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Work Life Balance: Help for Busy Moms by Aurelia M. Williams

As a mom you probably go through times in your life when you think you can’t possibly manage work and taking proper care of your family. In fact, there are probably times when you feel you’re not doing a good job at one or the other or maybe even both. Don’t despair! There is help for you whether you work from home or outside of the home, your family is large or small or you have other commitments like volunteer work.

Time Management – Knowing where and how you spend your time is key to balancing your life. Start by keeping a calendar of all your activities. You can do this online, on a paper calendar or in a journal. Track everything from showering, exercise, meal preparation, driving time, and so on. You will probably see areas where you can cut some time out by doing certain activities while you’re waiting in line at the grocery store or riding in the car. There are lots of useful ways to spend idle time and you can figure those out as you fill out your calendar or journal.

Set Priorities – As women we often have a hard time saying “no” because it is in our nature to help others and want to be useful. However, you must know when to say “no” to those activities that don’t help you reach your family, personal or business goals. And even if the activity does in some way help you reach your goals, you will need to prioritize the activity according to its value or importance.

Don’t be Afraid to ask for Help – Another trap women tend to fall into is the “I can do it all” syndrome. For some reason society has taught women that they have to be “Super Mom” otherwise you’ll be seen as lazy or a bad mother. That is a lie! When you are feeling overwhelmed by work, family and kids, have a friend, relative or neighbor give you a hand by helping you clean your house, or taking the kids away for a couple of hours while you get some work done. Whatever the situation may be, don’t hesitate to ask for help.

These are just a few of the suggestions you’ll find in my report, Real Life Guidance to Balancing Work and Family. The “Real Life Guidance to Balancing Work and Family” report shows you how you can find a balance between work and family, without letting any of those balls you are juggling fall on the floor. This report gives you real life solutions, and the best part is that you can get started right now.

Not only are there tips for everyday life, but inside The “Real Life Guidance to Balancing Work and Family” contains valuable insight for work at home moms and moms who work outside of the home.

In addition, I also show you how to get started and then keep the momentum! So don’t wait another second. Stop doing the juggling act and get your life in balance now with the Real Life Guidance to Balancing Work and Family report.

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Article Source: WAHM Articles

Work At Home Jobs Search – Top 10 Time Savers by Tammy Embrich

Work at home jobs, (the legitimate ones that is) are certainly not going to come to you easily. Searching for the reputable ones are both challenging and time consuming. However, there are certain things you can do to help save you a ton of time. Knowing how and where to search is essentially half the battle, along with being computer search savvy of course.

Below are 10 time savers that will benefit you while searching for home based positions

1. Realize that you DO have to actually work in order to make a lucrative income. Don’t spend time on searching for easy street riches. They do not exist period.

2. Do apply for online work for which you have appropriate skills for. Yes, for most “real” at home jobs, you do have to have some skills and experience! It’s no different than any outside- the-home employment. There are a few online companies that will train. Please check into this before applying.

3. Don’t mess around with a poorly structured resume. Your resume is the key to landing an online position in the first place. Make for sure it is well written and also make sure you make several copies so you have them ready to go.

Below are a few resume how to sites for your convenience

howtowritearesume.net/

goldenresume.us/resume-tools.htm

kellyservices.us/web/us/services/en/pages/resume_tips.html

spherion.com/careers/Job_Seeker_Tools.jsp

how-to-write-a-resume.org/resume_writing.htm

4. Properly utilize and take advantage of your search options for searching for job sites such as:

careerbuilder.com

indeed.com

monster.com

genuinejobs.com

jobhits.com

snagajob.com

5. Sign up for job listing alerts with google.com/alerts You can make these alerts for anything you wish, work at home ideas, listings, “jobs,” etc… I suggest to set alerts up to be delivered daily.

6. Do a search on google.com for newsletters, and sign up. You’ll come up with tons of results by typing in the word phrase “work from home newsletters.”

7. Think ahead for interview discussions. Be prepared to discuss any and all skills you have. This of course includes all past occupations you’ve had. Also be prepared to answer why you are the best candidate for the position. This question is often asked at interviews.

8. Always provide a professional and functional email address to include on your resume. When using an out-dated email address, of course it’s highly unlikely that you’ll be contacted. So double check when filling out that resume and make sure your email addy is a reputable one.

9. Sign up on the top social networks sites, such as; Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can then do searches for job listings, leads, and telecommuting, etc… Network with the people you know, and ask questions. Also follow and add friends for only others you will benefit from.

10. Make sure the company you are applying at is not a scam. The top red flags for scam companies are as follows:

1- Promising huge earnings in a very short time

2- No contact information

3- Large fees involved. Don’t apply on job sites that require fees unless they are small ones and are for one of the three following items:

* headset

* foot pedal

* background check

The time saving tips above will sure to benefit your search experience and get you the work at home job in the shortest time possible.

Article written by: Tammy Embrich

Tammy has been successful in the work at home industry for many years. She is an Internet marketer, article marketer, and ghostwriter. She offers free job leads for the job seeker, as well as other work at home resources, work at home articles, tips, and more at http://www.onestopwebemployment.com.

