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I have turned myself into a work at-home father 2 weeks ago when I decided to quit from my job, and will start a small family business instead. Although this is a tough decision, I know I made the right choice and I am so enthusiastic about it. However, I am making a lot of adjustments to my daily activities as a father, as a husband and as a provider. But still, I have discovered a lot of things, and here are some of them in case you want to be one.
Enjoy the morning rush
An office work requires us to be in a hurry in the morning, and we already got used to it. But that will change when we are already working at home. So I strongly suggest that you still maintain the morning rush this time to have a quality time with your family. Have time to enjoy the morning by assisting your wife while preparing the breakfast, and send off your children to school the way you have not done yet. But of course, do not forget that you still have to work.
You still have a boss
No boss, no worries. This might be the happiest moment of your life, but not really. Little children and babies are now your bosses, and you cannot resist when they call your name. Not to mention when your wife who may be asking you to help her in the clogged sink, or transfer heavy things. Unlike bosses that you can hide from, these people are depending on you. Note that they are your loved ones, and they should always be our priority when it comes to attention.
The intimidation is stronger
Sometimes, we get intimidated when an officemate or co-worker is annoying us. But at home, get ready for the worst. Garbage collector, noisy neighbors and barking dogs are only some of distraction that you can ever imagine. If you are a blogger like me, or a writer who needs a quite time to be able to finish a good post, the best time is more likely at night. But wait till your little angel calls you because of a bad dream. Therefore, you must be flexible and patient more than ever.
No more assistants
If you have a high rank in your former job like a supervisor, you have subordinates who you can designate tasks that can help you. But gone are those days when you have someone who help you with simple things, like photocopying a document. Now, you are at your own. Although you have some teenager kids to run errand, you will need to say “please” very nice or pay a “small tax”. I know you know what I mean. Now, you should be more cooperative.
We can work anywhere, as long as we know who we are working for.
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How to handle yourself being a Work at-home Father
SocialSpark – a Sparking Fresh Way to Earn Money Online
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As I am looking for financial support to monetize this blog, I found SocialSpark. Although I learned that some bloggers were already members of this site, I did not join at once because I thought this is just another waste of time.
But when I was tempted to visit their site, I proved myself wrong. This is because of their great features and attractive offers. They have a community of bloggers where you can visit each member and socialize with them. Therefore, it can be good source of traffic.
But how can bloggers earn money?
Money can be earned through your blogs through Sponsored post where you will make a post about a certain product with an image, video or press release along with the post. Blog sponsorship is by posting a video, banner or text of the advertisers. Bloggers has many chances which they call opportunities. Tons of opportunities are waiting ahead depending on your blog topic and points of interest. After finding the right opportunity for you, you can reserve for it and wait for the advertiser to approve your blog. The good thing is they accept posts in English and in Spanish.
But before joining, here is their code of ethics.
100% Audit-able In-Post Disclosure
Trust is very hard to earn especially when we are on line. This is because our readers are only relying on the words we write. This is why every submitted post must contain a snippet for a Disclosure badge at the end of the post, where it is being mentioned that you are being paid for that post. This is a good way of protecting bloggers and advertisers.
100% Transparency
To make ourselves believable and convincing, we must be 100% transparent to our readers. This is why they have a community of bloggers where the public can view whose advertisers the bloggers are dealing with.
100% Real Opinions
Honesty is still the best policy. This is the best part for me. A blogger is not restricted to say anything about his advertiser. If you find opportunities that you think is not right for you, do not push yourself just to earn money. After all, lies and off-topic posts can hurt your blogs. SocialSpark admin even suggests that we should alarm them when advertisers want us to post false information.
100% Search Engine Friendly
Search engines penalize bloggers and advertisers with paid links if they have the do-follow attribute. That is why both groups agree that they will manually remove it to make it a no-follow blog.
So that’s it. I am looking forward to make good business with them and I will update you on the progress of my membership. I hope you trust me that I will keep my promise to endorse only wholesome products and family friendly sites.
Lastly, I am inviting you to join them and see for yourself the spark of socializing with SocialSpark.
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What made me join BuyBlogReviews
I would like to reserve this post to announce that finally, BuyBlogReviews has approved my blogs! This means that I can now make a bid to write for products and sites, and they will pay me according to the agreed payment. But how does it work?
BuyBlogReviews is a community of bloggers and advertisers wherein bloggers can be paid fairly by making quality posts for advertisers. A blogger can therefore make a bid only for topics that suits his blog.
As I joined them, I realized that there are a lot of categories to choose from, and family and blogging are definitely included which I like the most. This means that my readers will not suffer from my posts that they are not interested in because the products that I will review here is very much related to families.
And according to them, joining Technorati is a great advantage to win more customers.
Besides joining is FREE, your blogs can be approved within 72 hours and payment is being sent though Paypal. But what fascinates me is that bloggers can get 70% from each review which is according to them, the highest in industry. Now, I am not wondering why they are becoming so popular these days..
Of course, they are also welcoming advertisers who would want to join.
With this, I strongly suggest that you check them out. But be sure that you read, understand and agree with their Rules and Regulations before joining. You can visit them through the banner at the end of this post.
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How to Convince your Husband to Allow you to Work
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Although I prefer women to stay at home as plain housewives, I also respect their decision if they want to work. I even admire their willingness to help their husbands to add income for the family. However, I know how hard it is to convince a husband who is earning good money and wants his children to have a full time mother. Likewise, there are husbands who are afraid that someday their wives might earn more money than they do and their ego will be hurt. With this, here are some helpful ways to convince him that there is nothing to worry about.
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Smorty – An Alternative Way of Making Money through Blogs
I would like to reserve this post to announce that this blog has been approved by Smorty. After having this blog for almost 6 months, I decided to have another source of income aside from Adsense. Since I really love writing, I think that Smorty and I will go a long way. This is because they have a wide variety of advertisers whom I can write for. Of course, I will make it sure that the product or website I review is family oriented.
Actually, I knew about Smorty for quite some time but I am not yet serious then. However, when I viewed their site recently I found their offer interesting. Below are some of the things I like about them.
1.0 They are allowing 10 blogs in a single account. This is helpful for me because I have a separate blog. In fact, I am also planning to submit it to them and hopefully they will approve it. With this, I have more opportunities to earn through their help. For now, they are paying a minimum of $6 per article.
2.0 Page rank is being considered. Before, I thought that page rank is for popularity use only. At Smorty, the higher your page rank is the higher offer you will get. Now, I am happy that my hard work is being rewarded.
3.0 They have a 5-star system. It is being awarded by advertisers depending on how you write. This score may increase as you go along. Consequently, if you have higher rating you may have more campaigns and a higher offer. A new member like me has a score of zero.
In general, they pay on a weekly basis through Paypal. After your post was approved which will take around 5 days, they are trying their best to transfer your money on the first payment day of the week.
So if you are interested to know more about them, you can check out the banner on my sidebar just below the banner of My Other Blog or simply visit this link.
For advertisers, this is also your chance to advertise on blogs. To join, simply visit this link.
Lastly, I strongly suggest that you read their Terms and Conditions carefully and FAQ before joining. This is to avoid future problems.
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