The Life of a Mom-preneur Posts
Trust in your customers
There’s a lot of talk about trust in business. I read a lot about the importance of good customer service, quality products, toll f... 4 Comments | Read More »
Surviving the stages of my business
I haven’t blogged for Practical Ecommerce in months and I apologize for that. Many of you have reached out to me by email, which ha... 5 Comments | Read More »
Going Solo
April has been an interesting month full of change for us. My business partner decided to retire so I am now the sole owner of Cand... 5 Comments | Read More »
A Real Job
A few months ago I took on a part-time seasonal job just to help us get through the holidays and take some pressure off the business... 3 Comments | Read More »
The Year of the Panda
I am very happy that 2011 is over. Usually every January I like to look back over the past year and see the growth and progress our... 1 Comments | Read More »
Losing Balance
Things have been a little crazy around here, so I apologize I haven’t written this blog in awhile. The last couple of months have b... 0 Comments | Read More »
Playing the E-Commerce Game
I remember when we were just getting started online. It was still early in the game and we didn’t have too many competitors. I rem... 4 Comments | Read More »
Service and Trust
I usually blog about things that happen to me outside of eCommerce because so many times the experience can be valuable and I can ap... 3 Comments | Read More »
Making Progress
In my last post I talked about all of the problems we seem to be having this year. After writing that post and reading the great ad... 2 Comments | Read More »
The Year of Problems
2011 has been a very interesting year so far. The number of fraudulent orders is up, we get phone calls daily asking us to match t... 5 Comments | Read More »
Working Without Distractions
It is Spring Break here and for the first time I sent the kids over the river and through the woods to their Grandmother’s house. T... 1 Comments | Read More »
Fraud on the rise?
2011 so far has been the year of fraud and theft for us. In the last five years we’ve had 1 maybe 2 fraudulent orders. This year s... 10 Comments | Read More »
Cutting Costs for 2011
It’s a new year which means time for new goals. Sure I want to lose a few pounds, but business wise I’d like to lose a few bills th... 3 Comments | Read More »
If We Build It They Will Come
Lately I have been getting a lot of inquiries from friends and acquaintances that have seen the success we have had online and want ... 6 Comments | Read More »
Time to Re-Group and Review
The last few years in our business have been quite a whirlwind. We saw success quickly in the beginning and have spent a lot of tim... 8 Comments | Read More »
Running Your Business while Depending on Others
In my business I have to rely on many drop ship suppliers. Being a control freak this is very difficult for me to handle. I dream ... 4 Comments | Read More »
Know Your Target Audience
My kids were flipping through one of our favorite family magazines when all of sudden I heard giggles. You know the giggles that me... 5 Comments | Read More »
Looking Back, Moving Forward
We are in the middle of moving across the state and as I was packing up my office I found a journal. In it I found a list of why I ... 2 Comments | Read More »
Giving your customers what they want...ATTENTION
In my business I expect the best, no exceptions. This goes for my business partner, my family and anyone that I do business with. ... 2 Comments | Read More »
Little Entrepreneurs
The other day my kids approached me and informed me that they wanted to start their own online business. They have a fantastic idea... 1 Comments | Read More »
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