#YFEchat

After celebrating our 1 year anniversary of #YFEchat, Youngfemaleentrepreneurs.com wants to check in with you and see what time of day for a Twitter chat you prefer.

For the past few months the schedule has been rotating bi-weekly with one chat being at 11am PST/2pm EST on a Thursday and then the next chat being at 6pm PST/9pm EST on a Tuesday.

For April, May, and June what days/times makes sense in your crazy, complicated YFE schedule for connecting with women like yourself over Twitter? Take a moment to answer five quick questions to help YFE plan the next three months…

The Twitter Chat Survey will close Thursday night after our YFE Live Stream at 7p/10e. Thank you so much for helping us out!

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Happy Birthday #YFEchat!

#YFEchat is 1 year old today! One year ago today YFE began hosting a bi-weekly Twitter chat for women in their 20s and 30s who are in business for themselves. You will find the format we started with then is still the one we use today: 10 questions, 1 hour, and a fun chat that brings like minded women together to talk about business, family, health, and fun.

Miss the camaraderie and collaboration that comes with being in an office with peers that do what you do, in a sorority working to fulfill a common goal, or even having a friend you can call up who understands what you are going through? At #YFEchat you can meet women to grow your network or to simply have someone that you can rely on for a good laugh.

About one month prior to #YFEchat I was also running tests on the idea of meeting in a private web conferencing room as my company was adding web conferencing onto our services. The resources were there so I brought it to the YFE community. This month we started moving those meetings into industry specific masterminds. In these private, online web conferences you can meet others who are building similar businesses across the country and learn from what works for them, discuss trends in the market, and offer resources that will help everyone build their businesses together.

This month I also started #YFEtv a live stream that happens every Thursday night at 6p/9e at http://on.fb.me/yfetv with a profiled entrepreneurial woman in her 20s or 30s with a live Facebook chat to compliment it. Tonight, the profiled YFE is Jenny Dibble who sold her first business and is now in her second business. Watch to learn from first hand experience the importance of an exit strategy and that life goes on (and even gets better) after your first business.

I hope you will be able to attend #YFEchat, a meeting, or our live stream if you are a young woman building a business. YFE’s mission is to help young women on our path to profitable businesses by connecting you with your others like yourself inorder to nurture peer to peer mentorship.

If you’ve attended one of our online events, been profiled, or enjoyed one of the YFE blog posts I would love if you would spread the word about YFE to your business network. That would be the best birthday present ever!

To share YFE, you can…

Tweet

From one young female entrepreneur to another, thank you for being part of the YFE community by sharing your stories, resources, and tips on what it means to build a business as a woman in her 20s and 30s!

Best,
Jenn Donogh
YFE Director

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Young Female Entrepreneurs hosted #YFEchat on Twitter yesterday, one month away from the year anniversary of our 140 character, hour long get together. Thank you to the ladies who just popped in to say hi, were there for a bit, and especially to those who were full on participation. Give them a shout out and a follow by clicking over to their profiles.

@TheStoryXchange
@NailahBlades
@NeLaniBeauty
@_ChelleShock
@ssjaime
@WELLinLA
@Mustlovepopcorn
@alyssaLvan
@DonnaQueza
@BodyWiseEmily
@HerCareerAdvice
@ZweetTweets
@tiffsilverberg
@nakiareighbiz
@elembeeEtc
@jennydibble
@GreenGrrlz
@ReneeFagras
@torimolnar
@Balanced_Life_
@margotenenbaum
@fortheglow
@SachkiaBarnes
@BronzdBrilliant

To read the full transcript check out the Twitter search for #YFEchat.

Missed this chat, but for sure want to make the next? Check out the #YFEchat Schedule: they happen every other week alternating from a Tuesday evening at 6pm PST/9pm EST to Thursday morning mid-afternoon at 11am PST/2pm EST. The next chat will be on Tuesday, March 6th and it’s a mixer style chat where the goal is to just get to know our peers. The second chat of March is a big one– it’s the year anniversary of #YFEchat and the topic is on help. Go to the schedule page to add the dates to your calendar and tweet out your RSVP!

With it being the 1 YEAR Anniversary of #YFEchat on the Thursday, March 22nd chat YFE is looking to up our game a bit and do some giveaways during the chat. If you are interested in having your product or service featured on the YFE Blog and in the Twitter chat by donating it to be giveaway at the anniversary chat, please contact YFE with some information on your company and your proposed giveaway.

Still not sure what a Twitter Chat is? You can find out more here, or if Twitter is just not your thing, hold out for our YFE Video Profile Series that happens every Thursday night starting March 1st at 6pm PST/9pm EST on Facebook! We will do a chat and take live Skype calls as we debut a different profile each week.

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This year I am focused on growth within my own business and who I am as a person. Thankfully, Thursday’s #YFEchat on Twitter (at 11am PST/2pm EST– add it to your calendar) is focused on just that; growth. We will be tweeting around the topic of how to grow our businesses into that “next level” of success, sharing…

• tips on how to get creative with money, marketing, and operations
• what has worked for those involved at different points in their business
• goals and intentions
• resources of places we can all go to for advice, help, and of course… money.

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We are moving the champagne bottles, white elephant gifts, and bad sweater experience online via Twitter tonight at 6pm PST/9pm EST under the hashtag #YFEchat. Meet new people and celebrate the holidays with your YFE girlfriends. Stay in your pajamas, get work done on the side, or watch Love Actually while you tweet.

#YFEchat is a Twitter chat that occurs every two weeks where entrepreneurial women in their 20s/30s go to discuss topics related to owning a business as a young female. Follow YFE on Twitter @YFEntrepreneur.

