Today, I had the good fortune of being able to attend a teleseminar. While this may not seem like a noteworthy event, it was for me because it enabled me to fulfill one of my continuing education requirements that are a part of keeping my law license active. The fact that I can earn at least some of the required credits through participation in “live” events like teleseminars and webinars where participants can ask questions during and after the presentation is certainly a good thing for a home-based professional like me. I have participated in in-person conferences and webinars as … Continue reading →

Home-based professionals are no different from professionals that work at traditional nine to five jobs when it comes to maintaining competence within their chosen area of work. Professionals have to stay abreast of the changing face of their profession so that they can better serve their clients and so that they can keep up with their competitors. Some professions require very little in the way of staying current with professional knowledge. Others require substantially more in the way of tests, certifications, continuing education, and the like. One profession that requires quite a bit of effort in the “staying current” department … Continue reading →

If you work from home, it is very important that you keep up to date on knowledge about your profession, no matter what that profession is. It can be easy to let keeping abreast of current professional knowledge slide to the bottom of the to-do list where it sits for weeks or even months among other tasks that have slid to the bottom of the list and never quite get done. Even if you devote a small amount of time to professional development on a regular basis, you will find that you are able to stay well informed. Staying informed … Continue reading →

We talk about how important it is to have a business plan and a budget for a home business owner, but there are other types of planning that can be extremely beneficial too. Whether you would like to return to college and get another degree, or achieve some higher level of certification; or if you would simply like to brush up on your computer software skills, having a plan for how you will continue your training and education can help you budget and organize your time to achieve your goals. I have found that there is always room for improvement … Continue reading →

One reason that many home-based professionals work at home is so that they can fulfill the role of stay at home parent. These professionals often find or create home-based work in the same field that they were working in prior to leaving the world of traditional work. When a parent leaves the world of traditional work for the dual career of home-based work and parenting, there are always many things to think about and many decisions to make. One major decision is that of whether to keep a professional license active. If the stay at home parent holds any type … Continue reading →

It’s the New Year, and many of you are probably wondering how you can make your home-based business even more successful than it was last year. There are many ways that you can find increased success in 2011. Here are a couple of ideas for things that you might want to do this year – perhaps even right now, today, or this week. It’s time to update your résumé. This is an important thing to do each year, because you are constantly acquiring new skills as you go about your work. Even though you may not be out there applying … Continue reading →