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Our economy is troubling right now. Many people are losing their jobs, taking pay cuts, or losing hours so that businesses can continue to keep their doors open. The economic problems are affecting everyone, not just the people that are losing their jobs or taking pay cuts.

If you are a work at home mom or a stay at home mom, this can cause stress in your life. If your spouse has lost his job or taken a cut in pay or hours, you may be feeling the stress of knowing that you may have to go get a job to help make ends meet. I know this is something that you don’t want to do, so this article will show you some steps you can take to make sure you don’t have to get a job outside the home.

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One way to save money at the store is to buy only the items that are essential. Don’t buy that awesome shirt that you just know would look great on you, don’t buy that must have pair of earrings to go with that new dress that you purchased, and don’t buy your husband that cool hat that would be an awesome addition to his hat collection. These are luxuries not necessities and so if it came right down to it, these could go by the way side.

Another way to save money at the store is to consider buying in bulk. If you have a Sam’s Club or Costco, you should consider buying your meats, chicken, and canned goods there instead of the grocery store. You will save money in the long run because these items can either be frozen or left on the shelf for several months.

One last option to consider at the store is to purchase generic items when possible. If you think about it, can you really taste the difference between name brand and generic French fries or soup? There may be certain items like cheese or lunch meat that you will want to purchase a name brand rather than generic, but if you can consider generic as much as you can.

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The Wordless Wednesday post I shared yesterday was the Pinterest website. If you missed the picture, click here to view it.

How many times have you surfed the internet and found an image and then wanted to go back to it later, only to find you couldn’t remember the site you were on? If you’ve found yourself in this situation you need Pinterest.

Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard. It allows you to organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.

Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.

If you’re interested in Pinterest, click here to see how you can set up an account and get started.

In the direct sales business, many sales consultants brand their company. Branding your business gets attention, recognition, and eventually more customers. You can brand your company by getting on the Internet and getting its name, purpose and products out to millions of users online.

* Start a company Facebook page. Invite people who are potential customers. Don’t invite just to achieve high numbers; you want people who are interested in your page and your products.

* Start a business Twitter account with a picture or a logo.

* Get a Foursquare page and use it.

* Create an Aboutme.com page and fill it with information about your company.

* Advertise and send e-mails, but don’t spam. You don’t want your company
branded as a spammer!

Once you’ve branded your company, you are not finished. To truly reap all the benefits the Internet has to offer, you also need to brand yourself. If you have branded your business, you may have already begun the personal branding process. Hopefully, you have put some personal information on your company website pages. Attaching your business to a real person – YOU – helps to create relationships. Even in this fast-paced digital age, relationships are still a part of business success.

How to Brand Yourself

* Get a Facebook page. Having a personal Facebook page in addition to a business one, will increase your search ranking and your online visibility.

* Sign up for a Linkedin account and stay active on it. Join a few discussions groups and start a few of your own.

* Start as many social media accounts as you can properly maintain. If you start one, you need to maintain it. A profile that is never updated is not worth anything.

* Start a blog. This is one of the best ways to brand yourself. Write about topics relevant in your field on a regular basis. Once your blog contains some relevant material, you can post your blog link on various forums or websites. Having and maintaining a blog is one of the best ways to brand yourself as an expert in your field.

As a direct sales consultant, you should not only brand your company, you should brand yourself. You will become recognized as an expert in the direct sales business and people will eventually remember your name. Once they connect your name, your company, and your products, you are on your way to success! Take advantage of the power of the internet and get yourself branded!

When you set your goals at the beginning of the year, more than likely you created a plan that told you exactly what to do each day to reach those goals. That plan puts everything into place and you know step by step what needs to be done so your goals can be reached by the date you set.

If you’re anything like me, life gets in the way and that means your goals can get pushed aside so you can focus on what needs to be done. That has happened to me this month. I started out really well and then as the month went on, things started to get busy as school was back in session, and basketball started for my youngest son.

Once this happens you may find it’s harder to get back into the swing of working, but you must make it happen or you’ll find you’re falling further and further behind and that makes it really hard to get caught you again. That’s not to say you won’t, but it will be more difficult than it would be if you only let it go for a few days or a week.

If you find you’re in this situation, it’s time to stand strong, focus on what needs to happen, and get your tasks completed. You may need to get up early or stay up late so you have a little extra time, but it’ll happen when you put it in your mind that it MUST happen.

If you need some help with your goals, make a post below and we’ll encourage you and help you where we can.

To your Success,

This week, the WAHM-Articles Spotlight is shining on Tammy Embrich.

Tammy has been successful in the work at home industry for many years. She is an Internet marketer, article marketer, and Ghostwriter.

She offers free job leads for the job seeker, as well as other work at home resources, work at home articles, tips, and more at Work At Home Jobs.

You can find Tammy networking on Twitter, sharing free job leads, more articles, tips, and also engaging in some friendly and business conversation.

Tammy also has a passion for Homemade Crafts, and enjoys crocheting, quilting, embroidery, and more.

You can also find Tammy at her Grandparenting Blog offering grandmother’s experiences, brags, recipes, tips, photos, and more.

