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Ten Twitter Tips For Work-at-Home Moms
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Social Media is quickly growing into one of the most-used marketing tools for work-at-home moms. One of the largest social media websites, Twitter.com, can be an effective way to spread the word about your business and learn from other top representatives in your business niche. However, it can take a lot of time to determine the best ways to use Twitter effectively for business. Below are ten tips to help shorten that learning curve.
1. Choose a Meaningful User Name
If possible, grab your business name as well as your own name for use on Twitter. Having an easy-to-find and easy-to-remember username is essential.
2. Brand Your Twitter Page
Don’t leave your Twitter page boring and plain – spice it up. Make sure you add your logo, contact information and any other information that will be helpful for customers and visitors to your page. You can use a website such as TwitBacks.com to create a free or very low-cost background to bring life to your page.
3. Learn the Lingo
Twitter can be very useful, but it can also be very frustrating … especially if you have no idea what all those little symbols mean that fly across the screen. Take the time to research the meanings of the tags most often used on Twitter. One great place to do so is right on Twitter itself: http://help.twitter.com/portal Read More→
Finding a Telecommuting Opportunity In This Crazy Economy
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My first step into the work-at-home world was as a data extractor for a company in my local area. Believe it or not, I found that job in the Classified Ads section of the newspaper. That, however, was ten years ago. A lot has changed in the last ten years – the internet alone has grown by leaps and bounds. So, what are some of the best ways for people in today’s market to find a telecommuting opportunity?
Classified Ads
One good thing about the technology available to us today is that most Classified Ads are now not only listed in print newspapers, but online as well. Take a look through these to see if there are businesses in your area looking for local at-home workers.
Online Job Sites
Most online job websites now offer telecommuting listings. Use the search term “telecommute” to help give you the best results. There are even websites that cater to the work-at-home crowd such as HireMyMom.com. Remember – always be sure to read the fine print, and research each company/opportunity that interests you.
Freelance
More and more at-home workers are freelancing on a contract basis. Writers, web designers, graphic artists, and more are finding this a viable option to allow them to work from home. There are websites, such as elance.com, that cater specifically to the freelance community and make it easy for freelancers to connect with companies and individuals looking to hire them.
Start A Business
Other trend among telecommuters is heading out on their own. Taking the data entry and executive assistant skills that they’ve gained over the years, these at-home workers are now launching their own Virtual Assistant (VA) services, Copy-writing services and other such businesses.
There are an amazing amount of resources for telecommuters today. These positions are in high demand, so be sure to polish your resume and tailor it to fit the type of work that you’re searching for. Be persistent – it may take a while to locate the right opportunity, but it will be well worth the wait.
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Jill Hart’s entrepreneurial career began in her teens when she spent a summer working with her father who ran his own business. When he put her in charge of a Coke machine and allowed her to keep the profits, she saw the benefits of being her own boss. She is the founder of the popular Christian work-at-home website CWAHM.com and mentors business owners at http://SuccessfulChristianWomen.com. Jill is also the co-author of So You Want To Be a Work-at-Home Mom (Beacon Hill Press, 2009).
Leader…Or Not?
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Every MOMent Counts
By Tracey Lanter Eyster,
Creator & Senior Editor of MomLifeToday.com
Is she, or isn’t she, a leader; Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin? That question seems to be on everyone’s lips. Lipstick or not.
That question has caused me to take a step back, peer into the mirror and wonder how I would answer that question about myself.
My initial thought…I used to be a leader. I was a Paralegal in one of the top law firms in South Florida with offices on the island of Palm Beach. The attorneys I worked for recognized my leadership abilities and trusted me with free reign on the projects I worked on. I ended up becoming somewhat of an expert in my field because the firm specialized in Equity Country Club conversions and ultimately I ended up on the leadership team of a start up club in Stuart, Florida and then the Membership/Marketing Director of an exclusive golf club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Not long after that, the unexpected happened – I was blessed with a pregnancy, though the doctors told me I would never get pregnant.
CWAHM Video Devotional with Jill Hart – Starting Fresh In The New Year
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Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
CWAHM Video Devotional with Jill Hart – Balancing Work and Family During the Holidays
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But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. .
Matthew 6:33
Thinking Through It All
CWAHM’s Jill Hart Featured Today on MoneyLife Radio!
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This Broadcast: Teaching Kids to Have a Giving Spirit at Christmastime with Jill Hart of CWAHM.com
Moments for Mom: December 2010
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Moments for Mom
Elizabeth K. Corcoran,
Author of He Is Just That Into You
For various reasons, my holiday season is going to look nothing like my past several holiday seasons. I’m going through a personal crisis, one side of the family is dealing with the death of a loved one this year, and the other side of the family is navigating some central relationships that are struggling. Add to that, I’m not even hosting Christmas (long, long story) this year, a decision made about five minutes after last year’s Christmas party. So this December looks different, and already feels different.
I could’ve taken two possible approaches. There was the woe-is-me/bah-humbug approach, where I would decide to not put up Christmas decorations and curl up in a ball until sometime in mid-January. And then there was the let’s-look-at-this-as-an-opportunity approach, where this season unfolds like a blank slate and I could dig in and re-evaluate what really means something to me and what can fall away without being missed.
So a few days ago, my kids and I sat down. We wrote out everything we do from Thanksgiving through Christmas every year, and then we wrote down what was going to make this year different – what events and traditions we knew just weren’t going to take place. It was sobering, I have to say. The three main events that we participate in, that have been years-long traditions, aren’t happening, and it is sad, and some grieving needs to take place. Read More→
CWAHM Video Devotional with Jill Hart – Striving To Please God
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Our verse this week is:
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)
Thinking Through It All
My Mom Philosophy
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Every MOMent Counts
By Tracey Lanter Eyster,
Creator & Senior Editor, MomLife Today.com
Welcome to Every MOMent Counts! Here you will find words harnessed together by energy and enthusiasm that I hope will provide encouragement and empowerment to you as a mom.
You see once God blessed me with the title “mom” my entire outlook on life was forever altered, tipped away from self and towards legacy. Suddenly my desire to glorify God was transcended from my life and into the life of His great blessing to me…my children. I was being entrusted with these tiny little lives to love and mold into “His little soldiers” as my younger brother declares.
In today’s world of “meism” the ability to place one’s personal desires aside and contemplate daily life through the lens of selfless motherhood can only be done… well, through the power of the Holy Spirit. And lest you think me a prideful, perfectionist, ninnymuggins; allow me to assure you my selflessness exists successfully only when I am well girded. The daily battle against self continuously screams loudly in my momlife. Read More→
CWAHM Video Devotional with Jill Hart – Seeking Wisdom
Posted by: | CommentsThis week we’re talking about Seeking Wisdom.
Our verse this week is:
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
Proverbs 31:26 (NIV)
Thinking Through It All
CWAHM.com is a dream that God has truly brought to life. I began CWAHM.com in 2000 while learning HTML. I thought it would be a fun hobby and a way to compile all the information I was seeking on working at home. I am a mom of 2 (1 boy, 1 girl), a wife and I do work from home. I accepted Christ as my savior at the age of seven as a Sparky in my church’s AWANA club. I have a Bachelor’s degree from Grace University in Human Development and Family Studies/Bible. I love working from home and I pray that CWAHM will be a blessing in your life as it has been in mine.