September has arrived and that means that I slow down a bit. Yes, I know that sounds like opposite world for many of you who have taken the summer to relax and enjoy your kids. I’m not a beach baby and I don’t love basking in the sun – so the fall is my favorite [...]

In my recent post about traffic plateaus I mentioned that I know content site marketers who write 30 articles per month for distribution and sees crazy traffic as a result. Fellow WAHM Carrie Lauth has been inspired (addled?) by this idea and has embarked on a 30 day odyssey to write thirty articles. She’s not [...]

You know you should have an email list.  Some of you do.  Some of you don’t. My favorite email marketing tool is Aweber.  I’ve used them for years.  I have ten or so lists set up with them.  The main list is my ‘personal mailing list’ that I use to give things away and stay [...]

The C Factor: Creative, Concise, Clear, Complete Communication Never has it been more important to be a creative communicator on the web today. You have to grab attention and convey the key components of your subject – sometimes in as few words as possible. There are two groups of internet communicators who struggle in their [...]

Wendy is taking input from our readers and looking to make SparkplugU the best learning environment possible. Would you do me a favor and pop over to answer the short survey? You don’t have to leave your name – but if you’d like to, you’ll be entered for a free Nikon digital camera. After you [...]

I just started a diet three weeks ago.  I’ve lost 13 pounds so far.  Not bad at all, right?  I’m pretty happy with how its going so far.  I have to admit though that I can lose 20 or 30 pounds pretty easily.  I’ve done it dozens of times.  It’s keeping it off and going [...]

When I started my home business I didn’t have any plans to quit my day job, I just wanted to make extra money so that I could keep my electicity from being turned off – again. When I considered my options as a single mom with one eleven year old son I knew that picking [...]

I am very pleased to give a favorable update to my post last week about me being in a funk. After pretty much giving in to the funk as much as possible and taking a lot of time away from the computer over the weekend, I sat down at my desk on Monday morning with [...]

Even though this WAHM says she ‘stinks’ at Web 2.0 stuff – I see her excelling in her internet business and am pleased to introduce you to Mel Spier. Mel, when did you first decide to look for a way to work from home? I started looking for a way to work from home in [...]

I don’t know about you – but this week I’ve been in a bit of a funk. I’ve blogged here before about losing your mojo.  That isn’t really what I’ve been experiencing.  I haven’t lost interest in anything I’m doing.  Far from it. No, my mojo is just fine. I just haven’t wanted to work. [...]