I almost missed it, but Lynn tagged us last week with “5 Questions for Online Business Women”. Better late than never, right?

1. When did you start your business?

My first website went up at the end of 2002, so about 5 years ago was when I first started playing with websites and online business.

2. How many businesses have you owned?

Before I came online to work, I was co-owner of a restaurant here in town. Sorta lol. It belonged to my mother, but I had quite a bit of say in it for several years. Mom’s Market was my first site (which may be getting a huge face lift soon), and I’ve since owned quite a few websites.

3. Name one of your most valuable mentors.

As corny as it may sound, my dad. There’s a whole lot of business knowledge held in that person. He grew up in a family business (greenhouse owned by his father). No matter what the fad is online, common business sense NEVER dies.

Online, well I don’t think I have a “most valuable”. I accept information from all sorts of people.

4. How many hours do you work each day?

I use to work every available hour in the day, from morning until night. After a major burn out, I set a regular schedule. I don’t always stick to it, but it’s usually 8am to 3pm. Some days I have an extra long lunch, and end up squeezing in a few hours in at night. On average I’d say 6 hours a day, 5 days a week.

5. Name one of the mistakes you’ve made and learned from in your business.

Taking short cuts. What works now might not work tomorrow, so your success may only be short term if you are taking short cuts. I’ve had to start from scratch a few times because I didn’t build it the right way the first time, or whatever it was I was doing stopped working. So what I build now I take my time with, making sure it has a solid foundation. It takes longer to see a success with, but it’s worth it in the long run.
Tag, you’re it! I’m tagging some new and old blood for this one…….

Sandy, RepOnTheRun
Val, Working WAHM
Loretta, Thoughts Out of My Head

Have fun ladies!

Alrighty, since Memes are so popular, and we ALL love the link love … I decided it was time to create my OWN Meme

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Have you ever read a blog post that was absolutely awesome, totally hit home or taught you a lesson you’ll never forget? Maybe you’ve read a post that you just know would help many others? Sure you have, we all have. Because of this, I’ve created the Must Read Blog Posts Meme. It’s very simple to do with lots of link love.

Copy and paste everything in between and including the start and end tags and then all you have to do is post your favorite blog posts and follow the rules listed below:

Here’s the rules:

1. MUST be family friendly!
2. Only FIVE links.
3. Must be clickable text (share those keywords!)
4. Include a link back to the person who tagged you.
5. Posts can NOT be your own posts.
6. Tag at least 3 other people
7. Make it a learning experience – actually read the posts listed by the person who tagged you.
8. Anita from A Tale of 2 Wahms is this meme’s originator. (An active link is appreciate.)

You weren’t tagged but you want to play along anyway? Reply here and I’ll stop by and invite you. (Don’t forget to post your link!)

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My Favorite Blog Posts:

The $7 Craze, Viral Marketing & The Big Debate Between Devaluation and Price Inflation
What is an Ecourse?
3 Powerful Customer Follow Up Strategies
7 Surefire Tips that will Make You Money Online
More Targeted Website Traffic That You Can Handle

Boy, that was hard! To lists only 5 must read posts was quite difficult! Maybe this will make it back to me and I can post 5 more, lol!

I’m so far behind on my tags and I almost put this one off but – geesh, people are going to start to think I’m a snob! LOL! Not a snob – just super busy! So, with that thought in mind, I thought I better jump on this one

Just copy paste THIS and everything below up until my Five links:

I thought it would be cool to have a meme where we post links. We can post up to five. Then we tell five more people to share their links. If we all share who tagged us, our links are sure to be seen!

They can be business links, favorite sites, affiliate links, whatever you want…

There are Five Rules:

1. MUST be clean. No R rated sites.
2. Only FIVE links.
3. MUST tell 5 people.
4. A link back to the person who tagged you
5. Lara’s Place is the meme originator. (an active link is appreciated)

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My Links:

For my list, I decided to list my favorite resources for work at home businesses.

