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Home Office Ergonomics – One Choice Can Save or Cost You Thousands of Dollars

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Monday, November 12, 2018 | Sallie Borrink
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View Full Post with Embedded ContentHome Office Ergonomics – One Choice Can Save or Cost You Thousands of Dollars

Today I am going to save you potentially thousands of dollars. And I am going to give you this information for free. Consider it my investment in your long-term business success. You might think I’m exaggerating, but I’m not. The information in this post is worth thousands of dollars over your lifetime. How do I …

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The Hidden Costs and Problems of Cheap Website Hosting

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Monday, November 12, 2018 | Sallie Borrink
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View Full Post with Embedded ContentThe Hidden Costs and Problems of Cheap Website Hosting

One of the first big questions that comes up when someone starts a blog or website is who to choose for website hosting. Almost invariably people ask for recommendations for cheap website hosting rather than the best affordable website hosting. Most people go for the cheapest option they can find for one of two reasons. …

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Being A Writer In The Business of Blogging

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 | Sallie Borrink
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View Full Post with Embedded ContentBeing A Writer In The Business of Blogging

Last week our little family went out on a few errands. We took a box of books to the bookstore to sell and they purchased everything I brought except the Christian books. So I called the Christian bookstore that buys books to make sure they were accepting books that day. They were so we drove …

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Motherhood, Making a Home, Homeschooling, and Working at Home

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018 | Sallie Borrink
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View Full Post with Embedded ContentMotherhood, Making a Home, Homeschooling, and Working at Home

Over the weekend I spent a few hours reading through the entire discussion thread on Auntie Leila’s {bits pieces} 144 dealing with women making a home. Since I don’t run in Catholic homeschool circles, I didn’t know about the brouhaha until she emailed out the next {bits pieces} the following Saturday. I subscribe to her blog …

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Top 10 Posts of 2016

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When compiling the top 10 posts of 2016, it was fascinating to see which ones were the most popular with readers. As long as I’ve been blogging, I still can’t always predict which posts will really stand out in a meaningful way for the people who read what I write. These are the posts published …

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Selling Digital Downloads – WooCommerce Versus WP eStore

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Thursday, February 25, 2016 | Sallie Borrink
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View Full Post with Embedded ContentSelling Digital Downloads – WooCommerce Versus WP eStore

One question that comes up time and again in blogger groups and forums has to do with the best platforms for selling digital products on a website or blog. Two of the most popular options are WooCommerce and WP eStore. Since I’ve used both I often want to chime in and share my experience, but …

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The Most Popular Posts of 2014

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Just over a year ago I packed away my other very long-time blog (2005) and completely changed the format of this one. It was definitely an interesting year and I hope you enjoy seeing some of the highlights below in this lists of my most popular posts of 2014! 10. This is a post I’ve …

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Multipotentiality, Niche Blogs, and Real Life

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 | Sallie Borrink
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View Full Post with Embedded ContentMultipotentiality, Niche Blogs, and Real Life

As I entered the world of learning more about gifted and 2e children over the past several months, I discovered the term multipotentiality. It was very interesting because I clearly saw myself in that group and related to the challenges. This is probably the best overall article I’ve found that hits all the main points …

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Forget What the Experts Say – I’m Going to Blog However I Want

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 | Sallie Borrink
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I’ve been blogging for nine years. I became pregnant with Caroline about a year after I started and some of you reading here have been with me on the entire winding journey through six, seven, eight (?) different blogs of various types. Every one of them was a learning experience to get me to this …

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My Blogging Philosophy (at least part of it)

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 | Sallie Borrink
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View Full Post with Embedded ContentMy Blogging Philosophy (at least part of it)

While I was on bloggy break, I thought alot about blogging, blah, blah, blah. (Oh no! Not another one of those posts!) Fear not! This is not going to be about why I blog, but instead what I blog. And not just what I blog, but how I try to live my Christian life. Oswald …

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