It appears there was some stored up posts on everyone’s computers after the long Thanksgiving weekend. There was a ton of great stuff on the Internet this week. And I am only providing a small portion of it.

TheStreet.com provided another take on How to Qualify for the Home-Office Tax Deduction.

Home with the Kids gives us her 10 Reasons Why I Love Working at Home.

Home Office Buddy has a post this week about setting up your home office the right way, the first time. Included is an interesting video guide.

Creating a Stylish Office at Home is provided by SSOnet.com this week.

And here is another take on setting up a home office from Cheif Home Office.com. A Quintessential Home Office Start-up List gives you seven steps in doing so.

To continue the early theme of setting up a home office, I found Setting Up a Home Office at Productivity501.

Another of my favorite blogs, 43 Folders has a timely post called Sink or Swim: Managing RSS Fees with Better Groups. I have had some ask me how I come up with some of the links I provide in this Carnival. RSS is one of the ways. If you read blogs, if you blog you HAVE to use RSS. This post provides some great tips on how to manage them. I have been culling my feeds this week. It is a great feeling getting rid of those subscriptions I no longer read.

eMoms at Home really hit the mark this week with her post called, “The Home Business Industry Needs to Realize Its Not 1999 Anymore. Wendy states:

In the last week or so, I was at an informal gathering in which I had a conversation with a woman that greatly impacted how I think about my business. We were four women business owners talking about internet marketing systems… and one of them said she had a friend that had spent over $50,000 dollars on such programs. I was astonished. $50K on internet marketing programs?

She goes on to state, I will no longer accept advertising for any of them (legitimate or not).

As home office warriors we may need to spend some time promoting our business and in turn our blogs or websites. Dosh Dosh gave us a guide this week called Push Marketing v.s. Pull Marketing: Using Both Strategies to Promote Your Site. If you are blogging you are most likely using the pull method. And if you aren’t, you should. Later in the post, we are provided seven (7) common pull marketing strategies.

Home Office Envy has a post concerning what Google might be up to concerning pagerank. Are Google Pagerank’s days numbers? Seems Google Labs is working on a “Digg” style page ranking system that allows users to manually rank sites or delete them from their search results.

Over at the Entrepreneur’s Journey Yaro has a post called 4 Tips for Becoming a More Productive Entrepreneur. Interesting ideas. But give up sugar and TV? Humm!

ProBlogger has an interesting post today called How My Blog Traffic Grew 20% During a 3-Week Vacation. It would appear according to the post, that when we plan for our vacation, don’t overlook having lined up guest posters for your blog. I have used guest posters in the past and it is great for both the blogger and the guest. It gives the blogger a different voice on his blog and a break from posting. It gives the guest poster exposure on another blog and some great linkage.

Why Giving Away Your Services for Free Will Get You Business is a from one of the best blogs out there called, Freelance Switch. This blog is packed full of information. If you are not subscribed to it, you should.

One of the items we have been exploring for the Home Office Warrior is a forums and a membership only forums. And this blog post from Daily Blog Tips called “Forums: Are They Right for Your Blog?” could not be more timely.

Chuck Newton is just one of those guys that gets it when it comes to working out of a home office. One of his post this weeks, Is a Home Office Looking More Appealing to You is just another example. There are just so many reasons to work from home.

And here is part two of Home Office Deductions from The Street, How to Defend Your Home Office Deduction. By the way, part one is at the top of this post.

Career Counselor presents Six Time Management Tips for the Self-Employed During the Holidays posted at ask the CareerCounselor.

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