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Beverly Mahone
Beverly Mahone, Boomer-Living Director, has more than 25 years experience in the radio and television news business. Beverly is now using her media expertise as a consultant to train individuals how to market themselves as radio, television and newspaper professionals. Beverly also coaches women how to become successful in the business world. She enjoys a lucrative speaking career in which she shares her life experiences with other baby boomer women.
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Burning Bras Has a New Twist
Posted in: Coffee House Blog & Enjoy Your Menopause |
I'm one of those women who doesn't have to worry about how she might look going bra-less so that's exactly what I'm doing for the time being. I have decided to stop wearing my Victoria Secret bras because...
Tags: baby boomer, bras, formaldehyde, victoria secret
How to Create a Media Buzz
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
So what does it mean to create a media buzz? It means you have to market yourself in such a way that creates attention to you and visibility. No one’s going to know anything about you do unless...
Tags: attention grabber, creative ideas, current news, expert, media buzz, media expert, news event
Top Ten Things Only Baby Boomer Women Understand
Posted in: Coffee House Blog & Enjoy Your Menopause |
10. What it means to have a bad hair day
9. The need for flat-heeled shoes
8. How to make leftovers taste better than the original meal
7. How to make fat clothes look chic
6. The difference...
Tags: aging, baby boomer women, bad hair day, clothes
Do You Want to Survive or Thrive in Business?
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
As baby boomers and beyond, we've been given more opportunities to accomplish the goals and dreams we've set for ourselves. So why can't we take advantage of them right now?
Here are some of my...
Tags: baby boomers, business goals, conflict, goals and dreams, job
Do You Have Good Clients?
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management |
As a Media Consultant, I normally deal with people who have little or no experience when it comes to dealing with the media. They’ve never done radio or television interviews and are intimidated by the...
Tags: decisions, fears, good communicators, listeners, money
How to Keep Your Job in Corporate America
Posted in: Coffee House Blog & Enjoy Your Menopause |
Earlier this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported nearly 1.85 million people age 55 and older were out of work, and the jobless rate for that group rose to 6.4 percent.
Why? Because Employers...
Tags: baby boomer, corporate america, how to keep your job, jobless rate
Dogs and Cars
Posted in: Coffee House Blog & Enjoy Your Menopause |
When I was a little girl more than 40 years ago, I recall seeing dogs chase vehicles down the street. When I see that same scenario today, I don’t think much of it.
But when I see dogs sitting in...
Tags: baby boomers, dogs
Stop Relying on Corporate America for Your Financial Success
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
I am one of thousands of women who left Corporate America after being fed up with trying to play the game by the “male-dominated” rules. We work hard but still receive unequal pay and no matter how...
Tags: corporate america, family, women
Why Black Women Don’t Exercise
Posted in: Coffee House Blog & Enjoy Your Menopause |
It’s a HAIR thing! That’s right. Our hair keeps us from working out at a pace and level we should be in order to shed those unwanted pounds.
Let me break it down for you. If I spend $50 or more...
Word of Mouth Advertising Still Works
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
If I like a product and I tell my girlfriends, chances are pretty good that they will try the product at least once. That’s the power of word of mouth advertising. It’s one of the most powerful means...
Tags: advertising
Less Sex in Menopause?
Posted in: Coffee House Blog & Enjoy Your Menopause |
A poll released recently indicates more than half of menopausal women are settling for less sex. Apparently, about a thousand women were surveyed for the study. I don’t know how many women are currently...
Hot Flashes and the Heat
Posted in: Coffee House Blog & Enjoy Your Menopause |
Is it just me or is anyone else trying to figure out if they’re having hot flashes while exercising or is it just this unbearable, intense heat wave we’re experiencing?
I woke up this morning at...
Tags: exercise, hot flashes, menopause
Do You Have What it Takes to Walk Away from Corporate America?
Posted in: Career Center & Career Management & Enjoy Your Menopause |
Are you at the point in your life where you're wondering how much more crap are you going to put up with in Corporate America? Giving up a good paying steady paycheck isn't easy especially when you have...
Tags: corporate, entrepreneur, job
Women are Better Business Commuinicators
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
If anyone has ever told you you have the "gift of gab" they're actually paying you a compliment. People who know how to effectively communicate their thoughts and ideas have a clear advantage---especially...
Tags: communication, women
Five Mistakes Women in Business Make
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
Elizabeth Gordon is the author of a new book that’s designed to help women entrepreneurs who want to build a profitable business go "from flats to stilettos." The book is called: "The Chic Entrepreneur.
Here...
Tags: entrepreneur, women
Would You Hire Your Spouse?
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
Couples who work together know that being married and in business can be great or lousy. And sometimes it's both in the same day. Census figures don’t keep track of exactly how many Americans working...
Tags: home businesses, marriage
Are You Matching?
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
One weekend I was preparing to take my daughter back to college when she felt the need to comment on what I was wearing. She candidly stated, “You’re not matching!”
Now, I don’t know why she...
Tags: business attire, trust
Five Attributes of Successful Business Women
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
What do Indra Nooyi, Pat Woertz and Oprah have in common? They are among Fortune Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2008. What drives and sustains successful female leaders like them?
According...
Does Sex Still Sell at Midlife?
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
As a television news reporter years ago, I always knew I had to be visually appealing. Although I wasn’t well endowed in one specific area, my body was very well proportioned for my size and I had that...
Tags: job, sex appeal
Negotiating to Win
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
When it comes to negotiating in business, the general belief among many women is that men are highly competitive, manipulative, win-lose negotiators who want to attain good deals from their opponents....
The Next 60 Seconds Could Change Your Life
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
Every minute, five women become self-employed across the United States. That’s seven thousand new ventures every day. According to the Center for Women’s Business, female-owned businesses grew at twice...
How to Become a Woman in Business
Posted in: Career Center & Enjoy Your Menopause |
Many people who want to start a business already have a pretty good idea what they want to do. On the other hand, there are many others who have the desire to start a self-employed business without knowing...
