An article by Ashleigh Russell talks about using mom communities to make money.

Women inventors and entrepreneurs are the fastest-growing demographic in the business sector. I believe much of this is due to necessity. Motherhood seems to breed more than children. It also breeds its own community.

Read more here…

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Happy birthday to my blog, dutdot.com. Happy birthday to me. Today marks my 2nd year in blogging at dutdot.com. The blog is two months older than my first born. I delivered my 1st baby on March 27, 2009 in Kuwait.

Looking back through the past two years, it was a roller-coaster of emotions for a new mom like me. Other than my hubby who stood up with my ups and downs, (trials and errors as a new mom, the period of being nannyless for over a year after giving birth, my work then in a company here in Kuwait which I had to leave or had to let me go, my doubts of putting off my work over my baby, and more), this blog has served well its purpose of being my sounding board. Like a personal coach, this blog has harnessed my talents in writing, in blogging, in making the most of myself – mostly as a mom, and as a business person.This blog witnessed how many times I had been torn between going back to the workforce – corporate world or remain as who I am now: a startup work-at-home mom; a startup founder. UNTIL I realized I didn’t need a job outside home.

We were nannyless, as I  said earlier, for over a year (and having a new baby then as a first time mom) was something that my powers weren’t prepared – overseas. I was even told by my hubby’s relative to just go home and find a nanny back home so I could work at the province. No. It’s not the life that I wanted for my family.

I have a job at home, and it’s not the wrong one for me. Isn’t it true that “life is too short for the wrong job“? In fact, I don’t call it a job. I call it a lifestyle. It’s only lately that I have embraced my new found calling – I now have a WAHM career. I have been doing my business for almost two years as a work-from-home mom, and I am venturing as well into other related fields such as affiliate marketing, and bringing to the next level my Internet marketing skills, but never did I consider it as my WAHM career. I thought then that having a career is something that one would just get at the corporate world. NO. The thought that I have a WAHM career has liberated me more than ever. Along with this is the realization that there’s purpose in what I am doing. More about this topic soon when my new Web site is ready…

…Two years of blogging at dutdot.com and counting!

Here’s to great life ahead. Cheers!

Today is a very special day for me. I just turned two years old – no – my blog dutdot.com just turned two. They said it’s the terrible twos — but, rather the terrific twos — to borrow a quote from a book.

I learned a lot of great deal as a work-from-home mom. One lesson that has helped me in shaping my thoughts and actions is Emmanuel’s wisdom. Read below.

What you love to do, you do well.

What you do will earn you money.
If there is not a formal occupation that honors your vision,
then I would say it’s about time you take your
creative power and design a job for yourself.

Look at history.
Those who amassed great fortunes did not follow
in the footsteps of structure.
They moved with their own creativity.
What brings you joy will bring you abundance.

As with all things, work is another opportunity
to find the self. The workplace  allows you to challenge
illusions, come face to face with a great many fears
and to find the gifts of talents that you have.

If you step out of fear, you will find that money holds no power.
It’s simply a means of exchange – pieces of paper and bits of metal.

~ Emmanuel’s Book II: The Choice for Love

Jobsintown.de Ad

The ad says it all. Don’t be stuck at the wrong job, and wrong company.

I used to be a corporate slave for over 10 years until I decided to WORK FOR MYSELF barely 2 years ago. Life is too short for the wrong job! I my WAHM Career!

The above is my bio at twitter. Follow me @ http://twitter.com/dutdot

Half of my work experience for over a decade was spent on either the wrong job or wrong company.

It’s liberating to finally do what I love to do – working for myself when I want to, the way I want to – no lipstick, no heels, in my pajamas, in my pregnancy clothes, with my legs on top of the comfy chair, with a hot glass of Anmum milk beside me, with my baby on my lap, with her beside me when she’s asleep. Ahhhhh LIFE is too awesome when you’re at the right JOB – it’s not even a job, it’s lifestyle.

Thank God there’s a career for me as a work-at-home mom. There’s one for you, too. Let’s talk.