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Friday, August 31, 2007

Back to School Blues

This has been a tiring week. I forget every year how tiring the first week of school can be. My kids are in high school and college now, so you'd think it would be a bit easier. But it's not. There's still the overwhelming barrage of school supplies to be bought and forms to be signed. But most of all, there's the return of the dreaded homework.My kids are pretty independent when it comes to their homework. But there's always something they need that they don't have, which can only be purchased at this particular store for this particular price. And it must be in this particular color or they'll get an "F." And do I want them to get a...

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Show Me the Money: Financing for Your Startup

I have great ideas for new businesses all the time. So what's stopping me from actually doing something about them? Often, it's simply money. Finding the cash to get a business started is frequently the biggest challenge for women entrepreneurs.And traditional sources - banks, credit unions - are often unwilling to take a chance on an untried idea. This despite the fact that women-owned businesses employ approximately 27 million people and comprise 48% of all businesses in the United States, according to The National Foundation for Women Business Owners.The NFWBO also states that 55% of women provide half or more of their household's income....

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Stay at Home Mom Runs Successful Online Book Business

When I first started this blog, I wrote a series of articles on starting and running an online used book business. I supported myself and my three children with my own online used book business for five years. And so I found the following article on Steve-Olson.com to be interesting, and thought I'd share. Enj...

Cool, Clean, and Hip Silver

My daughters will wear nothing but silver jewelry. Gold, they inform me, is out. Who knew? I'll have to admit that I've grown to love the smooth, clean look of silver jewelry myself. And when I saw Shop4Silver.com's hip, upbeat website, I knew my teens would absolutely go ballistic.With origins in Encino, California, Shop4Silver.com has one mission: "to bring style to silver and silver to style." And they succeed on both counts by specializing in the latest and most fashionable silver jewelry at affordable prices. Gorgeous chains, lockets, charms, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants, rings, and sets - Shop4Silver.com has it all.My...

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Hot Off the Presses: VIPDesk Undergoing Major Hiring Push

I just received word from a reader that VIPDesk is going through a major recruiting push right now. They offer two different work at home positions, one in virtual contact center solutions and the other in virtual concierge services. You can read the press release about this major recruitment he...

Monday, August 27, 2007

To Blog or Not to Blog: That is the Question

Thought this was funny and oh so true! Thanks BLau...

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Interviewing for a Customer Service Position? Be Prepared!

Opportunities to telecommute have expanded rapidly over the last few years, thanks to the Internet. And customer service, in particular, seems to be opening up more and more to home workers. Companies like LiveOps, Working Solutions, and Alpine Access have taken full advantage of technology and the ready availability of home workers.Most customer service jobs require a reliable computer with 256 MBs of RAM and at least a 1Ghz processor, a broadband Internet connection, and Windows XP. In addition, you'll need a telephone line, headset, and printer. Most important, though, you must have a quiet working environment. That means no barking dogs...

Saturday, August 25, 2007

A Spoonful of Vinegar = Weight Loss?

Okay. I've tried cutting out sugar, cutting back on fat, even a little exercise (and I stress the word "little"). But lately, it seems nothing I do makes a difference. I just can't seem to lose any weight. So I'm Googling the words "diet" and "weight loss," and I come across this post: Does Apple Cider Vinegar Help You Lose Weight?Now drinking a few tablespoons of vinegar a day might sound ridiculous to some people. But I'm at the point where I'm game to try anything. I was most intrigued by the mention of the author's 93-year-old grandmother who drank vinegar every day and remained thin and active until the day she died. A small sacrifice...

Friday, August 24, 2007

Cool Tool: A Great One-Stop Billing Solution

As an independent contractor, I'm always looking for tools that will make my life easier. And a huge problem for any small business is not only finding a way to invoice clients and send out quotes to potential clients, but also to appear professional while doing it.And while some services offer the ability to invoice clients, most do not offer the ability to invoice clients from any computer, track payments, create tax invoices, and keep track of unpaid or overdue invoices. Invoiceplace does all this.Not only that, Invoiceplace offers the flexibility to expand your business overseas with its multi-currency support, which includes 19 countries,...

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Back to School

My kids go back to school on Monday. And while it will be nice to have the house to myself a little more, experience has taught me that the honeymoon period won't last long. A few short days after school starts, it will begin. The homework. The projects. The list of things to buy.We went out today to look for some last minute back-to-school items, little stuff like notebook paper, socks. This year, however, my kids have been working all summer. So they didn't mind contributing to the cause. And I so appreciate it. This has always been one of the most expensive times of year.Hopefully the transition back to school will go smoothly this...

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Freelancers: How Much is Enough?

It's difficult to know how much to charge as a freelancer. Do you charge the going rate in your part of the country, or do you average the going rate across the country? Do you charge according to your level of experience? Or maybe you take all of these factors into consideration when deciding what to charge.It's more important, I believe, to make sure that what you charge takes into consideration your time and expenses, and that in the end, you can make a living doing whatever it is you do. When reading forums and message boards for freelancers, I'm often saddened to find that so many are willing to work for less than minimum wage, simply...

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Back, Back, Back it Up

It hasn't happened to me yet, but I've heard horror stories about blogs disappearing into cyberspace, never to be seen again. Gone are hundreds of posts, images, links. Some bloggers avoid losing it all by emailing their blog posts to themselves and keeping copies of all images on a hard drive. But that sounds like too much work to me. So I started looking for an easier way, and I found it. Check out BlogBackupOnline. Right now, an account is free, and BlogBackupOnline will automatically back up your blog once a day. Each blog has 50 MB of storage. All of the major blog platforms are supported. BlogBackupOnline gives bloggers the ability...

