Archive for the 'Productivity' Category

I Hired a Virtual Assistant

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

The Whys and Hows of Hiring a Virtual Assistant

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One of the very first things I did after buying a website was to hire a virtual assistant. A virtual assistant is a person you contract to do administrative and other tasks for you. You never have to meet face to face. Virtual assistants [...]

Focus on Home Office Productivity

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

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Increasing Productivity with “Getting Things Done” and “Zen to Done”
With my home businesses taking off, I found myself pulling out my favorite productivity and organization resources: David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” (aka GTD) and Leo Babauta’s “Zen to Done”.
Both are related. Leo’s Ebook takes off from GTD and makes improvements on it.
I [...]

Online Support Groups and Work at Home Opportunities

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Work at Home: You Don’t Have to Do it Alone
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It’s been five months since I left my office job to become a stay at home and work at home Mom. Since then I’ve become a freelance writer and an Internet marketer. I only experienced significant milestones in my work at home opportunities recently [...]

10 Work at Home Productivity Boosters You May Never Have Thought Of

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

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How to Get More Work Done in Less Time
Work at home moms have limited time and energy in which to do our work. We often have to squeeze our work time during nap and bedtimes, or when all the children have gone to school. And even then we still have household chores [...]

10 Top Tips For Creating Your Freelance Writer Online Portfolio

Friday, June 20th, 2008

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How to Create a Top-Notch Freelance Writer Online Portfolio
One of the first pieces of advice I received from other work at home Moms when I told them about my venture into freelance writing was to put up an online portfolio.
I knew it made sense. Who isn’t on the web nowadays? And what better [...]

Why I love-hate my Swiffer vacuum: a review

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

by norasun
Stay at home Moms spend a lot of time doing housekeeping so we’re always on the lookout for the latest gadgets that will make our lives easier.
I bought the Swiffer Vacuum after reading dozens of reviews, many of them saying that it’s really good for picking up Cheerios from the floor. And which toddler’s [...]

Can I make $10 in 30 days?

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

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I’ve joined the 30 Day Challenge! This is a FREE online training program on internet marketing. Ed Dale and his colleagues are teaching us the basics of internet marketing and the goal is to make at least $10 in 30 days! Ed is a casual and occasionally funny guy who seems to know [...]

How I overcame work at home information overload

Monday, February 4th, 2008

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Last week, I found myself unable to empty my email in-boxes (despite what I had learned from Getting Things Done). I couldn’t focus on anything; I would flit from one blog or website to the next and then to an E-book. I wasn’t making progress on my to-list. What was happening [...]

20 productivity tips for work at home Moms of young children

Monday, January 28th, 2008

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I’ve been looking for productivity tips for WAHMs who are taking care of young children. By young children I mean anywhere from newborns to about 4 years old, or children who are not yet in school.
I must say that I have been disappointed. I have not found any help at all [...]

How to develop money-making niche sites with WordPress

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

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I’m so happy to have discovered a free Ebook entitled “How to develop money-making niche sites with WordPress”. The Ebook is written by Caroline Middlebrook, a blogger whose months-old blog about Internet Marketing has already become very successful with over 1,000 subscribers. Caroline freely shares her knowledge of [...]