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Wendy Piersall of eMoms at Home is a Work at Home Mom who has a lot more to offer than what you might see at first glance, before you get to know her. She is a very successful Internet Entrepreneur and Business Person, an Accomplished Speaker and an Inspiration for anyone who has aspirations of Making a Living on the Internet.
So, without further adieu, here’s Wendy’s Interview…
Me… What was the major factor in the decision for you to become an e-Mom?
Wendy… Well, first and foremost, it was a desire to be with my kids more often and get more work life balance. But secondly, I’m such a stereotypical A.D.D. entrepreneur, I get bored awfully quickly in a regular “job”.
Me… Could you give us an idea of what your typical day is like?
Wendy… Morning is up and getting the kids to school. Then I work all day blogging and marketing my sites. I pick up the kids from school in the afternoon, and if it’s nice out, we’ll walk. Then I’m back on the computer until dinner time. I try to make sure we get family time in the evening, but lately I’ve been knee deep in some big projects. But no matter what, after the kids are asleep I’m back on the computer for a couple of hours before I go to bed!
Me… Do you have separate office space in the house, or is it shared with the family?
Wendy… I have a separate office space, which certainly makes work more productive. But sometimes I move around with my laptop for a change of scenery.
Me… You have been blogging for a while now, do you think it helps you with your daily WAHM life?
Wendy… It helps because I would be a claustrophobic mess if I didn’t have the internet and blogging community to visit every day. If I wasn’t blogging, I don’t think I could handle the loneliness of working at home I’m such a social person both online and offline! I think a lot of moms want to work at home, but realize that it can be quite isolating. So I always recommend that any work at home endeavors are balanced with lots of adult time. I could go on and on about blogging, though. Most of my writing is dedicated to the craft.
Me… How do you find time to devote to writing articles for eMoms at Home and the other projects you have going?
Wendy… Since my kids are mostly in school, and this is my full time business, it’s pretty easy to find the time! But I don’t know how part-time bloggers pull it off blogging is a time consuming job!
Me… What do you do when you need a break from the daily routine or to just get away?
Wendy… It’s easier in the summer time, because we have a boat and are close to the Fox River west of Chicago. This may sound funny, but I find that some of my BEST business ideas come to me while I am cleaning! So even though I really dislike cleaning, I will break from work and go clean to clear my head and let my brain work through ideas.
Me… Could you give us an example of the advantages of Working at Home? Any drawbacks?
Wendy… Too much to write about here. But I have a few articles that answer this question perfectly!
Top Ten Working from Home Mistakes
10 Signs that You are Ready to Start a Home Based Business
Top Ten Key Success Ingredients for Home Based BusinessesMe… Ok, Wendy last question. Do you have any special advice for other eMoms (and eDads)?
Wendy… JUMP IN. I used to be a single mom living off of food stamps in my parent’s basement when I started my first home business. You don’t need a great degree or an established career to work from home. You just need to follow your heart and do what it takes to succeed (and learn as much as you can as fast as you can along the way!).
Wendy, Thanks so much for taking the time to do this interview. I know it will be very helpful to my readers since I don’t really write too much about eMoms and WHAMs. (I have no personal experience being a mom) It has certainly given me some insight into the Working Life of the Premier eMom.
If you would like to find out more about Wendy Piersall and being an eMom (read Entrepreneur), go visit her at eMoms at Home. I know she would like to see you there and have you join in the conversation.
Wendy will be one of the Featured Speakers at SOBCon 07 in Chicago May 11-12.
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20 Comments
It was great “chatting” with you, Joe, thanks for this! And I’m really looking forward to meeting you in May!
Wendy, the “jump in” thought is what frightens so many people and it shouldn’t be that way. We need to follow our callings, frightened or not. I’m so much looking forward to meeting you in Chicago.
Joe, great interview; thank you.
Joe – great interview!
Wendy – thanks for making me feel like I am not alone! My schedule is much like yours and I really can’t imagine it any other way. You are such an inspiration for all of us.
Hey Wendy,
The pleasure was All Mine, believe me. I can’t wait until May myself, I really want to meet all you guys.
Hey Carolyn, Char,
Wendy did the hard part, I just asked the questions.
Joe, inteviews are on my burner, but there are a few more things that need tending first: 1) the virtual conferences I want to host (or would that be hostess?) and, 2) working on ProductivityGoal (which got it’s first post a few hours ago — can you see the little-girl smile on my face?)
Joe,
This was so excellent. You and Wendy are a fine team!
Hey Carolyn,
I wish I could see your posts on IE7 but It keep getting locked-up and I error out.
Hope you fix that soon.
Hey Liz,
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Thank You. Some people make it easy to do something like this, like You and Wendy (and I guess I should mention Darren too
So fun to learn these tidbits about Wendy – thanks to both you guys for posting this!
Hey Easton,
My pleasure and I’m sure Wendy would agree. It was fun.
Thanks.
Great interview. I learned a couple more things about Wendy that I’d not known before.
Thanks for talking her into it Joe
Hey Gayla,
Thanks, Wendy made it a Fun Interview to do. I didn’t really have to talk her into it, I think she enjoyed it as much as I did.
Great interview–Joe & Wendy.
Always learning something new!
Peace, Ponn
Hey Ponn,
Thanks, we had fun doing it. And I learned a lot about being an eMom (even though I’m a Dad).
Joe, You really are a very good interviewer. Chalk up yet another good one.
Hey Chris,
Thanks, it makes someone like me look better when the Interviewee is someone like Wendy.
Great interview, Joe & Wendy, thanks! I’m already a big eMoms fan, and now Working at Home on the Internet, too. What a great community!
Sherri
Hey Sherri,
Thanks and Welcome to our Blogging Community here at WAHI.
I’ve been a fan of Wendy’s forever and finally got the courage to ask her to do this.
Wasn’t she gratious for doing it? Shows how nice she really is.
You (and everyone else) are always welcome ’round here.
Hi,It’s really a great interview.It’s quite useful for me.
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