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What’s Good About Haters… [Video]

We get so worried when we get whackos and haters online.But the truth is, if you’re not getting some cross dialogue once in a while, you are probably not putting your message out there in the most efficient way.Watch this video to learn why haters are a good thing and what you should do when they’re not: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sharon Haver▪️Modern Business (@focusonstyle) What about when people sound off?When someone doesn’t like what you say it’s because you struck a nerve with them. That’s a good thing.It means you are speaking to your niche.There is nothing wrong with a healthy debate that ends up in agreeing to disagree. However, when it gets nasty, belligerent,

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Market Like A Kardashian- It will work for you too!

Market Like A Kardashion- IT will work for you too!Even if you don't love the Kardashians, you've gotta give them credit for incredible marketing longevity.Strolling around my neighborhood, I couldn't help but keep thinking about an article I read in The New York Times earlier, "Keeping Up With the Kardashian Cash Flow."According to the article, when Kris Jenner pitched the show to Ryan Seacrest, she said, ‘We will be vulnerable.VULNERABILITY and AUTHENTICITY are what draws your audience in.It removes the veneer of the third wall that keeps you on one side and your audience on the other.People get to KNOW, LIKE AND TRUST you like a real human being....That CONNECTION IS PRICELESS.You can and should do this too. -Your brand

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The Best and Most Profitable Way To Use Social Media- It’s Not What You Think! [Video]

THE MISSING LINK IN SOCIAL MEDIA is something you see ignored way too often. Think about this: Social media comes into your most personal spaces. You look at your phone at home, in bed, while your passing time, between meetings, while you’re in a waiting room, all the times when you “choose” not to be doing something else or taking in something too seriously...https://youtu.be/SI27lBh1KLUWe look for a quick peek into someone else’s life, a chuckle, or a quick tip to apply to our life or business.So why the heck would someone want to look at something that’s so generic, plastic, or bland that they have zero idea who even posted it?!When you create social posts that don’t instantly:Look like youSound

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Don’t Be Afraid To Get Out There! Break The Fear Factor so you can actually scale your brand!

One of the biggest social media strategies I can tell you is: Don't be afraid to get out there (literally)!Bust through the fear factor and be seen to grow your brand.WATCH: Entrepreneurs: How To Break The Fear Factor so you can actually scale your brand!  And yes, I'm actually on a crowded street after a visit to my PT with The Empire State Building behind me.https://youtu.be/oC7DIX1D39cYou wonder, how the heck did getting in FRONT of a camera ever have anything to do with being a entrepreneuer, solopreneur, coach, consultant, or anyone who represents their business.Fair enough question- you’re not a model or actor so why should you have to know how to be camera-friendly.BECAUSE THAT’S HOW YOUR AUDIENCE BONDS WITH

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Style Expert and Personal Brand Strategist helping you + your biz get out there (old 2018)

Hi! I'm Sharon Haver… All my tips and strategies come from my real-world professional experience. As a bootstrapping entrepreneur with a business degree in Marketing and a graduate of an extensive amount of business and personal development programs and high-level masterminds, my advice is based on how I successfully run my online business since 1999. Being a style expert and personal brand success strategist is the combination of getting your visual and brand message in sync. Previously to be being the founder of FocusOnStyle.com, I was a well-known New York fashion stylist on major photo shoots for 15 years, where I styled everything from Vogue covers to advertising campaigns for cheesy products that I made look so good that you

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Become a Media Magnet: How Entrepreneurs Get Free Publicity with PR Pro, Geeta Nadkarni – [7 Days to Amazing Podcast]

So you want free publicity? You want to be seen as an authority? Well, someone has to be on TV... Today's guest Geeta Nadkarni says, "Why not you?" There's nothing more powerful than being seen in the right light in the media to gain authority and credibility. Which is why week's episode is all about helping business owners get their names and stories out in front of the masses. Listen in and learn how my guest, Geeta Nadkarni, a speaker, author, entrepreneur, lover of good stories and the founder of Baby Got Booked, uses her expertise and 20+ years in journalism to help entrepreneurs of every stripe do their own PR and gain the credibility, exposure and connections that only come

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The BIG Rebrand! New Look, New Resources

Yes, it's that time again. The bi-annual website design update. But this round, it's not only the look and feel of FocusOnStyle.com that's gotten a facelift, it's positioning the type of content that I've been serving you in a more specific framework. Style may be my beat but business is what I do 989% of my day. It's how I help you and your biz get out there, especially when you want to attract high-level clients. I’m fresh from a fantastic staycation in my favorite city in the whole world, New York. (Keep reading for a special TREAT for you at the end). My husband and I spent the long holiday weekend in the city being a tourist in our

