An online friend of mine emailed me yesterday, and the opening line of the email was:
I’d like to transition to working for myself, but I’m not sure how to do it!
Now, this anonymous friend of mine has a lot of technical online knowhow, so I didn’t even bother pointing her to my series, How To [...]

Posted on October 19th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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I was surfing around and happened upon a blog by another woman named Donna, called Being Extraordinary Now! Donna describes her blog this way:
Deep inside each of us is a knowing that we are extraordinary. And while sometimes our lives may not reflect that, this site is dedicated to those who are committed to [...]

Posted on October 18th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Promotion. Sometimes it feels like a dirty word. For some people, the act of promoting themselves, their sites, or their brands is the hardest part of working for themselves. Over time, we’ll discuss lots of promotion ideas so that what seems hard suddenly looks much, much easier. Today, I wanted to [...]

Posted on October 17th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Ever noticed the fact that I display a post called Emergency Preparedness List in the Featured Posts section of the sidebar? That’s because I went through Hurricane Katrina and I know how important it is to be prepared for disasters. I want to make sure each of you is aware of it as [...]

Posted on October 16th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Today is Blog Action Day and bloggers from across the globe are blogging about environmental issues. The posts can be about absolutely anything related to the environment, so I’m focusing my efforts today on discussing solar energy. I am by no means an expert in either green living or solar energy, but I’ve [...]

Posted on October 15th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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As you know, I believe that having diverse income streams is key to being successful with your goals of making a living online. Very soon, I’ll be listing lots of ways to earn money, but today I want to make sure you know how much income you actually need to make, in order to [...]

Posted on October 14th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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How are the following numbers related?

3653
315,619,216
5,260,320
87,672
521

Stumped?
Ok, I won’t make you think too hard. Those numbers are all related to a specific amount of time - 10 years in fact.
10 years is:

3653 days or
315,619,216 seconds or
5,260,320 minutes or
87,672 hours or
521 weeks

How long have you worked for someone else? Hit the 10 year [...]

Posted on October 12th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Every time I turn around, I see another blog post stating that you need to be passionate about your topic in order to succeed with it. I do agree that passion is very important, but it needs to be balanced with compassion as well.
Some definitions of passion include:
Intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction;
Ardent [...]

Posted on October 11th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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If you’re serious about your work, you may find yourself forgetting to enjoy the perks of working from home. I know I sometimes forget to take some extended time off for play. I take lots of small breaks every day - lots more than I would at one of those j-o-b-s I used [...]

Posted on October 10th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Let me be honest here. I didn’t have a plan when I started working from home. I barely had more than a fleeting thought in my head, and I absolutely didn’t do anything as formal as an actual business plan. If I were going to start over from scratch, I probably still [...]

Posted on October 9th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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