Work at Home Moms Articles – WAHM Articles

The holiday season is almost here. At WAHM-Articles, that means it’s time for the 2nd Annual Holiday Article Writing Challenge.

For the next 45 days, Corrie and I invite you to join us for a series of mini-challenges that every WAHM can do, and anyone can win! Oh yeah, we have prizes too.

The HAWC is our way of helping our fellow WAHMs have a profitable holiday season while still  having time to enjoy it.

Here’s your first challenge, should you choose to accept it:

How many articles do you think you can write over the next 45 days? The goal you set it up to you. The only thing you have to do to win this challenge is submit them to WAHM-Articles.

The author of the 20th article we publish will win the first challenge prize, a copy of WAHM-Articles e-Book, Saving Christmas, and accompanying bonuses.

Then stay tuned to learn what the second challenge will be.

Do you want some encouragement for the writing challenge? Come join our WAHM-Articles community, or follow WAHM-Articles on Twitter.  We’re tweeting challenge updates with the hashtag #hawc.

Are you ready? On your mark, get set, let’s write those articles!

Check Out These Upcoming Challenge Prizes

*Featured Advertiser and Text Forum Link Ad Package*

from Work At Home Space

*Featured Advertiser:*
The Featured Advertiser listing will be displayed on our home page. It has a
maximum of 300 words and includes a banner.
*
Text Forum Link Ad:*
Top text link ad of up to 15 words shown on all pages of the forum.

This is a great way to attract more traffic and more visitors to your
business. With an attention grabbing headline and great ad copy you’re bound
to get noticed. Both ad spots are in a highly visible location offering you
and your business maximum exposure.

Valued at $40

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Free Button Ad Space on Work at Home Jobs and Real Work at Home Jobs

WAHMs can always use free advertising!  Especially during the holidays when business promotion time may be an issue.

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I know that times are slow for many of us. But the really great thing about being a work at home mom is that we can be so adaptable. If something isn’t working, we can easily make changes to our business to keep us profitable, no matter what the economy is doing!

Here’s an example:

One industry that has really been doing well right now is Virtual Assistance. As businesses are letting people go as they cut budgets, more and more of them are turning to Virtual Assistants to keep their business going.

If you’ve ever considered adding a Virtual Assistant component to your existing business, or starting a full-time Virtual Assistant business, this could be the perfect time to do it.

This week’s prize from Diana Ennen of Virtual Word Publishing can help you get started!

She’s giving away a copy of her book, Virtual Assistant – The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA.

I love this book, and it was one of the first investments I made when I decided to become launch my own Virtual Assistant business. I still keep it handy and refer to it regularly whenever I need a little boost. Who better to get advice from than a VA Virtuoso who has been successfully earning an income from home as a Virtual Assistant for over 20 years!

This is a complete reference guide to starting a successful and profitable Virtual Assistant business, from someone who really knows what it takes and shares openly how you can do it too.

These over 200 pages cover everything you need to know from…

- how to know if you have what it takes to be a Virtual Assistant.
- writing your business plan
- developing your marketing strategies
- establishing a presence on the Internt
- specialty services you can offer. Niching your services means you can charge even more!
- managing the daily operations of a Virtual Assistant business

The Appendix is extremely helpful as well, and includes a sample marketing letter you can use to help get your first clients, an independent contractor agreement, a sample disaster recovery plan, and much more information you will find helpful in your new business.

To get your own copy, make sure you’ve entered the Saving Summer Giveaway on the right hand side of this page.

And after you do that, go to Virtual Word Publishing and check out more of the many wonderful books Diana offers on how to make money from home.

Have you joined our Holiday Article Marketing Challenge yet? If not, you really should! Not only will you increase your traffic this Christmas, or holiday, or whatever you want to call it. We’re also giving away nearly $300 in awesome prizes!

And I’ve just added one more that I think you’ll LOVE, especially if you’re interested in building your business with article marketing.

Here’s what we have so far:

Full advertising package at WorkAtHomeSpace for one month valued at $60
Includes: Featured Ad listing, Sites to See listing, Side Column listing, and Banner rotation.

