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Posted on May 22, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Success Stories
I’m a work at home mom (WAHM) and I love it! I can re-arrange my schedule to pick the kids up from school when they are sick or take the dog to the groomers on a Tuesday.
>>Read MorePosted on May 22, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Home Management
Work at home moms are highly susceptible to distractions while working. There are the obvious distractions that small children can provide, however when working from home, friends and family can often stop by to say hello.
>>Read MorePosted on May 22, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
Women are leaving the workplace in growing numbers and becoming stay at home moms. There are a number of reasons, but the primary reason is that a large number of couples have decided it’s more important for one of the parents to stay home and raise the children versus having someone else raise their children.
>>Read MorePosted on May 22, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Home Management
Time management can be a big issue for stay at home moms that have many things going on in their lives. For mothers that truly want the best for themselves and their families, time management can play a major role as to their success.
>>Read MorePosted on May 22, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
If you have young children at home you may want to spend time with them during the day. Or you may simply prefer to watch your kids instead of sending them to a daycare. If this sounds like you,….
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Keeping the Balance, Home Management
Many moms (and dads!) get involved in a Network Marketing business so they can spend more time with their kids and then find that the business is taking away more time then it’s giving back.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Success Stories
For the record, I’m not one of the millions of work at home moms, I’m a dad who works out of the home and at home as well. But for a variety of reasons, I respect and even admire moms like you that work at home.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Keeping the Balance, Home Management, Mom's Start Your Dream
By Ponn Sabra
10. Your commute can be as short as sitting up from bed and working on your wireless laptop, or as far as walking to your office computer.
9. No tardy slips, pink slips, or “no more sick or vacation days” notices because you pick the hours, days, and weeks you want to work.
8. Whenever […]
Posted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Home Management
Work at home moms and stay at home moms have the most rewarding and difficult jobs in the world!
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Home Management
With more mothers stepping out from the kitchen to the desk top workplace, the need to have an effective time management skills are ever increasing important.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Work at Home Ideas
eBay has become a huge business with people raking in hundreds of dollars selling discounted merchandise ranging from garage sale items to new products and collectibles.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Home Management, Mom's Start Your Dream, Marketing
It is a great idea to be able to stay at home with your kids. If you are tired of putting your kids in day care, which means that you are spending money to send them someplace, just to work very hard at your job without any real pay or benefits, you might be ready to try to find a home based business for moms.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Start Up Help
Any business, no matter how big or how small, starts out with an idea. The ideas were non-tangible things that entrepreneurs started up into real live businesses.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
Nothing comes easy. Nothing is Free. That the sentence for almost everybody will say. But the real question is, how about internet home business?
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Marketing
The simple answers are yes, you can do it, no, it’s not too hard, anyone can do it and as for ‘how’ there are many ways to go about it. The possibilities are endless, only limited by your own imagination.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Start Up Help
I have heard from Internet Marketers who are just starting out with their new business who complain that they have gotten themselves in debt trying to get their business off the ground.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Marketing
If you’re in the process of building a website for the company you work for or even for your own business, you are probably already wondering about profitable website promotion.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Marketing
Many people who are venturing into a business put a great amount of effort into website promotion. Nonetheless, a lot of them fail in achieving good and satisfying results like a sudden traffic generation, more conversion out of the traffic, and more sales to name a few.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, SOHO Book Reivews
Book review on “Business Plan Secrets Revealed” by Mike Elia
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, SOHO Book Reivews
Book review on “Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn’t Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want Now” by Vickie L. Milazzo
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, SOHO Book Reivews
For years, I have tried to answer this one question: What do small businesses that achieve sustained growth do differently from those that do not grow?
As a senior consultant for Inc. magazine, I speak to thousands of business owners each year. I’ve learned that there are no silver bullets or 17-point checklists that will lead […]
Posted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO Book Reivews
Book review on “The Business Money Book; Cash, Credit & Collections” from Encouragement Press.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Start Up Help
There are many programs out there which offer work from home opportunities to the internet users and promise the world to its members. But as the time goes by there real face shows up to the members and they either disappear with the money thet have collected from there members or they file bankruptcy leaving behind a pile of people who had trusted the company with there money and time.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
A small business startup is a growing pattern in today’s world. Instead of being at the office for 60 hours a week, many people are choosing to start their own business so they have more freedom and time to enjoy family and recreational activities.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Marketing, Small Business Ideas
Having formed your Commercial Cleaning Services Company one of the most difficult aspects of running it that you will encounter immediately is in getting your quotes correct.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Small Business Tips
A small business may be defined as a business with a small number of employees. The legal definition of “small” often varies by country and industry, but is generally under 100 employees.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Start Up Help
If you desire to start a new business or want to consolidate your business debts or buying machinery and equipments is your need, then you are just required to avail small business finance.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Start Up Help
Running a small business can be difficult. Many different items compete for your attention and your money. Once you hire employees, you must make a number of decisions.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Work at Home Ideas
If your thinking of becoming a home based travel agent you might want to consider the following things.
