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Home School Blogger Spotlight: Beginning Reading Help

Teaching a child to read is one question that arises quite often among homeschoolers or those considering homeschooling. Reading is obviously an essential part of education. A student who reads well will have a greater chance of success in all subjects. Everyone wants to be sure to put their child in the best position to learn how to read effectively and fluently. If you are looking for resources to help you teach your child click on over to Beginning Reading Help. Beginning Reading Help is designed to helping homeschoolers, teachers, tutors and parents find the tools they need to raise … Continue reading →

Considering a “Corporate” Structure for Your Small Home Business

There seem to be a lot of “rules” in business. With all those books, periodicals and other resources telling us exactly how to go about things, it can seem fairly cut and dried. Not to mention the fact that people actually get degrees in business so they can come out knowing all the ins and outs of how to run a business. But how “corporate” do we need to go in our home businesses? It seems that any time you have more than one employee in a business, there is a temptation to start to structure the business in a … Continue reading →

Considering Consulting?

Consulting does not have to be a full time business—it can be something you do on the side to enhance your home business, or to supplement your more traditional job and get started in some independent contracting work. If you are considering doing some consulting work, here are some things you might think through: What kind of consulting do you have to offer and how do you stack up against the competition? If you have experience in a field that is already crowded with consultants in your community or region, it might be harder to break into consulting work. However, … Continue reading →

Pet Homeopathy

While in the waiting room at my last vet visit, I noticed an interesting sign. My vet offers many special services, like boarding and obedience classes. Also, they perform animal acupuncture. I certainly wasn’t expecting that. I’d never heard of acupuncture for pets before. So I decided to do some research on animal acupuncture, and discovered a wealth of information about holistic veterinary medicine. Today’s post is all for those who might be interested in pursuing homeopathic and holistic medical services for their pets. Acupuncture.com has a whole subsection devoted to veterinary homeopathy. Let’s first check out the details on … Continue reading →

Planning a Sales Party or Workshop? Consider Offering Childcare

I recently received a flyer for a large international conference. Although I was impressed with the slick program and information, what really jumped out at me was that the conference planners were offering child care. The flyer stated that if a registrant or participant needed child care they would need to call in advance and there would be a fee, but child care would be available. I couldn’t help but think what a great idea! And it got me to thinking about those of us who might be operating our own consulting or direct sales businesses from our homes and … Continue reading →

Make Extra Money on the Side

In reality, the two main ways to have more cash to spend is to cut expenses or make more income. Do either one of these, and you will see more flow to your bottom line. A lot of my previous blog entries have been about cutting expenses, today I want to talk about adding to your income. Many of you are privy to a goldmine waiting, all based on your current skills and expertise. One way to add some additional income, without much investment, is through freelance work or consulting. We all have skills, education, and job experience. No matter … Continue reading →

Consider Adding a Compatible Business

Looking for ways to grow and develop your home business operation? Well, there may be only so much you can do with an existing business–but adding a second (or third) compatible business to your existing one may be just the way to grow and expand. Some of the most successful and pleasantly happy entrepreneurs I know in my mid-size West Coast town actually have more than one business going on. They may have started out with one on the side while they were working a more traditional job–and then, as they got the hang of things and one thing led … Continue reading →

If It Seems Too Good Too Be True…It Probably Is

For some reason, individuals who are passionately interested in running a home business seem to be prime targets for home business scams. You may have even been the victim of one of these get-rich-quick, or make-thousands-working-from-home scams in your quest to become independent and start your own home business. You can protect yourself by being on the lookout and investigating anything you are considering getting involved with. The old saying, “if it seems too good to be true, it probably is” is still very good advice. All those spam e-mails that show up in your e-mail inbox or advertisements you … Continue reading →

Planning for NEXT YEAR’S Taxes

It may feel like all you want to do is get through this tax season so you can put everything out of your head for twelve months and concentrate on other aspects of building and operating your home business. But, this may be the perfect time to re-evaluate your record-keeping, adjust self-employment tax payments, and take care of other details to make sure your home business is in good shape for the coming tax year. If you ordinarily do your own taxes, you might want to consider consulting with an accountant or tax preparation professional (or financial planner) regarding setting … Continue reading →

Celebrity Inspired Valentine’s Gifts—-How To Get Your Hands On A $10,000 Sharpie

Still looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your special someone? If your sweetheart is on a diet (so much for that 5-pound box of chocolates) or is allergic to flowers (nix the cactus idea), then consider consulting a celebrity. The following items stray from the traditional “Love Day” gift ideas. They are unique trinkets and the money from their sales go to help various celebrity-backed charities. Talk about the gift that keeps giving… Celebrity Edition Sharpie What has 66 Hearts on Fire diamonds, 1,300 Swarovski crystals, and writes upside down? Why a celebrity edition Sharpie, of course. The … Continue reading →