Category Archives: Home Business

Never Stop Learning

This is a huge secret to being successful in whatever you do.  There are always new things to learn and discover to make you better at your job–even if you’ve chosen wife and mother as your exclusive careers.  When people stop learning, they start to die.  I hope to still be reading educational books when [...]
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Small Business Feature: Mom Ceo

You may have noticed our flashing Mom Ceo button on the left sidebar.  If you’ve been a little curious but haven’t clicked over yet, here’s some more information for you.  Mom Ceo is owned by Sandi Sullivan and here’s her interview about Mom Ceo: Q.   Why did you decide to start a home based business? A.  I [...]
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Direct Sales Focus: ACN

The company we are featuring today is totally new to me. This product line brings different spin on direct sales that may interest husbands to work alongside their wives. Here’s Amy Johnson to tell us more about it. My name is Amy Johnson. A couple of years ago, when our traditional business began suffering the effects [...]
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Direct Sales Focus: Mary Kay

It’s no secret that I’m completely biased in the Direct Sales market, so I thought I’d start with a focus on the business I personally chose, though many other companies will follow.  If you click on the Mary Kay links, you will go to my personal website and I’m offering a 20% discount on any sales [...]
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5 Tips to be Successful at Direct Sales

1.  Do let the people around you know that you are in business, but don’t be a pest.  While my friends and family support my business, I’ve found my best cutomers are strangers.  If someone tells you “no”, don’t be offended or pester them to get a “yes”.  There are plenty of people in your [...]
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Direct Sales: Is it worth it?

  If you don’t have an area of expertise or a product to create your own business around, there are lots of ready made businesses available for you to take part in.  Some have higher percentages of success than others, and some have more risk than others.  Choosing the right business for you isn’t too hard, [...]
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Small Business Feature #1: Say Mmmm

The next couple of weeks, I’ll be featuring several small businesses.  It’s my hope to give you ideas about what’s possible, to showcase things that are done well, and to introduce you to some businesses that might bless your life. First up is Say Mmmm Overview - Say Mmm is about helping parents save time and money getting [...]
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Making Money with a Blog

There are several ways to make money with a blog: 1.  Cash from Advertisers 2.  Affiliate Marketing 3.  Promoting your own products 4.  Swagbucks 5.  Free stuff from advertisers The key to making money with a blog, is traffic. Traffic is worth money–a lot of money, to advertisers. It is possible to build a huge following in just a few months [...]
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Guest Post: Designing an attractive web presence

This post was written by Julie and Nathan Smith, my favorite graphic art and web desig team.  I asked them to give us some direction on how to build an effective web presence with a limited budget.  And their article is excellent!  Without further adieu–here it is: Your web site or blog may be the first [...]
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Keeping your business legal

When you start a new business there are certain legal matters that need to be taken care of.  I’m not a lawyer or a tax expert, I’m just speaking from experience of being a business owner in Missouri.  I encourage you to seek out the details of the laws in your own state. Ficticious Name Registry:  [...]
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