Business Inspiration

March 9, 2013 by Donna Thornton Leave a Comment

Code of Ethics | New Paradigm Business

At Onederous Tribe, we have a strong belief in the power of collaboration and cooperation and therefore dedicate ourselves to living in the spirit of non-competition. As Awakened Business Professionals, we conduct our business with the knowledge that there is no need for competition and that this is an abundant Universe and there truly is enough for everyone. Our mission as the Chamber of Commerce for Awakened Business is to help to create a new business paradigm/model on the planet that includes this standard of non-competition. Members of Onederous Tribe agree to promote this standard and conduct their businesses and professional lives in such a way as to further this mission. As well as embracing the spirit of non-competition, we are proud to say that the members of Onederous Tribe also agree to the following:

Code of Ethics/Professional Standards:

I dedicate myself to providing compassionate and competent services, to the best of my ability, within the scope of my knowledge, training and experience.

When a client or customer’s needs are outside of my scope of practice, or ability, I will inform him or her. If possible, I will recommend another practitioner or product provider that can better meet that person’s needs.
If I believe that a client or customer is in need of a mental health evaluation or services, or medical examination or treatment, or legal advice or services, and I am not personally qualified in such areas, I will refer him or her to a qualified professional in the area of need. If necessary, I will delay or cancel my services with this client until I am assured that he or she is receiving competent care or services from a qualified professional.
I never take advantage, in any way, of any client or customer, especially if I perceive them to have psychological, medical or legal problems. I never attempt to convince a client to renounce or refuse appropriate medical, legal or social services.
I always respect the personal rights of my clients, customers, colleagues and other professionals. My clients and customers have the right to assume I will respect their privacy, and treat them with respect. I will not slander, misrepresent or make comparisons in a negative way towards my competitors, colleagues, fellow lightworkers, or other members of Onederous Tribe, or the greater community.

I represent myself to the public with a standard of professionalism and integrity. I am honest and forthright in my dealings with the public, clients, customers and colleagues and I encourage and help others to maintain this standard.

I do not make guarantees or false claims that my services or products will produce a specific result. When I encounter difficulties or obstacles in my ability to help a client or customer, I am upfront and honest about it with them.
My advertising and public image conveys a respect for my clients and customers, as well as a professional image of myself, my services and products, my affiliations, and of the metaphysical/spiritual community at large.
I never harass, abuse or otherwise take advantage of clients, customers or colleagues. No matter what differences of opinion may arise, I never treat others in a disrespectful, aggressive, mean-spirited, malevolent way and never in an unwanted sexual way.
I never charge more than agreed upon with a client or customer. I have no “hidden-fees” or “add-ons” after the stated price is agreed upon.

I am aware of the laws of the county, state, province or nation in which I provide services or products. I strive to always conform to those laws in my field of practice and/or in the providing of products to the public.

I follow all regulations and laws that are specific to my area of service.
I do not engage in fraud, scams, deception, or unscrupulous business practices.
I never provide legal, financial or medical advice to my clients, unless I am specifically qualified and/or licensed to do so.
I never knowingly put my clients or customers at risk or in danger in any way.

I am committed to excellence in my field. I will continue to study, learn and advance my knowledge and understanding of the field of service or product I supply, and in related fields, to better serve my clients and customers. I am committed to continually improving myself, personally and professionally.

February 26, 2013 by Donna Thornton Leave a Comment

Does Your Place Need a Clearing?

House and Business Clearings and Blessings

There are many reasons to do an energetic clearing and/or blessing of your home or workplace, and having them done can truly be inspired action for you and/or your business!

Sometimes buildings and homes can feel heavy, or may seem to be filled with unexplained tension that may lead to arguments with the people that live in or share the space. Sometimes unhappy, emotional energy, from past or current occupants can build up in a space, and sometimes spirits or entities can occupy a building. In these cases, these energies need to be removed from the space.

Many times, clearing energy, spirits or other entities from a home can help improve communication within families and others that share the same space. Clearing a home or workplace can create a more peaceful environment in which to live or do your job. Clearing a business, itself, can create the space for the business to grow to become more bountiful and prosperous.

With a House or Business Clearing, you can experience a shift away from heavy, burdensome feelings in a space, create balanced energy and comfort in the building, providing for a peaceful sanctuary to escape from life’s worries. Following the clearing with a House or Business Blessing can often bring extra happiness, joy and abundance to the building and its occupants!

Did you know that Donna Thornton, through her intuitive business and personal services can do clearings and blessings for you and/or your business?

Selling or Buying a Home or Building?

House clearings/blessings: if you are selling/buying a home that feels uncomfortable, the property can be cleared and blessed, inside and out. Donna will remove the energy of a previous owner or renters and return the property to a neutral state, for a fresh start. After the space is cleared, she can also perform a shamanic blessing in the building, to create a positive and welcoming environment.

Realtors and Property Managers

Do you have a commercial property or house for sale or rent? Has it been on the market longer than you’d like? Not getting showings? Is there heavy energy or a general feeling of discomfort on the property? Has there been emotional strife, divorce, criminal activity forclosure, or death that has occurred on or near the property you are trying to sell or rent?

A house clearing and/or blessing can help you and your seller promote a sale by creating a warm and welcoming feeling on the property when prospective buyers/renters walk the property. Also, the simple act of clearing and/or blessing the property can help to create a beacon for the most desirable buyer or renter to notice your ad or listing and find you and the property!

Get inspired and take action to make a positive change in your environment today! Call or email Donna for more information – or find out more at the Intuitive Business & Personal Services page!

