Home Office

Windows Live Mail does not automatically hyperlink a web address when you create a signature. What you can do is create your signature in HTML format and upload it in Windows Live Mail. Here’s how to do that: 1. Open a new message window. 2. Create your signature in the normal way (i.e. not in [...]

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Free Home Business Ebook

by Barbra Sundquist

Charlene Kingston from Social Media DIY provides a great little ebook called 5 Truths About Working From Home. It’s a free download that covers these points: * How to create a healthy and effective workspace. * Building a success team to support you. * Health tips for using a laptop computer. * Overcoming the isolation [...]

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How to Send Money with Paypal

by Barbra Sundquist

Do I need to sign up for a PayPal account to send money? Yes. To sign up and send money: Go to the PayPal website and click Send Money at the top of the page. Enter your information and click Continue. Create your PayPal account. Review your payment and click Send Money. And that’s it! [...]

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Today I created nanoosebaymusiclessons.blogspot.com and the associated Google Places listing for a client. I’m waiting to see how long a brand new website with no citations (except this mention) takes to show up in Google Places, if indeed it shows up at all. I’m also doing SEO for another client with a brand new web [...]

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Book Launch Website: Nice Example

by Barbra Sundquist

I’m always on the lookout for nice examples to add to my “Swipe File” – you know, that folder on your computer where you put examples of websites that are particularly well done. Today when I received a request to review the new book by the Get It Done Guy, not only did I agree [...]

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It’s hard to believe that I’ve been writing this home business advice blog for nearly 4 years.  A lot has changed in the blogging and online business world in that time. Perhaps that’s what  motivated me to respond to the challenge that Darren Rowse of Problogger issued today: publish a post that is a list [...]

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As a home business owner, I’m always looking for money saving tips. The less money I spend on operating costs the more left over for me! Here are 10 money saving tips for your home business. 1. Piggyback promotions • Include business information such as flyers or coupons with invoices or online newsletters.  This is [...]

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When setting up a Paypal Business Account, you will be asked what kind of account you want. There are about six different options, but the two most common for small businesses are: Website Payments Standard Website Payments Pro Which should you get? I have “Standard” and it meets all my needs for accepting online payments [...]

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I got a promotional email today from someone who presumably is an affiliate of the Rapid Mass Traffic product. Normally I just delete these types of emails and unsubscribe from the list, but this email caught my attention. It was GOOD. Here’s how it started out: Hi  Barbra, I want you to be honest with [...]

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  To dream big and live your best life, stepping out of your comfort zone is a given and requires a mindset that embraces challenge and adventure. Coach Pooja Bhangar Khandelwal lives and works by that mindset. Her motto is  ‘live-UR-dream’. Challenges are a part of life! Pooja recently immigrated to Vancouver, BC with her [...]

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