Working at Home Blog Carnival-Sixtieth Edition

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Welcome to the November 23, 2007 edition of working at home blog carnival. This weeks Carnival has, as always, some really good articles. So, Sit Back and Enjoy.

And Here We Go…

advice

Marco Richter presents Be Flexible posted at Work From Home Concepts.

business

teamorr presents Mindful Marketing: Marketing without selling your soul posted at Create a Thriving Business.

Christine presents The Exchange Rate - The Euro vs The Dollar - The Declining Dollar posted at Me, My Kid and Life: An American Single Mom Living in France, saying, “Living in France off the steadily declining dollar. One woman’s experience with earning an income online via US dollars while living in France and paying in euros.”

Michelle Cramer presents Getting the Most Out of E-Mail Marketing posted at GreatFX Business Cards, saying, “Among the ever popular forms of marketing such as TV and radio ads, billboards, fliers and business cards, e-mail is another popular way to stay connected with current and future consumers. But how do you establish an e-mail list that won’t “spam” your incoming messages? And how do you keep people on that list?”

Woody Maxim presents Get rid of outsourced data entry workers, use macros instead posted at Woody Maxim.

David presents Gaizer.com Tips for Business Start-ups | Helping you Start your own business » Quick Guide to Create an E-Commerce Website posted at Gaizer.com, saying, “1st Reserve your domain name. The domain mane is the address people write on the hypertext tab of the browser. The domain name should be your company’s name or descriptive of your company business.”

Charles Eglinton presents eBay Photos Simple Studio posted at AuctionIncome.com - eBay Bidding Tips & Selling Tips.

Ian Richardson presents What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? posted at Make Everything EzyAs123.

Joshua C. Karlin presents Missed Marketing Opportunities - Israel?s El Al & Your Business posted at Marketing & Fundraising Ideas.

Jim presents When To Kaizen posted at The Kaizen Business.

Sutocu presents 7 Steps to Profitable Website Planning posted at Your Website Profit.

Kenton Newby presents The Biggest Mistakes People Make When Starting Their Online Business posted at KentonNewby.com.

Fred Black presents Milk the Cash Cow! posted at Fred Black: Internet Business Blog..

Mark Riffey presents The Customer Vanishing Act: Where’d Your Customers Go, and Why? posted at Business is Personal.

Terry Dean presents 80/20 Rule In Time Management posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean.

Paula Gregorowicz presents Why Do You Want a Website? posted at Paula G. Web Design.

Vandelay Website Design presents 13 Ways to Earn the Trust of Online Purchasers << Vandelay Website Design posted at Vandelay Website Design, saying, “Make more money by earning the trust of your online visitors.”

Ron Ruiz presents Stay-At-Home Mom Creates Million Dollar Product posted at The Business Ideas-Making Money Blog.

Robert Phillips presents Get More Traffic Automatically posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY.

Richard Lee presents Your Product Idea Incubator posted at Richard Lee.

general

Edith presents 9 Essential Tips to Get the Most Out of Trade Shows, Conferences & Seminars (Podcast) posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Wanda Grindstaff presents Success Through Service, the Most Important Component! posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles.

Allen Taylor presents Business Investment Strategies That Work Every Time posted at Investing World Today, saying, “The secret to investment success is the consistent application of time-proven strategies, not the use of complex, hard-to-understand investment vehicles created by investment bankers out to take your money!”

Chatty Cassie presents Are you ready to work from home? posted at Daily Chick Chat.

Danogo presents The 2 Simple Ways to Get Your Website into Google Search Results posted at Danogo.com - Discover. Inspiring . Media, saying, “For businesses on a budget the inexpensive way to promote your site is right in Google’s search results.”

home

GP presents Winterizing Simply posted at Innside Innkeeping - Montana Country Style, saying, “If you live in a cold climate, reducing your home’s energy use for heating can save more energy than anything else. Without making an investment in a new heating system, here are some little things you can do that will give you big savings.”

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November 23rd, 2007 at 06:48am | Posted by Joe | Carnivals, Work at Home | 1 reader remark | Print This Post

Happy Thanksgiving from Working at Home on the Internet

Happy Thanksgiving

Have a Safe Holiday

November 22nd, 2007 at 11:35am | Posted by Joe | Holiday | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post

Be Like McGuyver When Solving Problems in Business

If you tried to access this Blog or MCBS yesterday, you more than likely got a 404 error or something about not being able to display the page.

It seems that BlueHost was upgrading the PHP and MySQL on the server I am using. No notification before hand, no warning that my sites might be down, just "poof" gone for hours. No one, not even myself, could view any of my pages. I couldn’t even log in to any of the Blogs or BlueHost itself!

What can you do in a case where your server is down unexpectedly? Pre-posting wouldn’t have even worked because with no server there would be no way a post would go off.

There is no good way that I know of around it. But at least I have Windows Live Writer. I can write a post, format it the way I like, and set any tags and pictures with no problem. I can even see what it looks like while I’m doing it.

Sometimes in Business you have to prepare for the unexpected. Realize that there could be unforeseen problems with things that are beyond your control. And prepare as best you can. Use whatever tools you have at your disposal, even if it is Duct Tape and a Swiss Army Knife to keep things flowing.

Hopefully, my server will be up soon (I wrote this yesterday) and things will be back to normal.

Do you have a backup plan in case things go wrong? How do you handle posting when your server is down?

November 21st, 2007 at 06:35am | Posted by Joe | Management, Organization, Work at Home | 1 reader remark | Print This Post