Archive for Handy Tools & Links
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How to find a good niche
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’re interested in making money online, then having a well target niche can make a big different to how difficult it is to gain search engine rankings and web traffic.
A niche, when thoroughly researched, is the key to not only great website traffic and a top search engine result, it’s also the key to profits. Therefore, the first step when considering any online business is to discover your online niche. Here are a few tips to get you started.
New Oz-E-Wahm Directory
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve been working on this on and off for nearly a year, and today the Oz-E-Wahm.com Business Resources Directory is launched …yay!
As a special offer for the launch, you can get a Platinum listing at only $50 for the whole year – just use the coupon LAUNCH on checkout. Also, as a bonus for all my blog readers, all new listings will have the oppportunity to be featured in the WAHM Stories category on the Oz-E-Wahm site. This will feature a full interview with you, plus links back to your site.
The newsletter is also starting up this week, and platinum directory members have the opportunity to be our featured WAHM there also – totally free.
Click here to submit your listing
For those who don’t know about Oz-E-Wahm, we’ve been online since 2006, and in that time established the site as an excellent resource for work at home mum and small business information and tips.
Oz-E-Wahm enjoys excellent search engine rankings, and has several thousand unique visitors every month. Oz-E-Wahm.com ranks particularly well in Google for the following highly competitive terms – without quotes around the phrase!
online business: #2 in the world and Australia
home business: #8 in the world and #7 in Australia
work online: #2 in the world and Australia
online businesses: #4 in the world and Australia
online business ideas: #4 in Australia
working from home online: #3 in the world and #2 in Australia
The site attracts thousands of wahms and wahms-to-be every month, making it an excellent place to advertise your WAHM or family products and services.
My daughter has been happily entertained for three hours
Posted by: | CommentsAnd it’s all thanks to this amazing playdough recipe! I spent quite literally 20 minutes making two batches of this playdough for her yesterday, and she has now sat happily at the table making all sorts of creations for hours on end. Costing just small change to make, this recipe is an absolute must for the busy work at home mum!
No Cook Playdough Recipe
Ingrediants:
2 cups plain flour
1/2 cup salt
3/4 of a cup of cold water (you may need a little more or less, just depending on your batch)
A liberal amount of food colouring (I used about half of those little bottles you get in the four packs)
1 Tbs of vegetable oil (or any cheap cooking oil)
Method:
Sift flour into a large bowl, then add salt and mix together.Add the tablespoon of oil to the mix, and stir well to combine.
Add the food colouring to your water and gradually add to your dry ingrediants (I found about 1/3 at a time worked well). Stir until mixture resemebles a crumbly dough.
Tip out on the bench and kneed for a good few minutes. The dough will come together and become smooth. This is a great time to kneed in a bit of glitter, which my daughter just loves. If your playdough is a bit wet at this stage, just kneed in a bit of extra flour too.
That’s it! Will keep for ages in the fridge, and if they mix up colours or spread it all over the floor, just make another batch. I will never buy expensive pre-made dough again.
Enjoy!
heynounce – announce your new site
Posted by: | CommentsCheck out this little tool that I found whilst surfing. It is a site announcer and great for announcing new websites. It’s called heynounce All you need to do is register, and add your site. You can also help other new sites get to the top of the new site listings by clicking on their little tree icons and helping them grow….a bit cute really isn’t 
How Popular Are You?
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s a relatively new site I just found – URL Fan - there About Us page descibes the site as:
://URLFAN is an evolving experiment designed to discover what websites the blogosphere is discussing all in real time. It does this by cultivating the content of thousands of RSS feeds and parsing billions of pieces of information.
Now every website owner can see who’s talking about their site in real time and how they compare to every other site on the Internet. There are many sites designed to rank the “traffic” of a website, such as Alexa, however ://URLFAN is different. We rank sites according to their popularity in the fast moving and growing world of RSS feeds.
So yes the site is only new and they are working hard at getting domains added, this site could be big, it’s like joining Technorati and Alexa so go check them out.
Does Your Blog Need A Whammy?
Posted by: | CommentsFor those of you that have followed my progress for a while you will know that I am all for supporting and encouraging mums to give an online business a go!
Many of those mums have jumped onto the now very popular blogging bandwagon, only to wonder if it is actually doing anything for their business. I mean who wants to be writing blog posts every day and never knowing if anyone is actually reading them? Does that sound like you?
Then you need to have a look at our Community Blog Whammy, which is aimed set up for Australian Online Business Mums with Blogs. The main aim of the Blog Whammy being to increase the traffic and interaction on the members blogs. The Whammy also helps to build a network of like minded women which is a valued resource when you are working at home in isolation.
