Kristie T’s Home Business Blog Fun, mom-geared work-at-home tips and advice on making money on the net.

I know that a lot of you may be experiencing hard times now and looking for some extra income. When you work from home, it can be tough to find clients.  It’s hard to market yourself so that you have a steady line of work.

I found this awesome work at home directory. Work for writers, web designers, project managers, bloggers, transcriptionists, virtual assistants, and sales/support people. Check it out! These are real job listings - no scam stuff. Site is run by a gal I know really well.  It’s at www.webmomz.com/hiremymom.htm

Hope that helps you! I picked up some extra work there for me too! Back to school stuff really adds up with the kids! :o)

Hugs,

Kristie Rimmele

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For 2 years I have been puzzled at why my printer would not print PDFs.  I would download the latest version of Adobe Reader over and over with no cure.  Today a search in Google provided the cure.  At last I can print PDFs on my Mac laptop.  It was just a simple adjustment in the Advanced Printer Settings of Adobe Reader to make it “print as image”.  BINGO!

Below is how to fix it!
Mac OS: Print Job stops when printing PDF file from Adobe Reader

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This morning I was going onto the Fanpage of a local women’s networking group I spoke at and wanted to Become a Fan.  I found myself frustrated scanning the page and finding NO WHERE the Become a Fan button.  It finally took Googling “how to become a Fan on Facebook” to find that Facebook has changed it so now you have to LIKE a fanpage to Become a Fan.

Just wanted to make you aware of this change in Facebook.

BTW We’d love for you to Like Webmomz Fanpage and Become a Fan of Webmomz on Facebook.

Kristie

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In case you are a fairly new Mac user like me, you may from time to time find your computer freezing up with a stalled program.  On my old PC, Control Alt Delete worked like a charm, but that doesn’t work for Mac. Found out that if you try pressing Command + Option + Escape keys it takes you to a Force Quit Applications screen that allows you to close the halted program.  YEAH! Relief at last. No more frozen screens. You have any cool Mac tricks?

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Just came across this awesome opportunity for major publicity for you. Fast Company magazine is hosting a project called The Influence Project. And if you take part in it, you have a shot at being featured on the cover of the November issue of Fast Company magazine. How awesome is that?

Want to participate? It’s easy, just visit here. You’ll get a unique “influence” URL that you can share with your family, friends, and everyone you know to measure your personal influence. Fun huh? Check it out - it’s quick, easy, and free to participate. http://fcinf.com/v/a2wq

Who knows, you just may be one of America’s most influential people? Good luck at being featured in their magazine!

Kristie Rimmele

Webmomz.com

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(Chicago) – Kristie Tamsevicius and Rick Rimmele — are now man and wife. The two tied the knot during a private ceremony on May 16, 2010 at the Flamingo Hotel gardens in Las Vegas. The work at home expert, 40, and her new hubby, 49, dated for nine months. The pair got engaged on Christmas eve and could not be happier.

Kristie Rimmele (www.KristieRimmele.com), is the author of “I Love My Life: A Mom’s Guide to Working from Home”! Thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs have used her step-by-step home business system to earn money working from home.

Rick Rimmele (www.ByImagine.com) is the owner of Photography by Imagine, a Chicago based photography firm, who has been capturing dreams for over 36 years in the Chicago area.

When they are not working together to photograph weddings or promote businesses online, they enjoy time together in their Gurnee home with their puggle, Ginger and their two children.

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Webmomz is excited to announce the winner of the 2010 Business Grant is Randa Maloy of Childrentopics.com from Fayetteville, Georgia.  Randa’s popular website helps parents, caregivers, and teachers with advice to tough issues.  We love Randa’s passion and devotion to making a difference for kids and families.  Randa is truly an inspiration and says, “Anything is possible if you put your mind to it and never give up.  Hang on and never give up.  That’s how it is building a home business. You have good days, bad days, just can’t ever give up.”

Congratulations Randa!

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Are you looking for an easy way to get more website traffic? But, getting noticed by search engines takes a lot of time and effort.  That’s why submitting your website to directories is important.

As you know, getting ‘Links’ plays a major role in determining your ranking position on the various search engines. Submitting your website to a directory creates back links that really give a boost to your SEO efforts.

What is a directory you ask? Well, it’s different from a search engine. Directories are run by humans who review web sites and categorize them within their directories. Yahoo and DMOZ are the two biggest directories on the web. Some directories even feed their databases to other directories and search engines.

I’d love to personally submit your website to my list of the 50 top Free Directories and boost your SEO.

Read the results this client got with my Directory promotion already:

“Kristie, I appreciate your help in promoting my teenfrontier.com website in directories last week. I’ve already seen an increase in subscribers for the One Minute Parent. Many thanks!”

Barbara McRae
www.TeenFrontier.com

If you would like some help doing that, I am offering a special 5 hr retainer package for $225 for submission to my hand picked list of top 50 Free Submission Directories.  It’s a lot of work and has to be done carefully by hand to pick the most appropriate category and enter the required information for submission. But this is one way I can personally help your business.

Sign up for your Directory Submission package here:

http://www.brandingonthenet.com/retainer.htm

I look forward to helping you!

Kristie Tamsevicius

www.Webmomz.com

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It’s a sad fact that many of us who work from home will face divorce.  I have seen many of my dearest friends online go thru divorce in just the past year or two.  What many people don’t know is how much divorce can cost you and how stressful it can be on your kids.

One thing I just learned of this past year is called divorce mediation.  Instead of running straight to a divorce lawyer, you can work with a divorce mediator to peacefully work out parenting agreements, financial agreements, and other divorce details.

If you’d like to learn more about it, here’s an article on Divorce Mediation and Financial Security for Families.

If you live in the Chicago area and know someone going thru a divorce, I highly recommend Brian James for to mediate your divorce.

It’s wonderful when families can stay together.  But if you have to get divorced, the more peaceful you can make it, the less effect it will have on the kids.  You’ll save so much money (and stress) working with a divorce mediator.  It will help you stay more grounded thru your divorce so you can keep money coming in through your work at home business.

Hugs to any of our Webmomz having tough times.  I am thinking about you!

Kristie

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Announcing the Winners of The Business in the Bathrobe Day Contest. Special thanks to all of you who celebrated Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day! And now the exciting part - here are the winners of our Bathrobe Day contest!

Prize Winners of Doing Business in Bathrobes 2010

• Sue Seward won a robe from ComfyRobes.com donated by Veronika Doud
• Raelee Peirce won I Love My Life Book and Toolkit donated by Webmomz
• Debra Bennett won Membership in Home-Based Working Moms donated by Lesley Spencer Pyle
• Megan O’Brien won Membership in HireMyMom.com  donated by Lesley Spencer Pyle
• Lin Kellum won Natural Mom PLR pack donated by Carrie Lauth
• Donna Bradshaw won 1 Hour Bookkeeping Coaching Session donated by Raquel Morphy
• Cami Collison won Personal Strategy Session donated by Jane Deuber

Congrats again to all our winners!

And thanks to everyone for making this the BEST Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day ever!

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