Featured Author of the Month package from WAHM Articles, valued at $25 Includes: 200 words (text supplied by you) about your business on the front page of WAHM Articles. You may also include your photo OR a banner, and two links in the text. This will be placed on our home page for 30 days and archived in the WAHM Articles Blog.

Two ghostwritten blog posts, 200 – 300 words each, from Ghostwriter to the Rescue,
valued at $20

Advertising package that includes: (valued at $70)

Free 125 x 125 button at this location:
http://www.real-wah-jobs.com/

Free 125 x 125 button at this location:
http://www.onestopwebemployment.com/

Free Featured Ad at this location:
http://www.onestopwebemployment.com/

Tupperware products from Audrey Okaneko, valued at $30

Now, for my “surprise prize” for the Holiday Article Marketing Challenge!

In just three short weeks, I’ll be a Certified Article Marketing VA. Wahoo! I’m halfway there. And you know, I’m learning tons. I didn’t realize there was this much more to know about article marketing, and how to use it build your business.

I’m especially excited that I will be able to use this knowledge to help others build their businesses through article marketing.

So, to celebrate my little milestone, and my upcoming certification, I’m adding a new prize to help someone else learn everything that I have learned in this course.¬† One lucky person will get to pick my brain (and all my new article marketing resources) about how to use article marketing for their business.

I’m giving away a month of one-on-one coaching with moi! You’ll get to email me with ANY question about article marketing for your business, Monday to Thursday, for one month. And I’ll answer you within 24 hours.

I had to pay nearly $400 for this wealth of knowledge. And it’s worth every penny. But I’ll share it all with one luck winner for free!

What are you waiting for? Create an account at the WAHM Articles Forum, and sign up for the Holiday Article Marketing Challenge!

Come on, I dare you.

Some of you have been asking me if just submitting an article that meets our publication guidelines is enough to get a week of ad space for your business. So I’ve changed the rules, and yes, submitting an article that meets our publication guidelines can get you a week of ad space AND 50% off a button from our sponsor Designed by Lara, AND an entry into the draw for a year of ad space and a banner ad designed by Designed by Lara.

Just post a comment here or send me a note at contact at wahm-articles.com to let me know that you want to claim your ad space and enter the draw.

Because we’re heading into the end of May, I’ve lifted the limits, and now you can get as many weeks of ad space and entries as you want. All the other rules still apply though. You can refresh your memory here.

Do your visitors or subscribers know about article marketing and how it can help them promote their business?

You can show them how to get free traffic for their websites and get a free ad for yourself at the same time! (plus get an entry into our grand prize draw for nearly $400 of advertising on May 31.)

I recently wrote an article about article marketing for moms. Simply reprint it on your website, blog or newsletter (include all the active links, please) then claim your free ad and contest entry here!

To celebrate Mother’s Day and all our fabulous authors, WAHM Articles is giving away ad space like crazy throughout the month of May.

Mother’s Day Ad Madness begins May 1 and runs until midnight on May 31 2008 (Mountain Time).

What You Win

Everyone who plays wins something!

1. Everyone who plays receives a free 125×125 button ad spot at WAHM Articles. Your ad will show on all pages of the article directory. You’ll receive one week of advertising for everytime you play, up to 4 weeks.

2. Everyone who plays also receives 50% off one 125 x 125 button ad from our sponsor, Designed by Lara. This offer is good during the month of May only, and only for the button that will be displayed on the WAHM Articles directory. No matter how many times you play, you can take advantage of this offer one time only.

3. Each time you play, you’re automatically entered into a draw to win one full year of banner ad space at WAHM Articles ($360 value) and a free banner ad from our wonderful sponsor, Designed by Lara.

Here are the rules.

1. You MUST have 2 approved articles in the WAHM Articles database to play.

2. To play, all you have to do is tell a work-at-home-mome who’s not already a member, about the article directory at WAHM Articles. How you do that is entirely up to you! You can blog about us, email about us, chat about us…. whatever works for you.

3. Post a comment below telling me what you did to share the WAHM Articles directory with at least one other work-at-home-mom who isn’t a member already. You don’t need to provide proof, BUT anyone found cheating will automatically be disqualified. (I know YOU wouldn’t do that, but there are some who would. )

4. In your comment below, please include:

a) what you did to share the WAHM Articles directory with at least one other work-at-home-mom who is not already a member.

b) your author name on WAHM Articles

c) indicate whether or not you would like to take advantage of the 50% off discount a button ad from Designed by Lara (available for each player one time only).

