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Restarting the Featured Home Business Page This Coming Monday!

Joe Hauckes — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:29:19 +0000

Long, long ago in the annals of Working at Home on the Internet, we had a fairly successful run of Featured Home Businesses. Frankly it’s been way too long. So, this coming Monday will mark the restart of the Featured Home Business project to help other Home Business owners promote their businesses.

Everyone is invited to participate.

You can be a Full Time Home Business Owner, Part-Time Work at Homer, or a Tele-Commuter. Anyone who Works from Home, on the Internet or in the Field and has access to a Computer can participate.

You can submit an article using the Contact page, for your Work at Home Company, whatever pertinent business information and links to pages you would like to be reviewed for inclusion. If they are accepted, they will be posted as a Featured Home Business and included on the Featured Home Business Page.

Rules for Inclusion:

1. Write and submit an article to me using the Contact Form.

2. The article/business information must be original, not just a link to your site or promotion.

3. You may include any links to your site (excluding affiliate links) and various pages. ie. about, contact, articles, posts.

4. No Spam, Splogs or Spages. Anything that can be considered Spam will not be considered and ignored.

All submissions will be reviewed by me for content and relativity to Working at Home and Home Business. Any Company from a Well Established Business looking to expand to a Start-up wanting Free Exposure will be considered. All Honest business people are Welcome.

But, SPAM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

Use the Contact Form to Submit Your Home Business for Inclusion.

And in case you are wondering, there are no strings attached. No unauthorized advertisements, linking, e-mail, spamming or anything underhanded at all. These are NOT Paid Endorsements. This is purely my attempt to help any Home Business Entrepreneur (including me) in any way I can through cooperative exposure.

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Does Technology Help?

Brooke Long — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:36:47 +0000

I used to be a web designer – a good one at that. (Well I still sorta am) And when you are in that business, technology is a must. I have a great (had a great) computer, two screens, wonderful software, a scanner, a fax machine, a color printer, a laptop, and a Blackberry. Things were really great for me.

Well, now I am at home full time and I also create beaded hair accessories and jewelry. What technology do I really need? A computer is nice, but I found that having a good computer with great software is really handy. We are trying to make a better website, communicate with prospects, create cool business cards and constantly emailing.

For us technology is a must – even though it does not seem like it.

What about you?

Brooke has been a part of the WAHI family since March 2009 writing articles for the WAHM Wisdom section. She has had her own business since 1997, – Cataluña – web sites redesigned from scratch. She also creates web sites, e-newsletters, blogs, e-commerce sites etc. as well as print collateral including logos.

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When It’s Hot It’s Hot.

Brooke Long — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:00:38 +0000

We have run an experiment on Etsy for the last 14 days. We tried relisting and listing new items 3 times per day. All in the hopes that we would run higher and ultimately get more sales.

Well, it worked in a sense. We got a lot more views and conversations were up. But we did not get a lot more sales.

We understand that we need to be more involved – but the web can be a very difficult place to sell. People really like to see and touch our pieces – try them on. Sales are just not as good when they cannot see them in person.

So right now it things are cold.

But we have Whiz Bang Days coming up. We will have a booth for a few days and we are hoping that things will be hot! Just like they were when we had a booth at my daughter’s dance recital. Things were crazy that day. That is what we want again.

It seems like we will be on a roll and then things just stop.

When it’s cold it’s cold. Hopefully it’s hot soon!

Brooke has been a part of the WAHI family since March 2009 writing articles for the WAHM Wisdom section. She has had her own business since 1997, – Cataluña – web sites redesigned from scratch. Her newest business venture is Cataluña Designs – unique beaded hair accessories and jewelry for girls.

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Keep Going and Going and Going….

Brooke Long — Wed, 05 May 2010 11:32:36 +0000

We have been very busy with Cataluña Designs. We are trying to set up our partnership, get a bank account, create new pieces and target an older group.

Oh I forgot, SELL!

On top of all that our lives have been really busy. First communion, soccer, swimming, karate, scouts, dance and more!

Oh, I forgot, SCHOOL!

I don’t know if it’s the end of the year, but things are just crazier than usual. With all of this craziness we are trying to get the boost in sales again on the internet. They have been a little stagnant and we really want more.

The good thing is that we are trying to continually sell wholesale. It seem like every week we are able to contact a store or more and even get in to a few! Now we just have to keep that going and see if we can increase our online sales.

Brooke has been a part of the WAHI family since March 2009 writing articles for the WAHM Wisdom section. She has had her own business since 1997, – Cataluña – web sites redesigned from scratch. Her newest business venture is Cataluña Designs – unique beaded hair accessories and jewelry for girls.

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Taking Kids On Sales Calls

Brooke Long — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:55:47 +0000

I have two children, one is 4 and the other is 6. As they have gotten older I have had more time during the day to get things done. They are at school, they play together, they have more friends they see, etc. etc. etc.

But the time is not all that long. Pre-school is only twice per week for a few hours. Kindergarten is 5 days – but only for a few hours. So I either have the 4 year old, or I have to be home by 11 am to meet the 6 year old. So I don’t have much time at all. Especially when the stores I need to call on do not open until 10 am!

What am I supposed to do?

I could get a sitter – but that is not always an option and I need to avoid that cost.

So…I end up bringing one or both.

I have to say that it has not hurt me at all. People seem to really understand, and if they do not then I do not want to do business with them.

Unless I REALLY have to have a detailed conversation about design or prices my children are always welcome to help me sell!

Brooke has been a part of the WAHI family since March 2009 writing articles for the WAHM Wisdom section. She has had her own business since 1997, – Cataluña – web sites redesigned from scratch. Her newest business venture is Cataluña Designs – unique beaded hair accessories and jewelry for girls.

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