Views on Business and other stuff!
A business website isn’t just about posting your contact information and hours online, so that customers can find you. It is also important to be sure that customers can find your website, and in order to do that you need to ensure it is properly written and marketed.
One thing you will need to look [...]
When my sister got married recently, she had a beautiful Victorian-themed wedding, and then she and her husband went on a scuba diving honeymoon in the Caribbean. They had to get their scuba diving certifications and learn all about the required marine supplies while they were there, since they didn’t have a chance to do [...]
Another of the things I really like about freelancing is the ability to maintain a variety in the types of things I write and what I write about.
For instance, I write a variety of types of things, from newsletter articles for one client, to online marketing materials and PR materials such as press releases for [...]
I’ve been freelancing full-time for almost four years now, and there are so many things I really like about it. One of the things I like, though, is how environmentally friendly (and convenient!) my job is.
The first reason why is pretty obvious: I don’t have to commute to work, unless you consider walking from [...]
If you like animals and want to be able to help them, but don’t want to go through all of veterinary school, you might want to consider becoming a veterinary technician. As a vet tech you won’t be able to open up your own practice, but you also won’t hold the same degree of [...]
I often have newbie or wannabe freelance writers contact me through my website or professional blog, asking for advice on how to get started in the business. Here are a few tips that I give frequently.
Market every day. This is especially important when you are just getting started in the business. Your [...]
It never ceases to amaze me what a virtual world it is these days. Business is moving into cyberspace more every day. I am sure the day is not far away when a large percentage of people, perhaps even a majority, work from home — telecommuters as well as the number of self-employed [...]
With the slow economy, a lot of would-be entrepreneurs are wondering if now is really a good time to start a new business.
Well, of course there are better times for it. The hardest thing right now is finding financing — business loans are somewhat difficult to get when the banks are as shaky as [...]
My husband gets this idea sometimes that when he finishes his bachelor’s degree, maybe he should go to law school. Now, my husband is almost 37, and by the time he graduates it’ll have taken him something like 12 years to finish his undergrad, so as you can imagine I’m not terribly supportive of [...]
Many entrepreneurs find that every small business is, to a certain extent, seasonal. For instance, as a freelance writer I often find that summer is my busiest period, while the beginning of the year — right after the holidays — is the slowest. I’m not the only writer to find that is the [...]