It all started when singer-songwriter, Hanna Rochelle was passing the time during a recording session by scribbling song lyrics on her jeans. That moment became her lightbulb moment, when she thought, “What if I designed a whole line of clothes to celebrate the songs we all know and love?” Hanna went on to combine her two greatest ... Read More
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6 Ways to Spend Quality Time with Your Kids While Accomplishing Something
You’ve got lots of things to do and only a short time to do them in. On top of all this, you know you should be spending quality time with your kids. But how do you get your errands done and still have time for your children? Well, here are six ways to accomplish this most difficult task. 1. Grocery Shopping You’ve got to pick ... Read More
Reduce The Cost of Shipping Products From Home
Running a business from home can be stressful, especially when business begins to boom, and you quickly reach the point of asking, "Is it time to ask for help? Can I afford it?" In this post, we're looking at the cost of shipping from your home business. At what point is it time for you to stop running to and from the Post Office ... Read More
Don’t Want to Meet Clients at Home? 8 Other Alternatives
While most small business owners are satisfied with operating their start-ups within the confinements of their own home, that doesn't mean that they're necessarily comfortable with opening their doors and using their living room to meet clients, investors, and customers. The reasons vary. Your home may be cramp and small; you may ... Read More
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
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
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
10 Tips for Cleaning Up Before a Home Client Meeting
Stunned … you hang up the phone. Your client wants to meet face-to-face. You work at home, and your house is a wreck. Scenarios like this happen to home-based workers all the time. Sometimes you can avoid home meetings by scheduling your appointments at a coffee shop or co-office space, but sometimes the home meeting is ... Read More
Get More High-Paying Clients and Family Time with One Line in Your Email Signature
Okay, you've seen this kind of promise before. An unbelievably simple solution that offers oodles of payback. One line in an email signature? That's it? And I'll have clients lining up at my virtual door? Let's be honest. Nothing is that simple. And this one isn't either. But it does indeed start with this one email ... Read More
What You Need to Know About Monetizing Your Blog
At-home entrepreneurs are always looking for additional ways to add to their income. With the surge in blogs that has occurred in recent years, it may seem that blogging is a great way to add to your cash flow. However, before you jump into monetizing your blog, review these four points to make sure you know the ins and outs and can ... Read More
How a Love of Office Supplies Turned Into a Successful Business
Holly Bohn launched See Jane Work in 2004 after becoming discouraged by the challenge of finding office supplies and desk accessories for her accounting office. She wanted a workspace that was productive and organized, but also fun and unique, so she decided to create a brand with the products she wanted. Find out how Holly's ... Read More
Keeping the Kids Busy: Summer Remedies for Work-at-Home Moms
As summer comes around, it presents unique challenges for work-at-home moms. School is out, and all of your regular routines are thrown out the window. Trying to entertain your kids while squeezing in some work can be a major challenge. But with a little pre-planning and creativity, your little ones can have fun this summer while you ... Read More
How This Digital Nomad Became a Christian Author
Kimberly Rae has lived in Bangladesh, Uganda, Kosovo, and Indonesia. She rafted the Nile River, hiked in the hills around Mount Everest, and tried cow brains just to say she’d done it! She now writes Christian books from her home in Madison, Georgia, where she lives with her husband and two children. Read on to see how this ... Read More
From Saving Money on Her Kids’ Clothing to Successful Consignment Franchise
Shannon Wilburn co-created the successful consignment franchise, Just Between Friends. Learn how her quest to save money on her kids' clothing turned into a thriving franchise business. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your entrepreneurial journey. I'm an identical twin, wife to an amazing man, and mom to two wonderful ... Read More
Helping Home-Based Business Owners Organize for Better Efficiency
Helene K. Liatsos is the founder and owner of the well-known business management company, Home Office Management Experts, based in Southern California. Find out how Helene was able to leave her corporate career to help home-based business owners organize their businesses for better efficiency. Tell us a little bit about yourself ... Read More