“For the enterprising woman, the internet has opened up all sorts of opportunity to combine career and family on her own terms.
I’ve stayed at home with my kids (all 800 of them, it seems) for nearly twelve years now, and aside from two years in a contract position with General Motors, I’ve been self-employed in web-based businesses the entire time. While I’ve learned a lot of my lessons the hard way (ask me about my $300 check for writing the strategy for a $250k campaign….that was a valuable lesson…sigh…), hopefully you won’t have to. My tips:
1. Don’t give away the milk. Just like your momma told you. If you give it away for free, nobody will pay you for it. Wait…maybe that’s not exactly what your momma meant. But, you get my gist. Your work, be it manual labor, ideas, writing, handmade goods, etc… has value. But you can’t convert that value into currency if you’re giving it away for free.
2. Know your rate..”
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