It’s been a while since I posted either a recent frugal accomplishments post or a Friday flâner, so I decided to combine them today. Recent Frugal Accomplishments When we moved from one side of the county to another, I knew that the yard sales would be most excellent around here! Today’s yard sale haul didn’t […]
Amazon FBA Business: make money at home with the largest online retailer
I’m so intrigued by this last post in the series on using your tax refund to start a home business. My guest today is Kim Coghlan. Kim and her husband Perry run an Amazon FBA business. And they manage their business while raising 13 kids! I’ve been following Kim online for many years. Her blog […]
How to Make Money at Home Blogging: 4 moms tell all
This newest post in the series on how to use your tax return to start a business at home is about… blogging! Of course, this one is near and dear to my heart since I’ve been blogging for about 20 years and love it. If you’ve ever wondered how to make money at home blogging, […]
Start an Etsy Business: how to make money from your designs
This is the third post in this series on how to use your tax refund to start a home business. If you’ve ever wanted to start an Etsy business, this interview is for you! Etsy is the marketplace for creative types who want to showcase their goods to the world. Etsy business owners sell all […]
Making Money With Rover
This month, I’m doing a series on how moms can use their tax return to start a business from home. This first interview is about making money with Rover. If you’re unfamiliar, Rover.com is like the Uber of dog-sitting. It matches pet owners with caretakers. Pet lovers go to Rover.com to find someone trustworthy to […]
Use your tax return to start a business at home: interviews with work at home moms
This post is the first in a series. The topic? How to use your tax return to start a business at home. Why am I talking about this? Why Use Your Tax Return To Start a Business at Home? As I have written about before, economic dependence is dangerous. A home business allows a woman […]
Things to Do Instead of Shop: How to Feel Happy for Free
Preview: 12 things to do instead of shop, and a list of things to do to feel happy for free, including a downloadable dopamine menu. Your plan to do a no spend month is going swimmingly… for the first week. Then, it hits you. That creeping, crawling itch. The sight of your favorite clothing store […]
My biggest money mistakes and what I now do differently
It’s embarrassing to talk about your biggest money mistakes, but I’m writing this anyway. Hopefully it will help others avoid the blunders I made. My husband and I realized that we’ve spent the last several years undoing the damage we did from poor decisions in early adulthood. For example, we spent 5 years paying off […]
How to publish an ebook for Amazon Kindle: a simple tutorial
Although I’ve been writing on the internet since 2002, publishing an ebook for Amazon was brand new to me. The process was initially intimidating, but I learned how to publish an ebook for Amazon Kindle and went on to write 6 ebooks for the Amazon marketplace. It isn’t as difficult as you may think. This […]
How to publish an ebook for Amazon Kindle: marketing your ebook
Part Two of this tutorial on how to publish an ebook for Amazon Kindle. 6) Format your ebook for Kindle Your ebook has to be formatted in such a way so as to read cleanly in an e-reader. Word processing programs add code of their own that can cause the ebook to appear wonky. No […]