Working at Home on the Internet

Working at Home Blog Carnival-Eighty-fifth Edition

Joe — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:24:26 +0000

Welcome to the May 16, 2008 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

Marcus Hochstadt presents Why I Do Not Use FeedBurner posted at Marcus Hochstadt, saying, “It seems as if the majority of bloggers use FeedBurner to distribute and track the use of their RSS feeds. Marcus Hochstadt has his reasons for NOT using FeedBurner though.”

Terry Dean presents Art of Persuasion posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean.

Kathleen Gage presents Internet marketing is all about luck….or is it? posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “In the last few days I have had conversations with more than one person about their frustration with not selling their products from their website. Their frustration stemmed from the fact they sent out one message, put a product up on their site to sell, or made a blog posting and the flood gates of sales didn’t miraculously open up. I’ve got news for anyone who thinks sales are going to happen with one contact with their market…IT AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN. The fact is the process of selling online or driving sales to a consulting business or a brick and mortar business is just that, a process. Learn a process that works.”

business

Melanie presents 40 No Charge Sites for your Press Release posted at Rembrandt’s PR and Writing Blog for Startup Success, saying, “Get valuable PR and writing tips to help increase sales, awareness and credibility for your small business!”

David B. Bohl presents What Can Your Kids Teach You About Technology? posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, “Technology. The word itself is enough to strike fear into the hearts of those of us old enough to remember when a three-day turn around on postal mail was considered speedy communication, especially after spending some time with today’s young technological savants.”

Raymond presents Nigerian 419 Scams and Spam Emails Are Funny But They Make Me Paranoid posted at Money Blue Book.

Tali presents Knowledge@Wharton- My Financial Online Paper of Choice posted at The Marketer Review, saying, “Small online-business owner, what should you be reading? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not the Wall Street Journal!”

Stefan Töpfer presents THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Small Business Lists – Start-Up on a Shoestring posted at The Small Business Blog, saying, “A selection of business ideas that can be started with almost zero capital”

general

Ianternet presents Your Build a Niche Store Sucks! posted at Ian Fernando.

Nadege presents Get more done in less time using Parkinson’s Law posted at Clearly Envision.

Adrian Loncarovich presents GoalEnforcer Goal Setting Article posted at GoalEnforcer, saying, “Adrian Loncarovich is the co-author of GoalEnforcer, a visual goal setting software that can be used to break your goals into sub-goals and track your progress. More details about GoalEnforcer can be found at http://www.goalenforcer.com/ A free version of the software is being offered at http://www.goalenforcer.com/demodownload.html”

Mohamed Bhimji presents Yet Another Reason To Upgrade Your Browser | Internet Business Opportunities | oibo dot org posted at Internet Business Opportunities.

Michael Law presents How to Make a Better To-Do List posted at Michael Emilio.

home

GP presents A Housewife on Steroids posted at Innstyle Montana- Come on Inn, saying, “A day in the life of an innkeeper”

Don presents Do You Have What It Takes To Work From Home? posted at Dawn, saying, “Do you have what it takes to work from home or are you just daydreaming of it while you’re kicked back in your cubicle?”

tips

Roger Smith presents MLM Rejection? Deal With It With Attraction Marketing posted at Magnetic Leadership Marketing.

Richard McLaughlin presents More Widget Building posted at Oh, the Places You’ll Go, saying, “try translations of popular pages and then submit those pages to foreign search engines. Generate a lot more traffic!”

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Finally, An Up and Running and Fully Functional Job Board

Joe — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:56:42 +0000

Last month I took a poll about whether I should start a Job Board here to try to help people who were looking for a Work at Home situation. The response was not what I expected, but I launched the Working at Home Job Board on my gut feeling that it would helpful to some of my readers.

Good Intentions

I launched the Job Board on April 2 without much fanfare and with almost no potential employers thinking more would sign up once word got around. I started out using a WordPress version of the RecruitPress template. I chose it mainly because it was adaptable, I was already familiar with the WordPress setup and I was able to use my theme to keep everything looking alike on the site (my ego at work).

The Disappointment

Well, that didn’t work out too well. I got plenty of people registering as employers, but almost all of them were bogus offers and spammers who never followed through with the goods. I ended up having to delete almost everyone of them. I was almost to the point of giving up, but still felt that the Job Board was the right thing to do. Especially when I started getting e-mails from potential employees, wannabe work at homers and telecommuters looking for that ideal situation for a home business.

Suggestion of a Friend

After rethinking a suggestion Liz Strauss gave me a while ago, I decided to give Simply Hired a try. The reason I hadn’t tried it before had more to do with my ego than anything else. I lost track of why I wanted to set it up in the first place, to help any readers that were looking and not finding work at home opportunities anywhere else.

