Aspects of Home Business Blog

How Do You Compare to Others… and Should You?

Stephanie — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 06:59:59 +0000

A lot of people get into blogging for money because they hear about the fantastic success some people have enjoyed. It’s hard to not envy someone who is earning 5, 6 or even 7 figures a year from their blog. Trouble is, for many people earning the way someone else does becomes their sole focus. They [...]

How to Confront Your Home Business Weaknesses

Stephanie — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:20:30 +0000

One of the big mistakes many home business owners make is that they try to do it all themselves. Product creation, product selection, website creation, marketing, blogging, managing the finances and so forth. Trouble is, there’s only so much you can do, and most of us aren’t good at every single little thing that is needed [...]

The Mysterious Distributed Comments Session at Blogworld

Stephanie — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:49:35 +0000

On the schedules printed for distribution at BlogWorld, one session was missing: Are Bloggers Losing Control? The New World of Distributed Conversations & Comments. It was lead by Stowe Boyd, Ted Corman, Louis Grey, Greg Narain and Brian Solis. For those who were at BlogWorld and missed it due to that, it was a really great [...]

Back from BlogWorld

Stephanie — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:54:28 +0000

What can I say but that I had an absolute blast! BlogWorld was utterly exhausting but really educational and I got to make a few new friends. I’ll be posting over the next few days on some of the things I learned. One of my favorite sessions - and did I ever take notes! - wasn’t [...]

Is a Recession a Bad Time to Start a Home Business?

Stephanie — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:26:23 +0000

The economy in the United States is in a pretty serious downward spiral right now. Too many major companies are needing bailouts or having to close down. It’s not a pretty sight. Does that make now too risky to start your own business? Not at all! Some businesses thrive even during recessions. It may mean that you [...]

Why Aren’t You Enjoying Your Home Business?

Stephanie — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:31:52 +0000

People always say you should start a home business that you’re passionate about. If you don’t love it, it’s going to just be too hard to keep on going. That doesn’t mean you’ll always enjoy what you do. Sometimes even the best home business can get you down. When your business gets harder to work, it’s [...]

How Much Do the Little Things on Your Blog Matter?

Stephanie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:57:18 +0000

As you work on your blog, it’s good to read up on ways to improve your chances for success. There are so many things you can do to bring up your readership or generally improve your blog. You can drive yourself crazy trying to figure it all out. You’ll even find strong opinions on what seem [...]

How Much Do You Value Your Audience?

Stephanie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:39:49 +0000

As you go about reading up on ways to build your business, you probably have found there are a lot of theories about how to get a good audience. Many tactics naturally value the search engines, without which you’re hard to find in the first place. Over time you become more established, and hopefully start to [...]

Will eBay Prefer Fixed Price to Auctions?

Stephanie — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:15:49 +0000

According to this article in Business Week, eBay is eying the fixed price model more than the auction model now. They’re trying to make it easier to use the “Buy It Now” option rather than use auctions. Sellers will pay less upfront, and more when a sale occurs. They’ll still have auctions, of course. I can [...]

Got My Plans Set for BlogWorld!

Stephanie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:15:43 +0000

I’m pretty excited to finally be able to go to such an event. I’ve been trying for ages to get into one industry event or another, but my plans have always fallen through. I finally got everything to go smoothly for attending BlogWorld. The one thing slowing me down was waiting to find out if my husband [...]