Affordable Wahm Domain Names & Webhosting
Having a website doesn’t need to cost you an arm and a leg anymore!

Work at Home Classifieds
Hey, I had to throw in my new feature, right?

Aweber
Let’s just say your business NEEDS this – it’s a must!

Internet Marketing Blog
One of the best around Lynn!!

Free Business Cards
Who doesn’t need business cards and who doesn’t love a freebie??

I am tagging:

Lynn
Val
Lauren
Patty
Sandy

So I’m finally getting around to doing this. Even though Anita tagged me last week. About time I get with the program eh? Without further delay, here’s my One Word MeMe post.

The rules say you can only answer each question with ONE word. Being a MySpace junkie, I know this game well.  Alright! Here we go….

1. Where is your cell phone?  Kitchen
2. Relationship?  Non-existent
3. Your hair?  Brown
4. Work?  Home
5. Your sister? None
6. Your favorite thing?  Computer
7. Your dream last night?  Strange
8. Your favorite drink?  Cappuchino
9. Your dream car?  Camero
10. The room you’re in?  Front
11. Your shoes?   None
12. Your fears?  Many
13. What do you want to be in 10 years?  Happy
14. Who did you hang out with this weekend?  Kids
15. What are you not good at?  Spelling
16. Muffin?  Maybe
17. One of your wish list items?  Siding
18. Where you grew up?  Iowa
19. Last thing you did?  Myspace
20. What are you wearing?  Jeans
21. What aren’t you wearing?  Shoes
22. Your pet?  Taz-cat
23. Your computer?  Old
24. Your life?  Average
25. Your mood?  Mellow
26. Missing?  Relationship
27. What are you thinking about right now?  Answers
28. Your car?  Sunfire
29. Your kitchen?  Messy
30. Your summer?  Busy!
31. Your favorite color?  Purple
32. Last time you laughed?  Yesterday
33. Last time you cried?  Sunday
34. School?  Nope
35. Love?  Kids

Now as for who I’m tagging……

Anita already tagged our normal people here, so I’m going after some new blood. My best friend Tabitha has just finished her first website and now has a blog to go along with it. Guess what? TAG! Your it Tabitha!

Lara from Lara’s Place tagged me in a neat little game of One Word Meme.  Her post actually gave me the idea of starting a new category here – I’ve Been Tagged.  Thanks Lara!  If you don’t stop by Lara’s blog for anything else … you’ll want to visit to see here Wacky Wednesday Pics

You can only answer each question with ONE word. 

1. Where is your cell phone?  Counter
2. Relationship?  Happy
3. Your hair?  Blonde
4. Work?  Home
5. Your sister? None
6. Your favorite thing?  Laptop 
7. Your dream last night?  Frightening
8. Your favorite drink?  Pepsi
9. Your dream car?  Corvette
10. The room you’re in?  Living
11. Your shoes?   None
12. Your fears?  War
13. What do you want to be in 10 years?  Successful
14. Who did you hang out with this weekend?  Family
15. What are you not good at?  Singing
16. Muffin?  Blueberry
17. One of your wish list items?  Company
18. Where you grew up?  Mifflin
19. Last thing you did?  Email
20. What are you wearing?  Shorts
21. What aren’t you wearing?  Shoes
22. Your pet?  Nicky
23. Your computer?  Laptop
24. Your life?  Happy
25. Your mood?  Frustrated
26. Missing?  Hubby
27. What are you thinking about right now?  Me
28. Your car?  Focus
29. Your kitchen?  Dishes
30. Your summer?  Busy
31. Your favorite color?  Green
32. Last time you laughed?  Morning
33. Last time you cried?  Monday
34. School?  Done
35. Love?  Craig

And now it’s time for me to tag . . .
Who oh who will it be . . .
Will it be you?
How about:

Kara – A Tale of 2 Wahms
Val – Busy Momma
Betsy – 4FabMoms

I didn’t tag you?  Neither did anyone else?  Looks like fun and you wanna do it??  Drop me a comment and I’ll add you to my list!