I take my clients and run my business very seriously. From the moment I decided to leave Corporate America and set up shop at home, I was bound and determined to keep everything very professional with a separate phone line, business attire, and regular hours in a real office. To me the only difference was the office would be attached to my home. I set up the extra bedroom with all the necessary equipment, you know - the fax machine, telephone, computer, printer, file cabinet, and ... View Post
3 Must Have WordPress Plug-ins
When you're a busy blogger, and these days I'm super busy, the administration of your blog can sometimes add to the stress of everyday business. I've located three Must Have plug-ins for Wordpress 2.9.2 and for me, they've been life savers. The first plug-in, I found at Remarkablogger. Michael always posts the BEST tips and this time he had Ari Herzog guest post about a wonderful plug in from Joost deValk. I get the newsletter from Yoast.com, but apparently this little goodie slid right past ... View Post
3 Ultimate Home Office How To Tips
The "new home office" is a relative newcomer to the world of workplaces although people have used their homes for business for hundreds of years. The NHO I will call it is a new breed of space that must accommodate the needs of doing business but also mesh with the needs of family schedules and all the complexities of modern life. Since whole books have been written on this subject we will cover the essential ground and emphasize what will make your office and your business a success. The main ... View Post
Conquering The Evil Time Suck
Time spent unwisely is time wasted. We can't get it back. Anyone who works online, whether from a corporate office or their own home, knows time is easily wasted. The online world offers so many distractions these days. From social sites to blogs we love to read and games we could play all night, we're bombarded with things to do. For me, email is a big one. At any given time I can have from five to thirty unread emails in my inbox, alongside another ten or fifteen I've starred for future ... View Post
Add TwitterComment Link And A Little Magic
There's a lot of magic going on around here, and not the least of which is some awesome changes I'm making to the site. More about that later. I've already added in a couple of features and you've been curious. I share all my tips and tricks and since these are kind of lengthy, I'll share them with you here. Back in February of last year, I shared another kind of tricky tip for adding numbers to your comments. I still get questions about how to do that from bloggers running contests and ... View Post
Cover Your Own Bare One
If you're a small business owner, like me. Chances are, you deal with contract issues on a daily basis. In one form or another, contracts bombard us. Most of them are easy enough to understand, basic quid pro quo. But what you need to know about contracts and what legal remedies each party might have for each one entered into, might just be more than you have the time and the inclination to deal with. Don't enter into a legally binding contract of any type without knowing exactly what you're ... View Post
