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Home Based Business Opportunity – CAbi

If you are looking for a home based business opportunity and you are thinking about direct sales, you have probably realized that there are direct sales opportunities available for practically every type of product you can imagine. Of course, in order to be successful with your personal foray into the world of direct marketing, you must be sure to choose a company and a product that fits who you are. For example, if you don’t use scented candles at home and you do not care for cutesy home décor, then don’t fool yourself into thinking that you will be the … Continue reading →

Are You Ready For Small Saturday

One week from today is Small Business Saturday. If you own a home – based business or other local, small business, it is your time to shine. Whether or not you own and operate a small business, it is your time to shop and to show small businesses everywhere that you care about them. Whether shopping “small” entails a trip downtown to your favorite local wine merchant to pick up some bottles of holiday cheer or snapping up adorable handmade crochet hats and wooden toys on Etsy for the good little boys and girls that you know, you are making … Continue reading →

It’s Holiday Bonus Time

Many home-based professionals own their own businesses. These individuals do it all, from creating the actual product or service, to marketing, billing, accounting, scheduling, and everything else that the business entails. When the holidays come around, who rewards these hard-working people for the great things that they have done for the business this year? Holiday bonuses are usually something that your boss bestows upon you at this time of year. If you are your own boss, there is no one else that is going to reward you for a job well done. While this may sound unfortunate, it really isn’t, … Continue reading →

Gift Ideas for Work-At-Home Professionals

Lately, I have been discussing a few ways that we can support people who work from home with our holiday gift purchases this year. Now, let’s look at some of the things that work-at-home professionals have on their holiday wish lists this year. Gifts that get them out. Whether it’s a gift certificate for a romantic dinner for a work at home friend and their spouse, concert tickets, a gift certificate to his or her favorite lunch spot, movie tickets, theater tickets, or a gift card to a local coffee shop, work-at-home professionals love to go out. This is probably … Continue reading →

Cyber Monday Is A Great Time To Shop Home-Based Businesses

In a few short hours, it will be Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year. Cyber Monday can be a wonderful thing both for home-based workers who would like to spend less time shopping and more time working this holiday season, and for home-based workers whose businesses offer products for sale online. Yep, you just caught me offering yet another suggestion for how you can support home-based business people this holiday season. I think that since I have been so vocal on this topic lately, I should let my inner attorney offer a brief disclaimer: I do … Continue reading →

Support Small Businesses This Saturday

If you are thinking about when and how you will shop for holiday gifts this year, there is a brand new “official shopping day” this year. You already know about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but have you heard of Small Business Saturday? This Saturday, November 27, is the first ever Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday is a day to go out and support your local small businesses with your holiday shopping purchases. It is great if you already support your local businesses with your everyday shopping. The holidays are a great time to discover new types of shops … Continue reading →

Two Home Based Business Ideas

Even though I have two home-based businesses of my own, I am always curious about what other kinds of work people can do from home. I often look around online to see what types of work people are doing that I may not have heard of or thought about. For example, I was looking at a list of home based business opportunities, and I realized that I had never thought that someone could run a bicycle repair business from their home – but why not? I probably never thought of it because I do not own a bicycle, but there … Continue reading →

Support Home-Based Business This Holiday Season

As you plan your holiday shopping this year, you may want to see how many of your gifts and other holiday purchases you can buy from home-based workers. You may think that you will only be able to purchase a gift or two from people in your local area, but I would encourage you to expand your search and look around online to see what you can find. While you may not be able to find someone who makes or sells everything that you need right in your community, there are so many home-based workers that sell all kinds of … Continue reading →

You Get What You Pay For

This is my father in law’s justification to never buy cheap items. It took years to convince him that inexpensive does not always mean cheap. Some things have reduced prices because a new model has just been made. Other items have low prices because because they don’t come with alot of bells and whistles. Cheapism.com is a new website that proves that you can buy things for less money, and get the true value of your money. There’s nothing worse than buying a less expensive item trying to be frugal only to have to replace it in a few months. … Continue reading →

24 Wildlife Conservation Organizations Worthy of Your Donations

The other day I listed 79 animal rights, welfare, and service organizations worthy of your donations based on ratings generated by Charity Navigator and the American Institute of Philanthropy. These were organizations that scored either four stars from Charity Navigator (their highest rating) or “A”s from the American Institute of Philanthropy. Using the same methodology, the list below represents the top rated wildlife conservation organizations that you can feel confident are utilizing your donation dollars in the most efficient and effective manner possible. Again, charities are listed in alphabetical order and are linked to their websites, if applicable. 1. African … Continue reading →