Organize Yourself For a Successful Holiday Season

As the holiday season approaches, many home-based professionals will be trying to squeeze more and more things into their already packed days (and nights). With so much to do and so little time, it can be easy to become overwhelmed. The good news is that it is possible to have a productive and enjoyable holiday season without sacrificing your work, your family life, or your sanity. The bad news is that like almost anything else, in order to have a productive and enjoyable holiday season you will have to put in some effort up front. By taking some time to … Continue reading

Adapting to the Holidays as a Married Couple

Our neighborhood held trick-or-treating last night to avoid going out on the Sabbath, and my kids had a ton of fun dressing up and heading out to collect their loot. I took them around, and my husband stayed home to hand out candy to those who came to our house. This is very representative of our personality styles. I’m the one who likes to go out and do things. I can more comfortably navigate my way through social circumstances, and because I’m the “mean” parent, I can herd four overly excited children up and down the street. My husband likes … Continue reading

Tips for Attracting Customers to Your Ecommerce Site

If your home – based business has anything to do with ecommerce, you may be rather busy around this time of year. Holiday shopping season has begun, and with shoppers guarding their hard earned money more closely than ever you may be wondering what kinds of things you can do to set yourself apart from your competitors and attract more customers. One of the things that you can do to compete with other online sellers as well as with brick and mortar stores is challenge one or more of the assumptions that shoppers commonly associate with online shopping. One thing … Continue reading

Diary of a Work at Home Mom Part 21

One of the challenges associated with working from home is something that many home-based professionals joke about with their friends who have traditional jobs outside of the home. People who do not work from home may joke with us about working in our pajamas or being able to catch a nap whenever we feel like it, but sometimes having your bed so close by can truly pose a challenge. While home-based professionals do enjoy the benefit of not having to rise early to commute to our workplace (unless we rise early to do our work) or come home late after … Continue reading