Sponsored by Cratejoy Subscription boxes have been growing in popularity over the last year, with both consumers and small or home business owners, for a while now. The end of 2015 saw a rapid increase in overall interest: Individuals starting, buying and talking about subscription commerce as a new and exciting way of doing ... Read More
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How to Run a Home Staging Business – Interview with Debra Gould
Debra Gould has trained over 4,000 students in the techniques she learned, staging hundreds of homes. She has students as far away as Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the UK, Brazil, Barbados, Israel, The Philippines, and South Africa. If you're creative and love decorating and are considering starting your own home staging ... Read More
Working From Home as an Interior Decorator
Bohnne Jones is the Owner of Decorating Den Interiors, in Nashville, Tennesse. After years in Healthcare and IT, Bohnne moved into the world interior decorating. Read on to find out how she was able to take her passion and turn it into a business she loves! Tell us a little bit about yourself and your entrepreneurial journey. As a ... Read More
Making Money as a Professional Organizer – Interview with Angela Ploetz
Angela Ploetz is a Certified Professional Organizer, CPO®, and owner of POSH Space Professional Organizing Specialist serving the greater Austin area since 2005. POSH space provides solutions for home and office organizing challenges, specializing in residential paper and filing systems, home office establishment and new home ... Read More
How to Make Money as a Professional Organizer – Catharine Murphy Shares Her Secrets
As a former process improvement engineer in the technology world, Catharine has extensive experience in defining and improving processes. She believes that time management, task management, and good systems are the keys to having a productive business and an organized life. Catharine applies her passion for systems to organizing ... Read More
Running a Property Appraisal Business – Expert Advice from Lisa Kroese
Lisa Kroese is an author and CAGA certified personal property appraiser. She has conducted over 100 estate sales since opening Expert Estates in 2011. Read on to see how this mom's entrepreneurial journey began. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your journey to starting a Property Appraisal Business. I’m a 42-year-old ... Read More
The Path to Becoming a Ghostwriter, Interview with CaroleAnne Hardy
CaroleAnne Hardy is the Founder and President, of The Advisors Voice. Find out how her atypical journey led her helping advisors and advisory firms identify their unique voice, articulate their specific value, and leverage digital and social media to establish a consistent brand and create a powerful online presence. Tell us a ... Read More
How to Find Your Business Idea in a Weekend
By Olivia Angelescu Just like Agatha Christie, one of my favorite fiction writers, once said, “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” To build a successful business, you first have to find that business idea which seems perfect for you: one that would build up on all the things you enjoy doing while allowing you to reach ... Read More
How to Become a Virtual Assistant
I'm often asked what it's like being a Virtual Assistant. When this question pops up, I am more than happy to share because I know there are a plethora of moms who are feeling “stuck” in a less-than-gratifying job. These same women also think they have no options when it comes to earning a decent living while working from home. I ... 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
