If you haven't heard of Pinterest, you will now. It's the newest and fastest growing social networking platform to hit the US since its launch in May 2011. Pinterest is an online pin board where a user curates photos, images or videos of things they like and share them on boards. Like other social networking sites, you have followers and people who comment on your pins.Anyone can join, but you can't just go to their site and sign up. You can request an invite as stated on their website or snag an invite from someone who's already using Pinterest. Once you receive your Pinterest invite, you can log in using your FaceBook or Twitter account. As with any social networking site, you should complete your profile with your real name.Sounds simple, doesn't it? It is, but there have been some concerns about copyright and/or trademark infringement. When you're pinning photos or images that don't belong to you it's necessary to cite the original source with a link. It's common knowledge … [Read more...]
TweetFaith and Business 101: Meeting Solutions
Multi-Level marketing company consultants, work-from-home businesses with more than one person in it, mom business owners with a Virtual Assistant, and Virtual Assistants all have at least one thing in common. That one thing is that they have to redefine normal meeting scenarios because they operate under a total different structure than a brick office building with a conference room does.Meetings, touching base, and everything that entails are still vitally important in each of these scenarios, however. Without regular interaction on a face-to-face level things can become frustrating and miscommunication easily happens. When your team is in multiple states the option of getting together is just not possible, however.Thankfully there are so many great options these days to solve this problem! I'm sure in any business you run you are already set up with email. Be sure to have a dedicated email for each business that you have. Although having 3 or 4 emails is not exactly fun, it … [Read more...]
TweetFaith and Business 101: The Power of Brainstorming and Networking
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Proverbs 27:17 If I was asked to give anyone one tip on working from home it would be this--network, network, network! I can't stress how important and valuable surrounding yourself with like-minded women is! Both work from home jobs that I now have resulted in the person approaching me after me being a part of their networking group and being impressed with me from there. In both cases I wasn't really even looking for a job, I was just trying to get ideas and give insight to what I already knew.The internet makes it super easy to find and get with groups of like minded people. If you're a blogger there are many, MANY sites out there where you can ask questions, gain ideas, and share resources. The same is true for Direct Sales, Etsy type business, photographers, you name it--there is probably a Facebook group of it somewhere! And if there's not--then start one! Making and running a group is a simple, … [Read more...]
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