If you are a team leader for a home party plan business, you already know how important it is to have motivational team meetings. These meetings should also be informational and fun. Having a theme for your parties will make them more unique and interesting. 1. Infomercials as a Home Business Team Training One of the best ... Read More
Archives for August 2011
How to Use Evernote to Organize Your Digital Life
Are you looking for a way to organize your notes, web clips, emails, photos, and more? Evernote might be just what you are looking for. What is Evernote? It is a digital repository for all the things that you want to keep safe and view regularly, but don't want to print out and file away. With this application, you can store all ... Read More
Simple Guide: What Is Work From Home?
There are many misconceptions about what work from home is. I often see questions posted on forums, online groups, and social media sites asking what work-at-home pays or if all work-from-home is just a scam, as though “work at home” were a single job title or opportunity. Many times these questions are answered by equally ... Read More
The Perks of Being an Independent Contractor
The independent contractor tends to get a bad rap -- most people believe that they would prefer to be hired on as a W2 employee. In spite of this, a large majority of home-based jobs will require that you apply as an independent contractor. But is this such a bad thing? While there are a few negatives, there are plenty of ... Read More
5 Ways Women Get Into Trouble in Business—and How They Can Stop
I admire the women who know themselves—and truly like who they are—and who have healthy personal and business boundaries and are effective leaders. For many of us, however, moving past the social programming of gender roles and behaviors is a work in progress. Working environments are interesting little microcosms of life with ... Read More
How This Mom is Making Money Selling Rainwater From Home
Laura Pressley is a wife, mom, grandmother, and advocate that lives in Austin, Texas. As a semiconductor technology professional and active community leader, she's taken many opportunities to usher in real change in her community. Read on to see how this mom's journey to wellness led her to start selling rainwater from home! What ... Read More
How Small Businesses Can Profit From a Daily Deals Feature
Customer acquisition cost is high for any business but more so for a small business. To put it simply, you cannot be in business without customers! We're all familiar with the old media forms of marketing, like television, radio, and newspaper advertising. These forms of advertising are expensive, and the campaign has to be for an ... Read More
10 Great Home-Based Franchises for Women
Are you looking to work-at-home and be your own boss? But you don’t want the risk that's associated with starting your own business? A home-based franchise might be the perfect self-employment opportunity for you. A home-based franchise is a successful business model that's easily replicated. The nice thing about a franchise is all ... Read More
A Day in the Life of a Landscape Designer
Believe it or not, B. Jane and I worked together waiting tables while I was in college. We also cleaned houses together (she had started a cleaning business on the side). Years, later we caught up at a reunion, and low and behold we both had started our own home-based businesses. Today, B. Jane no longer cleans houses, she owns ... Read More