March is always a fun and exciting month for us, its spring break, my daughter’s birthday, my mom’s birthday, and my father-in-law’s birthday not to mention all the craziness of SXSW, spring fever, and wanting to play on the lake every day! With all these exciting events going on we always have an endless stream of family and friends ... Read More
Archives for 2010
Building and Protecting Your Blogging Brand
Welcome to the world of blogging. Whether you're a hobbyist looking for a place to share your passions, or a pro looking to build a business, it pays to consider the future on your blog early on in your career. Here are six easy ways to start protecting your blogging brand. What’s in a Name? You’ve deciding to become a blogger and ... Read More
How to Get Your Home Office Organized
We have all been there. You walk into your home office, and what do you see? Piles of papers, file folders, sticky notes everywhere, and phone numbers in random places. Nothing is more frustrating than having the feeling of “Where do I start?” Being disorganized adds anxiety, stress, and a sense of no control to our lives. Being ... Read More
How This Mom is Making Money From Home With Lists
Jennifer Tankersley conceived the idea for ListPlanIt in that chaotic week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. She had three young children, aged 2 to 6, and while she had always been a list maker, she was desperate for a simple way to keep track of and help manage the myriad of details that are involved in running a family and ... Read More
Tips For Becoming a PR Friendly Blogger
I am always receiving questions from new bloggers on how they can start their own review or PR friendly blog. Here on The Work at Home Woman, I do review some business, tech, and career-related product reviews and sponsorships, but since my niche is so narrow, I end up turning a lot of PR companies away. For this reason, I decided ... Read More
How to Solve the 10 Biggest Career Reinvention Mistakes
Career reinvention can be a complicated and lengthy process, especially if you are unprepared. Before you begin your career reinvention, consider these commonly made mistakes and how to solve them. Avoiding these potential pitfalls may help make your reinvention as smooth and successful as possible. 1. Quitting your job without ... Read More
How to Use Content Marketing in Your Business
One of my businesses has been dying a slow death. I own an outdoor advertising agency. We specialize in advertising in places such as billboards, malls, movie theaters, gas pumps, and indoor. It’s no secret that the other traditional advertising platforms, newspapers, magazines, radio, and television are having a rough time as ... Read More
Teaching Others How to Work Around Their Chronic Illness
Rosalind Joffe has lived with unpredictable and debilitating symptoms for over 35 years. When she founded ciCoach more than 15 years ago, she built on her own experience facing the on-going challenges of working while living with chronic illnesses. Difficult health led her to make ‘switchback career turns’ so that she could ... Read More
The Fine Line Between Self-Promotion and SPAM
What's up with all the SPAM?! I have been inundated with it lately. From unwanted newsletters, and Facebook messages, to unsolicited tweets from random people wanting me to vote for them, sign-up for their webinar, or purchase their direct sales product. But it doesn't stop there, without permission, business owners and bloggers post ... Read More
Work-Life Balance: The Art of Slowing Down and Saying No!
For the past two weeks, I've been stressed out, tense, uptight, and anxious. Yes, I've been swamped. But, for the most part, I’m always busy. I’ve been eating right and exercising, so that couldn’t be it. I create a daily to-do list, and I’m organized, so that wasn’t it. What could it be? What was making me feel so out of sorts? ... Read More
When Your Hobby Becomes Your Business
I got into an argument with my husband right before Christmas. His friend had asked for a quote on a custom necklace and, as with all custom items, I priced it to match my other stock with consideration for my time and materials that go into it. My husband thought it was too high, and haggled with me. Aside from feeling a little ... Read More
Honoring a Healthy Lifestyle When You Must Travel For Business
Many work-at-home women, especially consultants, must travel as part of their business. Business travel presents some additional challenges to maintaining a healthy lifestyle over personal travel. When you travel on business, you have no control over the amenities available where your client is located. In addition, you must work ... Read More
Creating a Business to Have More Time with Her Kids
Andrea Schulle is the owner of Andris Media Group, a full-service communications firm in Austin, Texas. She is a wildly creative marketer with an eye for details who understands the power of good communications in helping your business gain a competitive edge. Do you work-at-home? Yes! How many children do you have? Two. How many ... Read More