Many statistics show that thousands of people start a home based business every month. And most of them fail. To be counted as one of the successes you have to know how to work smart, as well as hard,…

If you are running home based businesses, you will be happy to know that you will have free advertisement rights and access to a new directory search engine visibility. The recent announcement made by…

Have you heard of the Wonder Wheel? I just learned about it at a meeting this week although it has been out there available for a year.

If you are familiar with the Mind Map concept – the Google…

The 30 day challenge begins again, July 1. I participated a year ago and it was incredibly educational – in some cases over my head – but changed how I viewed participating on the Internet, especia…

Are you using Google Analytics? Do you review the stats from your web host of your website or blog traffic? I know – it is a pain and then what are you supposed to do with the information?

Well,…

My professional name is Deborah Chaddock Brown. No hyphen. I changed my name to have my maiden name legally be my middle name since my married name is so common.

I frequently search my name to s…

People buy from those they like and trust. Same goes for businesses that consumers refer to their friends and family.

Word of mouth advertising has always been one of the most powerful and effec…

Have you purchased your name as a URL address yet? We buy the address for our company and our blog and maybe even a key phrase or two, but have you actually bought your name?

I learned this less…

When was the last time you used your elevator pitch? One of the frustrations of being home based is that we so infrequently see other people; new people, people we don't know. So we go to a cha…

I subscribe to HARO – Help a Reporter Out and three times a day, Monday through Friday I receive emails that detail reporters looking for subject matter experts to comment on a particular topic. It…