November 25th, 2007
You’ll find many things to consider when choosing health insurance when you’re self-employed…or when you desire to change health insurance if your premium skyrockets. Sometimes, too, you’ll be priced out of your health insurance, as we were, because you’ve entered an age bracket that generally has more health problems. Even though my husband and I hardly […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 5 comments
October 22nd, 2007
Home business owners are self-employed. If they or their spouse don’t have another job with a retirement plan, they may find themselves lacking when they want to slow down. It’s also often very puzzling to know what to select.
Miranda at Yielding Wealth, discusses this in her post, Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed, and gives specifics […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments
September 17th, 2007
Are you making the most of your advertising budget? Let’s look at using basic test marketing to get the most out of advertising flyers.
What Is Test Marketing?
John Wanamaker, one of America’s first department store owners, famously said “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. The trouble is, I don’t know which half.” The […]
By Yvonne Russell -- 13 comments
September 13th, 2007
Yvonne Russell, of Grow Your Writing Business, and I were discussing the length of blog posts and how they varied with different topics and blogs. She discussed this with other bloggers and mentions our ideas on her post, How Long Should Your Blog Posts Be? You may find some helpful ideas here for length and […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 1 comment
September 11th, 2007
In a previous post,Yvonne Russell, of Grow Your Writing Business, wrote a post, at Home Biz Notes , about developing your home based bookstore. She also contributed information at Alzheimer’s Notes that resulted in questions from readers.
So I asked Yvonne to answer questions that an Alzheimer’s Notes’ reader, Kathy of KnowItAlz.com, asked about obtaining books for an online […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 3 comments
September 10th, 2007
“Back-to-School” is the selected topic for the b5media Business Channel Theme Day hosted by Miranda Marquit at Yielding Wealth. Home Biz Notes participated with a post, 5 Ways Back-to-School Affects Your Home Business.
Now that youngsters are back in school, parents who operate home businesses, as well as those who shop, will find some changes in their […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments
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