Archive for the 'Resources' Category

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 [...]

Recommended Resources

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Here’s a list of resources that I myself use/have used. (Yes, most of these are affiliate links so I will make a little extra if you sign up through my links.)
Web Hosting
Blue Host - It’s the only one I’ve tried so I can’t compare it with anything else. I chose it because it was recommended [...]

How to Make More Money From Your Blog

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

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5 Tips to Increase Blog Monetization
Today, I listened to an audio recording of an Internet marketing coach critiquing a work at home Mom’s blog. The coach, Carrie Lauth, was giving the blog owner tips on how to make more money with her blog.
I took down some notes and synthesized them, and now I’d [...]

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 [...]

The Cost of Starting a Freelance Writing Career

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

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Freelancing writing is an easy and inexpensive home business for a stay at home Mom to set up. According to an article in Yahoo!, it can also be one of the most lucrative. However, many newbies may not be aware that there are start-up costs involved in putting up a freelance writing business.
If [...]

Scary home business stuff

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

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I have resumed reading The Girl’s Guide to Starting Your Own Business: Candid Advice, Frank Talk, and True Stories for the Successful Entrepreneur and now I realize that setting up a home business is more complicated than I thought.
I’ve been thinking of registering my freelance editorial business, mainly for the tax benefits. [...]

Update on my work at home project: The Thirty Day Challenge!

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

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I’m on Day 10 of my work at home project, the Thirty Day Challenge. I have identified one niche for internet marketing and am now writing three articles for it. I need another niche and fast! With our move to Canada one week away, just keeping up with the challenge is [...]

How to avoid work at home scams, Part 2: Use only legitimate job leads

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

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I’ve spent hours online looking for legitimate sources of work at home job leads. You know what? I was disappointed. Thousands of websites promise work at home jobs and home business ideas, but most of them make me suspicious. They make promises but show no accountability. Some sites didn’t even have an [...]

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 [...]