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Working from home can be an enriching and rewarding experience. But it usually comes with a clutter of electrical cords and gadgets, a spider web of cords to roll around and suck on, and monitors and gadgets to pull at and bite. These can…

Post from Supporting Contributor Jenna To many people, the idea of working from home is nothing less than a dream come true. Indeed, not everyone has this luxury available to them. Being able to actually go somewhere with one's career…

Working from home has many challenges, but one that can be hard to overcome is setting up an organized home office. The term “home office” is very misleading—it is, indeed, and office in your home, but it doesn’t have elements of both…

By Laurie Ayers Successful direct sales consultants, representatives, managers and directors know that if you want to work at home, you actually have to work while you are home. That may sound like a piece of advice from the redundancy…

Guest Post Working from home is an amazing opportunity not just because you get to complete your work without having to report into an office but because, depending on your situation, you’re the boss so you get to call all the shots.…

It’s always a good feeling having a productive day at work. On a good day, you head into the office with a vague sense of what needs to be accomplished and you get everything done. On a bad day, that first email you read turns into a…

By Bill Nickerson Time Management is ToughI don't care who you are, time management is tough. There are so many things that demand our attention in this busy society.Some people have a really good handle on it. You've probably met…

Guest Post by Nicole Dean One of my favorite topics to discuss is outsourcing. You’d be amazed how much thinking about outsourcing and where to begin outsourcing flummoxes everyone from the newest newbies to the seasoned gurus and…

One of the most fun parts of working at home, besides making money, is setting up the home office. Like most women, I enjoy shopping for shoes and clothes, but I also love office supplies. Folders, pens, business cards, paperclips, doo-dads…

I once worked with a young mother whose goal in working at home was to be able to home-school her children. She started her home business while she still had a part-time job. She worked hard, making sure she put time into her business every…