This week’s Spark an Idea Thursday is about managing your business over the Holidays.
Will you be taking a few extra days off over the Fourth of July?  If you’re in Canada, are you taking a break for Canada Day festivities?
We entrepreneurs can have a hard time unplugging from business and the web.  I don’t really [...]

I love finding new tools that make my business easier to manage and today I found a real winner.  I have to thank our TechAuthor, Lynette Chandler for this great find - she listed it in her recent post of practical Wordpress plugins for small business owners.
The plugin that grabbed my attention is WP-Invoice.
In my [...]

This week’s Spark an Idea Thursday is all about Email.
Email is everything in my business.  I’m sure you feel the same way… ok, maybe not. I’ve actually heard of a few people who refuse to use email - though I can’t imagine how that works.
It’s a quiet week around the Sparkplugging network but a few [...]

I did an interview with, James, one of the founders of MenWithPens.ca. This organization epitomizes the lifestyle that Sparkplugging.com is focused on. Their four employees, one of whom is a woman despite the name, operate from four different locations in two different countries thousands of miles apart. We talked about what they do, remote work [...]

I can’t believe I didn’t tell Sparkplugging readers about Hot Seminar Series launching last week!  It’s my annual summer seminar series and it is definitely HOT again this year
We changed things up this year.  Instead of covering internet marketing topics we’re covering eight really hot internet based careers that hold a lot of [...]

My 3 favorite posts from the Sparkplugging archives contain great advice for anyone going into business for themselves. Although the first one is specific to writers, the other two are great reads for any solopreneur.
My first pick is a set of FAQs for new freelance writers. This post covers everything from whether you need a [...]

Just three favorite Sparkplugging posts? I knew Kelly’s request would be tough since I had been bookmarking favorites in my Google Reader for well over a year.
I saw a distinct pattern in the almost two dozen I had starred (bookmarked). I love the list compilation posts because I have enjoyed and trusted Wendy Piersall’s [...]