All Posts By Shannon Weidemann

Shannon Weidemann is married to her network engineer husband and mother to two daughters, one the human kind and the other of the canine variety. She has been working at home since 2002. She blogs about working from home and affiliate marketing at MarketingElf and also has a bit of a passion for children's party supplies.

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Shannon has written 16 awesome article(s) for It's A WAHM Thing.


Brain Dump for Productivity

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Most days I deal with an overwhelming amount of stuff. I keep track of doctor’s appointments, things to take care of around the house, brainstorming new blog post ideas, what time to pick my daughter up from school, when her after school activities are, meal planning, and the list goes on and on. It can [...]

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Celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

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One of the fun things that my daughter and I do together is bake in the kitchen. I was super excited to learn that today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. According to popular legend, this timeless classic was created by Ruth Graves Wakefield when she chopped up a chocolate bar to make cookies for [...]

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The Importance of Family

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When I started working from home many years ago, I was not yet a Mom. I was just looking for some freedom from the 8-5 grind. Then when I had my daughter seven years ago, the many perks of being there for her really appeared. Recently events in the past year and a half have [...]

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Tips for Working Remotely

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When your kids are in school, working from home can get very lonely. You can go days without talking to another adult. Plus there is the added temptation of throwing one more load of laundry in, vacuuming the floors, and cleaning the stack of dirty dishes in the kitchen sink. When I am finding my [...]

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Create an Inspiration Board

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I remember back in junior high school, I had to make a silhouette of my head and then decorate it with words and pictures that I thought described me. It was a fun project filled with hours of cutting images from magazines and then glueing them into place. It brings to mind a current project [...]

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Backup Buddy Review

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I have a number of websites that make up my business. I rely on them to bring in monthly income and it could be devastating for anything to happen to one or all of them. Which is why I was so excited to discover the Backup Buddy plugin that works with WordPress. It is such [...]

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Give Yourself Permission to Switch Gears

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I know that for me, being a work at home mom is one of the hardest jobs that I have ever done. I spend a lot of time taking care of other people’s issues. There is taking my daughter back and forth to school, scheduling appointments, keeping up the family calendar, planning out meals, grocery [...]

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Impromptu Vacation and the Work at Home Mom

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Last week my daughter had Mid-winter break from school. I had intended on us staying home for the week, doing the “tourist in our own town” thing. For one my husband started a new job and doesn’t have much vacation time stored up yet. Secondly things have been a bit tight financially around here and [...]

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Working at Home and the Sick Day

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Nothing strikes fear in the heart of this work at home mom as the dreaded sick day. Scheduled days off on the school calendar and even a snow day are nothing compared to the sick day. You can plan ahead for the day off and generally a snow day is forecast a few days ahead. [...]

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Visualizing Your Success

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This morning I had the opportunity to listen to Eric the Hip Hop Preacher give the keynote address at Affiliate Summit West. He is a motivational speaker who grew up homeless and dropped out of high school. He is now a published author and a dissertation away from his PhD. He has a vision that [...]

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