Separating Mommy time from work time
The following post is from Katie of Making This Home and Gadanke: The worst thing about being a work at home mom is focus. You won’t have much if you’re trying to juggle children,…
Managing your business’s slow season
The following post is from Katie of Making This Home and Gadanke: This time of year is always our slowest sales season at the Gadanke journal shop. Chances are, if you are a blogger…
Charge What You’re Worth
The following post is from Katie of Making This Home and Gadanke: Out here in rural Montana, there are some incredible artists and craftsmen trying to make a living. They're painting Montana scenes on…
How to Start Working from Home with Babies and Children
The following guest post is from Sarah Parsons of HelpMeetYourGoals.com: Starting a new business or stay at home work venture at any time can be a daunting task. Add in a new baby…
Deciding Where to Sell Your eBook {From Idea to eBook}
Once you write an ebook, how do you decide where you want to sell it? Should you make it available for sale on your website or list it exclusively with Amazon? How exactly…
The Importance of Good Design {From Idea to eBook}
After spending a few week on high-level topics like choosing a topic and exceeding expectations, we're getting into the nitty gritty of creating an ebook, and while writing and editing (which we covered…
Outlining, Writing & Editing {From Idea to eBook}
In some ways, coming up with an ebook topic, hiring an editor and designer, deciding on formats, and marketing your ebook are the easy parts...writing is the part that takes the longest, is…
Not Just “Good Enough” {From Idea to eBook}
There are a lot of areas in life where "good enough is enough" and it's important to let go of the idea of perfection. While it's important not to let perfection paralysis stop…
Deciding What to Write About {From Idea to eBook}
For many people, actually writing enough words to fill an ebook isn't the issue; choosing a topic that they want to write about and will sell well is. Although I'm always kind of…
Why Write eBooks? {From Idea to eBook}
In 2008, Shaina, Tara and I published our first ebook, Transcription 101, which we wrote from our combined 10+ years of transcription experience. The market was completely different at that time, and while…