Category: Business

Posts about my meandering journey into business ownership – from dreams of owning a retail boutique to freelancing as a web/graphic designer, to successfully starting and running a digital marketing agency.  Thoughts on balancing entrepreneurship with family and motherhood.

  • Satisfying My Inner Nerd

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    I did it…I finally said goodbye to wordpress.com and moved to a self-hosted site! Beginning today, all traffic to the old site (https://amberhinds.com) should be redirected to my new domain, https://amberhinds.com. I’m really excited about this new site.  Being self-hosted allowed me to better make use of my design abilities and to create a more…

  • March!

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    We’ve already used up two days of March and I still can’t believe it.  I know I say it all the time…but where did the time go?  I’m always amazed at how short February is, the last full month of winter and now spring is just around the corner. We had (what I’m assuming to…

  • I’ll Never Be a Professional Blogger

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    Last week in the New York Magazine, there was an article about the Queens of Mommy Bloggers.  As I read through the article, couldn’t help but think that I will never be a professional blogger.  These women make hundreds of thousands (maybe even millions) of dollars off their blogs (which would be nice) but they…

  • Job Skills

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    One of the arguments against stay-at-home parenting that I hear is what a career killer it is to be out of the workforce for a number of years.  Sometimes, it’s said that the impact of SAH parenting is worse for men because it’s unexpected for them to do so, other times it’s said to be…

  • Papoose

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    In case you missed the link in my last post, I want to introduce to you my new website for Papoose, www.papoosenantucket.com. I am really excited about this site, not only because it’s an important step towards getting the funding necessary to get Papoose off the ground, but also because I built (coded!) the site…

  • I might not have a lot of money…

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    I’m sitting here watching the State of the Union, and I can’t help but be inspired. I’ll admit that in many of my adult years I haven’t bothered to watch the State of the Union or if I did, it wasn’t something that really resonated with me.  Often times, politics can seem so far away…

  • Resolutions

    It’s a little late, but I do have some New Year’s resolutions.  I’ve been thinking about setting realistic goals for the new year (Simple Mom has a great post on this) and decided just to set three of them: Do better at the Housewife Challenges. Stop being a housewife. Don’t let 2 get in the…

  • Back to Work (A Little)

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    We’re in the land of mega-chains and drive-throughs!  (A.K.A. the rest of the United States outside of Nantucket.) Saturday morning, we were on the first ferry off the island at 6:30 am.  After an adrenaline filled morning of, “oh my gosh it’s 10 to six, we have to go!”, we had a leisurely 2 hour…

  • What Do You Do All Day?

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    Time is a really interesting thing.  When I was still working outside the home, it felt like the hours, days, and weeks just flew by.  At work, I would be so engrossed in what I was doing, I sometimes had to set a reminder to pop up on my computer and tell me to go…