By Deborah Sweeney

The best part about making the switch from working in an office to working in your own home is getting to be a part of the family action. You get to wake up every day to the sounds of little feet pitter pattering to the kitchen in anticipation of the morning’s promise of Cheerios and orange juice. After all, that’s why we make the switch, right?

With the mom facet of you being fully fulfilled now, you need to work on keeping the mompreneur within you satisfied as well and finding the perfect home based business to work at while staying close to the family goes hand in hand with this. If you aren’t sure what kind of company you’d be able to run from the comfort of your home, here are my three home-based business suggestions for the one-part mom, one-part business woman: (more…)

By Holly Reisem Hanna

Do you love fashion? Would you love to have your own fashion boutique, but don’t have the funds to invest in a brick and mortar storefront?

No problem.

The direct sales industry has made it easier than ever to have your very own home-based business within the fashion industry. In my opinion, direct sales clothing companies geared towards women are some of the best in home-party plans out there.

Not only do most women LOVE new clothes, but it is something that every woman needs and that is regularly replaced and updated. Plus, when you’re selling clothes through the direct sales model, items tend to have a higher price point so your overall earnings will be higher. (more…)

By Bridget Sandorford

Working at home can be both one of the most fulfilling things that you do and one of the most frustrating. At times, you may experience booming business and can’t quite keep up with the demand all by yourself. At other times, you may wonder where your next job is going to come from and you may worry about being able to pay the mortgage that month.

Unfortunately, the ebbs and flows come with the territory when you work for yourself. However, you don’t have to sit back and do nothing when you aren’t getting the business you need. Here are a few ways that you can make the most of the downtime in your work when you aren’t getting as many clients: (more…)

By Martine de Luna

If you are a work-at-home moms, chances are you would like to connect with other like-minded WAHMs as well. You may desire to do so out of social reasons, or for networking purposes. But, have you ever considered connecting with other work-at-home moms through a mastermind group?

What is a mastermind group?

A mastermind is basically a coming together of two or more people who want to share knowledge and insights with one another, for a clear and common goal. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich , perhaps has the best definition. He describes masterminding as “the coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose.”  (more…)

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your entrepreneurial journey.

My name is Linsay and I live with my husband and 2 daughters (age 3 and 4) in sunny Tucson, Arizona.  My entrepreneurial journey actually started with a blog about 3 years ago.

In 2010, after my youngest was born, I started a blog to write about the daily chaos that was my new life as full-time mom with a full-time career.  At the time I was still working full-time from home as a Marketing Coordinator for a medical device manufacturing company based in Los Angeles. The name of my blog was appropriately named “Slippers & Stilettos”.  At that time, half of my days were spent in heels and the other half in pj’s and slippers… depending on the day.

In the fall of 2010 I started reviewing products on the blog and had received a few mom-invented products that I absolutely loved from the second I opened the boxes.  The first product was Teething Bling (beautiful for mom to wear, safe for baby to chew) and the second was the Smart Seat Dining Chair Seat Covers that were made to protect upholstered chairs from messy kids and pets (and some adults too, ha!) (more…)