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As summer draws closer, I’m reminded of the vacations we have planned and the weekend camping trips to the mountain and the lake. I love these times with my family and I look forward to each one of them; mainly because I love being with my husband and my boys, but also because I enjoy time away from my business.

One of the hardest things I have found is leaving my business behind for a few days. I struggle with not marketing my business and the reason is because I’m worried I’ll miss something. Over the years I have learned a lot and one of the things I’ve learned is how to plan ahead so I can avoid the things that cause me the most fear.

I have found if I plan ahead I can still place my business in front of others even when I’m on the lake or in the trees. There are a number of ways to make this happen, but I certainly couldn’t make it happen if I didn’t plan ahead. That’s why I create my blog calendars ahead of time and plan early to get my client work done early. Without those two things I’d never be successful in the summer time when we go camping.

If you struggle with these types of things like I do, you need to try planning ahead. Create a Google calendar for your blog and create another one for your work. Create daily to-do lists and make sure you complete the items on the list each day. If you find you can’t make it happen, change things up and find ways to make it happen. Organize things, eliminate things that aren’t working, automate what you can, and hire a Virtual Assistant or Ghostwriter to help with tasks.

When you do what you can to organize your business and your life you’ll find things will go smoother, you’ll be able to truly take time off, and you’ll enjoy life. You’ll find you won’t stress in the days before your vacation and you’ll have the ability to take the time off and enjoy your family. It’s important to remember your family is the reason you work your business, but if you don’t work it the right way, taking time off won’t work and you’ll find working your business will be more stressful than it will be fun and enjoyable.

Boy I’ll tell you what, the weather is playing games with us here in Wyoming. This is typical spring weather for us though. We had 60 degree weather over the weekend and yesterday the snow started to fly again and we have upwards of 6+ inches of snow. The wind is blowing and it’s cold outside. Yuck!

The way the weather changes in the spring reminds me of my business. The change in the weather is the same as the change in the marketing plans I need to have for my business. If you continue to do the same thing over and over you’re not going to reach out to new people and that’s not what you want.

Man people say you need to continue to do the same marketing strategies over and over so you may sure you hit the rule that says you need to place your business in front of your market five to seven times in order for them to trust you enough to see what you have to offer. While this is true, the down side is you may have to put your business in the same place hundreds if not thousands of times in order reach that one person five to seven times.

With that said, you need to find new places to place your business and you need to find new ways to market to these people. When you change things up you’ll find those people will come to you. The reason is because most people don’t only go to one place and that’s it. This is why you must change things and look for new places to market your business.

Marketing your business is important and when you think of your business like the changing of the seasons and like the changes in the weather when spring comes to town, you’ll see the importance of finding new ways and places to market your business.

Spring has sprung and the weather is changing to the better. I don’t know about other locations, but we’re having pretty typical weather here. Snow that sticks to the cars and grassy areas, but melts when it hits the streets. It’s gone by noon and beautiful after that. Temps range between 50 and 60 degrees right now and most days, it’s perfect!

When Spring hits, that means Easter is on the way and that’s exactly what Sunday is this week. My boys love Easter because of the special treats the Easter bunny leaves. Even though they’re 17 and 14 they still enjoy walking the house looking for the candy the Easter bunny dropped along the way.

This week’s article give you three treats you can make for the kids or to bring to your Easter dinner. You’ll find these treats are easy enough that your small children will enjoy helping you make them. Click here to read this fun article.

I hope you have a wonderful Easter holiday. I hope you’re able to take time off to be with your family and you enjoy each other’s company.

Spring is tomorrow and needless to say I’m very excited and ready for it to be here. I’ve had camping withdrawals for a month now and that’s not good. We have two more months to go before the weather will officially be warm enough to go. I hope it goes fast!

This week I want to talk about PLR Articles and how they can help you with blog, articles, and website content. You’ll also learn about a special PLR Article special.

If used properly you’ll find PLR Articles make things so much easier than you ever could have imagined. On the other hand if you don’t use them properly they can hurt you and that’s certainly not what you want for your business.

The most important thing to remember when using PLR Articles is you must rewrite them. PLR Articles are sold to multiple people and if every person that purchased them didn’t rewrite them anyone that posts them after the first person does would be consider a thief and the reason is because that person posted it first. People would say you stole their content, even though you didn’t in any way. So it’s best to rewrite it.

You need to change the title and at least 20% of the content. The easiest way to do this is to take the key points and write the information pertaining to those points on your own. Reading through the article first will give you ideas so you can make the article your own based on your thoughts and feelings regarding the topic. Basically PLR Articles give you ideas and examples to follow to get the content you need.

Once you’ve rewritten the articles you’ll have the ability to post them on your blog, on article directories, or use it as content on your website. You’ll find it’s easier to come up with content using these articles than you would if you tried to come up with it on your own. That’s the best thing when you’re a busy business owner. Don’t lose business or have to eliminate tasks because you don’t have enough time to get everything done.

