Your Way to Work at Home Podcasts

Shelly Gordon, Principal of G2 Communications was my guest this week. With a straightforward and focused approach to public relations, Shelly Gordon custom-designs media strategies that help each of her clients hit their precise target audiences. Shelly and her husband both work from home, in fact they bought a condo, 100 yards from the condo they live in, to use as their office. We’ll be talking about what it’s like working from home with your spouse and still have your marriage work. Other topics will be how Shelly ended up working from home, starting and growing a home business, PR and branding.

Today’s guest was Esther Friend, VP of Guides and Content for ChaCha and we talked about their home-based Guide program. ChaCha Guides help answer questions from customers in a fun and fast-paced environment. You provide the brainpower to analyze the question and craft high quality answers, we provide professional search training and custom tools to turbo-charge the process. Once you’re onboard as a Guide, simply log in whenever you want to contribute. Guiding for ChaCha is a great opportunity to expand your mind, share your knowledge and expertise, and surf the internet with a purpose. Want to know how to become a Guide for ChaCha? Listen in!

Lisa Manyon is the President of Write On ~ Creative Writing Services, LLC., Professional Copywriter, Marketing Strategist and Published Author specializing in POWERFULLY communicating your marketing message to increase results. She is a master of matching your message to market in your authentic voice. Plus, Manyon has a passion for helping people reach their individual goals. She helps transform dreams into manageable action steps with tangible results. Her passion for authentically sharing newsworthy messages has earned her recognition for press release and publicity results. She’s a published author and is a featured in the Official AWE Guide to Emerging Trends Every Online Entrepreneur Must Know and has written promotional, advertising and marketing copy for internet marketers and a wide variety of brick and mortar businesses. Lisa Manyon has spent well over 20 years in the marketing trenches of advertising agencies, radio stations and non profit organizations. Manyon has successfully operated Write On ~ Creative Writing Services since 2003. She created a mobile business model that allows her to work and play anywhere she chooses. She LOVES what she does and is particularly passionate about helping you share your gifts with the world. In addition to providing exceptional copywriting services, she accepts a limited number of one on one consulting clients to help you create your marketing and messaging strategy. Lisa works from home, employs a virtual team and has a large network of female entrepreneur's who do the same.

Antoinette is the President of STRATEGIES Literary Public Relations, the host of Writers Roundtable Radio Show, the founder of La Jolla Writers Conference, and the book expert for KUSI-TV Good Morning San Diego. Under her guidance, clients have enjoyed reaching the NY Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists, receiving the International Reading Association award, hosting their own nationally syndicated television show, appearing on CNN, Dateline, Larry King Live, Fox & Friends, and have been featured in Ladies Home Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, People Magazine, and the NY Times-to name a few. Antoinette’s experience provides her with a unique perspective and knowledge as to how best develop and promote nearly any literary-involved project. In addition to marketing and PR, Antoinette guides many authors through the publishing process, helping them decide the best publishing avenue for their project and how to most advantageously pursue their business goals. Antoinette started her PR firm in her family room, grew into it and her own radio show, doing the book segment for local TV, and fielding the La Jolla Writers Conference. She now works out of what was once a 10 x 30 foot potting shed in her backyard! We'll be chatting about her amazing journey, the challenges of working at home and the book industry.

This Friday my guest will be Kathy Goughenour, who left a soul-sucking corporate job to run a successful business from her cabin in the woods! Kathy is an experienced, savvy marketer. From corporate marketing to direct sales to virtual assistant to internet marketer, she’s been there and done that professionally and personally. As President, Head trainer and Coach of Expert VA Training, Kathy is quickly becoming a vital resource for helping women achieve their career and income goals as work-from-home Virtual Assistants.

I just had a great interview with Aaron Kannowski, the Marketing, PR & Voice Specialist at Working Solutions, a company that pioneered the virtual call center in 1996 using home-based agents. Working Solutions has thousands of people working from home as independent contractors. Aaron was informative and lots of fun!

