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If you work from home you invariably have multiple responsibilities.  You may be a work-at-home-woman or a work-at-home-man. Your reasons for working from home may differ, but ultimately the goal is the same: To earn an income from the business activities you engage in from home.  Note that I mentioned “from home.”  While home is the base for many of us, our actual work activities may take us away from home for chunks of time. On the other hand, some jobs may involve spending the majority of time working in your home office.

Set a Schedule and Learn to Say “No”

The challenge for many of us at the end of each day is answering the question,  “Where did the time go?” People who work from home usually fall into one of two camps: 1) Those who set a schedule and try their best to stick to it 2) Those who ‘go with the flow.'

If you have a schedule, do you stick to it or do you find yourself constantly engaged in non-business activities during designated business hours?  Do you find it hard to say “No” Read the rest of this entry →

We are just about at the end of the series on Article Marketing Secrets.

One of the first things I learned in the Article Marketing Course I took when I first came online was that your reader should not be able to distinguish where your article body ends and where your Resource Box begins.  How can this be achieved?

Transition Paragraph

This seamless transition is achieved by the “transition paragraph.”  Just as your introductory paragraph or article summary tells your reader what you’ll be discussing in your article body, and smoothly leads readers right into the article, your transition paragraph should lead your readers into the Resource Box with your offer or call to action.

Resource Box

You’ve probably heard the term ‘craft your Resource Box,’ and that’s a very true recommendation.  Your Resource Box is a very valuable Read the rest of this entry →

We are almost at the end of the Article Marketing Secrets series, with only two other posts to follow.

When someone opens your article because they were attracted by your attention-grabbing title, you are one step ahead of the game.  But…what if they opened it and saw an article with 450-600 words with only two or three paragraphs, how long do you believe they’d keep reading?

When writing articles white space is very important, and a good way to break up your article body is to have sub-headings.

Subheadings – What are they?

• Sub-headings stand out from the rest of the article because the font may be a size larger or you may bold the text.  You may decide not to Read the rest of this entry →