Posts from — September 2010
Freelancers: Keep Your Kids Occupied On Homework Free Days (Sponsored)
If you are anything like me, you count on homework time to give you a couple of extra hours to get some work done. However there are sometimes days when the teacher seems not to be on your side and decides to let the kids go home without having any homework assignments. Now before you panic and just write that time off, here are some suggestions of things that you can do to keep your kids occupied when they don’t have any homework to do that day.
Chores- I am not advocating child labor here. But there is nothing wrong with them cleaning up their room or folding up their clothes. This is especially useful if one child has homework and the other one doesn’t.
Television – I know you hate the idea of having the tv babysit your kids. However, sometimes it does become a necessary evil sometimes. Especially when you have a tight deadline to finish. Explain to your kids that you have important work to finish and promise that you will spend some time with them when you can take a break.
Let them play outside – If you have a big backyard and another adult to supervise, kick them out of the house for a few hours. Let them run around and use up all of that energy. They’ll get to exercise and you’ll get hem out of your hair for a few hours so you can get some work done.
Let them play some games on the computer. Once again, I know some of you may be reluctant to allow your kids to play video games, but this is one great way to keep them occupied. If you are worried about the games being too violent, just make sure the games they play are age appropriate. One good classic game for kids to play is solitaire. You can get to the solitaire game by clicking on the word solitaire on this post. You can find more kids games by clicking on the phrase kids games in this post.
I know most of you chose to work from home so you could spend more time with your kids. That is a great goal and you can certainly do that. I just wanted to give you some tips to help you on those days when you can’t break away from the computer as easily as you would like. It is important to be able to spend time with your kids, but you have to be able to get something done on a timely manner as well. Just something to think about.
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What LeBron James and the Cavs Can Teach Freelance Writers About Multiple Streams of Income
What LeBron James and the Cavs Can Teach Small Business Owners About Multiple Streams of Income
LeBron James, the leading scorer for The Cleveland Cavaliers, decided that he was going to leave the team and go play for the Miami Heat when he came up for free agency. This left a lot of fans upset and bitter. Also, a lot of local small business owners were upset as well. You see, a lot of the small business owners in Cleveland just placed their businesses on the way to the arena expecting that they would stay profitable just because they were close to the arena. Also, the team itself placed all their championship bets on how well LeBron James performed. I know you are thinking that this is a nice history lesson, but what does this have to do with my small business. A lot of business owners rely on one stream of income. They rely on one service or one product to bring in revenue. The rest of this article will explain why this is not a good idea and what you can do to avoid becoming like the Cleveland Cavs if your “star player” (your main source of income) decides to leave town.
Many entrepreneurs are service providers. They are writers, virtual assistants, speakers, or coaches. They specialize in being good at the main service they provide. While it is good to specialize, here is the problem. What happens if you get sick and can’t perform whatever task it is you have decided to specialize in? Your income vanishes. Your “LeBron James” of income generation just left your city for another one. Now what can you do to avoid this scenario? I am so glad you asked that question. To avoid this scenario, you must build other sources of income while you are building your main income stream. The next section will give you a few ideas on how to do that.
You must have additional income streams to survive any economy. If you are a service provider, consider creating an infoproduct related to your service. If you are a virtual assistant, maybe you could create a guide on how to outsource. If you are a speaker, you could do a teleseminar, record it, transcribe it, and offer that as a product. If you are a coach, you could create a membership site where you would offer group coaching to the people that paid for a membership. You could also find affiliate products related to your niche and sell those. This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to creating additional streams of income for your business.
Relying on one source of income is a bad idea. That product could stop selling. The advertising network that is serving your ads could go out of business. Your main client could find someone cheaper. While it is difficult to manage multiple projects, always be on the lookout for additional revenue streams. Look for things that can be easily integrated into what you are already doing.
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