If your blog could do with a little push in the right direction then come on and join us over at Blog Whammy.
Mom Webs Hosting
Posted by: | CommentsMom Webs Hosting: I recently had to find a new web host for my sites. There are so many available today and the one thing that I was positive about was that I didn’t want to be shopping around for web hosting again for a very long time. I needed to be sure that I made the right decision when choosing my host.
My first hurdle; when it comes to web hosting I really don’t understand most of the technical jargon and how much GIG of bandwith or how many Mega Bytes of Disc Space I may need each month. All of that techy talk just confuses me no end so I need a host that talks me in a way that I will understand. A host that doesn’t get frustrated because I don’t quite understand what they are talking about all of the time.
That’s when I found Mom Webs. During my initial research I contacted them via their help desk, of which I had to register with before I could send the enquiry. Well I have no idea what I did but I completely messed up my registration and it wouldn’t allow me to log in. I contacted them immediately and with minutes they had responded and had reset my password.
From there my bombarding of questions began and every single one of my questions was answered in a timely and easy to understand manner. I was very impressed and obviously sold. There and then I ordered my web hosting plan with Mom Webs. The process took a couple of days but really all I needed to do was to provide my domain details and log in details and Mom Webs did the rest.
Now whenever I need to add a new domain to my account I just log in and add the details myself. I can even register the domain right there with Mom Webs as well, and being able to do everything in one place really makes me one happy girl.
Here’s to a long and happy relationship with Mom Webs. If you are looking for Web Hosting take the time to consider Mom Webs, they really have delivered for me. For more information about the Mom Webs Hosting visit Mom Webs today!
If you have had an experience with Mom Webs please leave a comment and let us know about it.
Free Software Daily
Posted by: | CommentsOk here’s a great one to bookmark and check every single day – Giveaway of the Day – every single day they giveaway a piece of software and it’s not just any old garbage, it’s software that you would normally need to pay for but for one day only you can download it from Giveaway of the Day.
Downloads are only available for one day though so you have to check in daily or you’ll miss out. So go check it out now. 
Website is Live
Posted by: | CommentsWoohoo!!!! The Oz-e-wahm website is now live, finally, it feels like I have had this one on the go forever now, but finally I can let you see it. Ok so I know that I have a long way to go before it truly is a fantastic resource for Aussie WAHM’s or WAHM wannabe’s but it will get there, I promise.
So don’t forget to bookmark it and share it with everyone you know.
Today is D-Day
Posted by: | CommentsWell my fellow WAHM’s today is the 1st of Febuary, the official launch of our Private e-networking group.
Are you a member yet?
It’s not too late to join us, a small, close knit, private group of like mined mums that all very serious about their businesses. If you would like some more info have a read of this post.
We are just about to get underway, with challenges, website critiques and so much more.
I can’t wait to get started and am so excited about sharing this with other WAHM’s.
Success Stories
Posted by: | CommentsDo you consider yourself a success with your online business?
Then we want to hear from you. We are compiling work at mum success stories to share with other mums that have either just launched their website or are considering entering the online world, working from home.
We’d love to showcase your story and your website as part of our success stories feature, in our new website, which is due to launch very soon. If you like to know more please contact us at info@oz-e-wahm.com
Looking forward to sharing in your success.
Networking Group
Posted by: | CommentsWell I must say I am pleasantly surprised at the response we’ve received for the Oz-e-wahm Private Networking Group. I’ve been so busy conversing with, approving and listing new and potential members into the group that I think I will need to restrict new applications to a few days a month. We’ll see how we go over the next few weeks with it all.
We are all in the process of introducing ourselves and our websites, getting to know each other and what we all do.
Febuary 1st will be upon us before I know it and then we’ll be off and running with everything in full swing within the group.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to network in a private environment with like minded individuals, we have limited spaces in the various Business Type categories and they are filling fast. Read all of the details here.
Happy New Year To All
Posted by: | CommentsWell here we are, 2007 already, I tell you life is just passing me by. But I’m really looking forward to this year. I’ve spent quite some time learning and now this is the year where I put what I’ve learnt into practice. Fingers crossed it all pays off.
If you missed some recent posts we are starting a small network of like mineded people, take a read of this post for more details. We’d love to see you there, the more the merrier as the saying goes.
Also I am contributing now to the She-essence Blog, I am really excited about this but also am experiencing a fair amount of trepidation – man I need to come up with informative regular posts for someone else’s blog – eeeeekkkkk!!! Wish me luck and stop on over and check it. I’ll be easy to find, I’m the Oz-e-wahm
Blogamama
Posted by: | CommentsNow here’s a Blog Directory just for all you Mums that blog – Blogamama – where you can list your blog and podcasts and find other great mum related blogs and podcasts.
