Archive for March, 2008

If For No Other Reason…

Monday, March 31st, 2008


you should buy this Natural Child PLR Pack because the graphic is so.darn.cute!

If you market to parents at all, you could use this article pack. With Earth Day coming up, people are looking for information on how to unplug their kids and tune them in to the natural world.

Check out the article titles here: Natural Child PLR Article Pack

Lucky You – Internet Marketing Sweetie Is Free

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

This is terrific news for anyone who wants to earn a living on the Internet and still be a nice person.

One of my favorite Internet marketing courses is now available FREE. I wanted to be sure to let you know because if you haven’t purchased it already, I consider a Must Have. I paid full price for it several years ago and it was worth every penny and more.

For years now Alice Seba has been encouraging work at home Mom to remember that being yourself, being a kind person who likes to help others, and being friendly are some of the best strategies for success online.

This course has tons of great ideas that will give you an immediate action plan. My transcripts and workbooks are printed out and in my office still, and I pull it out every few months to refresh my memory. I even have the “Ten Sweetie Commandments” laminated and readily available to remind me ;)

Another cool thing is that Alice has decided to use this as an opportunity to help support a good cause: the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Her son is currently involved in a “Jump Rope for Heart” event. The event is designed not only to raise funds for the foundation, but also to teach kids about the heart, why it is such a vital organ and how to stay active to help ensure a healthy heart.

Grab yours now! Internet Marketing Sweetie

P.s. You’re under is no obligation whatsoever to make a donation. The course is free, but if you find it useful, I encourage you to send what you can to help her son reach his fundraising goal.

This Blog’s Identity Crisis

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

I’ve been quiet around here lately, I know. As I posted over at the Mom Masterminds blog, this blog is having a bit of an identity crisis as of late. Allow me to explain.

As part of my ongoing efforts this year to examine, improve, and focus, I’ve sold another website with the overall goal of moving away from the work at home Mom market.

My main target market is the one I speak to with my podcast (and several smaller content sites). I also have an active blog over there.

I’m not entirely out of the wahm market as I still have an information product for natural business owners (and want to be’s), private label rights article packs for natural business owners as well as several free ecourses for that market. But that’s ok with me because it still fits into the same larger market.

But this blog all of a sudden doesn’t quite fit neatly anywhere.

I certainly don’t want to get rid of it entirely. I enjoy talking about being a work at home Mom. I like sharing my wins (and trip-ups!) with internet marketing. I like helping people and guiding

them to good products and services that will help them make smart business decisions.

So I’ll put the question to you:

What do you like to see on this blog?

I got some fantastic feedback from the commenters on the MM blog which has given me some food for thought.

Nell and Angie said they wanted to see more personal “life as a wahm”" stuff here. (Nell also suggested I ask myself some pointed questions to figure out my goals with this blog.)
Erin said to mix it all up so my readers could see my unique perspective on marketing online.
Linda said I need to keep digging to find my target reader here.

What’s your take?

Two Things: An interview and be nice in what you ask for

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Two things I wanted to mention:

Crissy of Indie Biz Chicks asked me on her show to talk about the benefits of digital product selling in your business. If you do or if you don’t already have a digital product for sale on your website, listen in. We talked about some of the benefits of such, including:

  • Residual income – creating a product once and earning again and again
  • Varying the source of your income online – we all know how important it is to not put all your eggs in one basket
  • Reusing content you already own – you can create an infoproduct by gathering and expanding content you’re already using somewhere else.

And some other stuff. Go have a listen at Crissy’s site.

Secondly, I wanted to share an experience I had with an AT&T customer service representative yesterday.

I had a really huge phone bill this month. First I made three international phone calls (I interviewed a guest for my podcast who was from Ecuador and another was from Quebec.) but then I also noticed that I was being charged for a lot of calls to Audio Acrobat.

That didn’t make sense to me. I do my interviews by calling my guest and THEN dialing in to AA to record the call for me. Turns out I was charged both for calling the guest AND then for dialing AA!

I had no idea this was the case until I called AT&T. I could use my cell phone to do interviews I suppose, but I get poor reception at my home and I also don’t want to take a chance on getting staticky interviews.
I had free unlimited long distance on my old land line phone plan, but not here. So. I called and asked the customer sevice rep and talked with her (that’s when I found out about the double long distance charges!).

I had her sign me up for the unlimited long distance and then took a bold step.

I explained to her that I was a work at home Mom who made a LOT of long distance calls. I told her I was unprepared to pay this bill (it was double what I expected) and asked if she would make the unlimited long distance plan retroactive.

She put me on hold for a second and then came back and said that she would give me a significant discount on this month’s bill as well as a $50 cash back reward. :-)

I was actually shocked! I think there are a couple of reasons she was so willing to work with me.

Firstly, I was kind and respectful. Even though it irked me that I was being double charged for long distance calls (does that make sense to you?) to my Audio Acrobat account, I kept my tone friendly. After all, I doubt she’s responsible for that policy!

Secondly, I gave her a reason why. Studies have shown that when you take the simple step of explaining the reason WHY you need something from someone, they’re much more likely to try to oblige you.

I’m not sure what this has to do with being a work at home Mom or online business, but I just thought I would post it anyway. ;)

Making Your Ebook Even Better

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Have you written an ebook?

In my continuing efforts to “examine and improve” my existing projects this year, one of the things on my list is my first information product, the Natural Mom Business Guide.

It hasn’t been updated since 2007 and I would like to tweak it a little each year to make it better for my existing customers and future ones.

Things change on the internet. Some of the tools I recommend today I may not be in love with in a year. Marketing methods and tactics also change somewhat. I want the NMBG to continue to be an awesome tool, so to editing I go.

To that end, I’m pretty stoked that I have Jimmy D. Brown’s coaching to help me along. I’ve probably mentioned before that I’ve been a member of his List and Traffic membership site for over two years now. I consider it one of the best values on the Internet in terms of internet marketing!

You can get a free ebook here by Mr. Jimmy all about improving your ebook. This info is great whether the ebook in question has yet to be released, or not!

Get a copy of it here: 30 Writing Tips for Ebook Authors.

I’ll be reading this this weekend, along with some other juicy reports I own of Jimmy’s while I’m stuck in bed.

I’m having some surgery on my foot and Doctor’s orders – I can only get up for bathroom privileges for 3 days. I haven’t had that much rest since I gave birth last. ;)

Enjoy!

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Saturday, March 1st, 2008

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