Leaving the Rat Race for the Work At Home Pace
Today is Thursday, August 21st, 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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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
As a newbie, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what to blog about, finding the right style for my blog and obsessing over whether or not my posts were any good. What I forgot to do was to track my traffic.
The only way I could find out if my blog [...]
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August 16th, 2008 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued
There is no need to state the obvious, but I will. If you’re looking to earn money with your blog must get traffic.
There are all types of ways to generate traffic to your blog. You can spend your time, your money or both trying to get traffic. You can spend time submitting [...]
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August 15th, 2008 | Felicia | 4 comments | Continued
Every so often, I get the question from would-be bloggers “What Should I Blog About?” My response, depending on whether or not I’m in an inquisitive mode or not is usually either “Blog what you’re passionate about,” or I ask, “What do you like to do?”
Some time ago, I decided I wanted to write [...]
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August 14th, 2008 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued
If you write for Demand Studios, it’s in your best interest to join their Yahoo Group. I know I mentioned it in an earlier post, but it got buried somewhere.
I know first hand that the lack of communication between Demand Studios and their writers gets a bit frustrating. By joining their Yahoo group, [...]
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August 13th, 2008 | Felicia | 0 comments | Continued
I came across a neat little tool this morning. Actually, I received a survey from oDesk this morning asking why I have not secured any work assignments through them. The truth is two-fold, 1) I haven’t had time with the kids being home from school and 2) apparently there is a two-week window [...]
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August 13th, 2008 | Felicia | 2 comments | Continued
i think it's not bad to try we just need to be very extra careful... 
I have tried out virtually all of the "paid to blog" sites and in my experience Sponsored Reviews comes head ...
Hey Alyssa,
Thanks for stopping by. Us insurance type have to stick together.
I agree with you about not doing an ...
Felicia,
I visited Suite101.com and read some of your articles. I have to admit Suite101.com isn't new to me. I'm ... Oh no, not the dreaded "Vaccuum Bra" article!
Lately there have been quite a few changes at Demand Studios. I notice ...