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My 300th Post – Yawn!

This is my 300th post and it should be profound…It’s not!
I knew the 300th post was coming up, but it caught me at a time where I’m feeling a little singed around the edges.
Although my November earnings were higher than my October earnings, my residual income was down by a little over $200; nothing to [...]

December 2nd, 2009 | Felicia | 19 comments | Continued
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My 250th Post

Wow. It seems like I started this blog yesterday. My first official post was on March 8, 2008. Well, it really wasn’t. You may or may not know that this blog started out as a static website. I later transformed it into a WordPress blog.
The upside to the transformation process is [...]

August 16th, 2009 | Felicia | 9 comments | Continued
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My 200th Post

This is my 200th blog post and it saddens me that the topic couldn’t be something more inspiring or thought provoking.  Instead it has to be about spam and CAPTCHA.
Some time ago I wrote a post  about CAPTCHA boxes and how annoying I found them to be.  Unfortunately, because No Job for Mom has been [...]

April 17th, 2009 | Felicia | 8 comments | Continued
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The Never Ending Blog Post: Online Tools and Resources

Successful freelance writers, internet marketers, webmasters, or anyone who is looking to make a living using the internet must be able to find the right resources and use the right tools to help enhance their skills, track their efficiency and make more money from their marketing efforts. Marketing and writing is a game of [...]

March 21st, 2009 | Felicia | 7 comments | Continued
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Time to Remove the Clutter

I was about to backup my computer for my semi-annual reformat and software reinstall which helps to keep my computer running smoothly when and I stopped and took a picture of my desktop. One picture is worth a thousand words.
The Word.doc icons are all articles that I’m in the process of writing. Some of them [...]

January 2nd, 2009 | Felicia | 12 comments | Continued
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Put on Blinders and Keep on Writing

Sometimes you have to put on blinders to become and remain successful. Learn to selectively ignore what people, TV, radio and the newspapers are telling you.
The World’s Reality
All you need to do is turn on a TV a look at the front page of the newspaper to know that these are seriously [...]

September 23rd, 2008 | Felicia | 7 comments | Continued
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Do You Use a Writing Voice?

When I say writing voice, I’m not talking about whether or not your write in the first, second or third person. I’m talking about using the proper voice to convey your thoughts and ideas. Do you use the right…how should I say it… pitch, tone, accent, um…intonation level in your voice when you [...]

September 6th, 2008 | Felicia | 1 comment | Continued
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No Job for Mom’s 100th Blog Post – 10 Things I’ve Learned

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 [...]

August 21st, 2008 | Felicia | 7 comments | Continued
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Weeding Out Bogus Blog Comments

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 [...]

August 12th, 2008 | Felicia | 3 comments | Continued
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Getting the most bang for your blogging buck

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 [...]

July 31st, 2008 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued