Archive for April 9th, 2004

The Stay-at-Home Mom’s Guide to Making Money from Home, Revised 2nd Edition : Choosing the Business That’s Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have The Stay-at-Home Mom’s Guide to Making Money from Home, Revised 2nd Edition : Choosing the Business That’s Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have

Amazon: “The first book written exclusively for mothers who want to start their own businesses at home, this guide describes how women can find their special niche, get started, avoid too-good-to-be-true schemes, find the best way to work with children around, and stay mentally and physically healthy in the process.”

 

Jumpstart Gym a Baby Gym Play Gym for Babies, Toddlers, and preschoolers

→ encouragym.com Following the birth of their first child, JR and Jill Emerson sought out a program to give their daughter a “jumpstart” on learning and development. After a few weeks in various classes the Emerson’s were unable to find a program that met their expectations. “It just seemed like too much free play time. [...]

 

ELDirect In-Home Senior Care

→ eldirecthomecare.com Leigh and Candra Davis began ELDirect In-Home Senior Care in January of 1996 after watching their families cope with long-term illness and the trials of finding quality in-home care. For more than 10 years they watched their grandmothers deal with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cancer and their parents cope with the ever-increasing needs. Seeing [...]

 

Scent Stations

→ scent-team.com With Scent-Sations, you can make money several different ways. You can make money by setting up fundraisers for local groups and organizations. You can make money with retail sales by selling products at craft fairs, booths, or just to family and friends. You can also make money by building a downline and generating [...]

 

Doing Business in Iraq

From the Coalition Provisional Authority’s Business Opportunities page comes this from a brochure about doing business in Iraq: Iraq has close to 25 million people with a long-suppressed demand for the modern goods and services which were denied to them for years. Since the summer of 2003, consumption has increased as a result of an [...]

 

How To Write In Plain English

I’m a proponent of clear and simple business writing. The Plain English Campaign has developed a helpful guide to make your writing more easily undersood: Almost anything – from leaflets and letters to legal documents – can be written in plain English without being patronising or over-simple. Keep your sentences short Prefer active verbs Use [...]