Pamela Otten, the Financial Mom, is a Financial Advisor who loves to help women business owners and entrepreneurs understand the "mysteries" of the investment world. She firmly believes investing is not rocket science - women instinctively know the investing rules - and we still don't follow them. Pam will take you back to financial basics, help you become more confident in your financial future, and teach you how to tell your money where to go (in a very good way). She will talk about almost anything if you can give her a good story about how it relates to your finances! Among other things, we discussed how working parents can figure out whether or not they can afford to stay at home.

Today I chatted with Suite101.com President and CEO Peter Berger about how you can join the Suite101.com team and make money writing about what you want, where you want. Ready to set your own hours, pick your own topics, and reach a massive audience interested in the topics that you love to write about? Join us to find out how!

Had a great interview with Cindy Auten, General Manager of Telework Exchange. We talked about how you can convince your boss to let you telecommute, what’s happening in the telework world and a lot more.

The hosts of the Christian Work At Home Moms show here on the HerInsight Radio Network are my guest hosts this week. Jill Hart and Diana Ennen have over 30 years of work at home experience combined. They’ll be chatting with T. Suzanne (Suzie) Eller, a veteran youth worker, author, parenting and youth culture columnist and an international inspirational speaker for teens. Suzie will be talking about how she’s built her fabulous freelance writing career from home!

This Friday’s radio guest will be David Moufarrege, Chief Operating Officer, Americas for Clickworker.com. They are always looking for people from anywhere on the planet who enjoy writing, translating, researching, and data processing. As a Clickworker you earn money working completely independently on your own schedule from any personal computer with Internet access. Clickworker.com has a network of tens of thousands of clickworkers (the crowd or swarm) that will take on a variety of tasks submitted through their proprietary platform. The tasks range in complexity from simple to very complex

Anne Tyler, Senior Manager of Recruiting for Convergys was my guest this week. Convergys hires home based workers to provide customer service and technical support through their Home Agent program. When you join Convergys as a Home Agent, you’ll join a global leader in relationship management. You’ll be part of a worldwide team of nearly 70,000 employees, serving clients in 70+ countries, speaking more than 35 languages, from locations around the globe. “That’s great!” you say. But what will you actually be doing? To find out, join us live at the radio station website at 8am PST/11am EST this Friday and click on the blue arrow at the top right that says TOGINETRADIOLive.

Tamara Hancock is the stay at home mother of 5 children. She owns and operates her own small business decorating wedding cakes, creates freelance websites, is an author, and a Virtual Administrative Manager. She is also the founder of www.wahpm.com - a website and newsletter geared towards support and strengthening of other women. I had the pleasure of reviewing her book, Confessions of A Stay At Home Mom here on the blog. In addition to the site, Tamara is also an author and speaker focusing on uplifting women. Her talks inspire others to be the best they can. Tamara teaches that it's okay to not be perfect in everything you do, and that it's okay to lean on others for help and support. As strong entrepreneurial women (and men), we all want to do it all - as human beings, we are subject to limitations. Tamara helps everyone to know that limitations are not roadblocks, but openings for opportunity - another chance to shine. Tamara lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and five children. She enjoys baking, scrap-booking, writing, and knitting - although admittedly she doesn't do much recreational relaxation at the moment.

I am so excited to have Ally Loprete, Founder of Our Milk Money on tomorrow’s show. Our Milk Money is a national search directory that lists ONLY self-employed parents. They are also a community resource dedicated to helping parents who want to stay at home find financial opportunities and support. Ally also hosts a show on the HerInsight Network and does on-air coaching.

Stacy Brice, President and Chief Visionary Officer of AssistU, an organization that provides training and coaching to virtual assistants joined me this week. Stacy's been on the show before and we had so much fun that I had to have her back! Had a great time chatting up Stacy. We talked about how important it is to present yourself professionally when applying for a work at home job.

