Busy Moms - Tips for keeping it all balanced!
As a fellow Mompreneur - I’m sure you understand just how very tricky it can be to keep everything moving along smoothly. For myself, I find that I work very late into the night after I have the children in bed and then get up at about 6 a.m. to start the morning ritual of getting the kids (3 of them) all ready for school.
One of the things that causes me the most stress I have discovered is telling the kids every gosh darn step they need to do to get ready. “Go get your teeth brushed. Did you put on underwear? Those socks don’t match. You still need to brush your hair. Did you pack your homework?” You know the drill.
Now that my daughter is going to preschool I have not just one extra person to get ready, but two - because I actually have to get out of the car and walk into the school. Yikes!
So this Monday morning I became determined was going to mark the last stressful morning I had. One thing that I have learned over the years is that it isn’t enough to have an idea, however good, unless you implement it! So I needed to take some action steps. Hopefully some of these ideas will help you too!
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How NOT to promote your website on forums
Internet entrepreneurs, work at home moms, network marketers… you’re all fed the same hype about how to promote your website, get leads, recruit members, etc. One of the first things you will be told is to post your ads on forums. Lots.
This article is a guide to proper forum etiquette so that you don’t waste your own and many other peoples time.
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Sometimes it Pays to Say NO!
There’s an old saying in the freelance world, “It’s either feast of famine”. Inevitably a freelancer will find themselves either with no work at all - or with more than they can possibly handle!
Because of the piece work way that we get paid (no weekly paycheck, and some companies taking over a month to pay an invoice!), it can be tempting to be overkill and take on any project that comes your way.
Be careful — you don’t want to be rushing through projects (aka - this one won’t be on my portfolio!), nor do you want to be making clients wait past their deadlines for your deliverable.
Sometimes the professional thing to do is say no. Let the client know that while you hate to turn work away or let them down - you’d really be doing them a disservice by accepting the job because you just have too much on your plate.
Often times you’ll find that the client knows just where you’re coming from and appreciates your integrity. They just might be willing to wait! But if their project is urgent — be sure to have a colleague or two that you can recommend to them. Check back in with them the following week to see how its going and to let them know if you have some open time. I promise you, it does sometimes pay to say no!
