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Choosing a Home Business: What’s Passion Got to Do With It?
Written on May 12th, 2010 | 0 CommentsMany people considering the idea of starting a home-based business often ask what kind of business they should consider. The very first and obvious answer to that question is that a person should assess their talents, abilities, available resources, personal strengths and personality traits. For instance, a person who doesn’t like talking on the phone should probably not consider a telemarketing business, and a person who doesn’t like meeting people face-to-face should probably not consider direct sales. Full Article
Home-Business Burnout: How to Get the Thrill Back
Written on May 12th, 2010 | 0 CommentsIt happens to business owners at some point along the way, particularly home-based business owners whose work is more closely inner twined and harder to separate from personal and family life. “It” is that funny little thing called “burnout.” Ironically, it seems to arrive at a time when the business is in a stage of comfortable maturity – plenty of satisfied customers, phones ringing regularly and more work than you could have ever imagined with profits to match. Burnout never seems to happen while a business is growing – or even failing. Burnout comes when things are going well and it would seem that you should be enjoying the fruits of your success and achievements. Full Article
The Divide and Conquer Method of Spring Cleaning
Written on March 7th, 2010 | 0 CommentsIn my younger years as a stay-at-home mother with several young children running underfoot, I literally stumbled upon a cleaning method referred to as the Mount Vernon method of cleaning. It was developed by two women who were the caretakers of the actual Mount Vernon estate, and they had taken their housekeeping chores and condensed them into an easy-to-apply method appropriate for any seemingly monumental cleaning task. Full Article
Valentine’s Rendezvous at Home
Written on January 8th, 2010 | 0 CommentsSo, you want to do something a little different this year for Valentine’s Day? A romantic dinner for two sounds just like the thing – but why not recreate your favorite restaurant right in your very own home! Full Article
How to Assemble and Where to Send a Care Package
Written on November 3rd, 2009 | 0 CommentsThere are so many things we can do to share some joy and Christmas cheer with others — even those living far away or stationed in the military. One of those things is to create and assemble a Christmas care package. Care packages can be sent to people we know, but they can also be sent to people we don’t know through ministries and organizations who specialize in delivering care packages for special causes. Full Article
How to Really Save Money on Heating and Cooling Costs
Written on September 22nd, 2009 | 0 CommentsOur family has owned and operated a licensed home-based heating and air repair and installation company for more than ten years. What is provided here is the benefit of our years of experience in helping families and businesses to truly save a substantial amount of money on their heating and cooling electricity costs. Full Article
Abundant One Income Living
Written on September 11th, 2009 | 0 CommentsIn days past, we used to consider “one income living” as a term that defined a two-parent household where one parent worked and the other stayed home to raise the children by choice — thus the phrase, “one income living.” These days, one income living defines a larger segment of the population — including two income families, single parents with children and single adults without children — many of whom are living on one income without a choice. One income living — by today’s definition — is really about learning to live within your means regardless of the number of working adults in the household, level of income or whether or not you have children. Full Article
Preparedness Lessons from Y2K
Written on August 11th, 2009 | 0 CommentsIt already seems so long ago, but most of us remember all of the hysteria and fear surrounding the transition into the year 2000 — known as Y2K. For several years prior, we were warned of potential computer failures as computer clocks became confused by the time references to the new century. There were fears of power grid failures, transportation stand stills, riots in the streets, people not having enough food, electricity or water. Full Article
Making Memories – Back to School
Written on August 1st, 2009 | 0 CommentsPart of raising children and enjoying a family is learning to make memories together and find opportunities to do so even with the small and simple celebrations that come each day. Full Article
How to Start a Window Painting Business
Written on July 10th, 2009 | 0 CommentsCommercial window painting is one of the most unique, creative and least expensive home businesses to implement and will work for anyone with even a basic amount of artistic talent. Full Article
Home Business Opportunity: Fairs and Festivals
Written on July 4th, 2009 | 0 CommentsMany of us live in towns and communities where fairs and festivals are held by the dozens throughout the year. Most of these fairs and festivals provide an excellent means of producing seasonal income for the home business entrepreneur. Full Article
Developing a Work Ethic in Your Children
Written on June 27th, 2009 | 0 CommentsAt a time when I was a young, stay-at-home mother of four children, I had a small, home-based desktop publishing business producing flyers and mailers. There were times when my young children had to accompany me to visit clients. This became a natural way to instill a work ethic in my children because they had to learn how to partner with me so that I could spend time with the client without the children being a distraction. Sitting in a lobby or office for sometimes an hour is a difficult thing for a child to do without squirming, poking on each other or getting up to play with the water fountain. But it also provided a means to train them in the discipline of self-control, manners and teamwork. They also had to learn to politely greet adults in a professional manner and learn to conduct themselves appropriately in adult situations. Full Article
Wisdom for Tough Times: What Do You Have in Your Hand?
Written on June 18th, 2009 | 0 CommentsHow often do we sometimes find ourselves thinking that if we only had this or that, we could do so much more with our lives, finances and abilities? How many times do we remain stagnant because we believe that moving forward requires something we don’t yet have? How many lost opportunities have we let slip away because of this thinking? Full Article
How to Obtain and Attract True Wealth
Written on June 13th, 2009 | 0 CommentsIt has been said many times in a variety of ways –and often been demonstrated — that people who have wealth seem to attract more wealth. So what is the secret to obtaining wealth and what is the secret to attracting wealth? Full Article
Air Duct Cleaning as a Home Business
Written on June 6th, 2009 | 0 CommentsWith a trend toward indoor air quality becoming of importance to homeowners and office workers who are concerned about health, germs and allergies, now is a good time to consider the possibility of owning a home-based air duct cleaning service. Full Article
Doubling Your Customer Base Through Old-Fashioned Common Courtesy
Written on June 3rd, 2009 | 0 CommentsOur family has owned and operated a home-based business service for more than 12 years. From the start, we wanted to differentiate ourselves from our competitors. The tendency for most companies is to focus on the competition and build a sales and marketing strategy based on what the competition is doing. The problem with this is that it becomes a game of “price limbo” – seeing how low you can go with your prices and still squeak by with a profit in order to outbid your opponent. Another problem is that you’re allowing another company to set the standard for how your company should operate and perform, and you end up setting your pricing scale according to what the competition dictates. Full Article
