It happens. It's not the end of the world when you lose your Internet connection. When you work online and you depend on your Internet to be working all of the time, it's disheartening when suddenly it disappears on you, but it doesn't mean you can't be productive offline. Here are 20 productive tasks you can do in your business while you wait for your Internet connection to come back: 1. You know that your Internet connection can cut out at any given time and the same goes for your hard drive. Now is the time to get your external hard drive and backup all of your important files, documents, photos and other things that are important to you. Give yourself some peace of mind and do this on a regular basis. 2. Brainstorm ideas for your business whether it's for blog posts, writing, marketing campaigns and so on. Two heads are better than one, so call or meet up with a friend or discuss it with your Virtual Assistant. 3. Grab a pen and notebook, go outside and start writing the … [Read more...]
Faith and Business 101: What Can I Do?
The main questions I get asked all the time about my work from home jobs are, "What do you do?" and "What can I do to make money from home?" This is always slightly tricky to answer, as I do have a few work from home jobs, they all bring in monthly income, and I love them. The tricky part comes into the fact that they all (nearly) fell into my lap. As I mentioned in my networking post--even in the world of working from home, as in the workforce outside the home, many times it is all about who you know! In answer to the second question I always turn it around on the person. The question is, "What CAN you do?" A good place to start is to take a few moments and list all of your talents, education, and qualification. Just because you want to run a blog and make money from it doesn't necessarily mean you *should*. If you have never had an interest in writing and it's never been a big part of your life you will probably not make it big with a career where it is so very vital. I am … [Read more...]
Faith and Business 101: Pinning Your Way To A New Social Network
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...]
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