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Home Office Reviews

Four Favorite Resources of 2009 for Women Running a Business Out of their Home

December 6, 2009

Resources that teach, inspire, and update the Small Office/Home Office woman:

Women Entrepreneur | http://www.womenentrepreneur.com/
Online Magazine A no brainer resource for women building and running a business. From success stories, case studies, recommendations, to blogs that comment on trends if you are a woman growing a business Entrepeneur Magazine does a great job of collecting [...]

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The Pros and Cons of Running a Business Out of your Home

November 13, 2009

I began working from home right after college when I joined our family business, Ovaleye Web Solutions. Since then the majority of the clients I have had the pleasure of working with have begun new businesses from their kitchen tables, extra bedrooms, and local coffee shops. Whether you are building a business from your home, subcontracting, or your employer is letting you work from your home office, there will be pros and cons to living the work from home lifestyle. Here are a few…

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7 Takeaways from Shine

November 11, 2009

Last week my mom and I got the chance to escape from our usual to work on the business vs. inside our business for the first time in a while at Ali Brown’s Shine Event in Las Vegas.
The event was packed with learning and networking opportunities. The first day we were given the chance to [...]

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How to Create a Schedule for your Team

October 10, 2009
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Our company, OvalEye Web Solutions makes use of Google Calendar as our scheduling platform. Being the family business we are, we create multiple calendars for each of our personal lives, business appointments, and marketing deadlines. It is fantastic; easy, free, and fun.
How to create a Google Calendar:
1. Sign up for a Google Account (if you [...]

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Stability Ball Home Office Workouts

June 8, 2009
Stability Ball

A new addition to my home office… the Stability Ball. I must admit that I love this little piece of home gym equipment. I’ve used this before for crunches while I’m at the gym, but now that I have one to use whenever I want, I decided to look up some new moves. For fun [...]

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Favorite Home Office Time Wasters

April 16, 2009

I have fallen head over heels for Blip.fm
What an ingenious idea for connecting people! The first day I set up my account a spent a few minutes searching through songs, choosing “Let the River Run” by Carly Simon from the movie Working Girl with Melanie Griffin- a favorite movie of mine. The song is [...]

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Favorite Home Office Things

April 6, 2009

In the spirit of Oprah’s Favorite Things being curbed this year, below are the home business owner’s list of not only favorite, but essential goods and services. While they may not be as flashy, or be delivered on a silver platter, or adorned with a big red bow, they are equally as pleasing when used [...]

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A Quick Update on Google Calendar

April 24, 2008

I know I already raved about the free application Google offers in an earlier blog- Google Calendar, (as my dad says every time we bring something like this up- if only we had thought of this) but as of a couple of days ago I have an even greater appreciation for it!
After reading the previously [...]

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SOHO Gadgets

April 15, 2008
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The Blackberry Curve is by far my favorite business tool!
I don’t know how I ever survived without one. The best part about my Blackberry is that I subscribe to TMobile and therefore have Wifi. Prior to having Wifi on my cell phone I had the worst cell coverage while at home, which would leave a [...]

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