As part of my ongoing series of posts to help others work from home on a budget, today's feature is on blogging and content management resources. Blogger Gravatar LiveJournal Movable Type OpenSource Project Qumana Terapad Typealizer Wordle WordPress … [Read more...]
Save Money on Prescription Medication
September 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Throughout the country, times are tough. And if you have a family member on routine medication or an illness pop up unexpectedly it can really cut into an already tight budget. One of the things that is being cut from many budgets is medication because the cost for those who are under-insured … [Read more...]
Free Audio/Visual Resources
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As part of my ongoing series of posts to help others work from home on a budget, today's feature is on audio/visual resources. Animoto Audacity Blaze Media Pro Broadcam Live Video Streaming FlashLynx Online Video Downloader Golden Videos VHS to DVD Converter iMovie Jing Project Livestream MixPad … [Read more...]
Free Article and Ezine Resources
August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As part of my ongoing series of posts to help others work from home on a budget, today's feature is on article and ezine resources. Format Text/Articles Mad Mimi Spam Check … [Read more...]
Free Anti-virus Resources
August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As part of my ongoing series of posts to help others work from home on a budget, today's feature is on anti-virus software and resources. Avast Anti-Virus AVG (anti-virus) Avira Anti-Virus ClamWin (anti-virus) Malicious Software Removal Tool MS Security Essentials Panda Cloud Anti-Virus PC … [Read more...]
Free Anti-Spam Resources
August 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As part of my ongoing series of posts to help others work from home on a budget, today's feature is on antispam software and resources. CleanMyMailbox ePrompter FireTrust - 30 day free trial JustHumans Mailwasher Sender Policy Framework (SPF) Spamato … [Read more...]
Free Accounting Software Resources
August 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As part of my ongoing series of posts to help others work from home on a budget, today's feature is on accounting software and resources. Ace Money Lite GnuCash (replaces MS Money, Quicken) InvoTrak Less Accounting - 30 day free trial Mint Quickbooks Simple Start The Invoice Machine … [Read more...]
Free Tools To Improve Your Writing
August 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Have you ever read an article or a series of articles by an author and thought to yourself that they really overuse a certain word or phrase? To help you clean up your writing and stop potential weaknesses in your writing here are some handy resources to keep you on track. AutoCrit: AutoCrit … [Read more...]
SheSpeaks – great site and more
July 25, 2010 By
If you have never joined SheSpeaks, you are missing out on so much. SheSpeaks was created by a woman just like you who wanted to give all women a forum to express their opinions and connect with others. It is now a community of smart and insightful women who come together to share our opinions and … [Read more...]
Improvements Coming Soon….
July 22, 2010 By
After a great deal of planning and work behind the scenes, I will soon be rolling out the newest improvements and additions to the Work At Home Mafia. I would love to hear your feedback and can't wait to launch these awesome additions to your work at home experience. Books/ Ebooks Detailed job post … [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...]
Sample Cover Letter
July 21, 2010 By
My inbox was filled with requests on how to write a cover letter after I mentioned the necessity of having a great one here. To help others get a jumpstart on their cover letter you can download a very easy to follow template. Just remember that this is a first impression and it is vitally important … [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...]
3 Best Web Apps to Manage Multiple Twitter Accounts
July 18, 2010 By
With everything that I do between the Mafia, my personal stuff and my work I need multiple twitter accounts, a business account, a personal account and one for my site. My biggest problem was how you to manage all these twitter accounts without having to sign out from one account to tweet from other … [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...]
5 Free Quality Stock Photography Sites
July 17, 2010 By
1. Flikr Do you need to register in order to download photos: No Number of free photos: In the millions Quality of Photographs: Medium to High Quality User Friendly: Yes 2. Stock Vault Do you need to register in order to download photos: No Number of free photos: 18000+ Quality of Photographs: … [Read more...]