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Keeping the Balance, Home Management, Mom's Start Your Dream
5 Steps to Business Success
>>Read MorePosted on May 15, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
Many of the business opportunities out there are focused on drawing in women as their main target market. Women represent a minority in the business world. Despite the many strides women have taken over the past decades, they are still behind men when it comes to owning and operating their own businesses. With more and […]
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Keeping the Balance, Pacing Yourself, Stress Management, Mom's Start Your Dream
When I started my internet business three months ago by joining the pluginprofitsite I wasn´t aware of the fact which kind of a huge global market I had tapped into.
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Marketing, Start Up Help
Financial management is one of the pitfalls for people who are engaged in a home based affiliate business. Even if you choose a good home based affiliate business but you have no idea how to manage your business financially, you will most likely end up losing a lot of money.
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
There is so much that one can do in order to earn a living from one’s home office. No matter what type of business an individual is interested in pursuing, there are a few steps one should take when they start a business from home.
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Success Stories, Mom Owned Businesses
She paid me $3 for a round, lovely metal box. In no time, I had people buying jars from me for all occasions. In this manner, I was making an average of $100 per week with the sale of my cookie jars, which gave me an idea – why not start a small gift box unit and make custom-made gift boxes?
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Home Management
Working at home is not really as easy as it sounds. Just because you are at home doesn’t mean that things will be any easier than when you were working in the company premises.
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Marketing
If you have a cluttered mess of banners and multiple text ads on your site, unless it is a specified site of resources such as a recommended links section, link exchange or a topic specific portal, etc… then you are confusing your visitor.
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
Home businesses are extremely popular these days and their popularity continues to grow. Individuals are expressing an interest in this type of work as it provides them with a certain level of freedom that a normal 9 to 5 job may not provide them.
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Start Up Help
If you do a simple search engine search, you will find that there are many network marketing opportunities out there.
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Start Up Help
A home based business does not always start out as a residual income opportunity. For a person who starts their own home business, making it turn out a residual income is something they have to do.
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
What is the best way to start an internet home business opportunity? Although many home business opportunities on the internet promise that you can make money in a fortnight with little efforts, the truth is different.
>>Read MorePosted on May 14, 2007
Filed Under Home, Keeping the Balance, Home Management, Featured Article
By Angela Wills
Mom, does your day look something like this:
__ Bring the baby to playgroup
__ Wash dishes
__ Respond to emails
__ Play outside
__ Make phone calls to leads
__ Make dinner
__ ETC!!
Posted on May 11, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, SOHO Book Reivews
The authors, both experts in personality type and career development, put forth the idea that choosing a career path based on your individual personality will be beneficial to your success.
>>Read MorePosted on May 11, 2007
Filed Under Words to Inspire
Sometimes we all need some words of encouragement. Whether it is to help you or for you to share with someone else, here are some inspirational quotes.
>>Read MorePosted on May 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Online University Listings
College Grads - Cut Your Monthly Federal Student Loan Payments By Up To 53% And Get Cash Back!
