunately, there are options.

Small businesses find funding in a diverse range of sources, from traditional loans to venture capital and crowd-sourced funds made possible by the Internet. In this guide, we will explore each of these options, how they relate to your situation, and how to decide which will best fit your business.

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one year ago

The internet allows you to go toe-to-toe with the biggest competitors in your space and carve out a niche for your services. But it requires more than a blanket approach to marketing and promotion. Being successful, even as a small services firm or consultant, requires a keen understanding of your target audience, what they need from you, and how to communicate the benefits of your services to them.

This eBook will guide you through these four steps, outlining how to identify your target audience, connect with them, and convert online visibility into paying customers and sales. 

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