10 Tips for Work at Home Moms by Lenika Scott!

Here Are 10 Tips for Work at Home Moms

Throughout the years I have implemented these Tips to help build my business while keeping my sanity as a Work At Home Mom!

While I was in the middle of writing this blog, I decided to just plain out shoot a video so you can really feel my heart!

Many Work At Home Mom Struggle with keeping balance and although this article is not about balance I made sure I threw in some tips that will help along the way no matter how old your children are especially for those of you who still younger children at home or in the school.

1) SET YOUR SCHEDULE

Setting up a schedule is so important to building a business from home! It keeps the stress away; it allows you do get things completed. One thing that I am learning do to is make sure I include the children functions and events on my calendar that way I don’t forget things such as their doctors and dentist appointments, school appointments, plays and things of that nature. Trust me! Things have gotten so busy during different times in my work at home career and I’ve missed events that I SHOULD have been to!

2) SET YOUR HOURS

Just as a regular business have hours of operation setting up office hours and business hours can make a world of difference to the success of your business. Not only does it allow you to be more productive but it allows you to take ownership of your time. As a mom who runs a business from home there are many distractions that are being constantly presented like laundry, cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, personal phone calls and things of that nature and if not careful all of the business needs can quickly go attended to. So make sure when you set up your hours try to incorporate things in your schedule and hours such as

3) BUSY DOES NOT MEAN WORK

Remember busy doesn’t always mean working which is why it is so important to track your production. In the Industry I work in IPA’s also known as Income Producing Activities allow us to track what we are doing. Example how many (new) people we are introducing our business to on a daily basis, how many new customers did we obtain, how many people have we followed up with. In the age we live in things like social media can steal much of our time away if we use it for business. Things such as checking emails, inbox messages, posting and browsing on the internet, researching, doesn’t always mean we are working!