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Using Twitter to your advantage

Mastering social media seems to be a holy grail of sorts among businesses. Many recognize the potential – it’s basically free advertising! – but aren’t sure how to fully utilize it. The same goes for...

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Tax time creates headaches for freelancers

For freelancers and contractors, the end of January can only mean one thing – the arrival of the 1099s from various clients throughout the year. Dealing with all of this paperwork – and taxes in...

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Fighting the food binge tricky when working from home

Since I started working full-time from home last spring, I’ve realized that I’ve gained weight. At first, I thought it was a temporary thing and blamed this or that for the tighter waistbands. Not...

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Yahoo makes the wrong call by eliminating work from home option

When I saw the story that Yahoo was doing away with allowing employees to work from head, my first response was huh? At a time when more employers than ever are looking to allow their workers to...

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More on that working from home thing…

I would like to have said I planned this, but I didn’t. I wrote a blog a week ago or so for Brazen Careerist about working from home and talking about what traits you need to have to be successful at...

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Making time to find new leads isn’t always easy

Sometimes I feel like I’m on a rollercoaster when it comes to my freelance work. Sometimes I am so busy that my head just spins and I feel like I can hardly breathe while other times it seems like I...

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Figuring out that balancing act

Since I weighed in on the whole Marissa Meyers’ decision to curtail work-at-home options at Yahoo, it would only be fair to share my thoughts on Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In” and her whole...

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Following own advice not always easy

It’s always easier to give advice than to receive it. I recently wrote a blog for Be A Freelance Blogger about the keys to being a successful freelancer.  One of the chief tidbits was to schedule time...

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The balancing act just got a lot more complicated

The first full day of summer vacation is in the books and instead of feeling relaxed, I am tired. Summer is that time of year when I have to figure out how to get all my work done while having two...

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State health workers get hands-on disaster skills

(This blog post was published in the June 25th edition of the Wisconsin Health News online newsletter) More than 140 personnel from 37 Wisconsin health care and hospital facilities recently received a...

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Have some summer fun without spending too much cash

Ah, summer. While some view it as a time for relaxation, it can also be a budget buster – especially if you have children home on school vacation. For children used to being in school all day, summer...

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Plan ahead to lower summer grocery bill

I’m not sure about your family’s grocery bill, but ours seems to go through the roof when school gets out. We always seem to be out of something and wind up eating out more because the kids are...

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Back to school shopping needn’t break the bank

The signs are everywhere … especially in retailers – the start of school is right around the corner. The back to school shopping season – yes it has its own “season” – is second in spending behind...

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Bellin-ThedaCare find success with Pioneer ACO

This article originally ran in the July 17th version of Wisconsin Health News, an online newsletter that goes out to healthcare professionals across the state. Bellin-ThedaCare Healthcare Partners was...

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ThedaCare stops handing out samples at clinics

This article originally ran on Sept. 9, 2013, in the Wisconsin Health News daily email update. ThedaCare is trying a new tactic to combat rising medical costs – eliminating free medication samples at...

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ThedaCare, Mayo Clinic collaborate to help patients

This article ran on the Sept. 18, 2013, issue of the Wisconsin Health Newsletter: Appleton-based ThedaCare became the first health care system in Wisconsin Tuesday to join the Mayo Clinic Care Network....

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Health insurers seek to weather storm of ACA changes

This was originally published by Wisconsin Health News on Nov. 12, 2013. While people refer to the ACA as health care reform, Joel Lingenhag, director of commercial business strategy for Network Health...

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Professor: All sectors need to be ready for health care sea change

This was originally posted on Wisconsin Health News website on Nov. 12, 2013: There’s a sea change coming in the U.S. health care system and everyone from providers and insurance companies to...

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Who are you really connected to?

Today, it seems like everyone is connected. Go on Facebook and you have 500 friends, you have 700 followers on Twitter and everyone in your smartphone contact list is just a text away. But how...

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Getting work done with the kids underfoot is possible

This winter has reminded me again why I’m so happy (and relieved) to be a freelance writer who works from home. Whether it has been the sick kids or the days of school cancelled because of extreme...

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