Inspiration, tips, and advice for the home-based entrepreneur and those aspiring to be one - all served up with humor and cartoons.
I’ve been planning on taking a hiatus from blogging over the holidays, but things have been so slow around here, it’s been more transitional than a sudden stop 
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Anyway, I’m taking a break from the blog for the next few weeks, and will be back after the New Year.
Thanks to everyone for stopping by, reading, and subscribing this year.
I wish you a joyful and abundant holiday season.
This is the first guest post from Jon Morrow.
Working at home is certainly convenient, but it can be dangerous to your social life.
With no job to drag you out of the house, you might find that you no longer have a reason to leave. Sure, you might hop into the car and grab some groceries, but that doesn’t involve any deep interaction with people. Neither do conference calls or business lunches.
Been kind of quiet around here the past two weeks.
I expected that to happen when Teaching Sells launched. I usually underestimate how much I’ll be involved when launching a new project. I tend to get both excited and obsessed, so needless to say, my primary focus has been the new venture.
Graham had reached rock bottom.
From an outside perspective, you’d never know it. But Graham had pulled himself up from a very low place years ago, and vowed never to be that low again. When you reach a certain level of success, you never want to reach true rock bottom again.
Okay, I really do understand how scheduled posting works in WordPress.
See, you have to click the little radio button to “published.”
I didn’t.
So now, a day later I give you…
Keep reading “Wait, I Didn’t Mention That Teaching Sells Is Live?” »
“Balance is beautiful.” ~ Miyoko Ohno
I’ve talked about balance before.
It’s crucial to the success of a home-based business.
Keep reading “The Life of an Entrepreneur Is Like Picture-In-Picture” »
When it comes down to it, it’s all up to you.
You can start the day doing something you love, spring out of bed, and be ready to go. Or you can keep trudging along.
Jason Kotecki does an amazing job of helping folks break out of “Adultitis” through his cartoons, writing, speaking, and other offerings. Jason and his wife Kim focus on getting back to the fun in life, which in turn brings a more successful and fulfilling life.
I’m pleased to announce that the free report I mentioned last week is now available for download.
This report outlines the project Brian and I have been working on, and is full of valuable info for those looking for a viable way to make money online.
It covers key aspects of developing a profitable online content business, and capitalizing on your expertise — through stories about:
We provide it both as an illustrated PDF and as an MP3 audio version.
So go have a look, or a listen:
Teaching Sells - Forget Everything You Know About Making Money Online… And Start Making Some
As you may know, today is Blog Action Day — a day when over 15,000 blogs (and growing) are posting about the environment.
You’d think that would be off-topic for this blog. On the contrary — being a home-based entrepreneur is one of the most eco-friendly gigs you can have.
For instance…
Keep reading “5 Reasons Why Home-Based Entrepreneurship is the Ultimate Eco-Friendly Gig” »
My advertising post generated some great feedback, both in the comments and through email.
A few people missed the point entirely, but that’s going to happen. You can’t help everyone 
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Some of you made some great observations, and many had questions. The most common question was “how to capitalize on your content and what you know, rather than going the ads route…”
Take a look at this list of the most popular articles based on feedback from readers.
