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Can Your Homeschool Blog Earn Money? {Part 2}

In part 1 of, Can Your Homeschool Blog Earn Money?, I covered how to create a blog posts that attract readers.  Creating good content is the first step to creating a quality blog.  I cover this in Blogging Tips and Tricks as well.  Today, I want to cover a few more background areas before discussing opportunities, so hang in there.  When I say profitable with regards to your homeschool, I do not simply mean financially. Let’s start by exploring what makes a good homeschool blog. The competition is fierce.  While you need to be aware of what your competitors are … Continue reading →

My Best Advice for Blogging

Content is still king: No matter how the winds blow or the tides change the most important factor in writing is content. You must put out quality content to gain and keep readers. What is quality content? Content that effects a reader. Does your content encourage, enlighten, or engage? Are you teaching something, informing, or making your readers laugh? Readers are probably not interested in your last trip to the grocery store unless you demonstrate extreme couponing or have some antidote that is worth mentioning a trip to the grocery story. A blog post is a gift to your readers. … Continue reading →

Opportunities To Serve

I recently wrote about children needing to learn to respect their elders. We need to take advantage of all teachable moments. As a single mother there may already be so much on your to do list that one more thing will push you over the edge but we are their first teacher and need to be aware of it. Our children will learn by what they see us do. If we are rude to salespeople, waitresses or telemarketers we are telling our children it’s ok to be rude to other people. It’s hard after working all day, coming home to … Continue reading →

Looking for a Home – Based Job?

While some home – based professionals decide to go the route of owning and operating their own home – based businesses, the road to home – based success for others involves finding a great home – based job. There are great home – based jobs out there just waiting to be filled by the right people. Of course, you will have to investigate each opportunity thoroughly to ensure that it is legitimate, but the time and effort that you spend doing that research until you find just the right home – based job is well worth it. The original job … Continue reading →

Photo Opportunities

Have you ever visited a portrait studio to get professional pictures taken, watched the photographer at work, and thought: “I can do that,” but never took action on your impulse? Breaking into the world of professional photography is not that difficult provided you are willing to start at the bottom and work hard to turn your passion into profit. The opportunities to make money from your photo talents are vast and varied. However, there is one photo job op that I constantly see being offered and wonder why so few people want to take advantage of it. Local portrait studios … Continue reading →

Avoid Getting Scammed When Looking For Home-Based Work

If you are considering working from home and you are in the process of researching home-based business opportunities, please be aware that there are many unscrupulous folks out there that are trying to rip you off. You? Yes, you. The mother that wants to stay home with her child yet needs to earn some income to help the family pay the bills. The person who is already feeling down on their luck because they lost their job and cannot find another one. The person that feels trapped in a dead-end job and wants to become their own boss, because they … Continue reading →

Disney Internship Opportunities

At times it feels like the main focus here at the Disney blog is children – well, children and we adults who hold on to that little inner something that delights in fairy tale wonder. Given the nature of Disney’s target audience, it often feels that I have nothing to offer parents of teenagers and college-age kids. So today’s blog is for you. Do you have a child in college (or are you a college student) who loves Disney, or who considers a career in Disney a dream opportunity? Then you should think about applying for a Disney internship. Anyone … Continue reading →

Volunteer Opportunities for Teens

According to ABC news, teens who volunteer reap academic rewards. “esearch confirms that teens who learn early to be social, caring, and responsible perform better in school. Volunteering improves their chances of graduating at the top of their class, armed with critical leadership skills. It also makes teens feel good about themselves.” Recently I touched on Volunteerism as an opportunity for jobless bored teens to find something to do this summer. Finding volunteer opportunities isn’t always easy, so I thought I would give more information to help you on your search. FamilyEducation.com gives 10 Great Volunteer Ideas for teens which … Continue reading →

Looking for Collaboration Opportunities

Collaboration can be such a fabulous way to build a business—especially for a small home business with limited resources and a sole business owner. Finding people with whom to collaborate and finding collaboration opportunities can be challenging, however. Not only do we have to find those individuals we can trust and with whom we actually want to work—but we also have to be on the lookout for what is best for our businesses. Collaborating with another business can be a good way to increase your customer base, provide services and products to your customers that you otherwise could not, and … Continue reading →

Open Yourself to the Opportunities

It may not look like your life is full of opportunities—in fact, during the average day it may just look like duties, responsibilities, and “have to’s”—not exactly what one might think of when one looks for opportunities. But what are challenges and obligations if not really opportunities in disguise? For me, shifting my thinking to “opportunities” can be incredibly powerful. Of course, as I am only human I do not always remember to do it! For some reason I cannot help but get bogged down with feeling a bit downtrodden and weighted with obligations. Parenting and running a family solo … Continue reading →