Many years ago, when I started brainstorming home-based business ideas, many occupations came to mind, event planner, professional organizer, doula, and personal concierge. But when I asked myself, “How do I envision my daily life?” it didn’t include running all around town, being on call, working holidays, nights or weekends. When I sat down and […]
22 Business Ideas for Starting Your Own Service Business
Starting your own service business is an excellent option if you don’t want to work a traditional job. Although most service businesses do work regular hours, when it’s your business, you get to set those hours. You decide when to work and how to operate your business. You’re the boss! A service-based business is any […]
How This Work-at-Home Wife Found Her Bliss as a Professional Blogger
Angie Nelson has been working from home since 2007. Over the years she’s dabbled in direct sales, customer service, running a virtual assistant business, and publishing various niched blogs. Read on to find out how she finally found her work-at-home bliss with a professional blogging career over at The Work at Home Wife. Tell us […]
How This Mom Ditched the Cube and Launched a Home Business From Scratch
Becky Flansburg is WAHM, Influencer, Blogger, and Freelance Writer. Her veteran blog Franticmommy.com shares her unique and humorous perspective on children’s books, parenthood, and women in business. She is also the project manager for the non-profit children’s literacy event, Multicultural Children’s Book Day and is one half of the dynamic mommy-duo at UpNorthParent.com. She is […]
How to Hire a Virtual Assistant for Your Business
If you’re anything like me, you launched your business with the idea that you would be able to spend more time with your family. But as time goes on and your business grows the more administrative tasks that end up on your plate. Now you have less time to focus on what’s really important – […]
How This Blogger Was Able to Monetize Her Pinterest Activity
Kristin Larsen is the creator of Pinterest Presence, an online course designed to help businesses and bloggers drive traffic back to their profitable websites from one of the hottest platforms around. As a new freelancer, Kristin launched a successful Pinterest management company and within her first six months, was averaging $3,600 a month – only […]
How to Stop Charging by the Hour and Create Packages to Level Up Your VA Business
By Emily Hirsh There is a certain luxury that comes with being a Virtual Assistant, with one of the most alluring being the flexibility in time, workload, and income. It is also an ever-evolving field—both a blessing and a curse—thanks to the growth of online entrepreneurship and the expansion of brick and mortar businesses to the […]