Tag Archives: Consulting

Working Too Much or Not Enough?

Posted on 20.08.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]J’ai souvent du mal à savoir si je travaille trop ou pas assez. Mon entourage me donne les deux retours.[en]I’m very bad at evaluating how much I work. Not in the sense that I don’t know how many hours I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Personal | Tagged balance, Consulting, freelancing, going solo, Life Updates, My work, work/life | 5 Comments

Invest in Social Media Training

Posted on 19.08.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Un tuyau gratuit pour les entreprises qui se demandent comment intégrer les “social media” (“nouveaux médias” ou “médias sociaux” — des fois j’ai envie de dire “médias sociables” ou “médias socialisants”): plutôt qu’engager une personne pour s’occuper de ça, mieux … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate, My work, Social Media and the Web | Tagged classes, Consulting, formation, Social Media and the Web, Social Software, strategy, teaching, training | 2 Comments

Se protéger sans s’aliéner ses clients

Posted on 21.07.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]One of my big headaches these days is figuring out a solution to protect myself from client cancellations, without being too client-unfriendly. I’ve had a wave of last-minute cancellations of half-day training sessions which had been booked weeks in advance … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged annulation, bon de commande, clients, conditions, Consulting, cours, facturation, formation, mandat, négotiation, paiement | 9 Comments

What Do We Call Ourselves?

Posted on 09.06.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Un article de plus dans la longue série “Stephanie se demande comment appeler ce qu’elle fait”. Si “social media expert” a été usé jusqu’à la corde, que reste-t-il à une “spécialiste généraliste” des nouveaux médias comme moi?[en]This morning I read … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Social Media and the Web | Tagged branding, competition, Consulting, freelancing, marketing, name, Social Media and the Web, social media expert, social media strategist, terminology, title | 13 Comments

Je ne facture pas à l’heure

Posted on 02.06.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]My decision is now clear: I don’t bill by the hour. Some of the stuff I do has time limits (e.g. if you want to see me to kick off a consulting relationship, or explore possibilities of work together, well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged client, Consulting, emploi, facturation, horaire, indépendante, invoicing, prices, pricing, rates, relation de travail, salaire, salaire horaire, travail | 20 Comments

Office vs. Errand Days

Posted on 03.04.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Ma solution pour rester un peu en contrôle de mon agenda: bloquer des journées entières de travail au bureau sans rendez-vous, et concentrer tout ce qui implique sorties, courses, cours, meetings, rencontres sur d’autres journées. Etre ferme, avec soi-même tout … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Life Improvement, Personal | Tagged agenda, calendar, Consulting, freelancing, life improvement, Life Updates, organisation, planning, strategy, time management | 5 Comments

To Be or Not to Be a New Media Strategist

Posted on 22.03.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Au cours d’une discussion à Lift09 avec Florian Egger (merci encore mille fois, Florian!) j’ai enfin mis le doigt sur ce qui est au centre de mon activité professionnelle: le conseil stratégique ayant trait aux nouveaux médias. Jusqu’à maintenant, je … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Social Media and the Web | Tagged blogging consultant, business card, buzzword, consultant, Consulting, description, freelancing, job, My work, new media, new media strategist, Social Media and the Web, social media consultant, social media strategist, social software consultant, strategist, strategy, terminology, Thinking, title | 14 Comments

Lancement du blog de voyage ebookers.ch

Posted on 20.01.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I’m pretty excited to announce that we’re launching the ebookers.ch travel blog in French. The blog is managed by the Swiss online media company Blogwerk, and I’m the editor, and we have a team of blogger-authors writing the posts (I … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate, My corner of the world, My work | Tagged Announcements, blog, blogging, Blogs et entreprises, blogwerk, Citations, Consulting, ebookers, ebookers.ch, Media, Offsite, suisse romande, switzerland, user/07467067922840649993/state/com.google/read, voyage | 1 Comment

Espace Coworking Lausanne: Eclau

Posted on 01.11.2008 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I’ve been a bit quiet about it here, but it’s happening! I’m opening a coworking space in Lausanne, Eclau. The address is Guiguer-de-Prangins 11, and drop-ins will be free. Hot-desking members for 100/150 CHF (depending on if you need storage … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Coworking, My corner of the world | Tagged Consulting, Coworking, coworking lausanne, coworking léman, eclau, entrepreneuring, espace coworking lausanne, lausanne, switzerland, user/07467067922840649993/state/com.google/read | 2 Comments

Update From Berlin

Posted on 25.10.2008 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Etat des lieux. Beaucoup à faire, beaucoup à bloguer. J’ai besoin de m’organiser.[en]So, here I am in Berlin, for another 24 hours or so. I’m giving my talk for the <head> Web Conference this evening at 6pm. You can still … Continue reading →

Posted in Being the boss, Travels | Tagged berlin, blogging, braindump, conference, Consulting, Events, life, My work, organisation, Pieces of Me, Travels | Leave a comment