Many stay at home Moms work from home and earn income in their spare time. They often do not want a full time job, as they prefer to be around to support their children when they arrive home from school each day. Having to drive to a place of employment would pose problems. The Moms would not only need to be home in time for the kids, but they would need to take time off when the Children are ill, and during school vacations. That is why many choose to be stay at home Moms.

The problem then, is how to earn an income, or supplement Dad’s income. For many, the internet provides the answer. Not only can Moms make money from a number of online opportunities, but they can also sell their own goods and services online. One stay at home Mom I know, produces advertising copy online for a company on the other side of the world. This is all done from the Kitchen table. I know another lady who imports goods to sell via online auctions. Her warehouse is the family garage.

Other stay at home Moms produce goods in their spare time from home to sell over the internet, at flea markets, and through retail stores, or special events. Here are 7 ways some Moms make money from home. There are thousands more ideas, but these may be worth considering.

1. Bean Bag Creations

Make cotton bean bags for children to sit on. Choose bright fabric that would appeal to children. Sell through retail outlets, online, or at market and craft fairs.

2. Quilted Wall Hangings

If you enjoy quilting, begin a business selling quilted wall hangings to clients. Make in a variety of shapes and sizes using both traditional and contemporary designs and quilting methods. Sell through craft and hobby retail outlets, on the internet, through interior decorating outlets, or mail order.

3. Memory Bracelets

If you don’t already know basic jewelry making techniques, enroll in a course and make memory bracelets for your clients. Your clients choose a style of chain bracelet from your catalogue and you connect onto this, small charms or trinkets that mean something to the client. Advertise your business through specialty magazines and local newspapers, or create a website to market your bracelets internationally.

4. Potpourri

Attractively package containers and pots full of potpourri. The dried flower petals, herbs and exotic spices can be placed in any room to add a subtle fragrance to the air. As an alternative to using dried flower petals, try dried wood shavings, colored and scented. Sell your potpourri creations at markets, specialty shops, and by mail order, or over the internet.

5. Pre-Loved Baby Furniture

It can cost a fortune setting up a nursery for a newborn infant. If you have the space to operate a small shop from home why not start a business buying old nursery furniture. Tidy up the furniture if necessary before reselling it to customers. Instead of setting up a shop from home, you could also advertise your merchandise through garage sales from home, or advertise in the ‘for sale’ columns of your local paper. You will need to comply with regulations.

6. Bears, Bears, and more Bears

Make handcrafted cuddly bears from home. Fake fur fabric and bear patterns can be purchased from your local hobby and craft store. Accessorize your teddy bears with glasses, ribbons, bow ties and hats. Sell at markets and craft shows, through specialty magazines and through mail order and the internet. Remember to meet all toy safety requirements.

7. Home Retailing

Home based retailing is another way of earning extra cash. There are many different types of product to sell, from Tupperware to lingerie. Choose a product to market that appeals to you and be aware that some companies require you to purchase an extensive range of their products as part of your start-up kit. The benefits of home retailing are that it has no overhead costs and does not require a high-pressured sales technique.

So there you have 7 ideas to think about. If you are a stay at home Mom and want to work from home, then don’t rush into anything without thoroughly researching the idea. There are thousands of home based business opportunities to select from. The important thing is to select the one idea that is best for you.

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Congratulations, you have started your own business, and it’s going rather well. Going SO WELL in fact, that you need to dedicate more time to it. What if that little bit of extra, uninterrupted time, could mean a BIG difference to your income? Of course uninterrupted time is the thing that we all know and miss as work at home moms, in fact it is darn near a thing of the past in most households where there are young children.

What if just having a few extra hours a week of uninterrupted time was all you needed to really break into the next gear, finish that awesome high paying assignment or project?

The fact is, that at some point you may need to consider a hiring someone for a few hours of help so that you can complete your major project or assignment.

Some of us are blessed with extended families that are only to happy to take our children into their homes and their busy schedules, for a morning a week, or an afternoon here or there. However, there will be that one situation where you absolutely HAVE to get things done, your deadline is looming faster than a sprinter on steroids, and murphy’s law, that will be the one day, that all your family are busy, or out of town, or ill.

It *will* happen. You know it will, it has happened before. So what do you do? What about those of you who don’t have extended family nearby, or even in the same country? What do *you* do? Sooner or later you may need the help of a qualified nanny, baby-sitter, or if you’re really lucky an au-pair.

Moms are notorious suckers for punishment, and many are taken aback, or even offended at the idea of having to hire someone. What? We’re not perfect? Who says? Hello? We are all HUMAN. (Ok, as women we know we’re really super human, but still, we’re not perfect). Why not hire someone, who’s job it is to care for and entertain your kids for a few hours?

I learned a valuable lesson from my youngest son, when I made the difficult, heart wrenching decision to let him go to a playgroup for a few hours for the first time.

I was torn apart.Less at the idea of letting him go, but more with the idea that I should have been able to entertain him ceaselessly, see to his every need and still close that multi million dollar deal. Isn’t that what every mother does? Here I was, feeling like I was a failure simply because I could not do it all, all the time, twenty-four hours a day.

