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Get Motivated To Work At Home

Hopefully you made your list of goals and are working at accomplishing each one. What? You haven’t even started?

1. Take a moment to focus on what you need to accompish today, this week, this month, this year.
2. Prioritize your goals. What really needs to happen today? What do you HAVE to do within the week. And what would you love to accomplish this year?
3. Take the first step today to reach at least one goal. This may be a simple step but “a journey begins with one step.”

Sometimes our goals seem so out of reach it is tough to invision our goals actual being reached and therefore our motivation dwindles. Don’t think you can make it happen in 1 day, a week, or even a year. Sometimes taking little steps to achieve your goals is all it takes. Do nothing today and that is one more day lost toward your goal. Do something today and that is one more step toward your goal.
Are you ready to move forward?

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Wordless Wednesday

Bamboo Placemats that I am planning on deconstructing and making jewelry out of!!! When I get some time!

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FREE WAHM Web Hosting

DO you have some work at home mom creations that you would like to sell online? This free resource might be just for you. You can create your own online store for free and sell your items to the world. It is called Free WAHM hosting. If you are on the lookout for a host for your online store , than check this out. It is free.

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Have A Yard Sale

After you’ve been through the house and closet and have boxes of stuff to get rid of, you might want to have a garage sale to recycle some of those things, and maybe even make a little bit of money. It’s a terrific way to dispose of some of those unwanted items, either the things you put in the trash, or the charity boxes.
Steps to a successful garage sale:

1. Check with your local government to determine if you need a permit. I know that in my town you don’t, but just a couple of miles away in another town, one is needed.

2. Put together the items you want to sell.

3. Advertise: Put an ad in the local paper, as well as any supermarket shoppers, and put up fliers at the laundry-mat, supermarkets, the library, and anywhere else that has bulletin boards. Also, put signs on bus stops, trees, telephone poles, and other such locations. Check first to make sure that it’s legal in your town. Also, in my town there are three places where everyone puts their notices for garage sales, look around yours and find those places. Be sure to include the location, dates, and times, and in the paper and fliers be sure to put the alternate date for if there’s rain. On the posted signs, be sure to make the word “sale” and the address LARGE - stand 30 to 40 feet from the sign and see if you can read it easily, that’s about how far people might be from the sign when they first see it. The dates and times should be legible from about 15 feet.

4. Directions: In advance, make some signs with arrows on them, with the words “garage sale” in very large letters, visible from at least 100 feet - people will be driving along, so they need sufficient time to see the sign and know where to turn, have your address on the sign too, legible from about 15 feet. Make the arrows large also. Make up some left arrows, some right arrows, and some straight ahead arrows. You might make all the signs in a particular color so people will recognize your garage sale as they drive around. Maybe purple on a yellow background, or some such unique color scheme. When a person must drive for a long distance down one road, maybe a half mile or more, you should do a couple things, first, on the arrow sign, put the approximate distance to travel, and put straight ahead arrows, with the distance remaining every 1/2 mile or so. The distances need only be legible from about 15 feet. Don’t put 3 tenths of a mile as .3 miles - it will be read as three miles, instead put 1/3 mile, or 1/2 mile, or 3/4 mile. Put the direction signs up the evening before your sale starts, and be sure to take them down, as well as the postings, immediately after the sale ends.

5. Labeling: Price goods with tags or tape - if there are different owners, use different colors. If you’re not sure what to charge, think lower is better - the purpose of a garage sale is to get rid of stuff, not turn people away because it’s too expensive.

6. Arrangement: Put similar items together - all books together, clothes together, etc. Put clothes on racks - they’re easier to see - you can rent racks, or make some simple ones up out of wood. Put books in boxes, with the titles up and easy to read. Put miscellaneous stuff on card tables - don’t put them in a box, people won’t see them.

