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A WAHM by any other name

Posted on: Monday, March 2nd, 2009 in: Marketing Smarts, Mommy Bloggin', Working from Home

Scott Stratten of Un-Marketing begins his guest post video at Jessica Knows by saying there are two types of people you don’t want to *p* off: religious groups and WAHMs (work-at-home-moms).
Then he does it. Actually, he leaves religious groups alone. His message to WAHMs is simple: it’s bad business to market yourself as a WAHM unless your [...]

Ode to freelancing joy.

Posted on: Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 in: Freelance Writing, Working from Home

Author Bill Dyszel wrote this little ditty, and sings it to the tune of “Ode to Joy.”
Although he calls it the Freelance National Anthem, I think this speaks to freelancers around the world, nation non-exclusive.

For the record, I work in my pajamas.
 
Alternate link: Freelancers National Anthem, by Bill Dyszel

Menu Plan Monday: It worked, so I’m doing it again.

Posted on: Monday, October 20th, 2008 in: Working from Home

Last week I posted a really simple, no-fuss menu for the week. I said it was an experiment, and if it worked I might do it again. It did work, and it worked well. So, as promised:
Monday – Chili (Leftover from the weekend. It will be even better today.)
Tuesday – Fruit to nuts (Fruit salad [...]

Good news about working from home

Posted on: Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 in: Working from Home

Bizjournals report on a survey that more companies are offering work-at-home options in an effort to increase employee retention:
http://tinyurl.com/5syf9k

Yeah, we know it’s easy, but is it *dangerous* being green?

Posted on: Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 in: Green/Environmentally-Friendly, Working from Home

This concerns me.
While I was searching the Whole Foods website yesterday to see if they carried a product I need (still don’t know – will have to call them), I came across their Product Recalls section.
Way back in May (I know – I’m so UP on current affairs) the FDA issued a warning about a [...]

It’s alive!

Posted on: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 in: Showing Off, Working from Home

Well, actually that should be “It’s live!” The new July/August issue of TheWahmMagazine is up with my article, “The Eight to Three Empty Nest,” featured on the cover. (The article is about deciding whether to continue working from home once your kids are old enough to be in school all day.)

TheWahmMagazine is an entirely digital magazine, [...]