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We have chosen the winners for this years Doing Business in your Bathrobe Day contest.  They are as follows:

- Patti Lekas – $50 Gift Certificate for New Bathrobe
- Barb Booth-Moore – Website Design Mojo – Angela Wills
- Sophia M. Caputo – I Love My Life: A Mom’s Guide to Working from Home

Please join me in congratulating these fabulous work at home moms!  Special thanks to everyone for helping to make this year’s Bathrobe Day a huge success!

Kristie Rimmele

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Just wanted to wish all of you hard working mom entrepreneurs the BEST Bathrobe Day Ever! I am proud of you for what you have accomplished.  You truly have it all, a business AND time with your family doing work you love.  Thanks for being a part of the fabric of America that is making a difference!

Love and success to you! Stay tune to see the big drawing winner!

Kristie

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At a time when many people are setting New Year resolutions I find myself wanting to focus on foundation.  To me, you can’t reach higher then the strength of who you are.  Having your feet planted firmly in who you are is important.  I am excited to re-explore “who I am” “what I want” and truly THRIVING in my life!  For me the best gift of being an entrepreneur is the gift of freedom.  You are free to choose – how you spend your time, what projects you work on, your direction.  I feel myself wanting to hunker down back to basics: friends, family, faith.

Tonight I am starting a mediation class – something I have always wanted to learn.  Tomorrow I am starting a new bible study class.  Since my husband and I often work weekends doing wedding shoots for his Chicago wedding photography studio, it makes…

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Yes, it’s that time of year – the one day to really CELEBRATE your entrepreneurial freedom.  Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day is coming on Monday, February 13th! Watch this video to learn more.  We hope you’ll celebrate with us and enter the contest! Check it out at

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In our last post, we talked about our goal to boost traffic from AblePlay.org and how we set benchmarks. Our next steps were to do keyword research for SEO and create an action plan based on what we found.

KEYWORD RESEARCH TIPS:

Step 1: Review website for keyword clues:
I started by looking at the AblePlay.org website and writing down keyword phrases that came to mind while reading the site content.
It was evident that ableplay, play products, toys, product reviews, special needs children, children with disabilities were main phrases.

Step 2: See what meta tags are on the website.
Next, I did “view source” and looked at the existing meta tags to see what clues I could find.
This is the Title Tag:
AblePlay – Play products for Children with Disabilities and Special Needs

Step 3: Competitive Research
Another step I like to…

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Watch this short video message from Kristie Rimmele of Webmomz.com on the benefits of having a masterminds group!

I remember when I first quit my corporate job, I felt so alone and didn’t fit in. I felt frustrated, overwhelmed and alone. I yearned to find someone like me who really knew what it was like to be a work from home mom.

I didn’t relate to the moms with 9-5 jobs. But then I didn’t quite relate to the stay at home moms either. I really wanted to find moms like me who understood what it was like to run a work at home business. And then I found my masterminds group! That was the BEST decision I ever made.

Suddenly I wasn’t alone anymore. I found friendship with smart women who were just like me. They were growing their business, learning about…

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Watch this short video message on Ways to Get Started Working from Home.

Teresa asks, “Kristie, how do I get started working from home and making a living at it?  I am not sure where to start or what to do?”

Hi Teresa,

Working at home is a wonderful way to earn money doing what you love.  The first step is deciding what kind of what at home career you’d like.  There is direct sales, starting your own business, and telecommuting.

Once you decide which route you’d like to go, you need to browse the available options in that category.

Start your OWN Business – Want to be your own boss? I have written a book that will help you start your home business called I Love My Life: A Mom’s Guide to Working from Home.  You’ll also find helpful home business start…

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When you need money quickly, there’s no better way than to provide a service. For many moms, that means being a general virtual assistant. Someone who does all the tasks of a traditional assistant but all accomplished virtually. It is good honest work and many do very well. The down side to a general assistant type position – the competition is stiff because the barrier of entry is low. Many tasks a general assistant handles does not need specialized skills nor expensive education. Add that to a global economy and you may find yourself competing for peanuts. Not quite the vision you had when you decide to go solo huh?

The solution business coaches will tell you, is to niche yourself. That’s a good strategy but what niche should you take? That would depend on your personality or what you enjoy doing. If you’re anything remotely geeky, then…

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Our Webmomz blog has been in MAJOR need of an update.  We just got my Webmomz.com WordPress blog updated from 2.5 and to the current is 3.2.1. Nola Cooper of WordPress Website Updates did a fabulous job.  I have to brag about her a little bit!  Man does she know her WordPress stuff. I highly recommend her for anyone needing an update. We have all the latest gadgets for SEO, Social Media.

I cannot tell you how easy to work with she is and how happy we are with the results.  And now our blog loads lightning fast. So I asked Nola if she’d give a special discount or something for our Webmomz members so they could get their blogs updated too.  Here’s what she put together for us.

1 Month Free WordPress Updates – Just for Webmomz Members!
Nola Cooper is giving a special offer of the…

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Customer testimonials are one of the most important marketing tools for your business.  I highly recommend asking customers to write a testimonial after every purchase.  To make it easier give customers a sample testimonial and teach them how to write testimonials for your business.

Here’s some ideas of what they might include in a testimonial letter or a letter of recommendation:

I ask every client. Say something like this….

Do you think you could put together a testimonial for me? I’d love to feature it on the site and it would be great exposure for you. Would you please take a few minutes to tell me what you liked best about working with me? Thanks in advance for your time. I truly appreciate it

Here’s some ideas of what you can include in a written testimonial
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