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Working Mothers and the Holiday Season

I’m on maternity leave as of December 8: The following is a guest post by Justice Fergie. Harvest Festivals, Halloween Parades, Pumpkin Patch Field Trips, Thanksgiving Feasts, Christmas Plays, Fall Break and Winter Break…if you’ve got school-aged children in school then the holiday season can be a time of both joy and stress! Managing your [...]

Holiday Rice Krispies Trees {Giveaway}

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I’m on maternity leave as of December 8: The following is a guest post by Dariela Cruz of Mami Talks. This post is part of a paid campaign. When Melanie invited me to participate in this Rice Krispies challenge I got very excited and I immediately started to brainstorm what would I create?? The challenge [...]

Holiday Time Tips: Meaningful Ways to Streamline and Celebrate – Gleaned from America’s Past

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I’m on maternity leave as of December 8: The following is a guest post by Kate Kelly. When we recall pleasant memories of holidays past, we may be bringing up rosy memories because we were children and weren’t responsible for buying and wrapping gifts and decorating and cooking. Our mothers and grandmothers lacked many of [...]

Home Office Technology…the Perfect Home Office Helper

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Guest Post by Lisa Kanarek Running a household can be more demanding than running a business. When your personal life and your business life are in the same place, technology is one of the best ways to manage all aspects of your life. Faster, better and easier-to-use technology is available and more affordable than before. [...]

Formalizing Your Blog Into a Business

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Guest post by John Gerber If you’ve been blogging for a while, or if your blog concept includes commercial aspects, you have probably thought about whether you should formalize your blog into a business and how to go about doing it. If you’re like many bloggers, that thought can raise intimidating questions. Why should I [...]

Are Any of These Behaviors Damaging Your Professional Brand?

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Guest post by Kim Dority – part 2 of a 2-part series on Professional Brands [Editor’s Note: The original article focused on your brand for traditional employment/career success. I have added notes for applying this information to your online/blogging career, designated with the “Editor” preface.] Read part 1 – Build Your Professional Brand for Career [...]

Build Your Professional Brand for Career Success

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Guest post by Kim Dority – part 1 of a 2-part series on Professional Brands [Editor’s Note: Though this article focuses on your brand for traditional employment/career success, it can be applied to your online/blogging career.] What’s a professional brand? In the marketing world, a brand is the collective characteristics that the market attributes to [...]

Enriching Curriculum at Home

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Guest post by Ellie McDermott With summer at its halfway point, your children or the kids you take care of may already be going stir crazy. Choruses of “I’m bored” and “There’s nothing to do” may be ringing in your ears. You’ve looked forward to summer all year, but are quickly running out of ideas [...]