Entrepreneur
Interview: Laura Sultan, Founder of Muslimah Speaks
Laura Sultan is the founder of Muslimah Speaks, a website featuring various Muslim women delivering information about Islam and the qur’an in various ways including lectures, naseeds poems and contemporary rap. I wanted to speak with Laura to learn more about what inspired her to start the website. She was kind enough to grant me [...]
Teaching Our Children About Entrepreneurship
Today was Take Your Child to Work Day at the children’s school. I’d planned to participate this year, but since my daughter has missed so many days of school because of illness, I regretfully decided against it. Instead I rescheduled it for this Saturday. We’ll spend half the day discussing entrepreneurship and how it can [...]
Link Love for You and Your Home Biz
This week was absolutely chock full of useful information for both budding and existing home business owners. I’m sharing some posts that really stood out to me this week. I hope you’ll find this useful for your own home business as well, insha’Allah. Useful Tips for an Entrepreneur to Increase Traffic from [...]
8 Benefits of Using WordPress For Your Website & Blog
About five years ago, when I started my first business providing SEO content to businesses, I realized I needed a website so that people could find me. I also needed an online portfolio with samples of my writing, an explanation of the services I provided and my rates. I knew absolutely nothing about building a [...]
The Importance of Maintaining Focus
Are you serious about creating a home-based business that you can run from home? Then let me share an important secret for success: Having laser sharp focus is crucial to your long-term success. Having a good idea and sticking with it until it either succeeds or fails is actually a vital skill – A skill [...]
Ebook Review: Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers – 10 Steps to Success, by Janet Thaeler and Ponn Sabra
I’m setting the bar for my business goals higher this year. One of my biggest goals is to grow a passive income stream to my overall business. Passive income is money you are not directly involved with creating. I love that I’ve been able to earn a living working at home. The downside is the [...]
Could a Joint Venture Make Your Business Better?
This week was a hectic one for me: client projects, coaching clients, a Skype meeting with my own business coach (that’s right, the learning NEVER stops), administrative business tasks, doctor appointments and taking my mother to run her weekly errands. The week ended on a high note however – an amazing, potential joint venture opportunity [...]
I Survived Blackberry Blackout 2011
They say it’s finally over. According to @cnn on Twitter, the Blackberry blackout fiasco is officially over (as I type this, my mobile email is being flooded with backlogged messages. Thanks, Blackberry.). According to Money.CNN.com, the company actually referred to it as the “largest-ever network disruption.” But why did it happen? RIM founder and [...]
Plan Your Finances for Self-Employment, Part 3: Build Your Savings
In Part 1 of the Plan Your Finances for Self-Employment series, we covered the importance of knowing how much money you need each month to cover your living expenses. Part 2 of this financial series delved into the importance of acquiring health insurance to protect your family and your finances from unexpected medical emergencies. Plan [...]
Plan Your Finances for Self-Employment Part 1: Examine Income and Expenses
If you’re thinking of starting your own home-based business and it involves quitting your current job, stop whatever you’re doing and pay close attention: you need a transition plan. The current economic climate is more than a little bit shaky right now, so the smartest move you can make when your family depends on your [...]
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