Last week, our Co-founder, Julie, was interviewed by Lisa Kanarek, author and founder of workingnaked.com about how to market your home-based business on a shoestring. Here is an excerpt from Lisa’s insightful blog:
Marketing your home-based business can be challenging and frustrating, but it doesn’t have to be expensive. In (this) Working Naked post, a few entrepreneurs shared their low-cost, highly effective ways to market their businesses on a budget. A few more entrepreneurs share their marketing secrets.
“Unpaid public speaking is a fantastic way to drum up new business. Associations and Chambers of Commerce are always looking for free speakers educate and entertain at meetings. You’ll make your money from the “back of the room” after the event selling products/services, getting referrals and booking more gigs.”
—Leslie Guria, SpeakingBonanza.com
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Sometimes I think I started my own business, just so I wouldn’t have to create a new resume. How would I explain my outdated work experience? I barely even remember how to describe my former profession, and I certainly don’t have an old resume sitting around the house.
If you are in the same boat, help is on the way! We have done some online research for you and found that there is a whole new online world of resume creation with many alternatives for low-cost resume building assistance and free resume examples. The sites below will help you create the best resume for you and for the job you are interested in. You’ll be able to build a functional resume that focuses on your skills and experience, rather than a chronological resume, which is not putting your best foot forward if you have been out of the workforce for a time.
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Many people want to work from home, especially moms that want to be readily available for their children; but they just don’t know where to start. Just like any other job search, you will need to put in some time and effort, but once you do, you’ll be happy to find that there are a lot of work at home opportunities out there.
Here are three tips to get you started with your work at home job search:
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Search Major Career Job Sites. Start by searching the major career sites like Career Builder and Monster using the terms: “work at home”, “work from home”, “home based”, “remote”, “virtual”, “telecommute”, and “telework”. Because companies are trying to save money in this tough economy more and more businesses are hiring people to work from home.
Just for fun I’ve searched on Career Builder for “home based” positions, and I’ve come up with many pages of results. Yes, you’ll need to take the time to scavenge through these, but the opportunities are there for the taking.
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For many years, I have threatened my family that I was going back to work: Full-time! It was really just to let them know that I did have other options other than being their personal chauffeur, laundress, chef and maid. But when I really became serious about re-entering the working world, I realized that I did not have a clue where to begin.
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Now is the time. You have made the decision to go back to work.
What are your options?
Have things changed since you have been gone from the workforce?
What can you do that will fulfill you but also help pay the bills?
What skills do you still possess?
Who is hiring?
Are there part-time opportunities?
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