Welcome to the #4 edition of Birth of Your Home Office Carnival. There has been an overwhelming response of 40 submissions and here are the ones I have picked for this edition’s carnival… enjoy the articles!

Millennium Mommy presents Six Reasons Why Most Home Based Businesses Fail posted at Priscilla Ortiz – Journal to Prosperity, Path to Freedom Inc..

Barbra Sundquist presents Top Five Places for Small Business Networking (HomeBusinessWiz.com) posted at HomeBusinessWiz.

James Archer presents Attention Mapping: The 10-Point Exercise posted at Forty Media, saying, “A customer’s attention: it’s exceedingly difficult to acquire, experts measure its in milliseconds, it vaporizes if mistreated, and it’s worth far more than gold or diamonds. Scared? Don’t be—it’s putty if you know how to handle it.”

Anna Farmery presents Looking for Daily Inspiration posted at Women in Podcasting.

iamawahm presents Make Money From Your Kitchen Table posted at Working At Home Mom.

Barbra Sundquist presents Incorporate or Not? What You Need to Know About Business Structures posted at HomeBusinessWiz.

Barbra Sundquist presents How One Woman Went from Olympic Champion to Motivational Speaker (Part 1) posted at HomeBusinessWiz, saying, “Interview with Lori-Ann Muenzer, Olympic gold-medallist who has started a home based motivational speakers business.”

Jack Yoest presents Mothers Working At Home posted at Reasoned Audacity, saying, “More and more women are turning to home-based businesses as a way to find emotional balance with their work and with their children. But the IRS isn’t making it easy. Reforms are needed; Charmaine Yoest is co-author of Mother in the Middle: Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars. This article was adapted from her article in Policy Review: The Journal of American Citizenship of The Heritage Foundation. Wendelyn Martz has lived on both sides of the mommy wars.”

Alan presents Starting your own business posted at Made to Be Great.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Stress Management Workshop for International Women’s Day posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, “Information based on a Stress Management Workshop delivered in honor of International Women’s Day”

Hueina Su presents Life Balance Lessons: 7 Keys to Avoid Burnout posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer’s Soul, saying, “Chronic stress could lead to burnout, which could greatly impact a person’s physical & emotional health, relationships, work, and everyone related to him/her. When you are burned out, you can’t function at your best, and everyone you care about suffer with you. It’s not difficult to see that there is much at stake. Here are some proactive steps you can take today to prevent (or overcome) burnout.”

Editor – Dave Prouhet presents Marketing to Moms posted at Business Advice Daily, saying, “Listen to your mother. It’s good advice for practically everyone. It is estimated that women engage in 80%-88% of all consumer spending in the United States. The 8 Items That Moms Value When Buying.”

Christopher J. Brunner presents Is Your Business Online Yet? posted at The Small Business Buzz, saying, “A post regarding the misconceptions and facts about having and maintaining a website for your business.”

L. Mills presents Transcription from Home: How to Get Started posted at Work at Home Mom Revolution, saying, “This is an article I wrote on how to get started doing transcription of audio from home.”

Matt Inglot presents 5 Tips for Staying on Top of Your Books for Small Business Owners posted at Matt Inglot.

Christopher J. Brunner presents Business Card Etiquette for Entrepreneurs posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, “Outlines the proper way to hand out business cards and get results.”

Wanda Grindstaff presents To Have Something You Have Never Had posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles Begin With Abundance Mindset, saying, “Once your make your desires known, it takes faith and action to make them happen.”

GP presents Fish Creek Four-Agreements posted at Fish Creek House – INNside Innkeeping, saying, “Running a home business is a great lesson in “Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood .”"

GP presents Time has Come Today posted at Fish Creek House – INNside Innkeeping, saying, “When you’re racing with the clock, some time management tips to keep your life ticking.”

Matthew Paulson presents Writers: Turn Your Unpublished Articles Into Cash with Associated Content posted at Getting Green.

almomento presents 9 Ways To Incorporate Win-Win Philosophy Into Your Business posted at BurstCreativity.

Jeff Stewart presents The Perfect Home Office posted at Beige Binary Blog.

Steve Faber presents - Home Business Opportunity – How to Succeed With the Right One posted at DebtBlog.

Dane Carlson presents 20 Things Not to Do Before Starting A Business posted at Business Opportunities Weblog, saying, “Too often, many would-be entrepreneurs spend all of their time planning their corporate structure, getting all of the necessary permits, licenses, bank accounts, and doing all of the other minutiae of business before they actually figure out whether or not they actually have a product or service that someone will pay for.”

