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It never ceases to amaze me to see the quality of expertise from the readers of this site. You all really blow me away! I’m pleased to present 18 business and life balance How-To’s ‘crowdsourced’ from our reader community. These are extremely well written, in-depth articles that could stand alone as ’special reports’ or even mini ebooks in some cases!

Crowdsourced Expertise from Sparkplugging Readers

Help with Getting Started Working from Home

Lorna Doone Brewer from Freelance Parent on Finding the Right Home Based Business to Start

John from Business Opportunities and Ideas on How to Turn Your Home Business Idea into a Home Business

Cory Huff from A Good Husband on How to Make Sure Your Marriage Survives Your Work at Home Transition

Mary-Lynn Foster and George Krueger from BiggSuccess on How Do I Find My Passion?

Help with Website Building & Internet Marketing

Joe Cheray from WildHeartWorks on How to Market Yourself for Free via The Net

Easton Ellsworth from Visionary Blogging on How to Build Blog Traffic Using the Visionary Blogging Method

Barbara Ling from BarbaraLing.com on Beef Up Your Mailing List by Powering Up Your Autoresponder Mastery

Lisa Lehmann from Studio Jewel on How to Set Up an Etsy Shop

Gary Lee from MrGaryLee.com on How to Build a Landing Page for an Email Autoresponder

Sarah Lewis from Findable Blogs on How to Get a Custom Blog or Website Design on a Small Budget

Kristen from Tubby Bundle on How to Use Twitter: Simplified

Help with Time Management & Balancing Work and Home Life

Jenn from Boutique Bargains on How To Manage Your Time Better While Working In A Home Office

Brandie Kajino from Home Office Organizer on Managing & Balancing Time in Your Home Office

JoLynn Braley from The Fit Shack on How To Stay Healthy & Fit While Working From Home

Chris Perrin from The Par System on How to Manage Your Time Better While Working in a Home Office

Karen Hanrahan from Best Wellness Consultant on Working from Home and Planning a Perfect Day

Help with Growing Your Business

Mark Silver from Heart of Business on “Profitability: How to get from ‘just enough’ to ‘extra.’

Katja Presnal from Skimbaco on How to Leverage Twitter to Help your Business Grow

And a bonus #19 by Will Scott from Search Influence on How to Outsource Your Brain for Fun AND Profit

Special thank you shout outs to HappyGreen and GroupWritingProjects for spreading the word about this project!

Here are More Business and Work at Home How To’s from our Reader Community and More Website Marketing Ideas.

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1. On May 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 am, Amber said:

This was such an awesome idea. I am devoting my afternoon to going through these posts! Super excited =)

2. On May 22nd, 2008 at 11:50 am, Andrea_R said:

WOW. I am seriously in awe at this awesome list of resources.

So much talent in one spot.
*heads off to social bookmarking sites*

3. On May 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 pm, cory huff said:

@andrea R - did you mean heads off, or hats off?

Wendy, I just Twittered you the right link to my site - Thanks!

4. On May 22nd, 2008 at 4:16 pm, John said:

@Cory I think Andrea means heads…

Some good posts on the list, I’ve enjoyed reading them.

Johns last blog post..Setting DUMB Goals

5. On May 22nd, 2008 at 4:38 pm, Joe Cheray said:

Great resource of information on all the topics I especially enjoyed the home office and time management related articles. Lord knows I need a little help in that area.

Thank you Wendy for doing this again this year. I look forward to every Crowdsourcing project that you hold as it gives me a chance to show others what I know as well.

Joe Cherays last blog post..How to Market Yourself for Free via The�Net

6. On May 22nd, 2008 at 4:51 pm, Kevin said:

Great information and point outs. I feel something that I really need to improve after readying this entire article. Thanks much.

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7. On May 22nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm, JoLynn from The Fit Shack said:

Hi Wendy, thanks for including me in such fine company, I’ve read a few of the posts already and they really are great.

JoLynn from The Fit Shacks last blog post..Shrink Yourself Emotional Eating Experiment - Week Twelve

8. On May 22nd, 2008 at 5:50 pm, Gary Lee said:

This was fun . . when’s the next one?

Gary Lees last blog post..How to Build a Landing Page for an Email Autoresponder

9. On May 22nd, 2008 at 9:45 pm, Aimee said:

Good stuff! I haven’t read all of the articles yet, but I did notice that the link for “Brandie Kajino from Home Office Organizer on Managing & Balancing Time in Your Home Office” has an extra http in it and thus doesn’t go to the article. (I found it anyway & it’s a good one.)

Anyway, thanks for the great ideas. Keep up the good work!

10. On May 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 pm, Chief Family Officer said:

Thanks for the list, Wendy! There were some really helpful articles.

Chief Family Officers last blog post..Seven recalls today

11. On May 23rd, 2008 at 4:24 pm, Mother Earth said:

Great project and what an awesome list of ideas and resources. I was delighted that I could participate.

Mother Earths last blog post..What is Menopause?

12. On May 25th, 2008 at 2:40 pm, Jennifer said:

Wow. I started a home business in 1992, before the WWW and certainly before blogs. I had to buy books to get advice. I love all the free advice that is available now.

Jennifers last blog post..How Teens Can Connect With Their Parents

13. On May 26th, 2008 at 2:46 am, Dennis Bj�rn Petersen said:

Argh so many great posts, but where to start?!

I’ll start out with How to get a blog design on a budget.

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