It’s a happy day today!
Well, I really make it a point to choose happiness every single day. But today is a bit extra special. I spent my weekend creating opportunities while chaperoning my eldest child. Yeah, that’s me in the photo, taken by my youngest child, at some parking lot, with my laptop, typing away my ideas for a new service offering.
We’ve been a one-income household for the past five months now, and so far, so good. Well, budgeting remains a challenge, as it will always be. But I’ve been managing our finances for so long that keeping a watchful eye has been the norm.
But while I’ve been successful at budgeting what we have, I still need to add to my income so I can resume adding to our college and retirement funds. We sort of hit a bump with this part of the financial equation, and I have to work doubly hard to get back on track.
So my Saturday was spent building up on my idea, and part of Sunday was spent putting it on my webpage. It’s still a work in progress, and I know it’s not much to look at, but I am not one to procrastinate when I set my mind on something. I’ll improve on it over time. But the important thing now is to get the word out.
So what is it, anyway?
Do you ever find yourself reading an article, or a blog, or even a brochure, and proofread it while you go?
I am that kind of person. I read something, and in my mind, I insert a punctuation, put a hyphen, check the spelling, correct the grammar… you get the idea. And then I go ahead and send a message to the concerned person, when I can. “Hey, _____, you wrote _____ instead of _____. Should be _____.”
It’s not to offend, but to help out. And I do it in private, of course. Thankfully, these people appreciate what I do. And these people, they know how to do it correctly anyway. It’s just that people who are too close to something are not seeing that something as clearly as someone else would from afar. The easiest to overlook are the most common, I’ve observed. And so, this idea.
My Start-Up WAHM venture is now formally offering proofreading and editing services.
So, you ask me: What right have you to offer that service? What are your credentials?
I don’t have a degree, for sure. What I do have is a good head between my shoulders, a set of eyes for detail, a ton of patience to go over anyone’s material, and a lifetime of experience. As far as professional experience goes, I’ve been doing this for my client for quite some time now. I’ve proofread more than a hundred blog post entries in his site/s and more than a dozen of his books and programs since I’ve joined his business, one of which is now a New York Times bestseller and where my name was even mentioned in the acknowledgement page, so I’m pretty confident that I can deliver.
Again, the page is still a work in progress, but I wanted my readers to know about it first, and know about it today, a Monday, a day I claim to be the beginning of another great week.
So please check it out. Send me an inquiry if you please. I’m open to negotiations for mommy bloggers. And will really appreciate you helping me get the word out.
Thank you very much in advance, and happiness all around!
Marge, also known as The Happy WAHM, is a virtual assistant who turned her passion for entrepreneurship into a worthy endeavor of offering complete business solutions to CEOs and business owners around the world. She turned her back on a thriving corporate career to become a hands-on mom and created a lifestyle that allowed her to build a homebased career, homeschool her children, and still have time to pursue her passion for arts and crafting.
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