Friday, August 17, 2007

Bread Ties, Dryer Sheets, Coca-Cola, Ants, and Burnt Tongues

Here's a few of the more interesting helpful hints I ran across today while surfing the Net. I'm not sure any of them are actually true. But they're worth a try, I suppose.Ant problem? Put a small pile of cornmeal wherever you see ants. The ants will take it home for a midnight snack. But because they are unable to digest it, they will perish.If you place a dryer sheet in your pocket, it will keep mosquitoes at bay.Coca-Cola will take out grease stains.Fresh bread is delivered to grocery stores five days a week. The color of the twist-tie shows the day of the week each loaf was delivered. Monday = Blue. Tuesday = Green. Thursday = Red....

Thursday, August 16, 2007

A Bittersweet Day

My oldest daughter is turning 20 today. She's no longer a teenager, and it's hard for me to believe that 20 years has passed so quickly. It seems only yesterday they were plopping her on my stomach, a writhing red and blue ball of 8 lb., 10 oz. screaming baby. And my whole life changed in an instant.It's just as I tell/warn my daughters now, once you have a baby, your life is no longer your own. You will always take a backseat to the needs of that child. No more hopping in the car and taking off to who knows where without a second thought. No more staying up as late as you want and sleeping in. It is truly the only job I know of that is...

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

I.Q. and Career Choice

Do you know your I.Q. score? And does your I.Q. score jibe with what you do for a living? The I.Q. test was originally created to identify children with special needs. But it's use as an indicator of intelligence has expanded over the years, and so has the controversy surrounding its validity.Some argue that I.Q. is relative and must be combined with other considerations, such as emotional and social intelligence. But despite this debate, it has remained the standard for measuring intelligence. The ranges of I.Q. are:Below 70: Definite feeble-mindedness 70-80: Borderline deficiency 80-90: Dullness 90-110: Normal or average intelligence110-120:...

Sunday, August 12, 2007

For Your Laughing Pleasure

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Saturday, August 11, 2007

Last Day of Vacation

This is the last day of my beach vacation. And unfortunately, it's cloudy out. Weep. Weep. Oh well. Maybe we'll hit a movie. I'm actually kind of ready to get home to my own bed and my solid Internet connection.As I said before, we were trying out Time Warner's Speed Zone service while we were down here. I actually didn't sign up for it, since my brother wasn't too impressed with it. (He was the guinea pig.) I just picked up networks, when I could, to check my email. I don't think he ever picked up a great signal on Speed Zone. So lesson learned on that one: rent a house with cable Internet next time.The other lesson: keep teenagers...

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Slow News Day at ABC?

It must be a slow news day at ABC News, as they just threw up a story from April. But it caught my attention, because it's about finding work-at-home jobs. It has a lot of useful information in it. So I thought I'd throw the link up for anyone interested. It's Tory Johnson's Work from Home Tips. Enj...

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Face-off: Angelina Jolie and I Could Be Twins

Okay here it is. Adrian of First Time Dad challenged me to a Face-off. He asked me to reveal the face behind my blog, an accurate likeness of my self. And so after digging through my current photos, I present it to you now. It's not my best pic. But doesn't everyone hate photos of themselves?I'm also supposed to provide a few details about myself. And so here they are:Name: LisaCountry: USAOccupation: TranscriptionistEmail: Workathomemomrevolution@gmail.comBirthday: June 29thFavorite Color: RedFavorite Drink: Sweet tea (Yes, I'm from the South)Favorite Fruit: StrawberriesFavorite Dessert: Key Lime PieHobbies: Blogging, Reading, WritingSome...

Life Sans Internet

Help! I'm stuck on a beach without the Internet, or at least not much Internet. I had hoped I'd be able to get online down here with Time Warner's Speed Zone. But to put it kindly, the name of the service is not exactly accurate. More appropriate would be Time Warner's Barely Online Zone. Very frustrating, especially when I had hoped to get a little transcription work done down here. Oh well. Guess I'll just have to relax and enjoy my vacati...

Monday, August 6, 2007

My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment

Surfing the net on vacation, I found that I've been experimenting - although unintentionally - with sleep patterns for the last year or so. What I've been doing is something called "polyphasic sleep." Polyphasic sleep, as opposed to monophasic sleep, is when you sleep in several small stretches throughout the day, instead of getting your sleep all in one big chunk. The theory is that this form of sleep reduces your need for sleep to about two hours a day, and actually leaves you more mentally alert than getting eight hours in one stretch.Now I'm not really practicing polyphasic sleep as it was meant to be done. True polyphasic sleep should...

Friday, August 3, 2007

I'm Going to Be a Beach Bum

That's right! I'm going on vacation this week. And boy, it's just in the nick of time. I am burnt flat out. I got nothing. But hopefully, I will have Internet access while I'm gone. So I'll be able to post and keep you guys updated. Maybe I'll even post some pics for you to drool over.I'm also taking some transcription work with me. We're going to try a new Internet service. And if it works out, I'll be able to download audio and upload transcripts. I'll write more about that later. Keep your fingers crossed that it works. I can't afford to go a whole week without making a little mon...

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Hot Link: 150 Fabulous Resources for Writers

Just found a fabulous site for writers of all kinds: technical writers, fiction writers, songwriters, playwrights. You name it! It's an article on the Online Education Database that lists 150 great resources, including research sites, free software, almanacs, dictionaries, professional organizations, citation styles, etcetera. Bookmark it for future referen...

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