7. Get ready to bargain. If someone offers 1/2 of what you’re asking, counter with 3/4 of the asking price, see what they say - be willing to take less, but not a whole lot less, remember you are trying to get rid of this stuff. During the last half of the sale, lower the prices 25%, during the last 1/4 of the sale, lower them to 1/2 of the original price. When you’re down to the last couple hours, be prepared to just give the stuff away - continue to ask for money, but just be prepared - it might be better to let someone have it for nothing than for you to try to find a place to put it, or have to have another garage sale, or transport it to the goodwill.

8. Whatever is left over, go ahead and give to charity. You don’t want to put it back in your home, you’re trying to organize your life, not clutter it back up.

9. Take down all the posters, direction signs, and any other advertising you put up.

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How to choose a theme for your party plan business parties

Home parties are a vital part of many network marketing businesses, but sometimes it’s hard to come up with a good theme to really get your customers interested. Here are some tips to get you thinking of new themes:

1. What events or holidays are coming up?
This could be back-to-school, Fourth of July, Super Bowl, baby showers, any event. Think of how your products tie into this event, and use that knowledge to sell, sell, sell.
2. Solve a problem
How do people use your products? What problems do they solve? Do they keep people organized? Make cooking more fun? Decorate the house? Use your knowledge of your products to motivate your customers.
3. Men/Women only parties
This is great if they aren’t your usual customers. Think of ways to help the men or women learn to use your products or buy as gifts.
4. Clearance sale!
Focus on your company’s clearance or discount price items. Who doesn’t love a sale?
5. Charity
Offer a percentage of sales to a charity and encourage your guests to give or buy products for the charity.
6. Time savers
This is really a part of the problem solver party, but worth mentioning on its own. If your product can help people save time, why not demonstrate that?
7. Party at a business
Check with local businesses that your clients tend to be at and see if they will let you do a party. Your workplace probably will not, but what about gyms?
8. Team up
Know other consultants for other network marketing companies? Coordinate a party with them. Give your guests even more products to buy, and show how they work together.

Hopefully, these tips will give you many options for your home parties. Themes can encourage people to buy, so make sure you plan thoroughly. Above all else, have fun!

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Turn Your Hobby Into A Home Based Business

Creating a home based business out of something that you love to do is the best thing to do if you are wanting it to be a success. There is nothing better than to get paid for doing something that you love to do. There are many options that you could try to turn your hobbies into a lucrative home based business.

1. You could create and sell arts and crafts.

2. Sell antiques and collectible. You can do this several ways. Sell them online or set up at flea markets. Maybe even get a booth in an antique mall.

3. If you love cosmetics you could sell them through direct selling or make your own.

4. Teach something! Piano, singing, a sport, dance, and more. Whatever you are good at and can do very well can be taught.

5. Do you love dogs? Why not breed them or start a grooming home based business. Or if you have the skills and patience, maybe you could train them.

6. If you have a ton of knowledge about specific items, like antiques or stamps, you could start a home based appraisal business. Do it for local antique stores, auctioneers, or private estates.

So, if you have a passion for a hobby or something else that you love doing, why not get paid to do it? It should not be hard to turn your hobby into a home based business.

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Do You Want To Be A Working At Home Mom?

Have you decided that you are a great candidate to becoming a work at home mom? Do you have a great reason and think that this is the time to start out?
Do you already know what you want to do at home? If you do not know what you want to do, but know that you want to work at home, than you can ask yourself these questions to get an idea of what kind of home based business would be a good choice for you.
Have you thought about what skills you have to start this? Do you enjoy working alone? Are you good with kids? Do you love animals? Are you a great seller? Do you like to make things? Are you awesome on the computer and word processor? Do you like to help people stay organized? Think about what kind of work at home business would bring you the most fulfillment and make work seem more like play.
Have you been a mom who has had a great job in the past? Did you leave because of kids or whatever? Could you take the skills that you learned there and turn it into a home based business? Maybe you are still working at a job and are wanting to work at home, but are scared to take the leap, than maybe you could do some freelance work on the side until you build up confidence and clients.
You can do this!

