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Online Shopping Secrets: Seven Websites that Will Save You Money

Grab the lowest prices on everything you buy online by checking out the following seven websites before you make a purchase. Retailmenot.com and Fatwallet.com Check Retailmenot.com and Fatwallet.com for coupons and coupons codes that you can use to get discounts on the things that you buy online. There are coupon codes for both products and online stores. In some cases, you’ll also find rebates to redeem. Just search for the store or the product to see what might be available. Some coupon codes are straight forward, such as 10 percent off a purchase or free shipping, while others have specific … Continue reading →

Disney Website for New and Expecting Parents

Remember Our365? I don’t expect you do. Almost a year ago I posted about how Disney had teamed up with the organization that helps companies market to expectant parents. Our365 can actually get its partner companies’ representatives into maternity wards to try to sell their wares. For all I know either the company or its partnership is now defunct. But Disney hasn’t stopped sniffing around its coveted new market. On Monday January 17 the House of Mouse launched disneybaby.com. Disney Baby works just like other sites in the Disney Go family, although strangely its URL doesn’t contain the word “go” … Continue reading →

How to Trace Your Ancestors

There is a page on Facebook that is called “How to Trace Your Ancestors”. It seems to be designed to help new genealogists learn how to do some basic aspects of genealogy, how to get started, and what to do. A closer look at the links on the Facebook info page raise some questions about how good this really is for brand new genealogists. Genealogy is a hobby that is growing in popularity. As such, there seem to be new genealogy websites popping up all over the place. It isn’t unusual for these types of websites to try and attract … Continue reading →

Find the Best Toy for the Special Needs Child in Your Life

It’s Black Friday! If you’re like me, you are home, probably still in your pajamas with zero plans of getting in the car and going anywhere today. Or, you could be one of those thrill seekers – car gassed up, list in hand and running shoes on, ready to tackle other shoppers for the best-priced gifts of the season. To you, I wish luck. If you are still wondering, however, what to get the child in your life who has special needs, look no further. AblePlay is a toy rating system that reviews toys for special needs children and passes … Continue reading →

How to Increase Your Income at Home 2

Would you like to add some more income to the household? Yesterday, I shared some information about how to do just that. Now, today, I’d like to share some more legitimate work at home opportunities. Get a website. You can earn money if you have a great website that gets lots of traffic. Advertisers will pay you for sending them customers. Find a way to meet a need, instruct or entertain your visitors or create a community. Look into something called “affiliate marketing” to earn money. Basically, you put ads or links on your website that lead to store websites. … Continue reading →

Using Social Media to Boost Your Business

If you want a surefire way to boost your business then take advantage of the numerous opportunities available with social media. Social media has become the way to promote and service your product, whether it is a tangible item or a writing project. Opportunities abound with blogging, You Tube, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Depending on the type of work you do and the audience you are trying to reach, these may be just the tools you need to boost your business. Facebook is probably the social media source that I use the most. It took some time to establish my … Continue reading →

An Engaging Website

Earlier this month I wrote about how Families.com member Jade Walker had a very engaging Halloween. In addition to sharing a snippet of the romantic way her beau proposed to her, she also included this line: “To learn more, go to http://www.jadeandmarcus.com.” Of course I went to check it out. I thought what I found was so cool, I immediately knew it would make a great topic for the Marriage Blog. But I wanted to get Jade’s permission to write about it first. I wasn’t sure she’d want her marriage business made public. But she didn’t mind. As she put … Continue reading →

How Much Can Your Customers and Clients Do on Your Website?

Are you truly optimizing the capabilities of your web site for your home business? If you are simply using your business web site to share and disseminate information, you might be missing the boat. People should be able to submit orders, do research, ask questions and even connect with one another on your web site in order to take full advantage of the possibilities. Several years ago, a web site was seen more as a way to market and augment a “bricks and mortar” type businesses. We knew we needed to have a web site, but really more as a … Continue reading →

Getting Press When You’re Not Paying for It

Advertising is expensive. Whether you are looking at radio, television or print advertising, it can really rock the budget of a small home business. Plus, when you are not a “paid advertiser” you might think that you cannot get any coverage or attention from your local or regional press. Not true, it just might take some creativity and persistence to get coverage when you’re not a big spender… First, you can expect to get shunted to the side if you are not a paid advertiser—but it doesn’t have to be or stay that way. All of the different types of … Continue reading →

Office 2008, New Blogging Tool and HD DVD

Here are the latest headlines in the world of technology. Office 2008 Released Yesterday, Microsoft officially released Office 2008 for the Mac. The announcement was made at MacWorld, which is taking place in San Francisco. The software was originally scheduled to be released sometime last year, but lingering problems and software bugs delayed the release. Microsoft is also becoming more support of Mac, redesigning a website, Mactopia.com, that showcases Microsoft products to be used with the Mac platform. New Blogging Tool Going into Beta testing today is a new blogging tool that promises to allow you to update your blog … Continue reading →