Receive a FREE rate reduction on your Federal Student Loan. No fees, no credit checks and no employment verifications. Easy 10 minute process with E-signature. Rates as low as 3.5%. Must have at least $10,000 of student loan […]
Posted on April 20, 2007
Filed Under Thought of the Day
sderby@amperemedia.com
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Ready Set Go
When it comes to learning online, you will find that Distance Learning Schools offer many convenient options. You’ll have no trouble whatsoever finding the school and finding the degree option you’ve been dreaming about when you begin your search for an accredited distance learning program.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Overview of Degrees
Let’s start with the foundation, introductory, courses, suitable for those who are taking a first step into the world of management, whether it is as an employee in an organisation, or as a budding entrepreneur.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Certificate Program, Overview of Degrees
Support workers provide services to people who need help with their daily needs. You will provide these services in facilities and within the community.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Ready Set Go
At first glance, higher education today might seem like a woman’s world.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Ready Set Go
Adults who are considering pursuing continuing education have a variety of choices when it comes to earning a degree or certificate.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Certificate Program, Ready Set Go
Adults want their education to be relevant to their specific needs. What they are learning must be applicable to their job, values or other responsibilities. Once they see the relevancy in their learning, adults want to create goals for their education.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Certificate Program, Ready Set Go
Today lifelong learning opportunities are plentiful and instructors well-versed in space age information delivery. Still, millions fail to take advantage.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Certificate Program, Overview of Degrees, Overview of Certificate Programs
Coaching Certificate Schools can take many forms. Vocational, trade, and technical schools provide programs for coaching certificates, as do community colleges and four-year institutions, colleges, and universities.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Certificate Program, Ready Set Go, Conventional Degree
There are many options for students seeking an education today. There are many quality two-year, four-year and graduate programs available online to students seeking a college education or for those simply looking to further their careers.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Ready Set Go, Conventional Degree
Are you an adult who left school before finishing your bachelor degree? Have you thought about going back, but are not sure how to fit it in with your life and your adult responsibilities?
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Certificate Program, Ready Set Go, Overview of Certificate Programs
Quicker than either a bachelor’s degree or an associate’s degree, a top-notch certificate program can qualify you for a skilled entry-level position or give you a boost up the ladder at your current job in a remarkably short period of time.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Certificate Program, Ready Set Go, Conventional Degree
Before you can decide on an online school you have to decide which online degree program best suits your needs.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Online University Articles, Continuing Education
But we don’t live in 1996 anymore. We are now in the era where everything is possible and acceptable. Just like studying outside the school, in front of your computer at the very comforts of your home. This is called online schooling.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Online University Articles, Continuing Education
Although there are many advantages of an online education, there are also some disadvantages.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Online University Articles, Continuing Education, Ready Set Go
Whatever you want to label “learning at home” and however you want to define the latest buzz words for non-traditional education, you can find a program and method that suits your needs.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Online University Articles, Continuing Education, Ready Set Go
Getting a college degree today is easier than ever before thanks to the number of institutions offering distance learning opportunities. Whether you are pursuing a undergraduate, graduate, or doctorate degree you can choose from scores of degree granting schools. 57 leading institutions are featured here.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Online University Articles, Continuing Education, Ready Set Go
Although it may seem like a misnomer, the term “virtual education” has taken on a whole new interpretation in today’s technological society. Virtual education has come to mean higher education via the Internet.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Overview of Degrees
If you are interested in exploring information and writing about it, you may find opportunities to build a career through courses taught in online journalism schools.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Continuing Education, Overview of Certificate Programs
Personal Support Workers (PSWs) can learn the duties and responsibilities of home healthcare over the Internet through Online Personal Support Schools.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Online University Articles, Continuing Education
As most people who are immersed in the workplace will tell you, business is a competitive environment that requires an enormous dedication to maintaining - and elevating - a skill set in order to remain marketable and successful. In this day and age, attaining a college degree is absolutely necessary for growth within the business environment.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Online University Articles, Continuing Education
Online education programs have changed the college landscape, allowing students to work from anywhere in the world to obtain accredited college degrees.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Stress Management
Today we have more stress in our lives than ever before – good stress, bad stress, red stress, blue stress (my little ode to Dr. Seuss). No matter what kind of stress it is, a real crisis or an imagined one, stress is incredibly harmful to our body, mind and soul.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Stress Management
We are currently living in a capitalist society where money and power rule. Therefore, many of us have become workaholics and often overlook signs of tiredness in order to stay on track.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Stress Management
Recognizing stress symptoms can be a positive influence in that we’re compelled to take action. The sooner the better.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Stress Management
Do you feel stress at work? Do you carry your stress home with you at night?