Mr Monkey presents An Internet vision arrives in the night posted at MiserlyMonkeyBlogs, saying, “One guys thoughts on business and this entire Internet thang…”

Vahid Chaychi presents Why Your Google Adsense Revenue Is Dropped? posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, “My Adsense revenue dropped dramatically after few months whereas my websites traffic didn’t have any decrease. I researched and came to this conclusion that users didn’t like to click on the ads like they were used to do it before.”

Vahid Chaychi presents Get Inspired by the Success Stories and Interviews posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, “You may get disappointed while you have started a new business and it has not given any good result yet. Most people give up at this point and stop working. One of the best things that prevents you to give up, is reading the success stories and interviews of successful people in your niche. Learn how to find and read them every week.”

Christopher J. Brunner presents Which Internet Browser Should You Choose? posted at The Small Business Buzz, saying, “The benefits of Mozilla’s Firefox Internet Browser, explored by a recent convert from IE.”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents A Thousand Bucks For Your Data posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Backup and archive is important when you have an online business!”

Andrew Mason presents The Planning Models – Natural Planning with GTD posted at Did I Get Things Done?.

Will Chen presents The Business of eBay posted at Wisebread.

Vahid Chaychi presents The First Step to Start an Online Work at Home Business posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, “There are many who love to start an online business that can be done from home. There problem is they don’t know “how” and “from where”. The most important thing in starting a new business is making a serious decision. Without a serious decision, no business will be started.”

Anna Farmery presents Blogging Power posted at Women in Podcasting.

Michelle presents Balance Sheet Basics posted at Aridni, saying, “Thanks for hosting!”

almomento presents Open Call For Project MastermindX posted at BurstCreativity.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of birth of your home office using the carnival submission form. To support this carnival, please place the Carnival on the day of the posting.

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Welcome to the THIRD edition of Birth of Your Home Office Carnival.

There has been an overwhelming response to this edition of 27 submissions. I would like thank everyone who has contributed and supported this carnival. Go on and be inspired by these articles…

Millennium Mommy presents Six Reasons Why Most Home Based Businesses Fail posted at Priscilla Ortiz – Journal to Prosperity, Path to Freedom Inc..

Barbra Sundquist presents Top Five Places for Small Business Networking (HomeBusinessWiz.com) and Incorporate or Not? What You Need to Know About Business Structures posted at HomeBusinessWiz.

James Archer presents Attention Mapping: The 10-Point Exercise posted at Forty Media, saying, “A customer’s attention: it’s exceedingly difficult to acquire, experts measure its in milliseconds, it vaporizes if mistreated, and it’s worth far more than gold or diamonds. Scared? Don’t be—it’s putty if you know how to handle it.”

Anna Farmery presents Looking for Daily Inspiration posted at Women in Podcasting.

iamawahm presents Make Money From Your Kitchen Table posted at Working At Home Mom.

For Women

Jack Yoest presents Mothers Working At Home posted at Reasoned Audacity, saying, “More and more women are turning to home-based businesses as a way to find emotional balance with their work and with their children. But the IRS isn’t making it easy. Reforms are needed; Charmaine Yoest is co-author of Mother in the Middle: Searching for Peace in the Mommy Wars. This article was adapted from her article in Policy Review: The Journal of American Citizenship of The Heritage Foundation. Wendelyn Martz has lived on both sides of the mommy wars.”

Alan presents Starting your own business posted at Made to Be Great.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Stress Management Workshop for International Women’s Day posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, “Information based on a Stress Management Workshop delivered in honor of International Women’s Day”

Home Office Business

Christopher J. Brunner presents Is Your Business Online Yet? posted at The Small Business Buzz, saying, “A post regarding the misconceptions and facts about having and maintaining a website for your business.” He also talks about Business Card Etiquette for Entrepreneurs posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, “Outlines the proper way to hand out business cards and get results.”

Dennis presents 20 Questions to Change Your Life posted at A Pile of Coins, saying, “(Re-)evaluate your work-related goals and achievements”

L. Mills presents Transcription from Home: How to Get Started posted at Work at Home Mom Revolution, saying, “This is an article I wrote on how to get started doing transcription of audio from home.”

Matt Inglot presents 5 Tips for Staying on Top of Your Books for Small Business Owners posted at Matt Inglot.

Anna Farmery presents A Company should stay in beta posted at The Engaging Brand.

Christine Kane presents You Teach People How to Treat You posted at Christine Kane.

Christopher J. Brunner presents Business Card Etiquette for Entrepreneurs posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, “Outlines the proper way to hand out business cards and get results.”

