successful home working
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Information on people, books and new pages to help home workers
Marketing Masterclass for Mystified Home Workers
138 months ago
The latest How to Work from Home – The Inside Guide event at Central was a great success last night. James Layfield, co-founder of both Central and international marketing agency, The Lounge Group, gave the group some valuable insights into marketing a small business. Here are a few of the many [...]
Home working technophobe Part 2
49 months ago
Yesterday’s post ‘A home working technophobe gets technical’ described how I found myself in bemused possession of a piece of kit that ‘connects and seamlessly switches between calls from PC, mobile and home phone’.
As there is no landline in my home office, I’ve been using this amazing bit of [...]
A home working technophobe gets technical
109 months ago
I’ve been putting off writing this post. I could/should have done it two weeks ago, when I received a Smartspeaker through the post from the nice people at Plantronics, whose technology enables us home and mobile workers to communicate wherever we are. They wanted some feedback from what they [...]
Kill procrastination at How to Work from Home
1110 months ago
I don’t think I’ve ever come across a home worker who doesn’t think they are guilty of putting things off. This may partly be due to spending time alone and dwelling on that dreaded job we’re avoiding, whereas in a busy office it’s easier to put it out of your mind and concentrate on other [...]
Eating frogs and Darwinian walking at How to Work from Home
1210 months ago
Those were just two of the tips shared by the home workers who came along to my first meet-up at Central last week! In the relaxing surroundings of the downstairs room, a home from home with its colourful cushions and rugs, there was much laughter and relief at how many challenges and thoughts we [...]
Work from Home Wisdom Facebook page
111 months ago
So now you know I’m no expert on social media but one thing I am trying to do with the Work from Home Wisdom Facebook page is to create a useful resource for home workers. As with everything I do with social media, it’s not my own idea. I’ve copied it from The BIG Jelly Facebook page I created [...]
Social media – vital for working from home, but…
1111 months ago
Social media has only been around a few years and yet I can’t remember what home working life was like without it. Which doesn’t mean I’m enamoured of it all. Do you have a favourite social media site? Mine is Twitter, because as a confirmed minimalist I love its brevity, I started off by [...]
What has KPI ever done for me?
711 months ago
I recently ‘completed’ Daniel Priestley’s KPI programme – I say ‘completed’ because I certainly don’t feel the learning and companionship of the programme are over, and luckily for me, it seems Daniel doesn’t either, judging by the events he continues to put on for ‘former’ KPIs.
Having written [...]
How to Work from Home – live in London!
2212 months ago
Today is National Work from Home Day and I hope you’re all savouring the freedom and delights that home working allows! What perfect timing to announce some exciting new plans I have for sharing home working information in a different way:
I’ve got together with the lovely people at Central, the [...]
Creating space for a home office
91 year ago
When it comes to creating a home office, it’s clear that home workers are as resourceful as they are varied in their needs and working preferences (Who needs a separate home office?). We’re all different in our working patterns and, in turn, what constitutes our ideal working environment. [...]
Who needs a separate home office?
191 year ago
I’ve noticed that articles about home working usually insist you must have a separate workspace, with a door to close against distraction and to mark the distinction between work and home. Having spoken to many home workers with all kinds of home working arrangements, I don’t believe this is the [...]
Under construction for home workers
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As I’ve mentioned before, I’m currently on Daniel Priestley’s KPI programme, and he’s working us hard! This week I’ll be putting the finishing touches to a free ebook and podcast called The 7 Things People Never Tell You About Working from Home. They will both be available here on the site [...]
Free to good home office
13
Our home office clearouts are proceeding apace and yesterday A started a paper cull of his filing cabinet with me manning the shredder. Having got rid of lots of old documents from my own filing cabinet over the Christmas/New Year break, I had a theory that we could share a cabinet and dispose of [...]
Blogging for technophobe home workers
111 year ago
I’ve been blogging for almost two years now, sometimes every day, sometimes sporadically, and I’ve read quite a few of those ‘how to’ and ‘what not to do’ articles. Or at least I’ve tried to read them and usually got lost or bored part way in and given up.
The trouble with blogging is that to [...]
Speaking of home workers and sales…
71 year ago
I’ve bumped the planned post for today in order to let you know about this offer from my friend and mentor Nick Williams of Inspired Entrepreneur. Until next Wednesday 12 January you can get a signed copy of Nick’s latest book The Business You Were Born to Create sent post-free anywhere in the [...]
