In response to my post, One Home Business or Many, the blogger at Home Business Entrepreneur left the following intriguing comment:
I run several home based business. I have a home based bookstore. I also sell the books on the internet. I sell some paintings on the wall of the home based bookstore and I make money blogging about how to run a bookstore. All of them are run simultaneously from my living room.
It’s really amazing that in this day and age we can operate a business from our living room and reach people all over the world.  We actually can operate …read more

In the post, Fun Promotional Tips , I discussed author Janet Elaine Smith’s promotional techniques and in another, Fall Festival Opportunities for Promotion,   I mentioned the possibilities at these events. 
Janet Elaine has combined these.  She attended a fall festival or street fair and wrote about her unique experience.  Maybe you can find some tips here to apply to your business.
Today was the first annual street fair at nearby Wausaukee, WI. I had a table, and the fair ran from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.   The temp was about 45 degrees. Still, it was very good, and there was a ton of walk-by traffic that were …read more

These books aren’t for any specific business.  Yet they’re helpful in developing customer relations, organizing your affairs, working with employees, and developing a great attitude.  I keep going back and reading them.
 What books have you found helpful and interesting?

Go for No!
Ten Powerful Phrases for Positive People
Lincoln on Leadership
Mission: Success!
Imaging: The Powerful Way to Change Your Life
Google Blogger for Dummies
The Secret
Think and Grow Rich
Patton’s Principles
The Magic of Thinking Big
A Better Way to Live
Just Ask! Success Can Be as Simple as Asking the Right Questions
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace

Have you read any of these?  Do you have any to …read more

Kathleen (Katy) Walls, author, travel writer and publisher at Global Authors Publications (GAP), has a great tip about media releases.  No matter what we’re doing, we can use media releases (traditionally called press releases) to promote our business, products, events or ourselves.
“Media Releases generate a buzz,” says Katy. “These are short items you send to newspapers and other media telling about your book, [product or service].
There is an art to writing a release. Remember the media outlet’s reason for printing them is not the same as yours for sending them. You want the world to know about your book. The media …read more

My daughter-in-law sends out a list every year, letting the family know what she and her husband and children want.  My husband usually ignores it, but I think it’s good to have an idea of what someone wants.  If you want to use your gifts to increase your home business success, I can give you some books to put on your list.  Or, if you receive a gift card this holiday season, here are some business success books I’d recommend. (And a couple of fun books at the end…just for you!)
The E-Myth: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What …read more

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For more than a decade, since I met Kathleen (Katy) Walls, I’ve seen her move from author to self-publisher to forming a publishing business, Global Authors Publications (GAP).  I thought some suggestions from Katy would help writers understand the publishing business from the perspective of an author/publisher. 
Katy founded GAP in 2004 to publish her books from her Florida home.  She has written the popular books:  Georgia’s Ghostly Getaways, Finding  Florida’s Phantoms, Last Step, Man Hunt- The Eric Rudolph Story, Kudzu, Tax Sale Tactics, and Hosts With Ghosts: Haunted Historic Hotels in the Southeast.
She is currently at work on a series of books about natural …read more

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To celebrate the U.S. release of  Harry Potter, The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon by Susan Gunelius, we’re conducting a random drawing giveaway of a copy of the book.  (See my interview of Susan at Home Biz Notes for more information about the book and why Susan wrote it.)
Simply leave a comment below telling us why you’d like the book or why you enjoyed the Harry Potter books.  Be sure to include your e-mail in the appropriate space so we’ll know how to contact you if you’re the winner.  (E-mails are not made public.)
The giveaway will end, Wednesday, August 26 …read more