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This How To article is my first in a series of articles to come. I am interested in helping other women (and men!) gain extra income by Selling, Sharing, and Showing the Avon Opportunity to everyone they know!.. Read the rest of this entry »

Find yourself distracted in your home office? Consider paring down to a minimalist aesthetic for greater productivity. Here are some tips for achieving the look… Read the rest of this entry »

Fortunately, the Y2K crisis never materialized. We have left these historic Y2K eHows on the site to help us all remember the fear and anticipation that led up to that event… Read the rest of this entry »

Microloans are surprisingly effective. In fact, the winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Muhammad Yunus made his mark by making miniscule loans of as little as $20 to his fellow citizens of Bangladesh to help them start successful … Read the rest of this entry »

Entrepreneurship has plenty of downs along with the ups - how do you stay optimistic when you are worried about losing money or going out of business?.. Read the rest of this entry »

Making money as a photographer is easier than ever with a digital camera. You no longer need expensive equipment and a dark room to turn photos into cash. Sure, most people have access to a digital camera, but not everyone has the skill to use … Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes the flood of “To Do” tasks can appear overwhelming. Here’s a simple way to cut through the clutter and make stuff happen.. Read the rest of this entry »

In your very first job, you probably didn’t have much use for planning. If you worked in an ice cream stand, you simply had to fill the cones, top the sundaes and make change. It fell to the managers to anticipate how weather would affect demand … Read the rest of this entry »

If you take advantage of all the networking options available to you in your community, you just might be called upon to speak at a public gathering to talk about your small business and what it can offer others. This is an opportunity to savor, … Read the rest of this entry »

For greater green savings while running your business, you’ll have to rethink how you buy equipment… Read the rest of this entry »

One advantage to going green with your business is that you’ll attract additional interest from investors, potential workers and the press. Changes that you make that protect the environment are news worthy. Highlight them in a press release to … Read the rest of this entry »

The real test of a small businessperson’s environmental values comes when the trade off is between a cheap solution now and one that will ultimately pay off in the long run… Read the rest of this entry »

Like any venture, small businesses are out to make money. Why then as a small business person, should you go green? Self interest – as you get to the point where you want investors, with green policies you’ll attract a whole new realm of … Read the rest of this entry »

What you don’t see can kill you. Ironically as we continue to seal our offices tighter to increase energy efficiency, we increase the risk to ourselves and our workers from hazards that we can’t see, smell or taste. Let’s look at these:.. Read the rest of this entry »

Now it’s time to move to you restrooms, not because your business is in the toilet, but because in your efforts to green your business you can make a big impact here.. Read the rest of this entry »

These days more and more books are being released online-only. Major chains and small bookstores just don’t have the space to stock every single title released each year. A writer might not have the distribution. Even if you have a book in … Read the rest of this entry »

What are the steps involved in running your own small business? Every day that you work for somebody else, you contribute to your company’s profit with, as Karl Marx put it, the “surplus value of labor.” Employees by their very nature are paid … Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve already discussed the importance of adhering to values in a previous posting. I’ve also covered the specifics of environmental responsibility in several articles. Here we’re looking at ethical orientation when it comes to daily business … Read the rest of this entry »

Selling crafts may seem like a small and simple business, but nothing could be further from the truth. From homemade birdhouses to handcrafted jewelry, the craft circuit is a multibillion-dollar industry that’s growing faster than you can draw a … Read the rest of this entry »

For many people, running a bed-and-breakfast (B&B) may seem like a dream job. This is a business, however, that you’ll need to go into with your eyes wide open. If you’re not a people person committed to working 24/7, running a B&B may be more … Read the rest of this entry »