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Entries from March 2007

Mommy Wars: A Work/Life Balance Issue

March 28th, 2007 · No Comments

When I worked full time and lived in workaholic DC,  I followed and felt every salvo of the Mommy Wars.  I felt guilty working, but couldn’t quite imagine quitting and staying at home.  The culture where I lived was all about tackling mommyhood with the same ambition and drive as one tackles work. Now that […]

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Timesaver Tuesday: Audiobooks

March 27th, 2007 · No Comments

I have always been a voracious reader.  I will read anything comes in the mailbox (including my husband’s engineering magazines).  I have learned a lot by doing this.  Right now, my reading is pretty much confined to stolen minutes in the bathroom and maybe a half hour before going to sleep.  I am also working […]

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Subject Lines: Getting Your Email Opened

March 26th, 2007 · No Comments

There is an interesting discussion going on over at WordWise about crafting e-mail subject lines to help your messages get read. The two best suggestions were to write the subject after you have written the message and to focus on what is in it for the reader (here are the sales numbers you requested.
The biggest […]

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Be An Octopus - How do get more done by outsourcing…

March 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Do you ever feel like you need eight arms to get through your to do list? One way to improve your quality of life is to consider outsourcing some of your work. Here is a list of people you could consider hiring
1. Virtual Assistant
2. Copywriter
3. SEO Expert
4. Bookeeper
5. Housekeeper
One of the reasons that […]

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What is success to you?

March 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Kristie T. over at Webmomz blogged from the Office Depot Success Strategies event in Chicago yesterday. I have to admit I did “tune in” a few times during the day to read her notes. The final session was a panel of women who took part in the Make Mine A Million program. […]

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I’m a Secret Dropout — or the problem with 30 day challenges

March 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Well, it is the 20th of March and I haven’t done anything about taking part in the 30 day Secret challenge I mentioned in the last post. I suppose I have a few too many irons in the fire at the moment. Scott, the nametag guy, had an interesting post on his blog […]

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