Jen Goode is a tech savvy, work-at-home mom of 3 and the “doodler in charge” of JGoode Designs, a Denver based art and design studio. She gained a love for all things handmade early on, making gifts and goodies since she was 5 years old. Jen has been a creative professional since 1996, sharing her insight for all ages through her various websites including 100 Directions, Projects for Preschoolers and Lil' Goodies.
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Jen has written 14 awesome article(s) for It's A WAHM Thing.
Cooking
by Jen Goode
At my house, during summer break, it seems there is a constant feeding frenzy. Someone is always hungry, someone is always “starving”. I don’t know where the food goes, but it seems like 2/3 of my day I’m spending making food for someone. You don’t have to get stuck in the rut of constantly feeding [...]
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Family
by Jen Goode
While the end of the school year draws close, many of us are frantically trying to come up with our summer schedules filled with activities, camp, carpools and all without chaos. Summer usually means lots more kid time and a lot less work time, it doesn’t have to be a drastic change for your school [...]
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Marketing Your Business
by Jen Goode
Sometimes our expertise and business knowledge that helps others is not the same thing as what our business is all about. A couple weeks ago I wrote about sharing your knowledge to promote your business. I mentioned that the trick is making sure you share knowledge that relates to your business, however, not all of [...]
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Marketing Your Business
by Jen Goode
Half the battle in business success is sharing your knowledge. Networking with others can build your business, but demonstrating your expertise will show you really do know what you’re talking about. Let’s pretend you’re a fantastic baker. If you never tell people you are a baker, that you sell baked goods or you cater parties, [...]
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Productivity Tips
by Jen Goode
I have kids in high school, elementary school and one that’s in preschool, still at home. So the daily task list can be a bit hectic.. it is usually pretty hetic. Creating a schedule that fits my family’s needs and my work needs together can be a challenge, but it doesn’t have to be. I’ve [...]
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WAHM Issues
by Jen Goode
Do you have friends or family that work at home but in an industry you know nothing about? If you don’t know anyone that has the same skills as you, working from home, sometimes it’s difficult to see ourselves working from home too. Instead of comparing what we know about others working from home, sometimes [...]
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Inspiration
by Jen Goode
I have been a happy WAHM since forever, almost. I started working from home full time in 2002 or something, I can’t even remember anymore. I worked for a company in Los Angeles from the comfort of my own living-room in Colorado. By 2006 I was working full time for myself from home. At this [...]
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Productivity Tips
by Jen Goode
I’ve been working from home since 1998. At this point my home and office are one in the same, however it’s easy to forget that my entire home isn’t my office. I work primarily at a desk right in the kitchen so I can see the kids throughout the day, hear what’s going on, and [...]
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Marketing Your Business
by Jen Goode
It’s already been proven that using social media can grow an audience, a following, a community and even grow sales. Pinterest is fast becoming a top location for inspiration for a variety of topics including home decor ideas, gifts, fashion, crafting, food and much more. If you can take high quality photos of interesting things [...]
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Marketing Your Business
by Jen Goode
For the longest time I used my penguin cartoon image as my public profile image. Every account I had that asked for an image associated with it, I would use the penguin. Let me back up and mention, it’s important to always use the same image every where you go. You never know where someone [...]
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