01.20.12

7 Nurse Entrepreneurs to Follow

Posted in Blogging, Networking at 10:34 pm by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network

As a nurse entrepreneur I have learned that it is helpful to follow what other nurse entrepreneurs are doing. Watching what they are doing can serve to inspire me. Nurse entrepreneur leaders that I think any nurse entrepreneur should follow are the seven nurses listed below:

Claire Hull
www.thejerklnc.com
I met Claire Hull through the Nurse Entrepreneur Netowrk. She is a woman of endless ideas and enthusiasm. Claire works with legal nurse consultants to hlep them be successful in their businesses.

Anna Morrison
www.icoachnurses.com
Anna Morrison is a new comer on the scene as a nurse entrepreneur. However, she has entered with incredible energy and visibility. Just about everywhere I look I see Anna Morrison on the internet.

Pat Bemis
forensicsciencefornurses.com

nnba.net
Pat Bemis was one of the first nurse entrepreneurs I met. She had taken over the National nurses in Business Association. She has been very supportive of me in my efforts to help nore nurses become nurse entrepreneurs.

Donna Cardillo
www.dcardillo.com
Donna Cardillo has made a career of speaking and writing. She is the Career Guru of Nurses and has spoken extensively on Alternative Careers for Nurses. she is also known as “Dear Donna” as she writes a regualare column for Nursing Spectrum and NurseWeek Magazines.

Barbara Phillips
www.nurseprectitionerbusinessowner.com
Barbara Phillips is a nurse practitioner who shares information and resources with other nurse practitioners about the business of being a nurse practitioner. She explores the many areas of business in which nurse practitioners are involved.

Ann Johnson
www.nursingceu.com
Anne Johnson is the co-founder and CEO of Wild Iris Medical Education. This company offers online CEUs for nurses, occupational therapists, and physical therapists. Ann set out to provide education that was convenientk, affordable, and had professional credibility.

Seattle Sutton
www.seattlesutton.com
Seattle Sutton is a nurse who decided to offer a healthy eating program. She is a dietitian and a nurse. Her company makes up a combination of 3 meals per day 7 days per week which the participants pick up fresh twice weekly.

While you are following nurse entrepreneur leaders don’t forget to go and see what is happening at www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com.

01.15.12

Benefits of Article Writing for Nurse Entrepreneurs

Posted in Blogging, Marketing, Networking at 3:32 pm by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network

One way to get noticed more by your target market and by Google is to write articles. These articles are for sites other than your own. This technique helps you draw in people who are interested in your nurse entrepreneur business that you would not typically reach by only posting on your own blog or website. When you post on other sites or blogs you also would include a link back to your own site in your resource box. It is these links that are so helpful in increasing your nurse entrepreneur business search engine ranking.

Many blog or website owners are very willing to accept guest articles. I recently wrote a guest article for Anna Morrison: http://icoachnurses.com/7-questions-nurses-leaving-bedside-nursing-stay-go. Writing a guest article for someone else’s blog or website gives them valuable content and it gives you exposure.

In addition to writing for someone you know you can write and submit to article directories. Article directories are places for you to submit one or more articles to be picked up and posted by others on their blogs or sites. This is also an exceptional way to introduce your content to those who can benefit from what you have to offer in your nurse entrepreneur business but who haven’t found you yet. You will also get valuable links when someone picks up and posts your article that they found on an article directory.

Writing an article as a guest or submitting it to an article directory allows people who are not in your direct network to experience you and your content. It is also a legitimate way to get links back to your nurse entrepreneur business site and your content. Search engines will value these types of links far greater than links from link exchanges. Links from sites that are not consistent with your content are not valued and often devalued by search engines such as Google.

If you haven’t started writing articles to promote your nurse entrepreneur products or services now would be a great time to start!