Category Archives: Business

Day in a tree… coming soon!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Maya

Many of you saw the fundraising portion of my project “Day in a tree” last month, in which I raised over $1000 for homeless youth. I have yet to fulfill my pledge and spend my workday in a tree. I’m … Continue reading →

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Social Week

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Maya

Social Week at Shoemaker Medical is November 14-18, 2011 Help Shoemaker Medical celebrate our first anniversary! We were officially launched Nov. 8, 2010 and I can’t believe a year could go by so quickly. We’ll be giving away anatomy t-shirts, … Continue reading →

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Challenges

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Maya

I always try to share the more uplifting elements of my life and business – however, I am going to let you in on my challenges today. I just finished checking and answering emails (and that’s ALL I’ve done), and … Continue reading →

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Expanding

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Maya

I used to think I could and should do EVERYTHING myself. I would be a renaissance Maya. With my first business (a retail art supply shop) I took control of everything and accomplished… not a lot. I hired people but … Continue reading →

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all siblings all the time

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Maya

You may have noticed that my company, Shoemaker Medical, has been hiring a lot of people lately, and that they are all my relatives. It’s true, we’ve added 6 brothers and sisters to our team of associates – it sounds … Continue reading →

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lawsuit against artist group dismissed

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Maya

Here is a very exciting piece of news – A silly lawsuit against the Illustrators Partnership of America has been dismissed. By silly I mean BAD. The article is a summary of events that have gone on for the past … Continue reading →

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how to watermark images

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Maya

The time finally came to put a new watermark on my website images. I thought maybe I should share my technique with you! I don’t do any kind of batch processing but I feel like this is very fast while … Continue reading →

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client contact tracking

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Maya

Clint and I just came up with an awesome system for tracking and recording client info. It’s not some fancy software that we bought – Clint built me an Excel spreadsheet with tons of categories for updating things like client … Continue reading →

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ideas for an advertisement

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Maya

I think I’m really close. The ad is to be printed in this source book. Edit: nobody thinks this is funny? Ok, let me clarify, I’m not putting a cartoon kidney in the professional SOURCE BOOK sheesh :) :) :) … Continue reading →

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the news and happenings

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Maya

Today is the launch of my business, Shoemaker Medical, and that prompts me to tell you the story of how I got here, from a more personal point of view. Lately I have written that it got warm out, I … Continue reading →

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