Wanda Grindstaff presents To Have Something You Have Never Had posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles Begin With Abundance Mindset, saying, “Once your make your desires known, it takes faith and action to make them happen.”

Internet Business

Mr Monkey presents An Internet vision arrives in the night posted at MiserlyMonkeyBlogs, saying, “One guys thoughts on business and this entire Internet thang…”

Vahid Chaychi presents Why Your Google Adsense Revenue Is Dropped? posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, “My Adsense revenue dropped dramatically after few months whereas my websites traffic didn’t have any decrease. I researched and came to this conclusion that users didn’t like to click on the ads like they were used to do it before.”

Read also his post on Get Inspired by the Success Stories and Interviews posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing, saying, “You may get disappointed while you have started a new business and it has not given any good result yet. Most people give up at this point and stop working. One of the best things that prevents you to give up, is reading the success stories and interviews of successful people in your niche. Learn how to find and read them every week.”

lecentre presents Top 10 Reasons Google Sucks posted at Bookworm SEO, saying, “Google sucks because it’s hypocritical and favours eBay over small business. Amongst others.”

Christopher J. Brunner presents Which Internet Browser Should You Choose? posted at The Small Business Buzz, saying, “The benefits of Mozilla’s Firefox Internet Browser, explored by a recent convert from IE.”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents A Thousand Bucks For Your Data posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Backup and archive is important when you have an online business!”

Andrew Mason presents The Planning Models – Natural Planning with GTD posted at Did I Get Things Done?.

Online Business

Will Chen presents The Business of eBay posted at Wisebread.

Personal

Michelle presents Balance Sheet Basics posted at Aridni, saying, “Thanks for hosting!”

almomento presents Open Call For Project MastermindX posted at BurstCreativity.

Praveen presents Rich Schefren posted at My Simple Trading System.Christopher J. Brunner presents Avoiding the Courtroom: Tips for Deterring Litigation posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, “What to double check your contracts and insurance coverage for in order to help avoid long battles in the court room.”

Christopher J. Brunner presents The Adverse Effects of Poor Communication posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, “Some of the common communication mistakes that may adversely affect the success of your business.”

Amish Parashar presents Small Business and Globalization posted at New venture outsourcing blog.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of birth of your home office using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Welcome to the February 26, 2007 edition of birth of your home office. Just like to take this time to extend my thanks to all the submissions for this second edition of Birth of Your Home Office Blog Carnival. I hope that you will take some time to read the below articles and be inspired, motivated and encouraged. If you have missed this edition, do submit your article for the next one by 16 March 2007. Enjoy!

Katie presents Quit doubting yourself and tap into your assets already posted at Aridni

Christine Kane presents Business Advice for Artists and Sensitive People posted at Christine Kane.

Laura Young presents Do You Deserve a Vacation? posted at Dragon Slayer

evelester presents The Birth of My Home office posted at Home Biz Blogger

Vahid Chaychi presents Home Office Setup Is Something You Should Learn posted at Work at Home Entrepreneurs.

GP presents So you want to Run a Bed and Breakfast posted at Making Montana Memories – at the Fish Creek House

Laura Young presents Killing a Sacred Cow posted at Dragon Slayer

Barbra Sundquist presents Six Key Questions to Ask When Setting Up Your Home Office posted at HomeBusinessWiz.

GP presents Let Freedom Reign posted at Making Montana Memories – at the Fish Creek House

Cecile Pryor presents How it all started posted at Work At Home Musings.

Ruben presents How to Turn Your Adsense Earning from $10 to $800 a Week: Techniques and Strategy Disclosed and posted at Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine and

Blogging for Profit: 2 of the Most Profitable Types of Blogs in the Blogosphere posted at Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine.

Anna Farmery presents Guerrilla Marketing your Podcast and posted at Women in Podcasting and

Why I am feeling inspired… posted at The Engaging Brand.

Vahid Chaychi presents Time Is Passing. Are You? posted at Internet and Search Engine Marketing

The Probabilist presents Why You’re Obliged to Make Money from Your Blog posted at The Probabilist . com.

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Last month, I hosted the first edition of Birth of a Home Office Carnival and I was thrilled to receive many submissions.

This carnival will feature Work-At-Home Women stories. Tell us how it all began, your successes, the challenges faced, your visions. Share your lessons and BEST advice to others working from home or WAH Wannabes. And if you have an online business you like to be featured, share with our readers too!

Click on the above logo to submit or leave your link in the comments here and I’ll add you!
Submission deadline: 9 Feb 2007.