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Sample Annual Review for a Home Based Business

Yesterday, I talked about the importance of evaluating your performance and the performance of your home – based business at least once a year. Since I have not evaluated my two home – based businesses yet this year, now is a good time for me to do so. Today I am evaluating my freelance writing business. It is the business that I spend the most time working at, and the business that is my primary source of income. Just so you know exactly what is being evaluated, my freelance writing business is a sole proprietorship. I work part time, between ten and … Continue reading →

Building a Platform through a Website or Blog

In my last couple of blogs I have been talking about building a platform as a writer. It is the first step toward marketing anything you wish to sell. It is also what can bring in more readers and subscribers. In today’s blog we are going to be looking at how you build a platform through a website or blog. Social media is one of the best ways to do this but next in line is your personal blog or website. Ideally, you should purchase your own domain name. You will have to first check and see if someone already … Continue reading →

Want to Design Your Own Blog for Free?

Ebook: How to Design a Blog for Free: A beginner’s guide to creating a professional design on a budget. By: Jacinda Vandenberg Cost: $4.99 Book Summary: In it, I explain in complete detail every step it takes to create and install your own customized headers, buttons, banners, Facebook covers, photo tabs, eBook covers, social media icons – as many things as I could possibly think of! I’ve included visuals for each step, and made the installation process a painless ordeal by providing codes you can simply Copy & Paste. You don’t need Photoshop or any other expensive tools since everything … Continue reading →

Building a Home-Based Business from the Ground Up – Part 2

In my last blog I talked about laying a foundation to your home-based business. This includes putting together a business plan that might include goals, what type of business you would like to run, what you hope to gain from it and other important issues to be considered. The foundation is really the idea behind your business. The more prepared you are (the more ideas you have) before you actually begin the building process, the better. This way you are prepared for obstacles that may come in the way and you stand a better chance at making this thing successful. … Continue reading →

The Magic of Editing

Can you tell that I edited this picture? If you shoot with a digital camera, then you know that it is nearly impossible to take a picture that can’t be fixed. Photo-editing software has made it possible to turn boring images into frame worthy works of art. Photo-editing software is vital when you are trying to make adjustments to your subjects after a picture-taking session is over. Most post-production photo programs allow you to whiten your subject’s teeth or eliminate blemishes with the click of a mouse. Simply, de-saturate the unflattering areas to take out the color, and then whiten … Continue reading →

Spicing Up Your Stickers at Home

In a previous blog I shared my love of customized scrapbook stickers. Whereas they are more expensive than the pre-fab types, they are often worth every penny, especially if you have spent countless hours trying to track down a certain sticker to no avail. Harley-Davidson does an outstanding job creating custom scrapbook stickers. You can get practically any type bike in adhesive form, plus you can further personalize the sticker by adding names, dates or favorite sayings on it. But, again, this type of service costs a pretty penny. I live on a tight budget, but I love, love me … Continue reading →

Editing Like a Pro

If you can’t shoot like a professional, then at least you can try to edit like one. I strongly maintain that with the litany of advanced digital cameras available on the market today, it is nearly impossible to shoot a bad photo. However, it can still happen. That’s where editing skills come in handy. As with anything in life, when it comes to photo editing, practice makes perfect. Of course, having decent photo editing software is also important, but how do you choose the perfect program? Some editing tools can set you back hundreds of dollars, while others allow you … Continue reading →

The Power of Photo Editing

Remember when you would snap a picture with your camera and pray that the shot turned out? These days the evolution of digital photography has made it virtually impossible to take a bad picture. Gone are the days when you’d take a roll of film into a developer and hope for the best. Back then if your photos were washed out, blurry or framed incorrectly, you just dealt with it and tried to improve your picture-taking skills to avoid future mistakes. Not any more. Today, even the worst photo can be edited to look as if it were professionally shot. … Continue reading →

Home Editing

How often do you edit? If you are a writer like myself, you edit after every article. You remove excess words. You correct errors. You reorganize and you clean up. The same must be done in our homes regularly. The reasons we must practice home editing is human nature. We live in our space and things get out of order. We purchase new things and add them to what we already have. Before long, our homes get crowded, decorating don’ts just do, and we must clean up and re-arrange to make sense of it all. If you think of your … Continue reading →

Is Ali Lohan Really Homeschooling?

Just Jared.com points out that Ali Lohan, younger sister of Lindsay Lohan (who was also homeschooled) was out on a school night. There are pictures of her in the evening in sun glasses, shorts and a t-shirt. The article discusses a People Magazine website that questions if Ali is socializing instead of homeschooling. Am I the only one getting confused here? The general public’s biggest worry about homeschooling is lack of socialization. A girl goes out for a little fun, and now she isn’t schooling. Really people!!!! Make up your mind… But I digress. My purpose was not to point … Continue reading →