Thursday, December 27, 2007

Do-It-Yourself Ideas For Business Websites
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Building a website is not as difficult as some may think. There are many successful Internet business owners who knew very little about the design and functions of a website. If you are new to website design, you can build a professional site for your business or home-based business that suits your needs with software, by learning computer code and by researching other websites.

With website building software, you can choose from thousands of templates that you can use to create a unique look for your home business. With these templates you can choose everything from font color to where to place graphics. There are also tips on creating ordering pages, home pages and other types of pages.

Another way to create a websites is to learn HTML or other types of computer code. Although this will take longer, you’ll save money because you won’t have to buy software or hire a professional. Once you understand the code, you can create a website, make changes, and update it easily. There are many free tutorial sites and books that you can use to learn everything you need to know.

Check out other websites to get ideas and learn more about what is popular and what attracts the most visitors. Then combine them to come up with something unique for your business site. The Internet is a never-ending resource for marketing advice.

After deciding on the look you want for your website, you’ll need to fill it with content, product descriptions, photos, and ordering information. You can hire a design company to complete these tasks for you, but many business owners are finding that it is not too difficult to create content and it’s a great way to save money. Your content can be anything pertaining to your business product or services. Frequently uploading articles to your site that contain useful information is one way to increase business.

Adding colorful graphics from free design websites adds character to your site. You don’t have to be a graphic artist to do this. Search the Internet and get material that is available for public use. You can also trade services with designers, photographers, and writers you might know who own businesses.

Building a website doesn’t have to cost a fortune. If you are willing to use the resources available to you on the Internet, you’ll be able to create an engaging site that attracts many visitors. As your business or home-based business grows add more content, products, and other items to generate even more interest.

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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Business Plan Backup
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If you are thinking of starting your own business or home business or you already have one, create a backup plan in order to protect yourself. Whatever you’re marketing, you may have some slow times during the year, due to seasonal changes or other causes. It’s always good to have something to fall back on in case you are not meeting your financial goals.

Have a second service or product to market during the slower months. If you’re selling outdoor accessories or services, you may want to sell indoor accessories during the winter months. If your product or service is entertainment, you’ll probably be profitable year round as long as you market more than one form, such as music and movies. Never limit yourself to only one service or product until you know that you can survive with it, as you may be setting yourself up for slow expansion and a less than reliable income.

If your sales are down because your marketing plan is not productive, it’s a good idea to have a second marketing plan. Although it may take a few tries before you find the right marketing avenue, there are many ways to get the news out about your new business. After creating your first plan, make a second one that’s completely different from your first one, and if your primary plan is showing some results but is not meeting your goal, you may want to recreate your marketing plan using the positive points from your primary home business plan. So, you’ll be using the skills that you know are working while integrating new ways to promote growth.

Your business plan may fall short in several areas, so it’s important to have several backups for each situation. These backups may not exactly fit your actual circu, but having the idea written down ahead of time can save you a lot of trouble when the time comes for you to try something new. You may need to add a few new products or just find a new way to market them. So, don’t limit yourself.

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Monday, December 17, 2007

Use Email Marketing To Attract New Customers
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Although the growth of a business or a home-based business requires new customers who are so impressed by your goods and services that they can’t resist buying, your repeat customer base is the backbone of any business. These consumers are will send you many referrals, and this promotes company growth. While it is easy to assume that some simple advertising will supply you with all of the new customers you could ever want, you must realize that certain types of advertising work better than others. A good email advertising campaign for your home business can draw new customers from a wide variety of sources.

For example, if you’re a dog groomer, you can send your loyal customers a weekly or monthly newsletter in order to stay in touch and this will also remind them that it’s time for their pet’s trim. Savvy business owners hire companies to provide them with content for their newsletters to make them a hot commodity, and a good company will include articles that appeal to a wide variety of dog owners. So, you might include an article on hunting dogs. Most likely, avid hunters will not sign up with a dog groomer for weekly or monthly emails, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see such a newsletter forwarded to a hunting buddy. Then this buddy, impressed with the article on hunting dogs, decides that his dog could benefit from a shampoo and a flea dip. Voila! You have a new customer generated via your email marketing campaign to current customers. Newsletters work especially well for home businesses.

