Will Work from Home (and a Giveaway!)

Here at urbanmoms.ca we're very supportive of the recent trend towards WAHMs (work-at-home-moms, for the uninitiated). After all, it's what we are! We even have an entire section of the site devoted to sharing stories from fellow mom entrepreneurs (work at home or otherwise) and to helping them promote their businesses - check out the urbanmoms.ca Marketplace for more.

So we were really excited when the folks at Penguin offered to send us a copy of Will Work from Home: Earn the Cash Without the Commute to review and give away (including a nifty free bookmark and all).

This book is not just about starting your own business from home (in fact, only one section is devoted entirely to the mom entrepreneur option). It's all about finding options for earning income from home, whether that means moving your existing job to your home office, finding a new employer who supports your desire to work from home or pursuing one of the several other options to earn income without commuting. But the basic message is this: Escape the cube. Ditch the commute. It’s not just a dream anymore.

Many people already spend 12 hours a day getting to work, working, getting home from work. Here’s some good news: thanks to advances in technology, acceptance of outsourcing, the trend towards corporate flextime, and other factors, working from home is easier than ever.

Good Morning America’s Workplace Contributor Tory Johnson and consumer advocate Robyn Freedman Spizman tell readers exactly how to turn today’s cultural change to their advantage without giving up an income. Specific business plans will teach them how to:
• Take their current position home
• Find a new company whose policies will allow them to work from home
• Reseach a product they believe in, and sell it from home
• Start their own business, doing something they love, for a minimal initial investment

With real-life stories, a step-by-step plan, resource guides, and lists of scams to avoid, this is the book that will help readers finally make the leap––and show them that they don’t have to give up their family, creativity, or peace of mind to earn a decent salary.

And now, here's how you can win your own copy of Will Work from Home (including free bookmark!). In keeping to the "ditch the commute" theme, we're going to ask you to share your best commuting to work stories in the comments below. One winner will be chosen at random from the entries below to receive the prize. Please remember to include your email address (it won't be displayed) so that we have a way to get in touch with you if you're the lucky winner.

So, get to work! Tell us your longest, shortest, silliest, slowest, craziest or best commute to work story. It doesn't have to be a horror story and it could be from before you had kids - it just has to be related to commuting to work. Go!