I know, you’re already thinking -- ‘Professional Image? But I run an online business and no one sees me all day.’ Regardless if you don’t physically come into contact with another human life form throughout your workday, you still need to maintain and compile an online image that consumers can easily recognize and feel comfortable ... Read More
Archives for 2014
Where to Find Freelance Writing Jobs
So you're starting out in the freelance writing business, you're excited about the freedom it offers you, and on your first day you sit down, open up your laptop … and realize you have no idea where to find writing jobs. Or perhaps you've started writing with one or two and you have no clue where to look in order to expand your ... Read More
How This Mom Lost the Baby Weight and Made Money Doing It
Abbey Fatica is a mom of four, a serial entrepreneur, an author, a success coach, and a professional network marketer. Read on to see how this mom found a way to lose the baby weight with Isagenix while making money at the same time. Tell us how you got involved with Isagenix. A few years ago, I was introduced to Isagenix by my ... Read More
7 Tips for Managing Holiday Stress as a Home Business Owner
The holiday season is officially underway (even though it feels like fall just started)! Do you get stressed during the holiday season? Is it a bit overwhelming for you? With family, children, gifts, cookies, parties, holiday orders and much more, it's easy to understand why you might be feeling a little overwhelmed at the ... Read More
The 50 Best Blogs by Women – 2014 Edition
Each year I compile a list of the 50 best blogs by women. Now, you may be asking yourself ... “How does this pertain to me, a woman who wants to work from home?” and that’s a great question! You see, there are around 18.9 million women (According to Pew Research Center) worldwide who write blogs. Not only have these women chosen to ... Read More
How to Market Your Small Business During the Holidays
Holiday marketing for a small or home-based business is a bit different than marketing a larger company. Wal-Mart or Target can slap some decorations up, offer thirty percent a good chunk of their inventory, and then just push their sales as hard as they can. But a smaller business has neither the stock nor the presence to market ... Read More
How to Build Strong Networks . . . with an Uncommon Twist
I’d guess you have attended networking events, struck up conversations with strangers, and exchanged business cards. You’ve expanded your reach via LinkedIn groups and Facebook groups and Twitter lists. You’ve posted articles on your blog and maybe even guest articles on other people’s blogs. You’ve added friends and connections ... Read More
How to Start a Fashion Business From Home
Sponsored by CAbi Do you love fashion? Would you like to achieve a better work-life balance by being able to work from home? Do you want to be your own boss? Then this may be your calling ... On October 28th, I had the pleasure of attending the CAbi BeautiFall Career Event. It’s no secret that I'm a huge CAbi fan, in fact, I’ve ... Read More
5 Tips for Achieving Balance and Remaining Productive During the Holidays
Once Halloween is over, I usually blink and the next thing I know, I am knee deep in all the frenzy and chaos that comes with the holidays. I am stressed, miserable, and what’s more, I am less productive than ever. Well, in an attempt to take a pre-emptive strike against this negative state of affairs this year, I’ve decided to ... Read More
How to Steer Clear of Work-at-Home Interruptions
As a woman that is already working from home, you will know that we are all different. Apart from working in home offices worlds apart, having different freelance clients, and different sized families; we also work optimally in different ways. Some writers might need dead silence in order to focus, while others need to type to the ... Read More
Tips To Becoming A Successful Freelance Writer
So you like to write, and you’ve been hearing so much about people quitting their day jobs and making a living off of freelancing. Why can’t you be one as well? You already know you can write and that you love doing it, so what’s stopping you? There’s nothing to stop you from taking the plunge. You can even make the transition ... Read More
Blogging Etiquette: Don’t Be a Blogger Behaving Badly
The online world/blogosphere is filled with tons of amazing tips and advice on how to be a super-dynamic-the-bees-knees-type blogger. However, I am fairly certain that there is not nearly as much information about what to NOT do available for those of us whose blog is an important part of their livelihood. After blogging actively ... Read More
Start Treating Your Blog Like a Business – 5 Reasons You Need Cloud Storage
Sponsored by Western Digital Thanks to WD for sponsoring today’s post and for providing me with a My Cloud EX2 to use and review. When I began my blogging journey, I backed up my computer files on multiple flash drives. Yes, I know, not a good strategy, but I wanted to save money. But after a virus took down my laptop and I had to ... Read More
How This Mom Made the Transition From Nurse to Entrepreneur
Elizabeth Irvine is an educator, award-winning author, and the creative director of The Jewelry Project. Elizabeth’s philosophy and teachings are based on twenty-five years of experience as a healthcare professional and through her yogic style of living. Irvine’s books, Healthy Mother, Healthy Child and A Moment’s Peace provide ... Read More
4 Ways To Get Your Customers To Do Your Social Marketing For You
Looking for creative ways to use social media to promote your products? Many established brands and innovative startups have started to mix social marketing with e-commerce to improve their sales. Below we will look at several examples and how you can apply them to your own business and get your customers to do your marketing for ... Read More