Let me know about your great product!
December 29, 2008 by Tami · Leave a Comment
I plan to create a listing of “hot products” for Valentine’s Day within the week. If you make or sell a product that you think would be great, please let me know about it. This listing will be posted on the site and will go out to my mailing list. The only thing that I ask is that you provide a link back (and that link can be to the post that has the product listing).
Hurry! There is not much time to get included in this list of hot products!
Back to work!
December 2, 2008 by Tami · Leave a Comment
I unfortunately had to take an unexpected hiatus from the site. I didn’t even realize that it had been so long since I had posted anything! I apologize to everyone who may have contacted me if I did not respond. If you were expecting to see your feature, it should be posted soon. I am still taking information for future features and also looking for guest bloggers.
Check back soon to see updates and changes.
Marketing & Networking
August 2, 2008 by Tami · Leave a Comment
Welcome to the August edition of the Ms. Biz Blog Carnival! My plans for this edition was for it to be about home office organization; however, I did not receive enough posts related to that topic. I found that the large majority of the posts were about marketing, so that is the new focus of this edition. Enjoy!
Kathleen Gage presents many great posts about marketing and networking at Street Smarts Marketing and Promotions. Some of these include:
I know I need to blog, but where do I find the time and fresh ideas?
Internet Marketing - An often overlooked opportunity
Internet Marketing - What’s stopping your success?
Social Networking: A great resource or simply a waste of time?
Internet Marketing! It’s driving me crazy!
Again, all of these by Kathleen Gage are posted at Street Smarts Marketing and Promotions, and I thank her for taking the time to submit this information to the blog carnival. You may want to spend some time browsing around this blog.
Melanie presents What Indiana Jones Teaches Us About PR posted at Rembrandt’s PR and Writing Blog for Startup Success.
Melanie also presents 3 Quick Copy Tips to Boost Website Sales posted at Rembrandt’s PR and Writing Blog for Startup Success.
Richard presents What is The Real Purpose of a Business Blog? posted at No More Compromise.
I hope you enjoyed this edition of Biz Women!
I realize that it does not include many links, but please understand that I waded through everything that was submitted to only include relevant, useful information. This is not even 1/4 of the posts that have been submitted for this carnival but many simply were not relevant to the topic of home business.
Which brings me to a very good question - are blog carnivals worth the effort? From the standpoint of the blogger who has their post included in a blog carnival issue, I think that blog carnivals can certainly be worth the effort of submitting your post for inclusion. IF that post is on topic with what the blog carnival is about! Some blog carnivals are seeking general posts on an area and some are seeking posts about a specific topic. Please always read the information before you submit your post to any blog carnival. For people like me who are hosting the blog carnivals and must (or should) take the time to weed out the irrelevant posts, I have high hopes that the blog carnivals can be useful. Of course, my main reason for doing these is not only to bring traffic to this blog but to also help other business women. So, is it working? I’ll get back to you on that.
General Info
This is a day late, but welcome to the June 2, 2008 edition of Biz Women - The Lives and Businesses of Home Business Women. There was a large amount of submissions for this edition, so perhaps needless to say, I had a large amount of irrelevant ones. However, I am still very pleased with the large amount of information that the following posts cover.
To get things started, our first post is about something that is most likely on the minds of many people who are just starting their home based business.
Robin Matuk presents How to Balance Work at Home with a Part Time Job posted at Creating with Impact.
The next posts refer to ways to make money while working from home.
Praveen provides a link to 10 Businesses You Can Run in Your Pajamas posted at My Simple Trading System.
Wendy Piersall presents 18 Niche Affiliate Programs Perfect for Mom and Dad Bloggers posted at Sparkplug CEO
Raymond presents Work From Home With Paid Online Surveys posted at Money Blue Book.
These next posts provide some excellent food for thought. Some are perhaps controversial but well worth reading in my opinion.
Tash Hughes presents Saying no? posted at Word Constructions.
Tash Hughes also presents Personal or professional development posted at Word Constructions
Tracee Sioux presents Motherhood is a Temp Job : The Feminine Mistake posted at Blog Fabulous
Patrick Schwerdtfeger presents Expand the Frame posted at Tactical Execution.
Webmaster_1 presents 5 Reasons Why Blogging Is Beneficial posted at The Entrepreneurs Online Magazine
Tali presents Guy Kawasaki’s How to Drive Your Competition Crazy - Myths and Legends of the Marketing Business posted at The Marketer Review
Carol Bentley presents Ostrich or Hawk posted at Carol Bentley. (Don’t let the title fool you.)
This next post summarizes some great tools that may be helpful to you.
Colleen M. Johnson presents Web Database Management Tools posted at cmjoffice.com Blog
Starting or already operating a home day care? Here’s one for you.
Fiona Lohrenz presents End the whining at day care posted at Child Care Only
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Biz Women - All About Lives and Businesses of Home Business Women using our carnival submission form or the form found on this site.
The next edition will focus on Organizing Your Home Office and will be posted July 2.
Please only submit relevant posts and only submit your work!
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Time Management Skills: Top 5 Ways to Improve Them
May 17, 2008 by Tami · Leave a Comment
By: Pamela Catey
Do you feel like your time management skills are lacking? Feel overwhelmed, stressed, or like you are losing your life as each day quickly passes by?
In this article, I will share with you the top 5 ways to improve your time management skills to regain control of your life. There is a great quote by Business Philosopher, Jim Rohn “Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it.” Are you investing your time in things that are producing the results you desire? If not, read on.
Plan Your Day
Another great piece of wisdom from Jim Rohn is to never start your day until it is finished on paper. It is great advice. You can piddle away so much time when you are not focused on how you are going to spend it. Have you ever noticed how you can waste a whole day before you even really started it? Plan it before you start it, and you will get more accomplished.
Prioritize
Are you clear about what your short-term, mid-term, and long term goals are? If not, get to work, eh? Every day is an opportunity to be taking action toward your short-term goal, which should be furthering your mid-term goal, which should be leading you down the road to achieving your long term goal. Taking even small actions on the things that matter will you give a sense of accomplishment and control.
Before You Go to Bed
Write down the 3 most important things to do tomorrow on a 3 x 5” index card. When you wake up in the morning, all you need to do is read your index card and schedule when you will do these 3 most important things. And of course, they should be in alignment with furthering your short term goal.
Be Relentless
Keep your eye on the prize. Stay focused on the objectives of the day until you have completed them. Be steady and persistent on the task at hand and only focus on one task at a time. When one is completed, focus fully on the next.
Value Your Time
No one will value your time as much as you do. So, it is vital that you relate to your time as the valuable asset that it is. It’s only when you regard your time as valuable, that others will do so. It has to start with you first. It is your responsibility because we train people how to treat us. If you want other people to value your time, you have to value it first.
I hope these 5 ways to improve your time management skills proves valuable for you. Let me know your results, I’d love to hear your wins!
Article source: www.ladypens.com
Pamela Catey, MA is a Best Selling Co-Author, Professional Life Coach, Musician, and Inspirational Leader. She holds a masters degree in Counseling Psychology and is a Licensed Massage Therapist. If you are ready to live a life you love or are interested in learning more about time management skills sign up for her Free “FunLightenment Newsletter” and www.FunLightenmentCoaching.com
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