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Time to Oursource Social Media?

Like it or not social media is here to stay. Most companies have a Facebook page and most Tweet daily. It is a personal way to connect with customers. Customers have multiple ways to be involved with company promotions, suggestions and complaints. Companies have a way of putting their brand in front of their customers on a daily basis. We all love social media for the convenience, opportunity, and the interaction with friends, clients and family. It can be the fastest way to spread word of mouth advertising. Yet, the only way to be successful in the area of social … Continue reading →

What if You Could Only Work for an Hour or 2 a Day?

I have days when I definitely work a “regular” work day but there are others where other areas of my life encroach. As a home business owner, many of us face a reality where we can only work an hour or two on our business a day and we have to try to make that time count. What IF you can only work for a short period of time on your business? How do you take advantage of the time you do have and make the most of it? If you do not have unlimited time to dedicate to your … Continue reading →

Where are You Spending Most of Your Time?

Staying organized and reasonably efficient in a home business means having a good idea of what you are doing with your time, energy and resources. Just because you have a plan or an “idea” of what you imagine you are doing as you work at your business does not mean that is actually what you are doing. It takes some honesty and self-examination, but periodically it is a good idea to review where it is that you are actually spending most of your time? When I first started my writing business, I figured up a budget based on all the … Continue reading →

You May Have to Throw Out the Clock

Figuring out how to schedule our time can be an on-going reality for the average home business owner. While I am definitely an advocate of trying to come up with reasonable and somewhat predictable business hours, I also understand how sticking to a set schedule and doing business “by the clock” just may not work for a home business operation. I have written before about how I do think that time management is a key concern for the home business owner. After all, what is the point of working 13-hour days that net us $20 in income? Of course, in … Continue reading →

Do You Still Read the Want-Ads?

Not too long ago, I was talking with another home business owner and she confessed that she still “reads the want-ads” every Sunday in the local paper. “Just in case” she added when she made the confession. It got me to thinking about whether or not reading the want-ads or classified ads for jobs once one was busy building a home businesses represented lack of faith and commitment or just made good sense? My opinion is probably tainted by the fact that I have more work and “jobs” right now than I can comfortably handle. There really isn’t any room … Continue reading →

My Time of the Day

If you would have asked me twenty years ago, I would have told you that I definitely was NOT a morning person. Like the typical young adult, I resented having to get up too early and starting work at 9:00 am seemed perfectly civilized to me. Weekends were for sleeping in and having the late breakfast out on the town. Well, fast forward twenty years, three kids, and building a life as single mom, and I’ve found that I really love the wee, dark, early morning hours after all. Like most families with older kids, my house is incredibly quiet … Continue reading →

Are You Solving Other People’s Problems Instead of Your Own?

The idea for this blog came to me during a recent conversation with a colleague, he actually posed this question to me–asking if I was not spending too much time trying to offer advice and be available to all sorts of other people–friends, family, etc.–that I wasn’t taking the time tend to my own problems and business issues. Well, isn’t this always the case, though? It is so much easier to see what other people should be doing to fix their problems–than it is to see what we should do to fix and attend to our own! This can be … Continue reading →

What Surprised You Most About Running Your Own Business?

I think it can be so interesting and productive to look back and take stock—a little evaluation around the differences between what we THOUGHT would happen when we hung up our home business shingle and what actually DID happen. Surprises can be both pleasant and unpleasant, but chances are, you have definitely experienced a few on your path to become a home business entrepreneur. I can tell you what surprised me—I’ve been surprised at how much more work I am able to do working from home than I ever did in a well-stocked and supported office environment. There is this … Continue reading →

Finding a Financial Planner

Discovering the perfect financial planner for your family’s needs takes a bit of homework. Although it can be a timely and lengthy process, ensuring that you find someone to trust is critical. Unfortunately, all it takes is one unscrupulous or misinformed individual to ruin your life savings and potential earnings. A great place to start your hunt is at the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors. There is a collection of qualified financial planners listed through them, but don’t assume they are all right for you. It is still important to take further steps to find the best financial advisor. … Continue reading →

Finding Time for Personal Projects and a Business

Time management is one of those issues we talk about regularly around here in the home business Blog–but it is usually in relation to how to balance home business responsibilities with family life. For some of us, figuring out how to find time for our own personal projects can further exacerbate the time management dilemma. In addition to running my own home-based business and working a more “traditional” (albeit flexible) job and raising a family as a single parent, I am also working on “the book.” Having been published in other genre, I’m determined that my version of a writing … Continue reading →