Happy Ending

I signed up with Simply Hired yesterday and by last night there were plenty of reputable employers posting positions on the site. Although the Job Board isn’t as pretty (in my eyes at least) as the rest of the site, THERE BE JOBS THERE. And that was the whole point from the beginning.

Please check it out and let me know if there are other types of positions you think should be added.

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This Weeks Helpful Reads… Week 106

Joe — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:31:09 +0000

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.

18 Niche Affiliate Programs Perfect for Mom and Dad Bloggers by Wendy Piersall… Normally I don’t include lists as part of the Helpful Reads Series, but some of you may find new income sources with this list of proven affiliate programs.

SOBCon08: Christine Kane on Blogging, Marketing and a Musician’s Futures by Dawud Miracle… Another out of the ordinary type of post for the Series, Dawud’s intro is great, but you have to hear what Christine says about pulling diverse aspects of her career together in the video interview.

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

Testing voice recognition

Joe — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:02:23 +0000

This is a test to see you whisk recognition will work to do the blog post. Soulful are that the esteemed on this day and what I say to NE great degree. Paragraph maybe it only works if you do it in Microsoft word because it doesn’t seem to work here, all eat most of the time some of the words, I’ll clearly.

This test certainly does not work the way was supposed to! It works when you use Microsoft’s wordpad but it doesn’t seem to work too well using bill was a week all and WordPress.

I will continue to work on this because I can usually get popped up better back to flotsam L batter when I just talk.

If if if those little this or is because a hapless Nicholas the microphone picks it up to SF for some reason I don’t know why.

Me without the VR.

I’ll work on this, but I wanted you to get an idea of what the computer hears in dictation, doesn’t seem to make much sense. I spent a half hour trying to teach the thing how I speak, and it seemed to pick it up.

But in practical use, it seems to be a LOT less than dependable.

Have you tried any Voice Recognition Software? How has it worked for you?

Working at Home Blog Carnival-Eighty-fourth Edition

Joe — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:51:36 +0000

Welcome to the May 9, 2008 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

Steve Faber presents - Increase Targeted Web Site Traffic – It’s All in a Name posted at Home Based Business Success.

Tali presents Mark Joyner’s Mind Control Marketing - Fascinating, but Do You NEED it? posted at The Marketer Review, saying, “What can we- internet marketers- learn from psychology, sociology, physics, military tactics, sports plays and politics? Mark Joyner believes that we con learn to control the minds of others.”

business

Matthew Paulson presents 2 Tips for Free Website Marketing posted at American Entrepreneurship.

Carol Bentley presents How informative are your sales letters. . . posted at Carol Bentley, saying, “How informative are your sales letters?”

Ed Rivis presents Public admission. I’m guilty. posted at Ed Rivis, saying, “Public admission. I’m guilty.”

Jack S. Keifer presents Finding The Magic Pill For Unlimited Income Online posted at Jack S. Keifer.

Deb Bixler presents Sensational Summer Sales posted at Direct Sales / MLM Cash Flow, saying, “Summer is a terrific time for business when you choose to make it happen…. This audio post is all about attitude!”

Michael Law presents How Business Cards Can Skyrocket Your Business posted at A Law Student and Young Lawyer Blog - Law Vibe.

general

Prashant K Shukla presents Role of Meta Title Tag in SEO | My Smart SEO posted at Prashant K Shukla, saying, “Meta tags are the blocks which contain information about the contents of your web page and they exist into the head area of your web page. They are basically meant to communicate with the search engine. The Meta Keywords Tag and Meta Description Tag also need to be taken care of and optimized equally in addition to that of Meta Title Tag to secure a place at the top of the search engines and in convincing a search engine that your site’s contents are more relevant than that of your competitor’s.”

lists

P.L. Frederick presents Small & Big: 18 Excuses Not To Go To Work Today posted at Small and Big, saying, “18 reasons to drop that office job and go work for yourself.”

tips

BlogMeTheMoney presents Powering Up Your Blog With These 26 Power Lists/Rankings posted at Blog Me The Money, saying, “traffic=money, brand awareness=traffic=money, If your business is a blog this article can help, if you dont have a blog for your business, that is always a great way to add to your traffic to your business site that is not a blog.”

GP presents Team Canter Prepares to hit the trail posted at Innstyle Montana- Come on Inn, saying, “Whether running your business. or organizing an outdoor adventure.. plan, plan and plan again”

Dorian Wales presents The Personal Financier: Content Sites Compared: Helium, Associated Content and Constant Content posted at Personal Financier.

Brian Terry presents 259+ Great Resources for Great Web Design posted at Big Selling Website Design.

work

David B. Bohl presents Tips for Setting Boundaries in Your Life and Work posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, “Setting boundaries prevents misunderstandings, hurt feelings, awkward situations, grudges and other interpersonal torpedoes from endangering your relationships.”

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