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Facebook commerce: What is it and should I use it for my business?

February 20, 2012 By Cas 6 Comments

Late last year Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg said that “Facebook commerce will be the next thing to really blow up”.

Already, there are a few developers jumping in early to make the most of Facebook’s e-commerce potential, or F-commerce as it’s been coined. While some large retailers jumped in early only to abandon the sales platform soon after, smaller facebook-based businesses may still benefit from F-commerce as it eliminates a step in the selling process and is a tidier option than selling through a photo album.

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My finds from Support a WAHP Sponsors this Week (February 12 to 18)

February 18, 2012 By Cas Leave a Comment

from our sponsors this week feb 12 to 18

This week I have birthdays on my mind! Support a WAHP just celebrated our 2nd birthday! Each week I have a browse through our sponsors’ website to see what’s new! Here’s what I found from our sponsors this week:

Filed Under All Posts, Blog Posts, Featured Posts, News, Sponsors Tagged With business to business, clothing, events, graphic designers, homewares accessories, invitations, Party Supplies, toys, website designers

In the Spotlight: Print-it-Yourself Invitations

February 16, 2012 By Cas 1 Comment

Tell us a little about the person behind the business: I am a mother of two and wife to a gorgeous man who lives in regional WA. I enjoy the country lifestyle, but LOVE the fact that there are ‘real shops’ and facilities only an hour away. My kids provide me with the inspiration for most of my designs in the little things they find amazing, things they love or the mischief that they get up too.

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10 ways to market your work at home business for free (or low cost)

February 13, 2012 By Cas 4 Comments

Most people don’t believe it when I tell them that I started up my local business, Mumatopia, with no budget. We had just come out of a lean year. We’d lost thousands in the 2008 global financial collapse and we were deep in debt. So, what did I do? I started a new business! Inspired by entrepreneur Justin Herald, after hearing an interview with him on a local radio station, I decided to start by dipping into the grocery budget to pay for my business name registration. Once I had a client under my belt, I then used some of that money to order business cards and as my business grew I was able to invest more in my business. Here are ten tips for marketing your work at home business for free:

Filed Under advertising, All Posts, Blog Posts, Business to Business, Facebook Tips, Featured Posts, Helpful Resources, How To, News, Social Media Marketing Tagged With free marketing, free work at home

6 tips for choosing a logo designer

February 9, 2012 By Cas 3 Comments

Facebook craft business pages have been in an uproar these past few days over a designer using other designers’ work (and claiming them as their own) to create logos for small craft businesses…(thanks for the heads up Amanda Foy from Foysters… always got your finger on the pulse!) Here are 6 tips to help you decide the type of designer you need for your business logo and branding.

Filed Under All Posts, Blog Posts, Business to Business, Featured Posts, How To, News Tagged With branding, graphic design, logo design

Why an International “Week” Celebrating Working at Home?

February 7, 2012 By Cas 3 Comments

Some people might be scratching their heads, wondering why I dreamt up a whole week to celebrate working at home. Well here’s why:

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10 Reasons Why you Need a Website AND a Facebook Page

February 6, 2012 By Cas 3 Comments

Why do so many work at home and creative businesses neglect to create a web presence outside of Facebook? If that’s you, then you are missing valuable opportunities to grow your following and your business and you may also fall over if Facebook pulls the rug out from under you. Here are 10 reasons why you should have both a website (that includes a blog or Etsy shop) and a Facebook Page.

Filed Under All Posts, Blog Posts, Business to Business, Facebook Tips, Featured Posts, News, Social Media Marketing Tagged With content marketing, facebook marketing, marketing, social media marketing, websites

E-commerce: Paypal has no Trust

January 27, 2012 By Cas 6 Comments

It is really tempting to view Paypal as the ultimate payment solution when you’re starting out with your business. It’s easy. It’s quick and everybody uses it, or so it seems. But did you know that if you trade through a Family Trust, like many small businesses in Australia do, Paypal won’t have anything to do with you?

Filed Under All Posts, Blog Posts, Business to Business, Featured Posts, Helpful Resources, News Tagged With 2checkout, ecommerce, eway, family trusts, online payments, paymate, payment gateways, paypal

Celebrate Working from Home with iWAHP Week!

January 19, 2012 By Cas Leave a Comment

February 5-11th, 2012 we are launching the inaugural International WAHP Week to celebrate and recognize the achievements of work at home parents/people. Here’s how you can get involved:

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What charities do you support as a work at home person?

January 12, 2012 By Cas Leave a Comment

Work at home people are vastly underestimated when it comes to their contribution to communities. We tend to look to big business to prop up charities and community services, but there are many work at home parents, aunties, uncles, grandparents and kids who are doing amazing things in their communities and they deserve recognition and support. So, we’ve decided to give everyone an opportunity to tell us about the charities and support groups they support on our Facebook Page wall on Thursdays.

Filed Under All Posts, Blog Posts, Community, Featured Posts, News Tagged With charity, community, samuel's house