Aspects of Home Business Blog

Motrin, Meet Social Media

Stephanie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:40:59 +0000

It was very interesting watching the #motrinmoms saga on Twitter this weekend. For those who missed it, this ad is what is causing all the fuss. And if you’re like me and hate reading all that (literally) flipping text in the ad, here’s a blog that has posted the text of the ad. I agree, the [...]

What Can You Do to Bring in a Little Extra Holiday Cash?

Stephanie — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:41:56 +0000

I was talking to my sister on the phone the other day. She was telling me about working extra hours so that she would have some more money for the holidays. That got me thinking about how challenging that can be in business. Sure, a lot of businesses do better around the holidays. People do a [...]

Into Every Business a Little Rain Must Fall

Stephanie — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:23:51 +0000

Despite the promises some people will make you about running a home business, it’s not all rainbows and kittens. And even once you start doing well things can go awry for a time. Just call it learning experiences. You can take the best instruction on how to build a home business out there, follow it to the [...]

There’s a Right and a Wrong Way to Use Twitter

Stephanie — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:43:43 +0000

I’ve been enjoying using Twitter these past few months. It’s an interesting way to meet people and to generate some traffic. Not a ton in my case, but some. Meeting people has been working better for me. Twitter is highly social, a sort of instant messaging to a group, but you never know which of your [...]

BlogRush Shutting Down

Stephanie — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:59:14 +0000

I don’t think this will surprise many people. John Reese has decided to shut down BlogRush. It just didn’t work out the way he hoped. Users got very poor clickthrough rates on their traffic. Quite simply, that was the problem. It wasn’t as beneficial as hoped. Of course, many people spotted this problem early on. I long [...]

Should You Be Generating Content for Other Sites?

Stephanie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:13:48 +0000

With the popularity of sites such as Squidoo, Twitter, Facebook and so forth, not to mention my own enthusiasm for article marketing, the question of how much time one should be spending on creating content for others does come to mind. Is it a waste of my time? So much depends on how you use it. Generating [...]

Blog Posting vs. Article Marketing

Stephanie — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:43:58 +0000

I do a lot of article marketing for my sites. I enjoy it and get decent results for my efforts. But it’s sometimes hard to decide whether an article belongs on my blog or being distributed as an article for other sites to use. Sometimes I do both. A few edits and it’s not the same [...]

What If the Holidays are Your Home Business’ Slow Season?

Stephanie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:01:20 +0000

It’s been my experience that not every home business picks up a lot during the holiday season. Some slow down. If your main focus is information, for example, it may be hard to come up with ways to bring people in for the holidays. While people may be looking for jobs during the holiday season, for [...]

How Prepared Are You for the Holidays?

Stephanie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:23:25 +0000

The holiday season is fast approaching. I’m seeing stores with Christmas decorations up already and hearing reports that people are hearing Christmas music in stores. And it’s not even Halloween yet. Hopefully you’ve done some work on gearing up for the holidays. If you haven’t, now is not the time to procrastinate. Poor economy aside, people [...]

Are You Letting the Past in the Way of Your Future?

Stephanie — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:06:20 +0000

Making progress with your home business can be a frustrating experience. Sometimes it all goes so smoothly, but other times you’re just stuck. Why is that? I believe that one of the big reasons is that it’s so easy to let the past rule what you’re doing now and what you plan for the future. Just [...]