Jump on over and check it out, it’s only a relatively new directory but there’s loads of blogs listed there already, enjoy!
Is Your Business Run Online?
Posted by: | CommentsOr would you love to have a purely online business? Running an online business has many varying factors and things change so rapidly in the online world that it is often quite difficult to keep up with the rat race.
We here at Oz-e-wahm got to thinking that a few heads have to be better than one, when staying ahead of the game.
I am excited to introduce you to our Private e-Networking Community for Oz-e-wahm’s. A place to learn, network, gain support and new skills all in a totally private, non confronting environmnet, with very little competition.
We will be covering topics such as Websites, building them, content and critiques; blogging, audio, online advertising, business ideas, affiliate marketing, website traffic and email campaigns, plus more.
I’d like to thank She-essence for giving us this opportunity of partnering with them to allow this to come to frutition. All of our private e-networking will take place on the She-essence Message Boards. If you would like to find out more then please take a moment and read this thread which gives you all of the details.
Looking forward to talking business with you.
Blogging Starter Pack
Posted by: | CommentsI wanted to share this resource with you. If you have been wishing that you could get a blog up and running or if you have already taken the plunge but are seeking more results from your blog then you really need this resource.
The Blogging Starter Pack is amazing, it covers everything from installing to managing your blog. It also uses video and audio to make the learning process so much eaiser, well it has for me anyway. Being able to watch and listen works for me!
It covers things like Blogging Best Practices, Keys To A Good Blog, RSS, Feedburner, Podcasting, Using and Editing Themes, Moving Your Blog To A Different Host, How To Promote Your Blog, Traffic Generation Techniques and the list goes on.
I have been truly impressed with the Blogging Starter Pack and I am sure you will be too.
Word Press Plug Ins
Posted by: | CommentsOk I’ve been rambling a bit about blogging and using Word Press I know I know lol!!!! But I wanted to share with you some of the fantstic plug ins that are available for use on your Word Press blog.
Once you’ve installed word press take the time to have a look around at what’s available to you. Visit www.wordpress.org and you can scroll through loads of plug ins there. (here’s the direct link to the plug ins area) But just to give you an idea, here’s just a few of the things you can add to your Word Press Installation:
Spam Filters, Themes, Comments, Shopping Carts, Tagging, Google Site Maps, Archiving, Galleries, Podpress (for podcasting), Contact Forms and so on.
The list is endless really and here’s links to 2 blogs that have quite a few plug ins available.
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/02/word-press-plugins-for-probloggers/
http://theblogjoint.com/2006/08/29/top-wordpress-plugins/
So have you installed yet? C’mon let us know how it’s going for you.
Adding A Form To Your Website
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve been doing a bit of searching around a quick, simple and effective script to allow me to add a form to my website. I want my viewers to be easily able to have some input into my site. After doing a spot of searching and asking around I have come up with a few that I thought I would share. Be sure to check them all out for yourself though to make sure they meet your needs.
http://www.phpformgenerator.com/
Also keep in mind to check out your hosting cpanel as you will no doubt find something in there that may be suitable for your to use.
ColorPix
Posted by: | CommentsI don’t know about you but I am so tired of surfing the net, finding superb colours online only to struggle to replicate them. You see I don’t have all of that whizz bang software that can do all of those things and if you are anything like me then I’m pretty darn certain you have also struggled to match colours you’ve found. I tell you I have several so called colour matching websites bookmarked but none of them really do the job very well or without a lot of hard work involved…well not anymore!
One of my very dear friends sent me a link to this little tiny piece of software that you can use to match absolutely any colour anywhere that your mouse can hover over. I have been using it for the last few days now and I tell you it would have to be one of the best finds for me (especially since I am currently working on a site ) It only takes a few seconds to install and you are all ready to go with it. Anyway I’ll stop rambling, you can find ColorPix here
Please let me know what you think of it afer you give it a go.
Create an Impact with Ad Impact
Posted by: | CommentsGetting the attention of visitors to your site is generally the number one thing site owners are trying to accomplish. Having them register and join your mailing list is right up there in terms of priorities when it comes to marketing your site.
We all know how much everyone loves pop ups, not, so when I stumbled on this little tool I thought it was kind of cool.
It is being labelled as the “Latest In Cool, Next Generation Pop Up Marketing.” They claim that their floating layer technology can increase your opt in rate by up to 300%….wow that’s a bold statement to make. I must admit that some of the ‘floating layers’ they have available are kinda funky and they also have the opprotunity to use some of them for Free.
So anyway, why not check it out for yourself www.adimpact.com be sure to let us know if you trial one of the free ones and how it goes for you.
