Hi everyone,

Naomi is having a little bit of a family drama, and asked me for some help. Therefore, it has fallen upon me to take up some of the slack and get a new post out. Since I know dick all about marketing, I thought I’d try something a little different.

A little while ago, Naomi wrote about Brandon and the Homeless Dude. I have to tell you that something about that title got me thinking. I can’t hear “Brandon and the Homeless Dude” without thinking that they are some kind of crime fighting team like the dynamic duo. They have become one person in my mind. Read More

In Which Jamie Welcomes the Lurkers, and Lays the Smacketh Downeth in a Nice Way

OK, first things first. Naomi had a post a few days ago, and we saw the lurkers (and I use this term nicely, it is not meant to be derogatory) come out of the woodwork. Sometimes we get so used to seeing the same names on the comments on different posts that we forget that there are other people reading these posts whom we have never met. While it is always awesome to see our regular commentators show up and put in their two cents, it was especially awesome to see so many new names in the comment section. Read More

OK, you have to stay with me on this one. I will get around to relating this to home business, I promise, but it’s going to take me a while. So go grab yourself a coffee or a Crown & Coke or whatever because here we go.

The other day I was talking to a very good friend and she said something to me that really got under my skin. She and her boyfriend are looking to buy their first house, and a couple of weeks ago they found perfection — love at first sight. They put in an offer and held their breath. This weekend they just found out that their offer was refused and the owner had sold the house to another couple. Read More

OK, so I’m going to let you in on a little secret. When Naomi first mentioned that she wanted to start a home buziness, I thought she was crazy. This was a little more than just beyond anything I was used to. But she talked a good game and convinced me (maybe a sure sign she should be in marketing?), and what follows are some things I’ve had to learn while I got used to the whole fluctuating income thing.

Get ready to talk about it. A lot.

If your spouse is thinking about quitting the day job and working from home instead, it better be because they love what they are going to be doing. And what do we as humans do with the things we love? We talk about them constantly. If your partner doesn’t want to talk about their business constantly, this may be a sign that they are not into it enough. Either that or the business isn’t going as well as they’d hoped. When Naomi started talking to me about marketing (not exactly my favourite subject) I quickly realized that she didn’t necessarily need marketing to become my passion too, she just needed me to listen. Read More

Hi everyone, Jamie from IttyBiz here. It’s about 5 am here on Tuesday morning, Jack is as asleep as he’ll ever be and Naomi is sleeping blissfully unaware that I have hijacked her little home business blog for this one post. Believe me, when she realizes it I’m sure there will be more than a few computer passwords changed around our house.

Before I get started with the real reason I called you all here, let me take care of a few administrative things that may help minimize the amount of damage I sustain when Naomi finds out about this. First – please read her post Home Business Mistakes: What Would You Do Differently?. By doing so you will ensure I will not have to hear about how I knocked her most recent post off the front page of her blog. Secondly, please do not let her know about this on Twitter. We all know how often she is on Twitter and I need the time to come up with a good alibi proving that this could not possibly be me writing this right now. Thanks for your support. Read More