Tonight’s chat will be 10 questions that are presented via the YFE Twitter account for participants to discuss. We’ll be focusing on what doing business for you looks like during the holidays. The goal of the chat is to allow participants to get to know one another, so there will be plenty of opportunity to tweet about why you are in business, what you do, and how you do it.

Get a Reminder:

Share the chat: Tweet

A Twitter Chat, or Twittery Party is a live event where Twitter users socialize under a common interest using a single hashtag to filter the conversation. In YFE’s case, our Twitter Chat is a group of young, female entrepreneurs meeting and socializing under the hashtag #YFEchat every two weeks at a preset time.

For Beginners: Twitter Chat in 5 Steps

1. Sign in/Sign up for Twitter

2.Go to Tweetchat.com

3. Click Sign In and then click to Authorize app

4. In the box, enter hashtag to follow type in YFEchat and click go

5. View the stream of tweets in your browser. To update your status, simply type in your message and Tweetchat.com will add in the hashtag for you. Click reply, retweet, and other commands within the room.

We recommend you test it out prior to a chat to get comfortable with the application before use.

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Young Female Entrepreneurs‘ Twitter Chat is today at 4pm PST/7pm EST. YFE is counting on you to spread the word about #YFEchat. The theme of the chat is ‘A Day in the Life.’ We all need a little boost every now and then on staying productive in our business when it comes to the day to day grind. Let’s work together in sharing our tips, resources, and what works for us all in living each day to our fullest.

Here are the questions we will be discussing at #YFEchat today at 4pm PST/7pm EST…

1. Take a few tweets to introduce yourself to the group by answering why, what, who, & how about your business. #YFEchat
2. When did you start your business and what was the motivation behind you opening up shop for yourself? #YFEchat
3. Before we get into the details, let’s chat about what an average day looks like for you in general. You wake, open up shop, check emails…? #YFEchat
4. Mornings can be hard when you work for yourself. How do you get motivated every morning to start your day off with a bang? #YFEchat
5. How do you stay productive as you head into the afternoon hours? What tips do you have that ensure you make your way down the to-do list? #YFEchat
6. What does your evening routine look like? Do you have a routine, or does it change based on events, launches, or projects? #YFEchat
7. What hour do you generally unplug from the day? Steve Jobs was known for calling employees long into the night hours. Do live, breathe & sleep your company? #YFEchat
8. How much of your day is focused on staying in good health: exercise, reading, sleep, nutrition? #YFEchat
9. What is your opinion on ‘me time?’ Is it necessary, something you focus on, or wish you had? What does ‘me time’ entail? #YFEchat
10. What have you learned from your mentors, parents, or more iconic women in business that has affected the way in which you structure your days? #YFEchat

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Misty Copeland was recently featured on A Day in the Life. From middle school through college my hobby was dance, so I was thrilled to be able to sit there before bed and watch an inspiring story from a remarkable woman. The show, created by the same guy who brought us “Supersize Me,” walks us through the day in the life of an important figure. Imagine my excitement when in the clip above we find out that she was in the midst of building out a fashion line that meets the need for the more curvy dancer. This is on top of dancing with American Ballet Theatre and her outreach.

Let’s be honest here, we all have busy lives filled with priorities that are ever changing that is coupled with a drive to succeed in business. To fulfill our missions in a profitable manner. I know it’s possible to be young, female and entrepreneurial, but at times I catch myself getting frustrated by the day to day grind. So, the topic of our Twitter Chat this Thursday (at 4pm PST/7pm EST) is “Your Day.”

During the Twitter Chat, or #YFEchat, we are going to share what our average days look like, where we are frustrated, what is working well, and how we can work together to move our businesses forward by looking at it from a day to day view point.

#YFEchat is a Twitter chat that occurs every two weeks where entrepreneurial women in their 20s/30s go to discuss topics related to owning a business as a young female (find out more about what a Twitter chat is here). Follow YFE on Twitter @YFEntrepreneur

Add this to your calendar: Thursday, October 6th at 4pm PST / 7pm EST #YFEchat

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Young Female Entrepreneurs is meeting over Twitter today for #YFEchat! If you are an entrepreneurial woman in her 20s or 30s come tweet with others like yourself today at 5pm PST or 8pm EST.

The chat has been pushed back an hour from its usual time to allow for all of you to focus on the President addressing a Joint Session of Congress at United States Capitol, which is at the usual time of #YFEchat 4 PST/7PST

#YFEchat is an easy way to meet other women who are out doing what you are doing. Find people who are tweeting about days that looks something like yours, who are sharing what you want to read, and chat with people in similar circles. This is a casual, mixer-style #YFEchat with ten questions going out every five minutes in one hour. Questions will be on the topic of you and your business making it easier to connect with the people you need to connect with.

The questions are as follows…

Q1. Tell us a little about yourself and your business: who, what & when. #YFEchat

Q2. Where are you operating your business out of? City, State? Office environment? How does that affect your business? #YFEchat

Q3. Why did you start your business or are thinking about getting your idea off the ground now? #YFEchat

Q4. Do you have kids, a husband, thinking of starting a family in the future? #YFEchat

Q5. Where is your favorite place to go for resources, inspiration, and general business building assistance? #YFEchat

Q6. What are the advantages (AD) and disadvantages (DIS) of being young, female & entrepreneurial? #YFEchat

Q7. When you aren’t building your business what are you up to? What are your hobbies… or other jobs? #YFEchat

Q8. What piece of advice has really made a difference in your life and/or the way you are building your business? Who was it given from? #YFEchat

Q9. If you could ask for three things that would make your business profitable and encourage you to hire what would they be? #YFEchat

Q10. What is your go to Pandora station when working and why? #YFEchat

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