February 10, 2013 by Donna Thornton Leave a Comment

Our Mission | Inspired Action

Our mission, here at Onederous Tribe, is to create inspired people… in other words, to INSPIRE YOU!

We do this by providing you with great inspirational quotes, sayings and images… as well as giving you great content that shares real information you can use to inspire you in all areas of your life… we have examples that will provide business inspiration, divine inspiration, creative inspiration and we share inspired action that you can use to create what you want in your life.

We have many professionals that share their inspiration on these pages… and if you want to find someone great that you can work with, personally, to inspire you and create the life you want for yourself, you can find them here, too! Welcome and thanks for stopping by! We’re happy to have you with us, and we sincerely hope you find something (or many things) here that INSPIRES YOU to create something amazing in your own life!

February 10, 2013 by Donna Thornton Leave a Comment

Business Inspiration | Should You Join Little Social Networks – Small Business Marketing

orginally published on Small Business Marketing blog – Marketing Artfully

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Social media marketing, is not having friends or connecting with old acquaintances, but actual marketing that is about brand building, getting new opportunities and when possible, generating leads for your business.

Social networks (like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+) are places where people gather to communicate, share pictures of their doggies, quotes, and just random bits of their life. If you had asked someone even a few years ago if having an omelet for breakfast would be worth telling the world about, they would have looked at you like you had a brain problem, but many of us now share A LOT of the minutia of everyday life online through these media.

Right now, there are some main social networks where people share their info and which communicate with each other pretty well:

Facebook (first really big one)
Twitter (great for searching, computers and getting to people you never thought you could reach!)
LinkedIn (more for industry, not just a job board anymore but not as SOCIAL unless you can devote a LOT of time and attention)
Google+ (a late-comer but owned by google so fast out of the gate and one of my favorites!)
Foursquare (good for local businesses)

Time

So how do you decide how many social networks you should join? I go by which ones have the most people that I am going to get opportunities from. What kinds of opportunities do you ask? People to sign up for my mailing lists, opportunities to speak on webinars or in person, leads for our social media marketing company, potential coaching clients, basically the same leads I am trying to get by writing targeted blog posts every day or so.

Notice I did not say sales. In service industries or big ticket training programs or expensive products, the chance that I will post something and someone will buy it on the spot are pretty slim. NOPE, social media marketing is about kissing the girl, not getting to third base on the first try! (thanks to that nice @garyvee for the Paradise By The Dashboard Light analogy)

Okay, most small biz owners are overwhelmed, disgusted or confused by social media. What is it, why do they need it and how should they fit it into their already busy schedule?

We work with small biz owners to help implement a social media marketing plan that will work for their company! Find out more about our social media marketing services or call today to talk with real live human being! 727-415-9165

How Do They Make Money?

The next thing I check is how do they make money. Google makes money from selling advertising, Twitter has a less clear profit model, but they are working on it. Facebook sells ads and LinkedIn sells premium memberships with enhanced communication capabilities.

Little social networks that want to grow up to make lots of money need people. They will make VERY little on the front end and OOODLES when they have millions of users. Unfortunately, with the exception of the big 4, I have not found other social networks with lots of people yet. Not to say someone won’t come along BUT it doesn’t make sense for me TIMEWISE to join 100 little networks, hoping that they will grow.

I will give you a perfect example…Plaxo. Plaxo came along early and was very proactive about connecting with Facebook, in fact, you could have all your FB posts go over to Plaxo. Huh, not as many people, same stuff over there as is on Facebook….why not just use Facebook?

But Someone Asked Me To Join A Little Social Network and I Don’t Want To Disappoint Them!

Because I have big networks across multitudes of platforms, I get “invited” by other people to join other networks that they belong to. Little networks with nothing particular to set them apart from the big networks I have. Some warning signs of little networks that are not wise to spend your time on:

it is a “craigs list” style website – why not just use craigs list?
like facebook, with a little linkedin and some twitter thrown in – seriously? first off, having that many interfaces would be a nightmare to use and again – why not use the ACTUAL Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter?
NOT like Facebook, we focus on creating relationships with our members – Facebook COULD be about relationships if you choose to use it that way, so could Twitter and LinkedIn

So Do You HATE All Little Social Networks?

I do NOT hate little social networks with a purpose other than copying big social networks.

I have a client who started a social network for lightworkers and metaphysical people (who I believe are an underserved market) and is busting her ass to get members and grow her business. I belong to this and contribute to her offerings when I can BECAUSE her client base are people who fit well into the consultation and coaching part of my business.

There are some up and coming social networks I like a lot (some are tools for using with social networks but they have a social factor too!)

Pintrest – a visual kind of bulletin board where you share social stuff
Instagram – Mobile picture sharing site that works with Facebook
Spotify – for music sharing
Tumblr – a micro posting site (this one is a dark horse, have it on here because there are socially connected people pushing for it!)
Klout – tracking your social capitol and can share with others (I am writing a whole post about this one – keep your peepers open for it!)

So how did I pick this list? They are ones that come on my radar because friends use them or they get press or I just find them cool. That does NOT mean that I should spend all of my time growing friends and followers on them, but it does mean I will make an account and see how it goes, using them when I have time.

So let’s cut to the chase, if you are doing social media marketing and are focused on it as an aspect of brand building, networking and promoting your business, joining a million little social network wanna-bees does not make sense. What does make sense is to focus on the big 4 and have a smaller presence on a few smaller networks that make sense to you personally!

If you have a network that you ADORE and want to share here, please leave a comment and I will review it…we all may find a great new “place”! If you are just a spammer, I read all comments before publishing so don’t waste your time!!!