You can also use opt-in email marketing lists to generate new customers. In this instance, you’re allowed to have your ad displayed with another company’s ads, which may be closely related to your niche although not in direct competition with you. Then others can try the goods or services you offer through your home-based business, and they may become loyal repeat customers.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Avoid Discrimination In Business: Start Your Own
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One way to avoid discrimination, in the public work force, is to start your own business, and when your hire, do so based on qualifications. For several years now, United States law has prohibited businesses from assessing or placing judgment upon employment prospects due to gender, race, ethnicity, creed, religion, political affiliation or even a handicap (in certain settings and situations). As a result, people in the employment arena or those attempting to enter it, feel safe and assured that they will always be treated honestly, respectfully and fairly. So, if one doesn’t get a particular job, it is assumed that it must be due to sound reasons that are relevant to the position and its particular set of qualifications.

Not necessarily so. Discrimination is alive and thriving in businesses all over, and in many cases, those who adhere to discriminatory practices do get away with it. To them specifics unrelated to the job or its qualifications actually do make a difference. For example, entrepreneurs with a sexist bent are liable to hire, promote and encourage those of their own gender; or white supremacists business owners are likely to pass over African American professionals with impressive backgrounds for white prospects with little or no experience and spotty records. And many Christian human resource executives tend to overlook atheist co-workers, regardless of performance, experience or attitude.

It’s all about preferences, likes and subcultures. The “we” vs. “them” mentality still dictates behavior in many business environments. Legal trouble is avoided due to the burden of proof placed on the job seeker and the justifications from the employer. Those who face the discrimination have the right to sue or press charges, but this is generally difficult because the power of evidence falls on them and is usually impossible to produce.

Another type of discrimination that is all too common is sexual harassment, especially that of male-toward-female. This is self-explanatory, and is almost always an uncertain legal minefield.

Many people criticize Affirmative Action, because the program ensured favoritism and success to minorities on the basis that they are minorities. No matter what is justified, if treatment is not based on a person’s qualifications, then there is discrimination.

No matter how hard the legal system cracks down on discrimination in the workplace, there will always be unfair treatment because of human interest and the power of money. So, go ahead. Start your own business or home business and avoid the pitfalls of discriminatory practices.

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Friday, December 07, 2007

Three Online Advertising Ideas For Your Home Business
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In order to make people aware of your business, you must advertise. For online marketing you can use Pay Per Click ads, web banners and Internet advertising companies.

With the first option, Pay Per Click, you don’t pay to list your advertisement and there are no hidden costs. There are many sites from which you can choose this type of marketing for your home business. When someone does a search for items using key words that are found on your site, your site’s link will be shown in the ad space next to the search results. Pay Per Click can also be included on other web sites giving you the most exposure possible for little cost. Pay Per Click is a great way to use your money to get more traffic to your site, which can help increase sales for your home-based business. One of the best things about Pay Per Click is that you only pay when someone clicks on the advertisement that takes them to your site. Be wary of search engines that offer clickers money or incentives to click through their results as you may end up paying for clicks that net you nothing. Pay Per Click is also known as pay per ranking, pay per position or pay per placement and all of these sites offer the same type of service.

A banner is generally a color animated or still advertisement for your site. When people click on the banner, they will be taken directly to your site, so your banner should be on other sites that people frequent in order to have it seen. There are companies that offer free banners and online advertising but free isn’t always best. You’ll have to check out the site and decide if this is going to be right for you. While it may not cost you anything to create your banner and advertise on a site, you are often required to allow others to place their ad banners on your site. Also, you most likely will get only half the displays that you generate. So if your site advertises 1000 banners for someone else you will get 500 banner ads on other sites. This is the average, although some may offer more or less.

Your third option is to pay for ads through an online advertising company, which generally offers you more control over how much banner advertising you receive but costs you money up front.

