April 21st, 2008
Home based business owners can sometimes feel isolated. So it’s good to know someone is batting for small business owners. National Small Business week 2008 runs from April 21 - April 25.
Since 1963, every President has declared National Small Business Week to formally recognize the important role of America’s small business community.
Even if you […]
By Yvonne Russell -- 4 comments
March 11th, 2008
HomeBizNotes.com
A met a writer friend today, and we caught up with what one another is doing in our writing businesses. When I explained about my blogging work, she shook her head and remarked, “I’ll stick with the writing I’m doing [referring to the traditional writing for a print publisher].”
She admitted that blogging is becoming popular, […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments
March 3rd, 2008
HomeBizNotes.com
Liz Fuller, at Business and Blogging, has written a very informative post, Free E-books for Small Business Owners!! She describes how Hewlett-Packard put together and published these e-books with great information from business bloggers.
Each e-book is comprised of three articles from small business blogs. My personal favorite is the Marketing book which has good things to say […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments
January 31st, 2008
If you have a web presence or use the internet, you will have heard the term “social media”, referring to networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn. But do you use them for your business?
The power of social media and Facebook for communication was brought home to me recently when 500 teens responded to […]
By Yvonne Russell -- 3 comments
January 15th, 2008
HomeBizNotes.com
We’ve mentioned here that blogging has become a great promotional tool for businesses, home enterprises included. In Boost Your Home Business with Blogging I’ve given you suggestions for using a blog for your business. Then in What Should Home Business Owners Blog About presents more ideas on how a blog can work for you. At Tips on Maximizing a Blog […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 1 comment
January 8th, 2008
HomeBizNotes.com
The tendency to become distracted by other tasks and people when we work at home challenges many of us. We find it difficult to block off specific amounts of time and tasks free of interference from family, friends, and other work facing us.
There’s an interesting article, with informative tips at CareerJournal.com, Running a Home Business Like a Big-Company […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments
December 31st, 2007
2007…..2007…..BEST AT THE BUSINESS CHANNEL….2007…..2007
Bloggers at b5media’s Business Channel compiled their top business stories for 2007, coming up with a great round-up at Taxgirl, 123+ Top Business Stories of 2007.
Among them was our selection of posts by Yvonne Russell and Mary Emma Allen:
Home Biz Notes rounds out the year with five popular posts including Mary […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments
December 26th, 2007
Home Biz Notes.com
Shoppers often look for “after Christmas” and “after New Year’s” sales. So home business owners can utilize this as a shopping promotion, too. The manager of a mall store told me shoppers are always coming into her store looking for special sales after Christmas and for new sales to start out the new […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 4 comments
December 22nd, 2007
Learn to tweak your topic seems to be Darlene McDaniel’s motto as she enters carnivals that seem, at first, to have no relation to her Interview Chatter blog.
I’ve mentioned previously, in Participating in Showcases & Carnivals for Home Business Promotion, that carnivals can aid you in developing a blogging presence and promoting your business while you […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments
December 7th, 2007
“What should I charge,” long has been a quandry for home business owners concerning their products and services.
Laura Spencer at Work From Home Momma provides some interesting information to consider about the question, “Should You Set Your Initial Price Low to Get Clients?”
Many business owners often think this way because:
*They aren’t confident of their abilities and […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 1 comment
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