Muslimah Business Spotlight: Camille Mohamed, The Write Place
I’ve been providing writing services as a freelancer for 7+ years, alhamdullilah. Unfortunately in that time, I’ve seen lots of freelancers with genuine talent fall to the wayside. Why? Nine times out of 10 it’s because they failed to operate their freelance writing as a business. Camille Mohamed, Toronto, Canadian-based, professional, freelance writer and owner [...]
How to Advertise Your Small Business Locally
Local advertising could be the great untapped market for many small businesses. If you operate a freelance operation or an online enterprise, you can still advertise in your local area. What makes a business grow? It’s clients and repeat business. Through repeat business you can build a reputation that will carry your revenue up and [...]
“Easy Money Guaranteed” – How to Spot a Work-From-Home Scam
Working at home is a dream come true for most people and fraudsters know this. They also know that you may not have the experience or street smarts to recognize a fake opportunity. You may see a lot of work-at-home scams come into your email inbox daily. Surf the internet looking for ‘work at home’ [...]
Home Business Social Responsibility and Ethics
Running a socially responsible and ethical home business isn’t just the “right” thing to do – it’s often the best thing for your business. By creating a company that stands for ethical values, you show people integrity and empathy, characteristics that many seek in the people they do business with. Why is social responsibility and [...]
Effective Time Management Strategies for Entrepreneurs
Most people waste a lot of time by not having a productive system in place for managing their time. If ‘how can I start working from home’ is the most common question I receive from readers of this blog; the second most common inquiry is ‘can you share some time management tips?’ As great as [...]
The Importance of Setting Business Goals
I’m mentoring five sisters right now as part of the One-on-One Home Business Mentor Program. I find that the biggest challenge for this group is goal setting. We only have 3 months to help each of these ladies turn their desire to start a profitable home-based business into a reality, insha’Allah; and etsablishing clear, specific, [...]
Updating Your Website
Maintaining a website is sort of like having a pet. You have to take care of it every day and you shouldn’t start one unless you’re willing to do that. One major website maintenance requirement is to update your site regularly. Updates plug up any weaknesses your site might have and get rid of malware [...]
Word-of-Mouth Marketing: What Makes Customers Spread the Word About a Business?
I love recommending businesses (that leave me with a positive customer experience) to my family and friends. I do it a lot. As a business owner, I understand how customer referrals can boost a business’ reputation and lead more people to want to do business with you – that translates into more business and more [...]
Muslimah Buisness Spotlight: Michelle Shipp, AmeriPlan USA
A number of sisters have taken direct sales opportunities with companies like Avon, Amway and Mary Kay and created their own work-at-home success. Michelle Shipp seems to be the perfect example. She is an independent business owner operating a healthcare benefit discount company. She offers discount benefit plans for health care and dental care through [...]
The Marketing Benefits of Blogging
Blogging is much more than just another marketing tool. There are quite a few marketing benefits beneath the surface that come from running a successful blog. Getting Repeat Visitors Most people don’t visit static websites all that often. Why? Because they know every time they come back, the website will be exactly the same as [...]
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