Leaving the Rat Race for the Work At Home Pace
Today is Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Knowing that my 100th blog post was coming up soon I started to think, “What is an appropriate post for my 100th entry?” I wanted to make a big splash. Something I could remember for years to come.
Drawing a mental blank, I decided to write about 10 things I learned from my first [...]
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I’m still trying find my blogging grove and trying to figure out how to weed out and/or approve comments. Most of my readers are great and offer great insight and information to this blog. I welcome comments even if they are not in agreement with my views. The purpose of [...]
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After I converted this website into a blog, I realized that I wanted more than just a blogging hobby. What I really want is a generous source of revenue from this No Job for Mom blog. To that end, I realized, as an owner of a new blog, how can I get the [...]
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You’ve started a blog, but where is it going? Are you one of those who want to become a full-time blogger allowing the income from your blog to sustain you? If so, what are you doing to achieve it?
After spending quite a bit of time wandering around the blog-o-sphere, I realized that [...]
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I always thought I was fickle, but that’s not the case. In browsing through a forum the other day I found the proper diagnosis for my condition. I am Mentally Unemployable!
For those of you who just can’t seem to find the right job to keep you challenged and happy, maybe you’re suffering from [...]
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This is a brand new site (recently changed to blog format) and still in the in the development stages.
No Job for Mom is all about the journey of leaving the commute, the boss and the steady paycheck to be able to call the shots, earn residual income and work from home. Bottom line, it’s [...]
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Think about it for a minute. You want to make money as a blogger or a freelance writer. You start looking for opportunities or you begin to send e-mails and query letters to magazine editors, you respond to writing jobs posted on the internet, you bid for writing assignments on some of the [...]
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August 28th, 2008 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued
Ring, Ring, Ring…
Employer: Hello
Felicia: Hello, Ms. Employer. I’m calling to let you know I won’t be in to work today. Please put me down for a personal day.
Employer: Not coming in? Why not?
Felicia: Last night I stayed up helping my daughter pack for camp and I’ve got to drive several [...]
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August 27th, 2008 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued
The Need for a Virtual Assistant
Anyone who works from home understands how crazy it gets keeping up with business appointments and home appointments. After all, being the family chauffer driving the kids to and fro plus keeping up with all the dentist, doctor, chiropractic appointments etc., on top of business deadlines, a person’s schedule [...]
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August 26th, 2008 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued
In an earlier post I mentioned Textbroker.com as a way for newbies to make money. It seems to be a legitimate site whereby upon acceptance, you’re paid for your article. I do have to warn you, however, that the pay scale is rather low.
Here’s how it works. You go to Textbroker.com [...]
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August 25th, 2008 | Felicia | 7 comments | Continued
Now is the time of year where parents are getting the children prepared to go back to school. It’s also the time of year where work at home moms get prepared to really put the pedal to the metal.
This summer’s school break is great for parents and kids alike. We all have the [...]
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August 23rd, 2008 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued
Yesterday I read a post on Problogger.net entitled, “Is Writing Great Content Enough to Build a Successful Blog?“
Darren Rowse, the author of the post, very appropriately lists the “right” things to do in order to have a successful blog. After listing all of the right things to do, he then lists all of the [...]
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August 22nd, 2008 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued
I’ve come across another moneymaking opportunity called SponsoredReviews.com. It’s a paid for blogging type of site. What I like about this more so than a few of the others that I’ve come across is that they seem to want honest reviews.
Some of the advertisers on SponsoredReviews are new and are looking for a way [...]
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August 20th, 2008 | Felicia | 1 comment | Continued
Writers, especially freelance writers, cannot be too thin skinned if you want to become a successful well-paid writer. In general, editors are there to help you and to help improve the circulation of their publication. To that end, they have to critique the articles and submissions they receive.
Having said that, remember, editors are [...]
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August 19th, 2008 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued
The mere fact that I have a blog about working from home doesn’t make me an expert on the subject. There are some things I know, and a whole lot that I don’t know.
I’ve found that I started to impose an unrealistic level of expectation. I thought that I had to be an [...]
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August 18th, 2008 | Felicia | 1 comment | Continued
That may indeed be the case. They never did resolve my issues with finding a button on their site that ...
As they say over and over again on the Internet "Content is King." It sounds to me that Textbroker benefits from writers working hard to achieve the difficult to achieve 5 star rating. ...
One way to generate traffic to your website is just to have lots of interesting, original content. This is ... Well I may have to amend my earlier comments about it. I've run into some road blocks on my ...