WorkFromHomeMomma: April 2008 Archives

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Apr30	How To Make Sure That You Get Paid Laura Spencer April 30, 2008 Know More: Work from Home Advice collections, getting paid, Invoices, payment One of the biggest struggles that home business owners face, but rarely talk about, is getting paid in a timely fashion. Over at Home Biz Notes, Guest Blogger Jean Murray, has provided some great Tips For Getting Paid. (Jean also blogs at Small Business Boomers and The Thriving Writer). One of the hats that you take on when you operate your own business is that of collections department. This is an area that many freelancers are uncomfortable with, but in order to succeed you must devise a strategy for getting paid. Two strategies that I've developed that seem to be effective include: Continue Reading Posted at 6:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr29	Do Entrepreneurship and Education Go Hand In Hand? Laura Spencer April 29, 2008 According to a study quoted in Sharon McLoone's column at the washingtonpost.com, women entrepreneurs have more education than other women who work. I'm not sure what's causing the statistics, although I did look at the overview of the Small Businesss Administration report that the statistics are from. Could it be possible that the flexible hours that go along with self-employment make it easier for women to pursue advanced degrees? Continue Reading Posted at 9:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr28	Expand Your Library! Two Great Books From Know More Media Authors Laura Spencer April 28, 2008 I recently learned that two of our very own bloggers, Bud Bilanich and Michelle Dunn, have published books this past month. Since these are two very talented writers, I've decided to provide you with a brief overview of each book below. Continue Reading Posted at 9:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr26	Working Sick Laura Spencer April 26, 2008 One of the disadvantages of working from home is that there is no such thing as a sick day. An illness can mean missing a deadline, missing income, or even losing a client. Of course, even some working folks don't get paid when they're sick. I found this post at the Anti 9 to 5 Guide. According to the post there are millions of US workers that don't get paid sick days either. I've been very fortunate over the years that I've been freelancing to not get sick very often. I can only remember a couple of times that I've been sick for more than a day or two. Occasionally, I do get sick though, which can make working on my projects a struggle. Currently, I've been fighting a bronchitis-like virus for about a week. (Yes, I know that it's starting to feel like spring in a lot of places, but apparently my immune system doesn't know it.) Unfortunately, this illness comes at a time of fairly heavy deadlines that I agreed to a month ago. I don't want to miss an obligation, so I've been working sick this week. While I fully expect to recover, in the meantime working sick is not fun at all. If it happens to you, then here are some tips to help you deal with it: Continue Reading Posted at 6:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr25	How Will the Economic Stimulus Package Affect You? Laura Spencer April 25, 2008 I blogged about the Economic Stimulus packager earlier this year, but now it appears that the stimulus rebate checks are on their way for many taxpayers. Over at SavvySugar, they have published an updated schedule of when you can expect your payment. For some, that payment could arrive as early as Monday, April 28th! To tell you the truth, I'm not sure exactly how the economic stimulus will impact most home businesses. I know that there are a lot of work-at-home folks in the Twitter community, so I decided to use my Twitter account to conduct an informal poll. Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr24	National Small Business Week: Celebrate Your Achievements Laura Spencer April 24, 2008 It's National Small Business Week. Help us celebrate by sharing your greatest achievement!. Continue Reading Posted at 7:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr23	The Art of the Business Lunch: Book Review Laura Spencer April 23, 2008 In this age of social media and online networking is old fashioned face-to-face networking dead? One author would say that it definitely is not. Relationship expert, Robin Jay, has written The Art of The Business Lunch and the books shows that old fashioned networking is still alive and as effective as ever. In the book, Robin Jay shares lessons learned from over 18 years of experience as an advertising account manager. Continue Reading Posted at 10:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr22	Today Is Earth Day! Laura Spencer April 22, 2008 One of my readers, Trisha over at Ideas for Women ( http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/) dropped me a note yesterday to remind me that Earth Day was coming. Since I often do learn about special days after the fact (for example, I completely missed last week's Blogger Appreciation Day), I really appreciated the reminder. In this case, however, I did already have Earth Day marked on my calendar as the topic for a post. (By, the way, Trisha has a great Earth Day post up today. You can read it here (http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/environment/2008/04/21/166/) ). Continue Reading Posted at 9:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr21	Do You Know Your Entrepreneurial Type? Laura Spencer April 21, 2008 Today I found myself fascinated by this article at msnbc, which asks "What Kind Of Home Based Entrepreneur Am I?" The article identifies two types of entrepreneurs. Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr19	Guest Post: Grant Griffiths on Getting Your Home Business Started Laura Spencer April 19, 2008 This is the second guest post on the topic of setting up a home office and getting started in business. Yesterday's guest post was from Sue Walsh, a writer and a blogger. One of the places where Sue blogs is at the Two Minute Commute, a great home business blog. Today we hear from Grant Griffiths* of Home Office Warrior for a slightly different perspective on the same topic!* Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr18	Guest Post: Sue Walsh on Setting Up a Home Office Laura Spencer April 18, 2008 For the next few days, we'll be hearing from some guest bloggers. The topic: setting up a home office and getting started in business. While the posts contain some similarities, each guest brings their own unique perspective to the topic. Be sure to read tomorrow's post for a different perspective! Today's guest post is from Sue Walsh, a writer and a blogger. One of the places where Sue blogs is at the Two Minute Commute, a great home business blog. Continue Reading Posted at 9:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr17	Michael W. Jones: Work-At-Home Interview Series (Part 2 of 2) Laura Spencer April 17, 2008 Yesterday, I ran part one of the first ever work-at-home dad interview on Work From Home Momma. This is the second part of the interview with Michael Jones, who also blogs at Best Biz Ware. Continue Reading Posted at 6:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr16	Michael W. Jones: Work-At-Home Interview Series (Part 1 of 2) Laura Spencer April 16, 2008 I've blogged before about how I'd like to reach out to some of the work-at-home dads who can also benefit from reading this blog. Well, today I'm taking a step in that direction. This is my first interview with a work-at-home dad (WAHD?). Continue Reading Posted at 1:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr15	eMoms-At-Home Becomes The SparkPlugging Network: New Network Review Laura Spencer April 15, 2008 (I normally don't post blog network reviews on Work From Home Momma, but in this instance I'm making an exception since the founder of this blog network is one of the Internet's foremost work-at-home moms.) The greatest successes often involve change, risk, and taking chances. I believe that is what is going on with Wendy Piersall's web presence, which began as the blog eMoms At Home and morphed into a blog network last summer. Today, the eMoms At Home took one more step towards becoming even more successful (and more inclusive) by evolving into the Sparkplugging network - a full-fledged blogging network with a business channel and a lifestyle channel. Continue Reading Posted at 2:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr14	Can Twitter Combat Work-At-Home Loneliness? Laura Spencer April 14, 2008 Those who work at home frequently list loneliness, or lack of adult conversation, as one of the problems that they face. It's true that being home by yourself, or with only your kids, can sometimes cause a home office worker to feel isolated. Loneliness can be especially prevalent for those home office workers who have been accustomed to working in an office environment with other adults in the past. Continue Reading Posted at 3:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr12	Top Organization Tips For Those Who Work From Home Laura Spencer April 12, 2008 Most of us are probably not as organized as we would like to be. Disorganization can contribute to stress in a major way. It's hard, however, for many of us to manage our work and our lives as well as we would like. Here are some key tips to help you get, and stay, organized. Continue Reading Posted at 9:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr11	More Negatives to Working From Home Laura Spencer April 11, 2008 Right on the heels of Work From Home Momma's 8 Drawbacks of Working From Home post comes this article from The Wall Street Journal: The Downsides To Flextime. Continue Reading Posted at 1:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr10	10 Benefits of Working From Home Laura Spencer April 10, 2008 As a follow up to yesterday's post on the drawbacks of working from home, today I asked the Twitter work-at-home community what they liked about working from home. (It should be no surprise that they thought of a lot of benefits...) Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 9	8 Drawbacks of Working From Home Laura Spencer April 9, 2008 I typically post here about the advantages of working from home. I still feel very privileged to be able to do work that I enjoy and stay at home while doing it. But, working from home is not all a bed of roses. There are some drawbacks, so today I thought I'd post a few of them. Now, I could have made this list up entirely by myself, but I decided to ask some others in the work-at-home community for their feedback instead. Continue Reading Posted at 2:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 8	Is Coworking The Next Stage of Telecommuting? Laura Spencer April 8, 2008 Is Coworking The Next Stage of Telecommuting? CNN thinks that it is. The CNN feature story describes a "new" trend in telecommuting that involves taking the work outside of the home in order to benefit from interaction with other telecommuters. The trend is known as "coworking." Are the coworkers returning to the traditional office setting? Not on your life! Instead, they are headed to central locations with officelike environments. Driven by isolation and the need to interact with others, some telecommuters are embracing coworking as way to overcome feelings of isolation and benefit from the camaraderie of an office-type environment. Continue Reading Posted at 9:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 7	What Job is the Most Flexible? Laura Spencer April 7, 2008 I found this list of the ten "most flexible" careers on Yahoo! Education. (By flexible, they mean that the job offers employees the opportunity to set their own hours and/or the opportunity to work from home or to share a job.) It's interesting to me that four of the jobs listed (medical transcriptionist, database administrator, software developer, and graphic designer) are jobs that we've discussed already here at Work From Home Momma. Continue Reading Posted at 1:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 5	Is Procrastination Good or Bad? Laura Spencer April 5, 2008 Over at Freelance Parent they have an intriguing post up about procrastination. Tamara Berry explains how the pressure that builds up from procrastination helps to motivate her to get her work done. I do understand how some people are really motivated by pressure, so I really can see her point. Continue Reading Posted at 8:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 4	Free Resources for You and For Your Home Business: THE List of Lists Laura Spencer April 4, 2008 A common perception is that it's expensive to start a business. While there's some truth to the perception, there are also ways to save money. I decided to go looking for free, or low cost, resources that might be of interest to work-at-home parents. I succeeded in finding many free and low-cost business resources. Continue Reading Posted at 10:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 3	Birthing The Elephant: Book Review Laura Spencer April 3, 2008 I was recently given the opportunity to review a new book for women about how to launch a business, so naturally I'm sharing my discoveries about the book here at Work From Home Momma. The book is titled Birthing the Elephant and it was written by Karin Abarbanel and Bruce Freeman. This is definitely a book that you should consider if you are starting a business. Continue Reading Posted at 9:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 2	World Autism Awareness Day is Today Laura Spencer April 2, 2008 Today is the first World Austism Awareness Day. According to the Wikipedia: "Autism is a brain development disorder that impairs social interaction and communication, and causes restricted and repetitive behavior, all starting before a child is three years old." Continue Reading Posted at 12:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 1	April Fools Day Laura Spencer April 1, 2008 Today is April Fool's Day - a day where many traditionally pull pranks and play tricks on others. The news today is full of stories about pranks and jokes. Continue Reading Posted at 8:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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