Take a sheet of paper right now and list ten ways that you can take your skills and turn then into a work at home business!

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13 Things To Ask Yourself Before Starting A Home Based Business

So, you want to work at home? It helps a bit if you are clear on why you want to work at home. Here are 13 questions for you to ask yourself before you decide and to help you to make your decision.

1. Can you write out, in one sentence, why working at home would be the best for your family and you?

2. Is this the best time for you to be considering to work from home?

3. What do you assume will be the real cost and benefits of working at home?

4. How will this decision to work at home affect your life?

5. Will the decision to work at home maximize your key strengths?

6. What do you need to know before you start to work at home?

7. What trends, problems, life changes, job changes, or any other changes are affecting your life to want to work at home?

8. What does your family, friends, or co-workers(if you still are working) say about your decision to want to work at home?

9. Would you decide to work at home , if you could make more money with a regular job?

10. Can you manage your finances now and in the past, and if you decide to work at home, will you be able to manage the finances of the home based business or will you need help?

11. Are you disciplined enough to be able to work at home every single day?

12. Do you have enough emotional and technical support around?

13. Are you ready to work at home?? If you can answer all of these questions and are ready to make the jump into a work at home business, than do it!

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Are You Scared?

Are you a mom who is wanting to become a work at home mom ,but are scared? One of the worst things that is holding back a lot of moms is fear. You might have a genuine fear of failing or you might even have a fear of success. Both of these will hold you back from being all that you can be. You need to ask yourself some serious questions before you move forward in your dream of having a home based business:
What is the worst thing that could happen if I do fail?

What is the worst thing that could happen if I am successful?

Can I live with either one of these outcomes?

If you find out that you could live with either one of these outcomes, you have got to make the choice right now to not let fear stop you from achieving your dreams. You have got to let your greatness shine through and get out there and start working towards your goal of having a home based business.

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Be A Balanced Mom

So You want to go from being a stay at home mom to being a work at home mom. Moms are pulled in many directions. There are kids, the husband, the household, and so much more. It never seems like it all gets done. To make the flip to also being a work at home mom, you need to have great time management and organization skills. This will ensure that you get everything done and still have time for your family.
Use these tips to help you find the balance to become a better mom and work at home mom:
1. Use a calendar. You will stay organized and keep track of home, school, and your work schedule with just one calendar. Having a calendar hanging in a certain place , like a kitchen, where the whole family can see it lets them know your schedule also. That way when you are working they also know it and know not to bother you. I also find that it is good to have an agenda that I can keep in my handbag so that it is with me all of the time.
2. Know when to ask for help. Let your family know if you need them to maybe help you a little bit more with housework. You might be having a busy week “at work” because of holiday or taxes.
3. Do not hold on to guilt that you might have because you are “working”. You cannot do everything. You might have to ask for help. You have to remember that what you are trying to do by starting your own home based business is for your family. Do not overextend yourself though.
4. When you are not working , spend your time with your family wisely. Do not plop down in front of the tv. Go for a walk, play a game, or something else where you are really connecting with your family.
5. Set dates on your calendar for spending time with your family and on your self. Do not let your home based business dominate your life.
6. Change things when you need to. Talk it over with your family if you are needing to change your schedule. You might have found out that you can get more done with your home based business on a certain day or time and then that will leave more time for you to be spending with family and the house.
7. Be a flexible as you can be. Leave room for change and growth. Your family is growing at the same time as your home based business. With this comes many changes that will be exciting, frustrating, and very challenging. Stay open to all of the changes.
8. Do what is best for your family and you. Don’t allow your home based business dictate what happens in your life. Don’t let long hours working keep you from spending time with your family.

With these tips and ones that you already do you should be able to find the balance of being a stay at home AND work at home mom. All it takes is planning, flexibility, and a positive attitude. You can do it if you set your mind to it. Just make sure you are always letting your family know what you are doing and why you are doing it.

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