5. Each time you follow the above steps, I will give you 1 week of button advertising on all the pages of the WAHM Articles directory. You may play up to 4 times and receive up to 4 weeks of advertising space.

6. Each time you follow the above steps, you will receive one entry into the draw for banner advertising for a year, and the free banner from Designed by Lara. You can have up to 4 entries.

7. After you post your comment, I will contact you to let you know when your ad will run. All ads will run between May 1 2008 and April 30 2009.

8. If you have indicated that you would like a button ad from Designed by Lara, Lara will contact you with more information.

This is Important – Please Read

1. You may not choose when your ad will run.

2. Ad space is given on away on a first-come, first-served basis only.

3. If you win more than one week of advertising space, your ad may or may not run on consecutive weeks. All ads will run on a first-come, first-served basis.

4. All ads must be “family-friendly” or they will not be accepted. I blush easily, and my kids like to visit my website.

5. Only activities initiated during the month of May count for this event. For example, if you’ve had a link to us on your website for the past month, it doesn’t count (although it is GREATLY appreciated!). If you put up a link for the first time during the month of May, it does count.

6. Grand prize draw will be held midnight, May 31 2008 (Mountain Time).

If you need ideas on how to tell others about WAHM Articles, stay tuned to the WA blog. Throughout the month of May, I’ll be posting ideas for simple things you can do to help spread the word.

Ready to play? Starting tomorrow, May 1, tell at least one other work-at-home-mom, who’s not already a member, about the article directory at WAHM Articles. Then post a comment below about what you did, and include all the other information I asked for.

Clear as mud? You can post your questions below too, or send them to me at contact@wahm-articles.com and I’ll try to clear things up.

Have fun, and have a VERY Happy Mother’s Day!

Last week, I announced the upcoming Mother’s Day Ad Madness promotion that will run throughout the month of May. It’s easy to play (I’ll give you all the rules on April 30) but you MUST have 2 approved articles in our database to participate. You can submit your articles right now by clicking here.

The only other thing I can tell you right now is that everyone who plays gets free advertising…. and it’s really, really easy to participate. In fact, what you’ll have to do is so easy, you’re probably already doing it!

Our sponsor, Designed by Lara is making this contest even better. If you don’t know Lara, I’m sure you know her work. She designed this blog, and almost every other graphic I use She’s giving EVERYONE who plays 50% off a 125×125 button to use in their free ad space.

This year’s Grand Prize is a year of banner advertising at WAHM Articles, at the top of every page of the article directory ($360 value) AND a banner from Designed by Lara to display in your ad space.

Stay tuned – more details coming soon!

And remember, the draw for $75 of WAHM Articles Original Content (your choice of a news release or mini eCourse) is happening soon. If you’re not already a subscriber to this blog, subscribe today so you have a chance to win!

WAHM Articles doesn’t sell ad space, but each Mother’s Day, we give it away!

I’m not ready to spill this year’s details yet, but this is what I CAN tell you.

WAHM Articles Mother’s Day Ad Madness will begin May 1 and run until May 31, 2008.

Everyone who participates can get up to 6 weeks of ad space, to display their 125×125 button ad. (You supply the ad. If you need a button made, I can recommend some great and affordable designers.)

This year, one lucky member will also win a Grand Prize – ad space for a full year.

More details are coming soon, but to play, you must have 2 approved articles in the WAHM Articles database.

If you haven’t submitted your WAHM Articles yet, today is a good time to start!

You can submit your WAHM Articles here.

Forgot your password? Get it here.

Not a WA member yet? You can still play by signing up here and submitting your best WAHM Articles.

In April, one lucky blog subscriber will win their choice of:

• 5-lesson eCourse, created just for you ($75 value)
• professionally written press release to help bring some free publicity your way (value $75)

Either way, it’s content that will help you bring in targeted traffic, ready to buy your product or service.

To enter, all you have to do is subscribe to the WAHM Articles Blog!

The draw will be held 5 pm MT, April 30, 2008.

You can learn more about WAHM Articles Original Content here.