Paul Ruck of Alpine Access, one of the fastest-growing companies in the home-based calling business was my guest this week. In 1998 Alpine Access pioneered a simple, yet revolutionary approach to customer care: rather than bring the people to the work, bring the work to the people. Over the past decade, they have become established as the leading home-based customer care company. We discussed what types of jobs Alpine Access is hiring for, what the requirements are and everything about working for Alpine Access. Get the inside scoop on how you can land a home-based job!

The topic for this Friday's show will be telecommuting opportunities for disabled Americans. Joining me will be Dr. M.J. Willard, Executive Director of National Telecommuting Institute. NTI is a nonprofit organization specializing in staffing Americans who need work-from-home jobs due to physical disability. NTI taps into this underutilized workforce, enabling them to effectively apply their skills by matching them with legitimate work from home opportunities suited to their situation and requirements. M.J. founded NTI in 1995 to help people with severely reduced mobility find home-based jobs. Dr .Willard has focused on developing practical home-based work solutions for people with disabilities. M.J. has worked with individuals with significant physical disabilities since obtaining her Ed.D in Behavioral Psychology from Boston University in 1978. She is recognized as an authority in the field of telework options for people with disabilities. If you have a question for M.J. you can email them to me and we'll answer them on the air. Tune in this Friday, April 30th at 11am Eastern/8am Pacific here on Your Way To Work At Home. Click on the blue arrow on the upper-right where it says TOGINETRADIO LIVE.

Mona Colwell has over 15 years of direct sales experience, 14 in management and leadership, and is a true enthusiast for direct sales businesses. Starting her career while single and working as a Financial Analyst in New York City, she has been in complete control of her schedule, able to build a successful business of her own and earn an executive income, even as a “stay-at-home mom.” She greatly enjoys helping others to decide if a direct sales business is for them, sharing advice on how to identify great opportunities, potential red flags and success tips from her own experience. During her career, Mona has most enjoyed the personal and spiritual growth she has gained which directly impacts the way she chooses to live each day of her life. She recently transitioned to the country's first ever non-toxic line of skin care, Ava Anderson Non-Toxic, whose mission and values are in line with many of the issues that are important to her as a devoted wife and mom of three beautiful children. Not afraid of change and certainly one who believes in the direct sales opportunity, she is “starting over” and loving the fact that she is making money while working her business around her family's schedule. We'll be chatting about the pros and cons of Direct Sales and MLM's. Have an opinion? Of course you do! Email me your questions and we'll read them on the air.

Jill Hart is the founder of Christian Work at Home Moms, CWAHM.com and the co-author of So You Want To Be a Work-At-Home Mom (Beacon Hill Press, 2009). She graduated from Grace University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development/Family Studies and Bible. Jill has worked from home since 2000 and started her own home-based business to assist other Christians who desire to work from home while maintaining a godly life. Jill and her husband, Allen of CWAHD.com (Christian Work at Home Dads) reside in Nebraska with their two children. Jill’s articles have been featured on websites like DrLaura.com, ClubMom.com, and she is an expert author on EzineArticles.com. She is also a contributing author in four books. Jill is the host of the podcast, Christian Work at Home Moment and co-host of the LIVE internet radio show,The CWAHM Network.

I talked transcription and scoping with the Owner of AccuTranGlobal.com, Jennifer Lundrigan. AccuTran Global is primarily a financial transcription firm established in November 2002. They transcribe, review, edit, and format transcripts. Jennifer started with the company in it’s infancy as a transcriptionist and worked her way through the ranks, eventually taking over for Founder Michele Raye as Owner of the company. AccuTran Global is a truly global, 100% virtual organization and they are actively recruiting talented people from all over the world. They are looking for talented transcriptionists, scopists and editors.

