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July 9th, 2007

Blogging as a Home Business

We’ve discussed blogging as a way to reach your customers and inform them when you’re operating a home business.  This can be a business on the Internet or one in your home where customers come for products and services.
However, blogging in itself has become, for some people, a way to earn a living.  Although most […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 8 comments

May 31st, 2007

Developing a Home Business Utilizing CafePress - Part 2

I’ll continue with Part 2 of my interview of Mark Allen, who has developed two online home based businesses using CafePress.  (See Part 1 here.)  Mark’s businesses are Defying Gravity Apparel and The Spanked Monkey.(Dog t-shirt an example from The Spanked Monkey.)
MEA: What are the possibilities for others in an online business operated from home?
MARK: Once […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

May 30th, 2007

Developing a Home Business Utilizing CafePress - Part 1

As I mentioned in the previous post, Developing a Home Business Utilizing Cafe Press - Introduction,  a number of people are looking for web sites where they can set a business rather than developing a web site on their own.
So I’ve asked Mark Allen a few questions about the development and operation of his two online […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 8 comments

May 12th, 2007

Patricia Bolton’s Success in a Home Business & Beyond

In a previous post, The Exciting Evolution of a Home Business to a Big Business, I told you about Patricia Bolton, founder of Quilting Arts Magazine and Cloth Paper Scissors.  Her venture evolved from a home business headquartered in the family barn to it’s merger with another corporation.
Now Patricia has taken this business and her career to another […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments

May 2nd, 2007

Dorothy Thompson - Home Business E-marketing Specialist - Part 2

 
In the previous post, Part 1, I discussed with Dorothy how she changed her focus from writer to e-marketing specialist to develop this type of home business, Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours.  Today, we’ll continue the discussion and learn the advice Dorothy has for those interested in becoming a home business owner.
As […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 3 comments

May 1st, 2007

Dorothy Thompson - Home Business E-marketing Specialist…Part 1

Dorothy Thompson wears many hats and seems to have found her niche as an e-marketing specialist, working from home to promote author’s books and schedule online, or virtual, book tours. I met Dorothy in an online group when I contributed to her book, Romancing the Soul, published by Zumaya Publications.
Never one to remain static, […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 14 comments

April 30th, 2007

Developing a Home Business as an E-marketing Specialist

“I think running a home business is going to be the wave of the future now, if it isn’t already,” says Dorothy Thompson, an author/publisher who has become an e-marketing specialist, operating her business from her home.
“People are realizing that it takes more than one or two pay checks (if they’re married) to bring in […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments

April 24th, 2007

More (from Yvonne) on Home Business Around the World

I became intrigued with the idea of taking your home business with you as you travel around the world and asked for more input from Yvonne Russell .  (Yvonne originally alerted me to this possibility which I mentioned in a previous post.)
So I interviewed Yvonne about this idea.  Incidentally, Yvonne’s blog, Grow Your Writing Business, provides […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 4 comments

March 18th, 2007

Are You Willing to Change Your Home Business With the Times

When you find you can’t progress with your home business as you’d planned, whether due to health reasons, financial reasons, changes in the market or customer base, are you willing to change with the times and venture into something new. 
Your desire to work from home may be the correct decision for you, but you may need […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 1 comment

March 7th, 2007

When a Home Business Moves From the Home

Some businesses that start out as home businesses, then reach the point where you have to expand into larger quarters or settle for the status quo. You have decisions to make whether you try to do everything yourself or begin to hire employees.
Traci Bisson, owner of Bisson Barcelona, in Barrington, NH (USA), recently found […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments