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Judy
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Posts by Judy
Little things matter when you work at home
273 weeks ago
I hope I’m not repeating myself too much when I say I’ve spotted that the things home workers consider to be working from home essentials fall into three distinct groupings. The problem is that I’m talking to people and writing all the time and sometimes end up not quite sure whether I’ve written [...]
How to promote a home business
153 weeks ago
by Judy
in Home business
Today’s guest post is by Flyerzone, who offer design and printing online:
Promoting a home business can seem daunting, but really it just involves making a few adjustments to the marketing strategy for any other business. Basing your profession at home means you’re less immediately visible than [...]
Californian home office with hummingbirds
143 weeks ago
Today in the Home Office Gallery we’re flying over to the West Coast of America to visit a yard office – I should have guessed from Malcolm Davies’ company name, YardPods, that he lives in the US. I now know he comes from Liverpool and lives in San Rafael, where instead of pheasants and blackbirds [...]
A Jelly is born
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Colleen Skinner recently moved to Taunton and set up Taunton Jelly. I asked her how she found the experience and what advice she’d give to aspiring Jelly organisers:
What made you decide to start Taunton Jelly?
I attended a couple of Jelly events in Winchester, and having relocated to Taunton, [...]
Home working seasons
233 weeks ago
As I sit in my home office shivering and looking out at the rain, I’m thinking that one of the many benefits of working from home is the ability to experience and enjoy the seasons much more than you do when you go out to work. In that situation you are always rushing to get somewhere, thoughts [...]
Home workers – the human touch?
294 weeks ago
by Judy
in Home business
Yesterday I had some satisfying exchanges on Twitter with followers as fed up as me with the stock phrases assistants are now trained to throw at us in shops.
It was provoked by my trip to Asda and my habitual irritation at the ‘Thank you for waiting’ at the checkout. Every time this happens I go [...]
New photo on the Home Office Gallery
254 weeks ago
The latest home office photo comes from Sheena Russell, who’s an executive PA with a fabulous view and a very unusual desk that you can see on the Home Office Gallery.
Would you like to feature in the Home Office Gallery, one of the most popular pages on the site? My recent home working survey [...]
4 lesser-known food traps to avoid when working from home
531 month ago
by Judy
in Homeworking dilemmas
How to work from home and not gain weight? Being aware of these common traps will help:
Nervous eating at networking meetings
You know the scenario – here you are, next to a loaded buffet table, expected to talk to people you’ve never met before. Piling your plate and then eating your way through [...]
Ditch the 9-5 when you work from home
501 month ago
by Judy
in Working from home tips
It’s my observation that the 9-5 ethic is deeply ingrained in us after roughly 200 years of most of the population leaving their homes each morning to ‘go out’ to work. When someone leaves a job in the workplace to work from home, it generally takes a while to fully appreciate and make use of the [...]
Top up with blogs
261 month ago
by Judy
in Working from home tips
We’re all well aware of the potential home working has for making you feel isolated and out of touch, and an easy way to help counteract that is to keep your inspiration levels topped up.
I like to look at blogs, not just work ones, but ones relating to my interests, and I read them every day, as [...]
What can you see from your home office window?
321 month ago
I’ve discovered from talking to many home workers that the things that make home working enjoyable tend fall into three broad categories – technology, food and drink, and personal factors, often involving children and pets. In the last category people often mention the view from their home office [...]
‘Curated’ coworking – the future?
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Yesterday morning I spotted an article on Twitter about curated coworking, a term I hadn’t come across before, so I read on to find out what it means. It seems that some coworking spaces, including Grind in New York, are now selecting members on the basis of an application form and interview, a [...]
The garden office in spring
201 month ago
by Judy
in Home business
Having outlined what to look for in a garden office in winter, Charlie Dalton joins us again today to describe the joys of working in a garden office in spring:
Despite the weather, we are reliably informed that spring is here. This year, rather than merely undertaking a Spring Clean of your home [...]
Home working cat
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Are you working today or have you started your Easter break? Either way, I thought it would be a good day for a little home working humour! How do your pets ‘help’ you work from home?
Ask not what, but why you want to write
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In the second of writer’s coach Leda Sammarco’s posts, the focus is on how to write about topics that fit with your business:
If my post last month, The write way to raise your business profile, has inspired you to write a book or simply to start writing articles and blog posts then I’m [...]
