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Its enough that websites are asking you to visit them. The “Browser Bar” war (the battle for space on your web browser) has been brewing for over 3 years. Lately, it is not enough to have (insert your browser here) install a default browser bar with carefully selected links. Recently the search engines have gotten in the game with a search box, as well as their links. Now HSN (Home Shopping Network) along with Ask.com search box, has introduced their browser bar to their e-mail subscribers as a way to have a constant presence on user’s browser. I can only imagine the speculation that is already brewing about this development.
Will HSN have “radar” as to what their subscribers are viewing online?
What effect this will have on subscribers’ privacy?
Are other retailers going to follow suit?
What will be the browser design implications?
Will the browser become so crowded so that you can’t see the actual broswer window?

Ramon Ray of SmallBizTechnology.com comments about his experience with taking his website to the next STEPH. Read more here.

In honor of my mother (see collage of modelling photos on the right of the blog). I decided to embark on a side business of organization, both online and offline. The URL BeaOrganized.com will point to all my organization tips and tricks on the nextSTEPH blog.

I have launched another e-class with Wild Women Entrepreneurs entitled, “The Power of Recommendation: How to Sell the Products you Love and Make $$$. For more information regarding Wild WE e-Boot Camp courses visit http://www.thewildwe.com/bootcamp/ebootcamps.asp.

I can answer that question with one word. Grandma.

My mother passed away over a year ago. Mom didn’t have any siblings and neither do I so Grandma is all I have left of my maternal roots. It is my duty and obligation to look after my grandmother. Grandma took care of everyone, my great-grandmother, Mom, me, as well as my second-cousins. So this is why I must look after her.

My mother literally worked herself to death. She would be in the office as early as 5am, just to get some peace, quiet and focus to get her job done. What I will never forgive myself for is not being there for my mother during her last hours because I was working. I promised myself that I would never work so hard that I did not get to live my life.

So please, I realize that I may be taking a step back from my career, some of you may even consider it “career suicide”, but it is my honor and privilege to put my grandmother as a priority, since she has put everyone else first for so long.