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Home Biz Notes

Archive for October 2007

October 31st, 2007

Managing Your Home Business Online

Whether you have solely an online business or conduct one from your home that features a walk-in store but utilizes a web site and blog, you will need to become familiar with some of the online tools.  These will help you promote your business and make life easier for you as you maneuver online.
Shai Coggins [...]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

October 31st, 2007

Have an Idea for a Home Business?

Darlene, at Interview Chatter, mentions an interesting idea in her post, Need a Job?  Got An Idea? Check Out Cutie Pies.  She refers to Shai Coggins’ blog, Just Make Money Online, for her inspiration. 
Are you up to a dare?  Darlene is putting out one…”what can you do, what ideas do you have that will help you [...]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments

October 31st, 2007

Home Biz Notes - Most Popular October Posts Roundup

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It’s the end of my first month as a co-blogger at Home Biz Notes and the month we celebrated Home Biz Notes 1st Birthday.

Here are 10 of the most popular October posts you may have missed.

Networking For Home Business Owners - How To Find Others In Your Niche
Top Home Biz Tip - Choose A [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 2 comments

October 30th, 2007

Halloween or Harvest Time at Your Home Business

  Most businesses, especially those with walk-in customers in the United States and Canada, recognize Halloween.  However, in some places, this is called a Harvest Festival because a number of people don’t celebrate the season of ghosts and goblins.  Many of the same decorations and colors are applicable to both.
Festivities surrounding these occasions may involve [...]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

October 30th, 2007

Quotes About Success - Business & Personal Inspiration

 
Success -The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore - Dale Carnegie
Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure -Earl Nightingale
Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are - [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 2 comments

October 29th, 2007

Using MySpace to Promote Your Home Business

Are you always looking for new tips and ideas for promotion?  You know, that new source of inspiration…
Why not try MySpace, as Kevin at Buzz Networker suggests?
I haven’t set myself up on MySpace yet, although I must do this…especially after reading Kevin’s post.  In Using MySpace to Drive Traffic: a One-Month Test, he sets out to [...]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

October 29th, 2007

Home Biz Myth Busted - You Work From Home So You Must Be Free All The Time

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Home Biz Myth:
You work from home, so you must be free all the time
Kristen King operates Kristen King Freelancing, a successful home based freelance writing and editing business.
She is also a blogger extraordinaire at Inkthinker, and here at b5 media with Lively Women and Biz Chicks Rule.
Kristen says…
“You work from home, so you must be [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 5 comments

October 28th, 2007

Home Business Owners Make Home Visits & Give Personalized Service

In this age of often less customer contact, with a great deal of shopping taking place over the Internet, some home business owners find an increase in their business if they make home visits. This doesn’t mean being a salesperson who stops by the home, only to find no one there.
Make appointments to [...]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

October 28th, 2007

Partner With Complementary Businesses To Increase Your Business Reach

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Home businesses may benefit from partnering with complementary businesses, either home based, online or brick and mortar stores. Note, I didn’t say competitors, although you can sometimes partner very effectively with them too.
Working With Complementary Businesses
Complementary businesses are businesses that cater to a similar market, but offer different services and products. A home [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 6 comments

October 27th, 2007

When Your Home Business Creates Stress

      Even though your home business seems the ideal solution for earning an income, you’ll still experience times of stress.  There are deadlines to meet, bills to pay, sometimes difficult customers to deal with, unexpected crises, and family commitments to coordinate.  You often feel you’ve become a master juggler.  Also, you may find your energy [...]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments