I don't know if you grew up hearing people say, don't do this or don't do that-- it will end up on your permanent record. Well, let me tell you that the internet is your permanent record. You may be the very best virtual professional out there but if you go on social networking sites and act like … [Read more...]
Billing Correctly
July 22, 2010 By
This is an age-old issue working from home. We are distracted by children, deliveries, phones and more. Are we absolutely sure we are billing for the time we spend working or are we actually hurting ourselves by under estimating our valuable time spent? What we need to do to ensure that we are paid … [Read more...]
Prioritizing Your Time
July 22, 2010 By
I was asked if I would revisit my post on prioritizing time. Here it goes - A close friend asked me an interesting question this past week. She wanted to know why I thought she struggled so hard to work at home. I had to take some time to think about it and I finally came up with the answer. Self-discipline. She … [Read more...]
RSS Feed Readers
July 21, 2010 By
How do you handle all of the sites that you like to visit each day? Do you bookmark them and go to them individually or do you use a feed reader program. When I say feed, I mean RSS feed that sites use to share content. RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows … [Read more...]
Work At Home Terms – Virtual Assistant
July 20, 2010 By
I had to chuckle recently when I overheard someone explaining about their virtual assistant. The man said that he didn't have a "real" person working for him but he had a virtual one. His friends were laughing at his gaffe since we know that there is a "real person" on the other end of the phone and … [Read more...]
Blogging Resources – Ways To Fight Spam
July 19, 2010 By
If you use Wordpress then you have probably spent a vast majority of your time battling spam in your comments. I wanted to talk about the program that I currently use that has dramatically reduced the amount of spam that I receive. Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see … [Read more...]
Work At Home Terms – Cover Letter
July 19, 2010 By
Are you using a cover letter when you are applying for positions? Are you asking yourself what is a cover letter and why should I send one? If you think that the cover letter is a not part of your application, guess again! Making a good impression through your cover letter can be the difference between … [Read more...]
Work At Home Terms – Hashtags
July 18, 2010 By
If you have ever visited Twitter then you have seen tweets that contain a pound symbol and a keyword. Those quirky little add ons are known as hashtags. Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to Tweets. They are added inline to your post. You create a … [Read more...]
Another Adage To Live By
July 17, 2010 By
Today's adage is a favorite of mine which I think sums up why people fail. "If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got." How true is this in your search to work from home? Do you update your resumes or cover letters? Do you even use a cover letter? Or are you just blindly … [Read more...]
Twitter Tools and Analytics
July 16, 2010 By
1. TweetStats Using this application you can graph your Twitter stats including tweets per hour and tweets per month. 2. Trendistic Trendistic is a tool that allows you to track trends on Twitter, similarly to what Google Trends does for Google searches. 3. tweetVolume Enter keywords … [Read more...]
Hurry and get your free ebook! Time is running out!
July 13, 2010 By
Yes, it's true. On July 16th I will removing the Work At Home Mafia eBook from our site and putting it the "mafia vault." It is time that we finally bring out the book I have been working on for ages. Not only will it be available for purchase here but it will be available on Amazon.com so keep … [Read more...]
Work At Home Terms – Transcription
July 12, 2010 By
I had a very interesting chat the other day with an individual that I will refer to as Betty. Betty was looking for a work at home position and asked me if I thought she would be a great fit as a transcriptionist. I asked her if she had any experience with transcription and she said none but she was … [Read more...]
Those Who Don’t Listen Must Feel
July 11, 2010 By
I have a few favorite sayings and one of them that I have always loved was - "those who don't listen must feel." It has been my favorite when I tried to explain to someone that if you do x then you will receive y as a consequence. I think in my mind it was not one that really applied to me. Working … [Read more...]
Work At Home Terms – RSS
July 9, 2010 By
How many times have you been on a blog and seen a link or icon saying "sign up to receive my RSS feed?" But what exactly is a RSS feed and why would you want to view one? RSS - Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. It is often … [Read more...]
Work At Home Terms – Tweet
July 8, 2010 By
Since yesterday touched on social media, let's expand on that and talk about tweeting. Now if you are like my niece and her fiance then you are totally and blissfully unaware of Twitter. Now according to tweeternet.com - Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that allows … [Read more...]
Work At Home Terms – Social Media
July 7, 2010 By
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard the term "social media" being discussed on the news, television and online. But what exactly is social media? The best way to define social media is to break it down into easy terms. Media is how you communicate, whether it is written or … [Read more...]
Deep breathing benefits
July 6, 2010 By
I was asked a very interesting question this morning. Do I know how to breathe? Well yeah! Now the person talking to me this morning was my trainer at Crossfit who is extremely knowledgeable and is always looking for ways to increase my stamina and fitness. I really thought it was kinda goofy to be … [Read more...]
Work At Home Terms – Affliliate
July 6, 2010 By
If you blog or have thought about making money from your website then you have probably considered becoming an affiliate. But what exactly is an affiliate? An affiliate is a person who markets a merchant's service or product and is paid a commission on a sale. Common affiliate marketplaces are … [Read more...]
Work At Home Terms – Viral
July 5, 2010 By
If you spend any time online lately, you hear the term viral marketing. Every blogger worth their salt would love to have their content go viral but what exactly does that mean? Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing techniques that use pre-existing social networks such as Twitter … [Read more...]
Work At Home Terms – Content Writer
June 10, 2010 By
Content writing is a hot commodity in work at home home arenas. But do you really know what content writing is? A website content writer is a person who specializes in providing relevant text content to websites. Their expertise lies in adapting themselves to whatever particular website demands … [Read more...]