Leslie Truex, also known as The Pajama Mama, truly knows how to combine comfort with making a living. For over a decade she has been working at home, often in her pajamas, and helping others do the same. She is the owner of the 12-year old site WorkAtHomeSuccess.com which has been recognized by telework and small business associations as a quality resource for work-at-home information. She is also the author of The Work-At-Home Success Bible. She has been interviewed by The Daily Buzz, CNN.com, Women’s Day Magazine, Redbook, Today’s Parent and in a host of other media outlets. We had a great time chatting about how to find work at home jobs, how to avoid the scams and how working at home can actually save you money!

Work at home customer service jobs and scoping were my topics today. My first guest was Linda Dickerhoof, Public Relations Director of VIPdesk. VIPdesk has been providing work at home opportunities since 1999 through their Brand Ambassador program. Brand Ambassadors are independent contractors who provide inbound and outbound customer service. My second guest was scoping expert Linda Evenson. Linda owns the Internet Scoping School. What exactly is a scopist? Simply stated, a scopist's job is to edit transcripts written by court reporters on stenotype machines into readable, easily understood English.

Lionbridge is recruiting home-based workers and university students from around the world to join their Internet Assessor team focused on improving the quality of internet user experience. The Rater role involves evaluating results of a web search. Raters provide their opinion of the search result based on a set of guidelines that Lionbridge provides. Hours of work are flexible. Satish will tell us more about the Rater program, what makes a good candidate and how you can land this very cool job.

A contractor referral business is a great home business opp! This week’s guest was Debra Cohen. Debra is the President of Home Remedies of New York and she offers a really unique home based opportunity called the Homeowner Referral Network, which has been rated the #1 Business Opportunity by Small Business Opportunities Magazine. Debra has appeared on Lifetime Television and CNN, and she’s been featured in Entrepreneur.com, Woman’s Day, Working Woman, Home Business magazine and many others.

Stacy Brice chatted with me about Virtual Assisting. Stacy is the President and Chief Visionary Officer of AssistU, an organization that provides training and coaching to virtual assistants. Virtual Assistants, or VA’s are changing the way we do business. Not only is this field growing tremendously, but it’s offering employers and business owners alike an attractive new alternative to hiring employees. Here's a bit from Stacy's website, www.StacyBrice.com... I am: Stacy Brice Location: Geographically speaking, I am a confirmed east-coast girl, living near the southern end of the BOS-WAS corridor, with incredibly strong ties to New York. Professional accomplishments * Formalizing the Virtual Assistance profession in ’97; genius when it comes to this profession. * Founding AssistU in ’97 and have trained and supported close to 1,000 people in becoming Virtual Assistants in businesses they love * Coaching women to have extraordinary businesses and lives since ‘96 * What’s Next - the next generation of what I’m up to. I’m passionate about helping women uncover and develop “what’s next” for them in their lives and work People often ask me to share with them how I came to pioneer this wonderful profession, and then formalize it by founding the premier organization training and coaching virtual assistants, and making referrals to those who want to work with them. I love telling the story :) You don't want to miss this! There's no better person than Stacy to fill us in on this exciting field. Join us to learn how you could become a virtual assistant.

Write from your home and get paid for it! This week’s guests are from Demand Studios. Green Acres is the place to be for writer and fellow freelancer Glyn Sheridan who left the 9-to-5 rat race for “greener pastures” -LITERALLY! With the background, expertise and the knowledge to work for traditional media outlets, she chooses to write from home on her farm in the heartland of America. So what finally made her switch from traditional writing paths to picking up freelance writing assignments for a technology-driven online media company like Demand Media? Tune in to a spirited and lively chat with Glyn and Demand Media’s Remi Guyton and Wadooah Wali. In this interview I’ll explore the company’s innovative online content creation arm, Demand Studios to learn how they kept more than 7,000 freelancers busy with assignments and also rewards its community with steady and timely income and other perks for active creators. Join me in an eye-opening discussion on the future of creating quality online content, embracing the entrepreneurial spirit while maintaining a flexible work schedule and how and why you need to be involved!