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About Sharon Haver…

  A style expert and web entrepreneur dedicated to helping other boss ladies get their business out there so they can own their Star Power. PROFESSIONAL BIO - IN THE NEWS  -  MY BUSINESS  -  MY STYLE  -  WORK WITH ME Welcome to our place on the Internet! Can't wait to know you better. I’m a native New Yorker. Of the New York Minute, Big Apple kind. Actually raised in Brooklyn before it was cool, and now live my dream in a downtown Manhattan loft with my husband, teenage son, and toy poodle. We have a vacation place in Jackson Hole, Wyoming where we marvel at the "backyard" moose peering in our windows, along with the constant amazement of the Teton

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Style Expert and Personal Brand Strategist helping you + your biz get out there (old)

Why you should listen to me… All my tips come from my real world professional experience. As a bootstrapping entrepreneur with a business degree in Marketing and a graduate of an extensive amount of business and personal development programs and high-level masterminds, my advice is based on how I successfully run my online business since 1999 Being a style expert and personal brand success strategist is the combination of getting your visual and brand message in sync. Previously to be being the founder of FocusOnStyle.com, I was a well-known New York fashion stylist on major photo shoots for 15 years, where I styled everything from Vogue covers to advertising campaigns for cheesy products that I made look so good that

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CLONE-TEST-You’re in the right place to confidently learn to be your own personal stylist with insider chic style & fashion expert tips to make you shine!

[rev_slider home] Designer fashion from our friend: Designer Bags, Sunglasses,Ties Gucci, Prada, Miu Miu, Fendi, Chanel - Latest styles! Meet Sharon... I'm Sharon Haver, New York fashion stylist turned style mentor, fashion expert and bootstrapping web entrepreneur as the founder of FocusOnStyle.com, online since 1999 (that was waaay before there was such a thing as a fashion blogger! What I am passionate about is helping women feel confident in their style. I spent 15 years on photo shoots from styling Vogue covers to making cheap sweats look chic. My heart and soul was in making women confidently master ageless chic on their own terms. I took that yearning to my fashion advice column that appeared in 400 newspapers and then to founding FocusOnStyle.com, where

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I’m a style expert + success strategist helping you and your business get out there… Step Into Your STAR Power!

[rev_slider home] 7 Days To Amazing Podcast-  Interviews on how to make your life, business and style even more amazing this week! Why You Want To Listen To Me... Because I’m just like you. A real woman. With a real body. Who isn’t getting any younger. But certainly wants to look modern, relevant and stylish. Here’s where we are different. I have three decades of style experience under my belt and I can tell you it’s your time to shine so that you can look like you’re worth it! I’m Sharon Haver, New York fashion stylist turned style mentor, fashion + style expert and bootstrapping web entrepreneur as the founder of FocusOnStyle.com, online since 1999 (that was waaay before there was such

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Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles- Travel Wardrobe Tips, Episode 5

For this week's look back post to celebrate the 15th anniversary of FocusOnStyle online and with Memorial Day travel upon us, I thought it would be fun to watch this early Impromptu Madness deskside video about travel wardrobe tips that Brad Boles and I shot in 2010.   The lighting is awful and so is my hair, but the video is cute and right on the money for this weekend.   It feels like only yesterday that we shot this. I even remember where we went for lunch. Time flies. Enjoy! --S.H. A little video chit chat with Sharon & Brad: How to Look Chic When Traveling Sharon and Brad talk housewife to housewife: Don't want to look like a discombobulated tourist when traveling?

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It’s Beta baby! Behind the scenes on the NEW FocusOnStyle web look [video]

FocusOnStyle.com- new fashion website design
It's a new fashion website. Right here… Okay, so some people leave the bloopers for the end of a video. Eh, I start out with my webcam bloopers:) All in the effort to share my exciting news with you, F-A-S-T. Do you notice something different? There's a NEW web fashion website blog style here on FocusOnStyle!  It's a bit more open design, more personal, and VERY Beta at the moment (that means we don't have all the bells & whistles done quite yet). Do you love the look? So far? It's a genius New York, Paris, London collaboration with my art director Vincent Gagliostro of GagliostroStudio and fashion technologist & web designer Chloé Watts of Chloedigital, and me! It's almost all

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