Archive for October 14th, 2008
Personal Experience Feeds TriUnity Distributor’s Success
Working form home can be an adventure, and Doug Hulse knows it. He has been a distributor with TriUnity International for nearly 2 years now. Although Doug originally came across TriUnity because of his interest in Acai Plus, him and his wife eventually found themselves very interested in the opportunity as well. In just 2 [...]
Selling For Babies & Swimming With Sharks
globeandmail.com: When Karen Percy started her own web and graphic design company two years ago, she thought she’d found a network of self-employed mothers who, like her, were eager to share business tips and help each other out. So Ms. Percy was flabbergasted when she approached one seemingly helpful fellow mompreneur to do a joint [...]
New Breed Of Work-At-Home Moms Are Bringing Home The Bacon Big Time
Yahoo! News: With women now owning 40% of all businesses (Center for Women’s Business Research 2008), the “Mommy Track” left behind in the 1990′s, advances in technology, and the increasing acceptance of telecommuting and working from home, a new breed of working mother has emerged: The Career-at-Home Mom. According to Debbie LaChusa, founder of www.6FigureWorkAtHomeMom.com [...]
Candy Boutique Replaces The Traditional Flower Bouquet
When most people think of a bouquet, flowers are what come to mind. If you were to ask Margaret McEntire about what she thinks of when asked about a bouquet, she would probably tell you candy. After all, Margaret is the founder Candy Boutique International. In a world of traditional gifting ideas, a candy bouquet [...]
Make Money Helping Others Save With ‘Monthly Coupons’
Times are getting a little tougher on everyones wallet, and the use of coupons is spiking for that reason. Businesses are also picking up on it and wanting to get coupons out to new potential customers with the hopes of drawing them in. When you put those two things together you end up with a [...]
Survey: Work/Life Issues in America
A reader wrote: My name is Dana VanDen Heuvel and I’m reaching out to you on behalf of Life Meets Work and Ask Liz Ryan. We’re trying hard to reach small business owners to get their perspective work/life & flexible work issues and we’d love for you and your readers to participate in the survey [...]
Eleanor Roosevelt – Inspiration For These Economic Times
Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Services: Listen to the news, and you’ll hear words that frighten every small businessperson. For the first time in my life, economists and analysts talk not just about recession, but use that most dreaded term “depression” and look to see how we pulled out of the Great Depression of the [...]
Wired: Untangling the confusion over different kinds of free, which can range from a simple marketing gimmick to a radically new economic model. The first, which dates back more than a century. It’s the razors-and-blades model, as well as loss leaders of all sorts, from “free gift inside” to “free toaster for opening an account”. [...]
Seattle’s Top Entrepreneurs Band Together
TechCrunch: Seattle has has a heck of a tech scene, but isn’t so big that the community breaks down into cliques and haters as Silicon Valley often does in the boom times. Maybe that’s why I spend so much time up here. Like other tech hubs, successful Seattle entrepreneurs tend to become angel investors and [...]
‘Work-At-Home Mom’ One Job Or Two?
Michelle Fisher At Los Angeles Family Examiner: I have been working out of my home since shortly after the birth of my daughter in September 2000. I should say that I have taken on outside employment while also fulfilling the duties of a stay-at-home mother. In short, I have one full-time job (mom) and one [...]
Working At Home Has Its Benefits
Channel Insider: Telecommuting boosts productivity and cuts costs, and it may even offer an alternative to staff reductions. A recent study by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) confirms what I have known for years–working at home makes you more productive. I know because I accomplish more in my home office during the average workday [...]
