Whew! We’ve officially gotten through the Christmas Holiday. Let’s take a deep breath and revel in this fact. Come on. Join me. Breathe in deep … now exhale. Aaaaaagggghhh. We did it! So … now what? In my true over-functioning fashion, I am wondering what I am going to do this week while our business is closed. Sure, I will utilize ... Read More
Archives for December 2015
10 Simple Tips for Working From Home Efficiently
So you work from home—or you want to. It’s a great way to bring balance to your life and make time for the things that are important to you. Whether you want more time for your family, friends, a hobby or just downtime to decompress, working from home and ditching that long commute can help. But it can be easy to get distracted when ... Read More
How an Incubator Can Help Grow Your Small Business
Back in 2011, when I first started teaching my daughter and her friends how to cook from my home kitchen, I never imagined the potential for turning my itty bitty passion into something life changing for myself, or for others. Fast forward to the end of 2015, and as I look back on yet another year of 60-hour work weeks, with little ... Read More
5 Realistic Expectations for a Money-Making Blog
People have different intentions when they set out on their blogging journeys. Some do it in hopes to earn a living from it, while others enjoy writing as a hobby, so they begin a blog. No matter what your initial goals are, the thought of actually earning money from your blog is usually always a welcomed idea. Sadly, I think many ... Read More
How to Conquer Self-Doubt and Launch the Business of Your Dreams
The thought of leaving the ‘safety’ of a regular 9-5 job for the big unknown of self-employment can be as exciting as it is scary. I know this first-hand because I’ve been there and I’ve also had the great privilege of working with women of all ages who’ve wanted to make their dreams of self-employment and working from home come ... Read More
3 Team Building Tips To Improve Team Retention
No one quits direct sales with a full calendar, so teaching new consultants how to book a solid show schedule is the surest way to build a sales team. Direct sales leaders can do three simple things that will greatly affect sales team retention and their ability to build a team. Here are my top three team building tips to improve ... Read More
Top 10 Tips for Becoming a Successful Freelancer
Becoming a freelancer and working from home has many benefits, not least, the fact that you are your own boss. Setting your own working hours, your own rate of pay, and when you take your coffee breaks might sound easy, but in fact setting the basics in stone before you have actually begun working from home is the most important ... Read More
6 Simple Productivity Tips For Home-Based Workers
Want to cross more tasks off of your to-do list? We have some simple productivity tips that can help you get more done! You wake up and immediately feel overwhelmed by thinking about how much you need to get done. The emails are piling up in your inbox, the pile of dirty dishes in the sink is reminding you how behind you are on ... Read More