The choice is yours, and no matter which way you go you will generate more sales with online advertising.

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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Advertising Your Way To Success In Your Business
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One of the most important parts of any business is advertising. Whether you're working from home online or you have a brick and mortar business, no one will know about your goods or services if they don’t know you have a business. The key to your success is reaching your target audience, and you can only do that with effective advertising. Although you may put thousands of dollars into advertising, it won't mean anything if you don't reach the right people.

For example, if you have a home business based on the distribution of snow blowers, you don't want to advertise to people who live where there is none. Your target audience for this product would be people in areas where snow is imminent during certain times of the year. Advertising to Alaska would be wise use of your advertising budget, while advertising to Hawaii would not be economical. For some products your target audience may change, especially if you distribute them internationally. You must consider the seasons that are opposite yours, i.e., countries in which the summer occurs during your winter.

Advertising is likely to be the most expensive part of your home business budget, especially during the beginning stages when you’re trying to attract people. When you invest in advertising for your business, you also invest in future income. Certainly you can use some of the free online advertising methods, but you gain more exposure for your home business if you invest in some fee-based advertising. In fact, some of the fee-based classified ads offer many more features than those in the basic free packages such as bolded type, HTML code and a larger number of prospects, for instance.

Since some advertising methods are more effective than others, you should take the time to determine the best method for your business. If you own a local business, that might be newspaper ads and/or direct mailing in the form of flyers and mail inserts that are sent to households. For an online home-based business, classified advertisements on the Internet will probably not be very effective, while a website that is optimized for SEO (search engine optimization) is your best tool along with direct emailing to those who have requested information. In many cases, the method you choose is done by trial and error, so you want to be prepared to make use of more than one type of advertising. The most expensive is probably the Yellow Pages, although that would probably be productive if you have a traditional brick and mortar business.

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Monday, October 22, 2007

Attitude Can Make Or Break Your Business Success
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Did you know that aerodynamically speaking, the bumblebee should not be able to fly? However, the bumblebee continues to fly happily along unaware that it is performing in a way that should not be possible.

The same can be said of many business people, to the extent that they may lack education or business acumen. They were never told they couldn’t succeed in business, so they go merrily along running their businesses. They have the right attitude to create something out of nothing and never hear the nay Sayers telling them they’ll fail. They continue working toward the fulfillment of their dream, choosing to focus on their strengths instead of their weaknesses and using their strengths to their advantage.

Happy upbeat people choose to be happy. It’s not that they have fewer problems than most, they just choose not to allow their problems to affect their moods. Successful people carry this attitude into their business. They choose to be successful. They still have their share of issues at their place of work, but instead of focusing on the negative they look for the positive and use that to obtain positions of power.

When positive people make a mistake, instead of choosing to brood about how things went wrong, they view the mistake as a learning experience and turn things around to realize better results. Most of you have heard that whatever you think is so. If you think you can do something you’re right, and if you think that you can’t do something you’re right. If you believe that you can be a success in your business you will be, and if you think you’re going to fail, you will. Even if you’re in the wrong business, your positive attitude will allow you to figure out why you’re in that business and help you determine what is right for you.

Customers don’t want to do business with a person who has a negative attitude. They prefer a person who tries to help them solve their problems. Employees are the same and would rather deal with a business owner who is positive and understands that mistakes happen; a boss who is willing to help them correct mistakes instead of firing them the first time they do something wrong.

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Friday, October 19, 2007

Renting Office Space For Your Business Is A Bad Idea
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Not all businesses require a storefront, however every business and home business requires an office, even those run by one or two people who conduct the majority of their business online or at client locations. Few office spaces are rented on a month-to-month contract and regardless of the condition of your business finances the rent will always come due. While it may give your ego a boost to have your own rented office space, it can also put a huge dent in your wallet.

While there are many points of view in favor of renting office space, usually from real estate agents handling the rent, there are three main reasons why renting office space is a bad idea.

