Posted on
August 19, 2011 by
dc

It’s Friday night and aren’t you work at home moms glad that the weekends is here!
I recalled packing up the picnic basket and our beach gear few months ago when it was summer but we are now at the end of winter and the weather is still a tad too cold for a beach outing. I miss my sleeveless tops and our body boards… can’t wait for the warmer weathers and waters to come again! My son has been asking for a wii and he had so much fun playing xbox games in a friend’s house that he didn’t even want to say good bye! I thought he would be too young to own a wii game but it might be a good idea for some family fun. I suppose we would buy one when the time comes but for now, I still enjoy building blocks and connecting lego during our family play time.
I can’t wait to head to the Sunday markets and we are heading to a school musical tomorrow afternoon. That’s a good break for the work at home mom before the new week begins in no time!
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Personal Stories
Posted on
August 19, 2011 by
dc
Communication has never been any easier with today’s advanced phone technology. This has helped lots of work at home moms and business people around the world who appreciate easy access to internet, phone and information. It’s an amazing era!
Because of that, we have been able to travel and still work on our online business wherever we are. Alot of the moms I know in school are carrying iPhones and often, you can see them communicating and typing emails from their little mobile device. My little six year old is familiar with all the functions in the phone and I’m just wondering what would communication be like by the time he’s a teenager! Some of my blogger mommies are building on phone affiliate sites and writing reviews on what’s the best htc at the source and things like that. More and more online electronic stores are being set up as technology advances to the next level.
With that in mind, more work at home moms are riding on the iPad wave and moving around in their ‘mini’ computer when they are out with friends and business clients. This is certainly a modern society our children are growing up in!
Tags: Work at Home Moms and Technology
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H.O.W. resources
Posted on
August 06, 2011 by
dc
Everyone of us is blessed with a special talent or two. I have talked to many work at home moms and realized that some have lots of hidden talents waiting to be unleashed.
Among my group of work at home moms, there are some who can write very well. I often encourage them to write an ebook and market it online. Many opportunities await these women who have the talent to write and pen their ideas. Being able to offer your own informative, quality ebook will establish you as someone who knows what they are talking about. This will earn you trust and respect and go a long way towards building your online presence. It can be an ebook on bridal shower invitations or an email on parenting… it all depends on your passion and what you have got in mind.
There are many ways to market your ebook. Some of the best ways are listed below:
1) Joint Ventures: Team up with other ebook authors or ezine publishers or webmasters to cross promote each other’s products or services. Agree to send referrals to each other and recommend each other’s products.
2) Use an excerpt from your ebook as an article and submit it to as many directories as possible. Be sure to mention your ebook in your resource box.
3) Submit your ebook to as many ebook directories as you can. The more links to your ebook, the better.
4) Offer two or three free bonuses with your ebook. make and offer that is very hard or impossible to refuse.
5) Offer a free report as a lead-in to your ebook. People love free information and if you offer a quality report that gets them interested they very well may want to buy your ebook.
6) Start an affiliate program and offer people a percentage to sell your ebook. One of the best places to do this is Clickbank. For a small fee you can set up your affiliate program and increase your sales many times over.
People like ‘freebies’ so you may want to offer the first chapter or two as a freebie. Be sure and leave them wanting more.
As with any marketing campaign, you have to stick with it. What’s nice is that you can do work at home and do your writing at your own pace. You should be consistent and not submit to a couple of directories and post to a couple message boards and then sit back and wait to get rich. Marketing is a daily commitment.
The possibilities are endless as to ways to market your ebook. Be sure and combine many of the strategies for one successful marketing campaign. Be creative and come up with new innovative marketing ideas. Find out what works and get started marketing that new ebook!
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Entrepreneurism