You can also find Tammy at Work At Home Jobs, offering legitimate work at home companies, more free job leads, work at home articles, and much more.

Article Source: WAHM Articles

When it comes to a Direct Sales home business, we often find ourselves too busy to complete all of our daily business, personal and family tasks. One way to solve this problem is to eliminate the tasks that are not yielding you the results that you seek.

I recently sat down and made a list of all of my tasks in any given day…I separated this list into 3 categories: Business, Family and Personal. Once I had my lists compiled, I re-examined them to see what was working and what wasn’t working and decided to change the things that were not yielding me the results that I needed.

Business- I decided to lighten my load and not take on any more business projects. I also decided to delegate some tasks to others to free up more of my time. You can do this yourself by hiring an assistant…a virtual assistant would be a great way to go if you are doing business online. A VA (Virtual Assistant) can answer your emails, write & draft up your newsletters, handle some of your social media networking and update your blogs and sites for you. In my case…I decided to unload some of my business tasks to others.

Family – I am pretty good at keeping up with my family obligations since I no longer have children at home. However, I found that even adult children can interrupt your day with things they want you do to for them. To solve this problem, I have left my daughter know that between the hours of such and such…I can not help her unless it’s an emergency. I also observed on my list that my housework from time to time would slide so I could work on business projects. I have now decided to pencil in 1 1/2 hours a day to work on housework, cooking meals, running errands, making family phone calls, etc. When it comes to handling all of my family tasks, I find that a schedule and list making…is the way to go for me.

Personal – In my personal area I found that I wasn’t taking enough time out for myself every day. When you don’t take care of YOU…everything else suffers. I have always allowed myself 1 hour of personal time every day. After looking over my list, I have realized that its not enough. So…to solve that problem, I now give myself 2 hours a day to do whatever it is that I want. This can include going out for a walk, gardening, crafting, shopping, whatever.

I guess what I am trying to say with my blog post today is that I feel its important to sit down and make 3 lists every other month. Go over your task lists and review them to see what is and isn’t working. If you are participating in any tasks that are not yielding you the results that you want…it is time to elimate or change them.

Shelly

Are you being honest in regards to your home business? If not, you really should be.

I think for most of us, we practice our businesses with honesty. However, I have been coming across others who are in a home business who are being dishonest.

I have seen people lie about how long they have been in business, how they work their business and how much they are making (income) with their home business.

Lying to your customers, clients and/or potential recruits will get you absolutely no where in the long run. Sure, you might get a little something by being dishonest now…but it certainly doesn’t pay for the long term.

A good solid home business is built on you being honest with yourself and those who you do business with.

Shelly

Are you ready for the holiday shopping season? If not, then it’s time to start your holiday advertising campaign. Yes, I am aware that its only August 11th, but many online and offline publications are already gearing up for the holiday shopping season which means, you need to get on the ball and plan out your holiday marketing campaign now!

If you are looking to do in-print ads to attract the holiday shoppers, now is the time to be securing those ads as many print publications work months in advance. If you are looking to do online shopping advertisements, now is the time to secure your October, November and early December ad spots as they are limited spots and will sell out quickly.

Many of the Direct Sales companies have already released their holiday 2009 catalogs so its time to get busy booking your fall and holiday parties. If you do theme home parties, sit down and come up with a few holiday themes that your party hosts and guests would enjoy. Invest in some new business products that are holiday theme’d so that you are ready to go with those holiday home parties.

There are only a few weeks left of summer and if you wait until the end of September or early October to get started, you will be left out in the dust. Take the time out now to come up with a holiday advertising and marketing plan and set it into action next week.

To your success this holiday season,

~ Shelly ~

When it comes to using the social media site Twitter, there are a few Do’s and Don’ts you need to be aware of.

Let’s start with the Do’s

1. Fill out your twitter profile so that others can learn a little more about you and your Direct Sales business. If possible, upload a small picture of yourself or a small business graphic. However, you will find that most twitter users prefer to see a personal photo compared to a business photo.

2. You will need to be consistent with your tweeting. You can’t just log in once a day, post 2 tweets and then jet out. You need to spend a little time tweeting about what is going on with your day or your business, so that you can build a relationship with your followers.

3. Try to connect with your followers by responding to their tweets or re-tweeting their messages. Twitter can be useful when it comes to business relationship building, if you take the time to converse with the people who are following you.

Here are a few Don’ts

1. Don’t send automatic direct messages. There are numerous online services where you can sign up and have the service automatically send out a direct message, to every person who decides to follow you. Experienced tweeters find this to be impersonal and very annoying.

2. Never spam your business website links or business information via direct message unless a specific person has requested the information from you.

3. Don’t sit on twitter 24 hours a day spamming business links. If you are only there for self business promotion and not there to build business relationships, you will be quickly labeled as a twitter spammer.

When it comes to networking on social media websites like twitter…it is important to make connections with those you are following. In a nutshell, business networking means building quality relationships with other like-mind individuals.

This article is copyright 2008 by Shelly Hill, All Rights Reserved. This article can not be reprinted without Shelly’s permission and/or proper credit with live links given to the author who wrote the content who is Shelly Hill.