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Archive for April 2008

April 30th, 2008

Are Your Home Business Finances Separate from Your Personal Finances?

By Miranda Marquit
One of the toughest things for me to get used to, in terms of running a home business, has been the fact that there needs to be separation between my business finances and my personal finances. This became painfully clear when I talked to an accountant about transforming my home business from a [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 4 comments

April 29th, 2008

Tips For Getting Paid

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By Jean Murray
If you want your home business to succeed, there are only two things you need to do:
1. Find customers/clients
2. Get them to pay you.
There are lots of reasons why people don’t pay:

They don’t have the money
They don’t have the money [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 2 comments

April 29th, 2008

Free Icecream Today

Yes, it’s true. Head along to your favorite Ben & Jerry’s store and get a free icecream today. Ben & Jerry’s are celebrating 30 years in business.
Ben & Jerry’s do things with a flair for fun. It’s part of their branding. They’ve been known to sponsor wacky events such as The World Bog Snorkelling Championships [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 0 comments

April 28th, 2008

Cartoon - 3 Days To Discuss Improving Productivity? Sound Familiar?

Does this seem familiar?
Cartoon Credit & Rights Permission itsngenius.net
© Productivity Image courtesy of Yvonne Russell at Grow Your Writing Business.com
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By Yvonne Russell -- 0 comments

April 27th, 2008

Biz Chicks Rule - A Great Site For Entrepreneurial Women

You’re guaranteed to find great tips and food for thought at Biz Chicks Rule.
Two of my favorite bloggers Kristen King at Bridget Wright make a dynamic team. Their tongue in cheek slogan “Who Says It’s A Man’s World?” sets the scene for what you can expect at their site.
Kristen and Bridget say
Women have been [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 2 comments

April 27th, 2008

Taking Your Home Business Out of the House

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By Thursday Bram
Many of us choose to work from home because we want to run our own businesses, avoid the stress of the office or create a more flexible schedule. Very few of us work at home to entirely avoid people. If we aren’t careful, that’s just what we end up doing, though. But most [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 4 comments

April 26th, 2008

Set Up Email Rules In Outlook Express For Increased Productivity

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In my ongoing effort to tame my email overload, I’ve had a lot of success with setting up rules for my incoming emails. This tutorial for Outlook Express is a good starting point.
So the Google Alerts for home business automatically go into one folder. They never actually hit my inbox. The PayPal payment notifications when [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 2 comments

April 25th, 2008

The Mommy Blogging Wars - Do You Own Your Business Name?

Eliza Ferree at Baby Lune writes about two blogs with similar names - Momologue vs Mamalogues.
Mamalogues trademarked her name in 2004. A trademark is different to registering a business name.
The trademark give the owner of Mamalogues the right to use the name in the same way as Coca Cola owns the trademark to that [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 0 comments

April 25th, 2008

Do You Still Write Things Down On Paper In This Internet World?

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There’s something about actually writing things down, that makes it all click for me. I have lists and lists, and then some more. The lists themselves aren’t so important. It’s more the writing process itself that seems to focus me.
That’s what made me decide to buy a large whiteboard for my home office wall. It’s [...]

By Yvonne Russell -- 7 comments

April 24th, 2008

Bring Your Sons & Daughters To Work Day…April 24

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 When I was growing up on a dairy farm, the sons and daughters learned about their parents’ work from an early age.  We became involved as soon as we could do some chores and were expected to help with the family enterprise.
When my mom began operating a small country grocery store when I was in [...]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments