You may or may not have your home business open during holidays.  If yours is a walk-in shop and there are promotional events going in in your town, you may want to join in and encourage customers to stop by.  In general,  most business probably will be closed so you can work or not.
 If my family doesn’t have special plans, I often use this time to catch up on writing assignments and other business work. 
 I recall Memorial Days of my childhood  when my mom’s family gathered at one relative’s farm (and another’s home for July 4th.  Some of these family …read more

“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 quality of their product.
*They want some money…even if it’s a little money.
* They have other income and don’t have to depend on this income for a living.
*They can always go up on their price.
Check out what Laura Spencer’ post and her readers’ comments for ideas.  She …read more

A round-up of posts by b5media Business Channel bloggers appears at Making Your Vote Count. CE Kelly Erb emphasizes the importance of voting and mentions, “at the business channel we understand the interplay between politics and real life.”
The post I contributed, Politics and Your Home Business , asks the question, “How much should be inject politics into our home business?”
Check out the round-up and see what others business bloggers think about elections and politics in the United States and Canada.

        Some may consider press or news releases a relic of the past.  But, according to Dorothy Thompson, of Pump Up Your Book Promotion PR (an online promotion service), You Can Double Your Profits With Free Press Releases.  She has some suggestions for formatting your press releases so they’re picked up by major search engines.  Dorothy also gives ideas about where you can send the news releases.
Since Dorothy is a writer, publisher, and publicist, she addresses the needs of the writer.  However, many of the techniques about writing press releases and keying them for success can be used by businesses.  She also suggests a …read more

Many of the businesses in our small town, home businesses included, commemorate Memorial Day by flying flags and possibly participating in the annual parade along Main Street.  Some, as my husband discovered, offer special discounts or gifts for veterans. 
At our home, where we also operate our home businesses, we’ll hang “Uncle Al’s Flag” from our deck railing.  This is a large flag given to our family when my Uncle Al died.  He was a World War II veteran who served in the Pacific Theater.  The flag was draped over his casket at his funeral.  Three veterans attended and presented the …read more