Many WAHMs and SAHMs have comfort zones. They are comfortable within their circle of friends. It is hard to go beyond the circle of friends and activities that they are used to and are used to.

Having a sucessful business (online and off) requires that we put ourselves out there. Networking with possible clients and other WAHMs. For many this is a hard thing to do. We have to learn to go beyond our comfort zone.

Networking with other SAHM and WAHM may give us the social satisfaction that we need. But often times to turn our business into a profitable enterprize we have to network with our customers. The people we would like to sell to. And unless this is the WAHM or SAHM market we have to go out and “mingle”.

Message boards and email list are a great way of doing this. Joining them in conversation and establishing yourself as an expert in that feild will help your business. But I have to admit, it is a bit intimidating.

For some it is easy, they jump on a message board and immediately start chatting and sharing ideas and information. For others it may take a bit.

Make it a daily goal. Go by baby steps. Maybe the first day your goal will be to find one message board for your target market and introduce yourself. The next day to participate in one conversataion. Slowly build on those goals until you start to feel comfortable in that social circle.

Keep in mind that you don’t have to do it all in one day. Go slowly, get to know others and work on participating on a message board, not just advertising. Share your knowledge and experiences. Let people get to know you and what you have to offer.