Common Networking Mistakes Work From Home Business Owners Make

…And How To Avoid Them! As a home business owner, you know that you need to network. You know networking will help you get to know people, build relationships, and even build your reputation as an expert if you know what you’re doing. To be successful with networking, avoid these common mistakes.

How to Stand Out Online

There are millions of people online and you need to stand out, or be lost among them. The good news is that there is only one you. Therefore, the best way to stand out online is to be YOU because you’re the only one who can do that. It sounds a little like a cliche […]

Getting Started Right – Learn Your Craft!

In a series of articles on exercising your story telling techniques, Mary Robinette Kowal, Hugo-award winning author, novelist, blogger, and professional puppeteer, writes about the need to practice and protect various writing skills before jumping into writing the full story, novel, or non-fiction book. She says,

Advertising Mistakes You Can Fix

Small business owners are more likely to make more costly advertising mistakes than large corporations. The main reason for this is because as a small business you likely don’t have an advertising department and experts to help you navigate the ins and outs of advertising. You can avoid these mistakes simply by knowing about them […]

Am I Cut Out for a Home-Based Business?

Before you embark on starting a home-based business, it is important to do some self-evaluation to ensure that you’re on the right track for your business idea. Being brutally honest is part of the process of getting started. Answer the following to help you make your decision. Don’t hold back; be honest.

Choosing Your Goals for the New Year

Most people make New Year’s resolutions that they promptly drop before the month of January is done. But, if you learn better ways of choosing your goals for the new year that really have a chance of coming to fruition, and understand that goals need action behind them to be achieved, you will make this […]

Fast Action Fridays

They’re Baaaaack! Kat Sturtz has brought her Fast Action Fridays back and we’re glad she did. Now on Blab (first one from January 01, 2016 embedded below), you can watch and participate. Be sure to search for upcoming Fast Action Fridays Blabs and subscribe. They will be available each Friday going forward at 10:30 EST. […]

Recommended Plugins

These are the plugins that were recommended during the Motivational Monday Blab presentation on December 21, 2015. They are all free, top quality, choices that relate to social media aspects of your self-hosted WordPress website or blog. They are listed below with brief comment and link to their WordPress dot org plugin repository page.

How Much Should I Write In A Blog Post

I am asked the question, “How much should I write?” nearly every day. Sometimes more than once. It seems to be a big concern for many bloggers. There is a short answer and a longer answer. The short answer is write exactly as much as it takes to answer the question, tell the story, or […]

Key Plugin #1 – Editorial Calendar

The editorial calendar is a basic, easy-to-use, posting, tracking, and scheduling tool that assists you in adding and managing posts to your blog or website.