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This Weeks Helpful Reads… Week 87

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 This is an ongoing series of interesting and helpful reads that I have come across on the Internet. I try to include the most helpful articles and links each week to provide the widest range of information for the home business entrepreneur.

4 Characteristics of User-Friendly Websites by Steven… Online businesses always want customers to re-visit their sites and enjoy the experience. To facilitate return visits, make your site easy to use for customers.

Top 10 Ways to Market Your Blog in 2008 by Valeria Maltoni (on the Blog Herald)… Whether you Blog for fun or for business, these tips will help you get and keep more customers/readers.

Why Do Entrepreneurs Need Inspiration? by Wendy Piersall… Wendy dips into her archives for this inspirational piece about inspiration and why it is an ongoing necessity for entrepreneurs.

I hope you find some of these articles informational and helpful. I think they will be enjoyable reading nonetheless.

December 30th, 2007 at 06:13am | Posted by Joe | Weekly Helpful Reads | reader remarks | Print This Post

Working at Home Blog Carnival-Sixty-fifth Edition

Welcome to the December 28, 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

GP presents Hostess with the Mostess posted at Innside Montana-Your Home at the Range, saying, “hhh! Don’t look now, but the holidays are are comin’ and goin’ before you know it. . Will you be ready to offer hospitality in your home? What lessons can you learn for your future soirees?”

Richard Lee presents Reality: Option 1 or 2? posted at Richard Lee.

Steve Oliphant presents Saturday - getting things done. posted at Steve Oliphant’s Musings.

Ed Rivis presents 2008 campaign testing. posted at Ed Rivis, saying, “10 tactics you can use to attract and acquire new customers & clients”

Thursday Bram presents Start-up publications posted at thursdaybram.com, saying, “Plenty of work-at-homers rely on freelance writing work for at least part of their income. But what should you do when a friend asks you to help with their new venture? Now’s the time to think about it — before everyone decides to follow up on their New Year’s resolutions to start their new projects.”

Thomas D. Brownsword presents Business Action Update: December 14, 2007 posted at Business Action Steps, saying, “You can’t just KNOW…you have to take ACTION!”

Keyboard Culture Expert Community presents Conquering the Fear of Promoting Yourself: Part 3 posted at Raleigh Pinskey - Branding Publicity PR, saying, “In her blog at http://keyboard-culture-branding-publicity-pr.com/2007/12/conquering_the_fear_of_promoti.html Keyboard Culture Branding, Publicity and PR Expert and best selling author Raleigh Pinskey asks “Were you told you weren’t smart enough to have a business and not clever enough to be able to promote it? Or, who wants to talk to you? Who wants to buy what you have to sell? Who said you should be successful before your brother or your father? You on Talk Shows? You in Print? Don’t waste your money on media coaching; no one cares what you have to say?” Many people stop short of success in their lives, careers and businesses because they are not able to overcome the fear of promoting themselves. Raleigh Pinskey gives you steps to overcome the fear of promoting yourself and achieve success in her blog articles at http://keyboard-culture-branding-publicity-pr.com/2007/12/conquering_the_fear_of_promoti.html her Keyboard Culture Branding, Publicity and PR blog.”

Dr. Joe Capista presents The Truth About Achieving Total Success! posted at The Success Triangle, saying, “Many people strive for their dream of success, but often miss the one element they absolutely must have in order to achieve their outcome - balance. How many people base success on the outward measures, but if you were to look deeper it would be evident there is much that is missing? What I now know in my mid-fifties is that true success consists of more than what we can achieve financially or materially. Succeeding only on the material level can often leave other areas of a person’s life completely out of balance. Even though outwardly they appear to “have it all” their life is in turmoil and their lifestyle is killing them. They lack inner-peace and balance.”

business

Sagar presents Be Your Own Virtual Assistant: 100 Tools to Keep Yourself Accountable and Organized posted at Bootstrapper.

Ron Ruiz presents A Salute to Entrepreneurs! posted at The Business Ideas-Making Money Blog.

Fred Black presents The Frustration of Trying to Make Money Online posted at Fred Black: Internet Business Blog..

Liz Fuller presents Women Entrepreneurs: The Value of Being Optimistic posted at More Than WE Know, saying, “Ask any experienced entrepreneur and they will tell you that there have been at least as many tough times as good. Sometimes our ability to weather the storms comes down to our own mental attitude as much as any other factor. Read this to find out why being optimistic in the face of hardship may be more valuable than you think.”

Hill Robertson presents Turn Your Passion into Your Profit posted at Hill Robertson.

Terry Dean presents 10 Research Sites You Should Bookmark posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean.

Steven Lohrenz presents 4 Sites To Confidently Outsource Your Internet Business posted at Steven Lohrenz, saying, “4 sites that I have been using to successfully outsource my internet business. If you have any desire to automate your business you should look at these sites.”

general

Amanda presents Want PR? Technorati? Visitors? posted at Pajama Mommy.

Jenny presents November Earnings Report posted at the so called me.

tips

Adam Rosadiuk presents Five Common E-mail Marketing Mistakes That Film Distributors and Producers Need to Avoid posted at Film and Video Marketplace Blog, saying, “Tips to avoid some common marketing mistakes. Enjoy”

James Alenteal presents Do your prospects scan or read your sales pages? Part 3. posted at James Alenteal’s Conversion Rate Clinic.

Tali presents Merry Christmas to The Marketer Review Readers- StomperNet Going Natural 2.0 posted at The Marketer Review, saying, “Find out where the best, freshest, free SEO information is at!”

Steve Faber presents - How to Make Money – From Home, at Work, in Your Sleep, Whatever…. posted at DebtBlog.

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December 28th, 2007 at 05:57am | Posted by Joe | Carnivals, Work at Home | 2 reader remarks | Print This Post

Have A Holly Jolly Christmas

A Holly Jolly Christmas

by Burl Ives

Have a holly jolly Christmas
It’s the best time of the year
Well I don’t know if there’ll be snow
But have a cup of cheer

Have a holly jolly Christmas
And when you walk down the street
Say hello to friends you know
And everyone you meet

Ho ho the mistletoe
Hung where you can see
Somebody waits for you
Kiss her once for me

Have a holly jolly Christmas
And in case you didn’t hear
Oh bygolly have a holly jolly Christmas
This year

Have a holly jolly Christmas
And when you walk down the street
Say hello to friends you know
And everyone you meet

Have a holly jolly Christmas
And in case you didn’t hear
Oh bygolly have a holly jolly Christmas
This year

Merry Christmas to ALL

December 25th, 2007 at 12:01am | Posted by Joe | Holiday | 4 reader remarks | Print This Post