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Stress Management
Workplace stress is on the rise and it’s costing corporate America a fortune. Some estimate that 80% of health care costs are stress related, and these expenses go right to the bottom line.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Stress Management
Do you feel tense and anxious at work? Do your co-workers and/or boss make you crazy? Is your personal life less than blissful? If so, you’ve got stress.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Stress Management
This article will help you check yourself for burnout. It helps you look at the way you feel about your job and your experiences at work, so that you can get a feel for whether you might be at risk of burnout or not.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Stress Management
The Secret to Success is first and foremost a challenge to define what “success” is.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Pacing Yourself
Appreciating your success is a major factor in achieving satisfaction from all your hard work. A lack of integration of mind, body, and spirit can lead to less desirable outcomes. In other words, if you are not really taking good care of yourself it is very difficult to celebrate your successful accomplishments, and may in fact, sabotage your success.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Pacing Yourself
Regardless of whether you are a student, work at home mom, a web designer, or a CEO of a Fortune 500 company, prioritizing your work is critical to your success.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Home Management
I’ve divided my tips into two sections - 5 ways to manage your time and 5 ways to take back your time. Both offer daily or regular practices to try out in your life right now.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Home Management
Many of us have an image of personal balance as a set of scales in perfect balance every day. But that’s an unrealistic goal.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Home Management
What’s done is done. Nothing in history can be changed. The most we can do about anything that has already been done is to take counter measures to prevent the damage from spreading. However, there is one more effective way to stop the damage and that is to prevent it.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Pacing Yourself
For most people time management can be very difficult. Effective time management begins with understanding what needs to be done and then knowing how much time you have to do it.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Pacing Yourself
How do you respond to deadlines? How would you feel if someone said “Hurry up, the clock is ticking and we’ve got to get this done!”? How well do you cope with pressure?
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Pacing Yourself
It is vitally important for everyone to understand how the fixed passage of time as measured by a clock, has nothing in common with our emotional experience of time.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Pacing Yourself
Globally ,Organizations as well as individuals spend over 50 Billion US Dollars every year in books , training programs , software , and other tools related to TIME MANAGEMENT.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Pacing Yourself
Ever wondered if there is a trick on how to use time effectively? The main problem with those people trying to achieve in their lives is while they appear to be busy, the results are not on the board. Sound familiar?
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Home Management
According to a Time magazine article, there is a trend for people bowing out of the rat race (or at least contemplating it). Many are realizing that what really matters in life is having time for family and friends, rest and relaxation.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Marketing, Start Up Help
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is not as hard as you may think it is. Many people want you to think it is hard because they want you to visit their websites or buy their products. Truthfully, if you want to be ranked at the top of the search engines all you have to do are these 4 simple things.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Start Up Help
Are you aware that you can start a wholesale business online in less than an hour?
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
So you’re contemplating about starting an internet business and making money online? You need to plan your business carefully.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Start Up Help
What used to be a trend is now a recognized business necessity as more and more companies take advantage of the Internet because they see how web-based solutions can streamline their business while helping them save time and money.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Work at Home Ideas
Would you like to find the key that unlocks the door to a gold-mine of online response, sales and results for your business?
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
How often have you either referred to or considered the expression, “Success is a journey and not a Destination?” Probably many times, yet often being in a hurry to get there, we forget that success is not an end unto itself, but is instead an ongoing process.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Start Up Help
Anytime is a challenge for entrepreneurs looking for venture capital but now even more so. Competition is fierce and the jousting for the prize of venture capital funds bloodier.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Start Up Help
Start your own business, and soon enough, you find yourself in a situation where there are many things you want to say, all of them unprintable.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
A recent poll conducted by Forbes magazine shows that majority of its readers would prefer to become a billionaire rather than a Nobel peace prize winner, a great scientist or a famous athlete.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Stress Management, Mom's Start Your Dream
After working for many years with entrepreneurs in all walks of business, I find that what separates the successful from the not-so-successful is attitude.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under Keeping the Balance, Pacing Yourself
If you are pressed for time but still want to start your own home business, there are several possible solutions.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
Fully one in ten adults in the United States today is an entrepreneur. This phenomenon is by no means restricted to North America.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream
A business can often be referred to a tree. You plant the seed first, and then water it everyday for months or a year till it grows into a nice big tree with flowers blossoming in spring. Starting a business is quite similar, except that it needs a lot of planning initially.
>>Read MorePosted on April 2, 2007
Filed Under SOHO, Mom's Start Your Dream, Start Up Help
So you are a young entrepreneur with a hot idea that you are sure that will be the next big thing. You are gung ho to start your own business but you don’t know what any of that entails.
>>Read More