From the category archives:

Home Office How To

A Warning…

November 30, 2010

I will be doing more posts than usual to my blog come Wednesday as I participate in #reverb10 and then in 2011 I will be switching up my blog! In 2009 I blogged in Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009 , which was “A look back on your year. A time for reflection. A chance to [...]

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Personal Brand 2011 Marketing Plan

October 27, 2010

Wow- this year has gone by so incredibly fast! The team at Ovaleye is hard at work at our 2011 Marketing Plan. We have some exciting happenings developing and are excited to work hard at getting our name out their as the place to go to empower your small office home office business through hosted [...]

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A Day in the Life of a SOHO Wife

October 11, 2010

Quick precursor to those who don’t know me. I am a new mom; my little boy Donogh is all of 10 weeks old. I am part owner of a web hosting company, Ovaleye (along with my parents) and the Director of Young Female Entrepreneurs, a business incubator and support group for women in their 20s [...]

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How to Create a Company Handbook

July 22, 2010
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I wrote a blog post Monday on the Ovaleye blog over at ovaleye.com/blog about getting ready for baby in our business. I am now down to 3 days to my due date and feel pretty confident about having the business to a point where I can make being a mom my number one priority for [...]

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Our New Home Office Layout

May 25, 2010
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The first phase of the SOHOWife home office redecorating project. Outlines adding a double desk, new paint, adding a bed, and creating space for baby.

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Pregnancy and the Work from Home Woman!

March 10, 2010
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I will be half way through my pregnancy this Friday and realized a few days ago that I seriously need to start thinking about how my work life is going to fit in with being a mom in a more detailed fashion! My husband and I have been married for 5 years this November and [...]

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All by Myself: 5 Steps to Beat the Work from Home Blues

February 18, 2010
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From August through the beginning of January my husband was working out of town and away from home during the week. I have never really known what being alone meant until then. Being lonely sucks. The feeling is magnified when you work from home too. I never realized how much having someone come home at [...]

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A Lesson in Entrepreneurship: Creating Success out of Failure

November 16, 2009

In creating and building anything there is always the possibility for failure. Failing at anything is a total bummer. However, with failure comes potential- potential to bounce back, to refresh, to create, or to look at something from a different perspective. My parents have taught me that you should never accept failure; to always go [...]

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How to Make a Web Cam Video

October 13, 2009

Last weekend I created my first ever web cam video for a scholarship contest. It was so much harder than it looks! Yes, today creating a video to view online is made technically so simple, but being in the video while in your home office is tricky. Making sure you are viewed in your best [...]

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