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E-Fundraising: Using Your Website for Charitable Purposes. A report from BeautiControl Consultant, Martha Oskvig.

Town Council Passes Ordinance to Prohibit Successful Crafts Show from Continuing. This report from show producer Anita Means offers an example of how some communities respond to too much success (or traffic).

Should You Move Your Business Outside of Your Home? - Sometimes the only way to know for sure is to try.

Want to Start a New Business at Home? Check these Helpful Resources!

Start A Gift Basket Business. Here are the inside secrets you need to start a profitable gift basket business at home.

Start A Bed And Breakfast. Here's a complete business package to help you start a successful bed and breakfast business.

Freelance From Home As a Virtual Assistant. Learn how to break into this booming industry!

Make Candy Wrappers For Fun or Profit. Did you know you could make money by creating and selling Customized Candies to area businesses and organizations? This software program enables one to make all the fancy labels you need.

MARKETING

A Designer's Successful Advertising Experience (A Q&A exchange between Barbara and Karen Lyons.)

Website E-Mail Advertising - Does It Work? Gwen Lord's experience with eDirect.com and PayPal.

Pricing for Catalog Companies. The right information at the right time enabled this reader to "stick to her guns."

COMPUTERTALK

Lessons Learned by One Computer User. A warning about dumping old hard drives with sensitive information on them; mouse tips for people with arthritic hands, and a lesson about the benefits of trouble in our lives.)

Teacher Publishes Hypertext Novel - Julie Ward Shares HTML Code Tip.

WRITING & PUBLISHING

Joan's Angels: How a Successful Author Moves Her Books in Bookstores. An amusing but sad saga of bookstores today.

MOTIVATION & ENCOURAGEMENT

Artist and teacher Joyce Roark tells how the discovery of "Pergamano" parchment art changed her artistic life forever.

Artist Realizes Her Dream: A Shop of Her Own. The right quote at the right time can change your life, said Susan Young, who was spurred to action when she read one of Barbara's newsletter quotes.

Persist Till You Succeed! This is the lesson learned by Debra S. Gruell, founder of ArtSmart Kids, Inc., who took a dream and created a place in the world for it when everyone said she was crazy to even try.

Gourd Birdhouses and Polynesian Dancing--Natural Go-Together Businesses. When Karen Marks couldn't sell her sweaters, she tried some new moves and surprised herself!

LIFE LESSONS LEARNED

Duped by a Pen Pal in Africa. Barbara reports on a reader's experience with a new kind of merchandise con game anyone could easily fall for . . . particularly children and young adults who are looking for pen pals on the Internet. See also Another Report on this topic from yet another concerned mother.

Simplify, Simplify! A reader explains how Barbara's books helped her realize she didn't want a business after all; that what she really wanted was a less complicated and more satisfying life as an artist who isn't wasting her life on the Internet.

The Incredible POWER of Prayer! In the space of one week, I received three amazing emails from readers who gave me specific examples of the incredible power of prayer and what can happen when you call on God for help. These messages will be a great encouragement to any willing heart.

What Divorce Does to a Homebased Business Owner. Something to think about from someone who has been there.

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