Until I realized just how ridiculous that sounded. At what point did I decide that I HAD to be this perfect person, who did everything? It really dawned on me how silly it was, when I was packing his little back-pack to go to the playgroup again and he saw what I was doing, and he started clapping his little hands together and shouting, “Yay, Yay, Yay!!” I realised that the person who ran the playgroup, had chosen this as a career.

She chose it because she loved children.

She chose to spend her time with 5 little youngsters and make their day as fun, as entertaining, as educational, and as routine as possible. Her absolute mission was to make sure that the kids were looked after as well as if she were their real mother, ha ha, their well rested, imaginative, never-runs-out-of-patience mother, who also closes multi million dollar deals. Hah.

Being a mother is something I chose, but reality insists that I also earn an income. My chosen form of income bringing activity is graphic design and photography. It is not child care. Though some aspects of childcare come naturally to mothers, I must admit, that I am absolutely terrible at thinking up fun and games all the time, and certainly not when I’m trying to finish that huge project that demands so much of my attention.

So in the same way that I take my child to the doctor when they are sick, I also choose to take them to a childcare expert when I need time to do what I am good at, and that which allows my children the lifestyle that they enjoy, and some months it is the only reason that the food on the table is there at all.

So if you find yourself in the position where you are needing childcare, I implore you, do not feel like a failure, think of your strengths and the many advantages that YOU and your strengths bring your family, then make your decision.

Vanessa MacLeod is the Editor in Chief of NessWorld Magazine a website which aims to promote business and support amongst WAHMs (work at home moms).

The Magazine is always on the look out for WAHMs who would like to advertise their home business for free, and who would like to contribute helpful articles to the network, and to the print version of the magazine due out later in 2010.

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Successful, Lucrative Network Marketing Business Opportunities – How Do You Find Them?

Successful network marketing business opportunities don’t come along every day. If they did there are many millions of people out there in cyberspace who would now be rich. There are unfortunately a lot people who have signed up to a network marketing “scheme”, only to find it didn’t work for them. This is actually one of the problems that gives network marketing a bad name. In my experience, it is not the business opportunity that does not “work”, but it is the sponsor who is at fault for not helping new members they bring in to the business. The fact of the matter is that network marketing can make good money for you, but how do you find the right network marketing business opportunities?

First, let’s look at network marketing business opportunities in a little more detail. If you stop and think about the theory, it is actually quite irresistible. Network marketing is the process whereby you market your product or service over the social networking community. The social networking community is absolutely huge and consists of several of millions of people from all corners of the globe. Network marketing is the “art” of getting as many of these people as possible interested in working with you, so that when they visit your site or read your blog, they get the opportunity to find out more about you and your network marketing business opportunities. In internet jargon, the number of visitors is referred to as “traffic”, and when a visitor makes a purchase or joins your organization, it is referred to as a “conversion”. So in a nutshell, network marketing relies on how well you can generate traffic to your website that you can convert into new members of your organization.

A good network marketing program does more than just enable you to interact with the social networking community. It may also give you specific business opportunities in certain niche markets that you can network market. It may also provide you with certain tools that will help you to carry out your network marketing activities more efficiently.

With many network marketing business opportunities, you generally make money each time you make a sale, or you may make a commission if you are affiliate market
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ing. But there is also a niche within network marketing which is called MLM (multi-level-marketing). With MLM not only do you make money of the sales of products and services that you make, but you can introduce new members into your program. Every time a member of your organization makes a sale, you get a percentage of the commission from them as well. It’s an incentive to you to get more people on board into your program and in your team. Obviously the more people you introduce, and the more successful they are, the greater the earning potential that you have.

Some programs may also pay you for new members that you sign up, and this is quite legitimate as long as you are selling a product too, otherwise it would be classed as the dreaded pyramid selling. The most lucrative type of network marketing business opportunities combine both an immediate payout and a residual payout. Residual payments allow you to consistently build wealth over time without increasing your work load. Here is what to look for in a solid network marketing business:

1. Solid products – there is nothing hotter than good quality information products
2. Immediate Payment for new referrals – this solves your cash flow problems by allowing you to earn payments immediately when you refer a new affiliate to the business
3. Residual Income – this may be the most important thing when looking at a business. This allows you to build your wealth without having to do more work
4. Affordable entry in to the business – many business require huge fees to join. Look for a program that will fit in to your budget, but will allow you to earn payments quickly
5. A solid track record – you want to make sure you are not only working with a sponsor that can help you, but a company with a proven track record of success

But the most important thing that good network marketing business opportunities will give you are mentoring and support. A good sponsor will teach you the basics; and if and when you have any queries, they will be there to answer and lead you in the right direction. This is why it is important to not only look at what you will be promoting, but who you are working with. You want to find a sponsor that is willing to take the time to “coach” and “teach” you what you need to know to be successful. Ultimately, your success will be directly related to how motivated you are to succeed. All the coaching in the world is not going to help someone if they are not willing to spend the time to implement the proven methods their sponsor is teaching them.

By: Brett Basinski

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Brett Basinski is has a proven track record of success in helping others to acheive their goals. Brett has been successful with multiple network marketing business opportunities. Brett prides himself in taking the time to teach others how to build a successful network or affiliate marketing business. If you would like to learn more about Brett Basinski and register for his FREE internet marketing training course, please visit AffiliateCashOnline.com.

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