Now you see how beneficial PLR Articles can be for your business, you’re ready to start purchasing them and using them to your advantage. Good Luck!

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February is come and almost gone and March is fast approaching. Spring is in the air and I know if you’re like me, you’re ready for the seasons to change and the warmer weather to arrive. We’ve had a crazy winter season with snow and rain storms. I’m ready for the warm weather to come so we can go camping and fishing.

My son’s 17th birthday is later this week and while I’m excited for this year to come for him, I’m having some trouble with it at the same time. He’s days away from starting his final quarter of his junior year and that means his senior year is almost here. I’m really struggling with this, but it is what it is and I can’t stop him from growing up. LOL

As February comes to an end I have to wonder how everyone is doing with their goals for 2013. There are times when your goals may seem so far out of reach and other times you may wonder if you set goals that were too easy to achieve. One thing to remember is these are only goals. Life won’t end if you don’t achieve them. Struggling to reach your goals is hard, so if you find yourself in this situation, ask for help. Hire a Virtual Assistant to help or rethink your business and try to find ways to eliminate things that don’t need to be done within your business.

I hope you’re having a good year so far. Let us know in the comments how you’re doing and what you’re struggling with right now.

If you struggle to come up with ideas for your newsletter articles, you aren’t alone! Many small business owners aren’t sure what to write about. You want topics that will be interesting to your readers and help them get to “know” you so they learn that you can be a trusted source of the information or products they want.

Let me share some creative ideas with you to help you jumpstart your brainstorming.

Note: If one of your challenges is that you’re concerned about online privacy, you can still use these ideas. Just keep things general and not too personal or specific. You never have to include photos or names/ages of your children if you aren’t comfortable with it. Keep things from more of a business point of view and you can still build a professional relationship with your subscribers.

Photographs
Of course you’ll include photographs of your products or virtual images of your products, but how about some photos of your hometown, the wildlife or scenery near you, or your sewing studio or workspace?

Product Reviews
Have you received a positive review from a credible website or publication? Share it in your newsletter along with comments of your own about which of your products or services they reviewed and add what you feel the strong points of that product or service are.

Be Interviewed
Find a mentor, friend, or fellow small business owner and invite them to interview you via email. They write up and send questions, then you answer them and include the Q & A in your next newsletter. You can return the favor by interviewing them.

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I’ve been doing this newsletter almost every week for a year and I think it’s time for a change.

No, I’m NOT getting rid of the newsletter. I know this newsletter has helped a lot of WAHM and SAHM’s and for that I’m VERY thankful. That’s the dream Denise Willms had when she first created this directory and that’s what I’m going to continue to do.

The changes that I’ll be making will be simple, but I think they will be beneficial and will help many more women than I am right now.

The first change I’m making is to the day I send the newsletter out each week. I did a little research via Facebook and I decided Monday is not the best day to send the newsletter out. The ladies that helped me with this said Monday is the day they catch up from being off all weekend. They take Monday to clean out their email, set their marketing up for the week, and a few other things. They said a lot of times they don’t have time to read newsletters or other things that come in, so they often times are either deleted or left for future reading and are often forgotten. So with that said you’ll begin seeing the newsletters on Tuesdays now.

Another one of the changes that I’m making will be within the newsletter. I’m adding an advertising spot and I’m going to highlight certain people that have had an impact on WAHM-Articles and to start I’m going to be focusing on my Guest Bloggers. Sophie McIntyre is my first and you can learn all about her this week when you read about her on Facebook, here on the blog, and on Twitter.

There will be other changes to come, but these two are what I’m focusing on right now. I’ll share more soon and if you see anything you’d like to see different or if there is something you’d like to have added, please leave a note in the comments below.

Thanks for reading and being a part of WAHM-Articles. You’re all a blessing to me and I appreciate everything you do for this article directory.

When you’re marketing your website one of the worst things you can do is not use content such as articles and blog posts. It’s crucial to find ways to reach out to your target market so they can see what you offer and how you can help them.

Writer’s block isn’t just for those that write books. It can happen to those that write articles blog posts as well. If you’ve been in this situation you know how hard it can be to overcome it. Have you ever considered using PLR articles?

PLR Articles can help you in so many ways and the great thing about them is with a few changes the article is yours and is different enough that it won’t be recognized as a PLR article. Click here to read an article I wrote about using PLR articles to help you overcome writer’s block.

One of the hardest things a WAHM will have to handle is her weight. Working from home makes it difficult to stay out of the kitchen and when you don’t have someone standing over your shoulder to remind you of your deadlines you may find yourself in there eating everything in site.

While it’s difficult to do this, you must find a way to make it happen or the weight will continue to pile on and that’s not healthy. Finding a way to stay out of the kitchen is very important, but it’s also important to exercise.

While searching WAHM-Articles this morning I found an article that made working out easy and I can’t wait to start implementing the suggestions. I just know it will help me to take this weight off and keep it off. Click here to read this article and then make sure you comment below to tell us how you exercise each day.