Direct Sales: Is it worth it?
  If you don’t have an area of expertise or a product to create your own business around, there are lots of ready made businesses available for you to take part in.  Some have higher percentages of success than others,…

Small Business Feature #1: Say Mmmm
The next couple of weeks, I’ll be featuring several small businesses.  It’s my hope to give you ideas about what’s possible, to showcase things that are done well, and to introduce you to some businesses that might bless your life.…

Making Money with a Blog
There are several ways to make money with a blog: 1.  Cash from Advertisers 2.  Affiliate Marketing 3.  Promoting your own products 4.  Swagbucks 5.  Free stuff from advertisers The key to making money with a blog, is traffic. Traffic…

Bonus!!! Guest Post on Starting Seeds
Remember when I mentioned about my cousin Rachael’s seed starting shelf with lights?  I convinced her to write a little post for us on how to build one and get started with the seeds.  She is continuing the theme on her…

Keeping your business legal
When you start a new business there are certain legal matters that need to be taken care of.  I’m not a lawyer or a tax expert, I’m just speaking from experience of being a business owner in Missouri.  I encourage…

How to Make Money
There are limitless ways to design your business to bring in cash.  Some are passive forms of income and some require daily work.  Here are just a few examples to help you write this part of your business plan. 1. …

The Business that Fits You
Before I start today’s post, I want to say something important.  Being a stay at home mom is enough.  There are enough dishes to wash, clothes to fold, ironing to do, toilets to scrub, stories to read and noses to…

Part 2: Birth of a Business
My pattern business went okay, but was not the smashing success I had hoped for.  My advertising consisted of a link at the end of my email signature and my market niche was very small.  Only the nursing mother who…