Friends and family tend to find it hard to get to grips with the fact that you being at home working isn't an excuse to skive, and that you are really running a business or working from home. So, sitting around in pyjamas and slippers, while the rest of the workforce goes to work in suits and skirts won't help your case when you want them to take your work seriously.
Social network marketing is very much becoming a popular type of marketing for many businesses - it's no longer something that teenagers and students "waste" their time on.
We are three years old this week!
www.motherswhowork.co.uk, your free resource for all things related to being a working mum was founded three years ago by resident editor Joycellyn Akuffo who is a married mother of two young children and a journalist.
When the site was created the aim was to inform working mothers about their rights in the workplace and show mums that they can have their cake and eat it - a successful career and a happy family life.
Today is National Homeworking Day, and if you are sitting in your office reading this (and it's not YOUR home office!), and you dream that this time next year you'll also be working from home, then here are three ways for you to create a steady income working from home.