You can learn more about Tammy by visiting her grandma blog or by reading her WAHM-Articles.

“How often should I weigh myself?”

I hear this question A LOT. People have come to depend on the scale to tell them how well they’re doing as they move toward their healthy lifestyle.

So what’s my answer?

You should weigh yourself a lot less than you think. Maybe twice a month.

Really. That’s it.

The scale is not the only indicator of how well you’re doing. And sometimes, it’s not even the best indicator.

As you get healthier and healthier, your actual weight is going to fluctuate. Sometimes it’s up, sometimes it’s down. It depends on what you’ve been eating, how your retaining water, how much you’re moving, you hormones, and how your replacing fat with muscle.

The scale is actually not a true indication of your improved health.

As you move more, and eat better, the best thing to pay attention to is how you feel. Did you feel great after a day of eating healthy, nourishing food? Great! Then keep doing that!

Do you feel stronger, clearer, and more empowered as you move more? Great! Then keep doing that too!

Another great way to gauge your progress is how good you feel in your clothes. Are they fitting better? Do you feel more confident in them?

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I’m sure all of you know of Albert Einstein. His formula E=MC (2) basically means the world is made up of energy. That means that everything is moving all the time. When you look at you hand, it looks solid, but it is really a mass of fast moving molecules and so is every thing else in the universe. Everything in this universe is energy and everything is moving. The law of attraction says that you will attract to you a match for your energy, or your vibration. If you are always thinking negative thoughts, your vibration will be negative and you will attract a match for that vibration. This is the same for positive thoughts.

It is only thought that PERMEATES all time and space. Your thoughts create your feelings and your feelings set up an energy frequency that go out into the universe and find a match for that frequency. In the Bible it says, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is”.

The first step in understanding the Law of Attraction is to ASK. Several years ago I was going through a difficult time in my life when I needed to make some changes and I had a good friend say to me, “Do you know how to get what you want?” I looked at her and said, “Tell me”. “Ask, she said, you have to ask for what you want”.

Do you remember when you were little – a genie would pop out of a bottle – I think it was Aladdin – and he would say, “Your wish is my command”. Also, “Ask and it shall be given” and “To him who knocks, the door is open.”

How many of us go into a restaurant and order something off the menu and expect to get exactly what we want? This is no different. Put in your order. Ask for what you want. Ask yourself, “What do I truly want?” Focus on what you want, not what you don’t want. The universe is very literal so write it out on a piece of paper and write it down in present tense.

Instead of saying “I hope one day to have a good relationship” or “I don’t want to have an abusive relationship” (the energy you are sending out is bad relationship energy) say instead, “I deserve to be in a healthy, loving relationship with a partner who loves me unconditionally”. If you are in debt, instead of focusing on getting out of debt, instead say, “I am financially independent.” Say what you want in the present tense, as though you already have it. Feel like you have it and believe it is possible. Remember, we create from the inside out.

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What would your day be like if you could write better blog posts in half the time?

Does it take you an hour (or longer) to write a blog post?

Do you sit down to write and end up frustrated at how much time you’re putting into your blog?

Blogging doesn’t have to be that way.

You can blog well in less time if you know how to approach it and have a few of these strategies in your bag of tricks.

1. Be Yourself & Write What You Know
Trying to blog like someone else usually just causes frustration. Not only will it take you longer, but it will destroy your own creativity and voice if you try to fit yourself into someone else’s mold. It’s okay to “sound” like you!

Part of being you is writing what you know. If you’re blogging about a topic you know little or nothing about, expect it to take a while since you’ll have to research everything thoroughly before you publish. If you pick a topic that you know about you’ll find it much easier to write quality content quickly.

2. Let Go of Perfection
That crazy impulse that drives you to proofread and edit your post for the 37th time… you have to get control of it. Stop at the 36th proofreading run, okay?

It’ll save amazing amounts of time if you accept now that at some point you’re probably going to accidentally publish a typo, say something you need to edit later, or even change your mind about a stance you’ve taken. You don’t have to get it all right all the time. The world will not end if your blog isn’t perfect, I promise.

3. Practice Short & Be Flexible
Some posts might hit 1,000 words because the topic demands it and some posts will necessarily take more time and research than others. But not every post needs to be that long. Sometimes short and sweet can get your point across best. Practice writing shorter posts.

This will also free you to jump in and write a blog post when you’ve got the inspiration and a few minutes, instead of waiting until you’ve got an hour or two blocked off for blogging.

Allow yourself room to try different post lengths and styles.

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When you’re writing articles it’s important to read through them several times before you submit them to the article directories or post them on websites. You never know what you’ll find when you do, so it’s best to take a little bit of time and read through them.

One of the biggest things you might run across with your articles is repeating. As you’re writing you may forget what you’ve said earlier or you may think you need to explain something in more detail. In both instances you may repeat yourself, whether it’s with the same words or with others that mean the same thing.

When you read through your articles at least once you’ll know if you’ve repeated yourself or not. You’ll also see if you have any spelling errors, punctuation errors, or things that don’t make sense. When you do this small, but important step you’ll find your articles will be used more and you’ll gain more traffic to your site.