First is the cost. You can easily set up an office in your home, as you already have the available space, and only have to add an extra phone or fax line at minimal cost. Secondly, while a home business office can be small, there is no daily commute. And third, other potential business clients will not be turned away while you’re off the premises taking care of customers, when they arrive at your rented office and find no one there.

You probably have no real reason when starting out to consider renting office space, unless your business requires a showroom or is retail based. Even if you have a few employees, the business can be operated from through telecommuting, and many people enjoy that arrangement.

Remember, the cost of office space goes beyond the monthly rent, as you will be paying utilities, liability insurance and security, and moving all of your equipment into the new space will take time and money. You also have to consider all of the rental terms, the fine print so to speak.

You encounter many pitfalls with a home-based business such as constant interruptions by family and friends as well as the need to keep up with the laundry and housework. It takes a large amount of self-discipline to actually be working in your home office during your scheduled hours. However, being able to get up in the morning, dress for work and walk across the hall to your home business office can save gas and frustration from the daily commute.

Also, if you can perform all of your work at your home business office, you might consider whether or not a second vehicle and its monthly payment and insurance costs are necessary, especially If another member of the household has a vehicle you can use. And, if you have a phone, fax and email you’re totally accessible to you customers.

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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Ergonomic Office Equipment For Your Home Business
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Having ergonomic office equipment for your home business can save your back. Being uncomfortable at home or in the office can cause you to be increasingly irritable, as well as contribute to physical problems. When you first begin to have problems, you don’t notice so much, because the pain is generally occasional or non-existent. Often, when you start to notice them more, the damage has already been done. You can end up with permanent problems from uncomfortable work positions.

These problems could include carpal tunnel syndrome, spine injury, nerve damage, tendonitis and muscle tears. Some of these problems are only alleviated by surgery. There are some steps you can take to prevent this. Buying ergonomically correct chairs for your home business is a great way to start. Be sure they are height adjustable.

After sitting in one position for an extended period of time, you have to deal with small joint aches, the feeling of needles and pins in your extremities, stiff necks and other small problems. Imagine what sitting in that position can do to your body, after a number of years of working the same job, holding your head in the same position and stretching in uncomfortable ways. Holding your body in uncomfortable and unnatural positions for any extended amount of time can also detract from your work, causing fatigue, stress and a shortened attention span, due to constant moving and rearranging of your body.

At your home business desk or any job, your feet should be planted flat and firmly on the floor in front of you, and your knees should at a 90-degree angle from your hips and ankles. Your work area should be located just above your lap, so that you are not stretching or holding your arms and hands at strange angles, causing tendonitis. Keep pressure off of your wrists at pressure points in order to alleviate numbing of your hands. Keep items that you will be looking at within a short distance of your head, in order to avoid stretching or straining to see them.

If you spend a large amount of time on the phone in your home business, buy a hands-free headset. This will keep you from tilting your head and resting the phone between your ear and your shoulder, cutting down on neck pain, strain and possible nerve damage. If you stare at the computer screen for extended lengths of time, be sure that it is aligned with your eyes so that you’re not tilting your head up or down to see what you’re focusing on. Glare from the screen can be a problem, so buy a filter that fits over the screen and shields your eyes from glare, causing less eyestrain.

Be aware of your body, and use these healthy tips to make working at your home business less stressful on it.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Online Ad Options For Your Home Business
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You’ll see any number of websites boldly claiming that with the help of online ad options for your home business you will be virtually swimming in cold, hard cash overnight. Not so! Making Internet advertising work for you takes time and patience, and you must place ads in strategic places at the right time. Blindly posting links, ad banners, and advertisements in the hope that someone will see them and be interested in your business is like throwing darts while blindfolded and hoping to hit the target. The odds are against you from the beginning.

There are some tried and true successful online ad options that you can use for your home business. First, are online auction sites. You may not have thought of advertising your business in such a manner, but remember that on any given day millions of people surf the Internet and you’ll be able to reach quite possibly the broadest cross-section of people possible around the globe who will be interested in your products or services.

Pay-per-click on search engines is another great way of displaying your online ads for your home business. This mode of advertisement may be a bit expensive, but there is something to be said for your ad popping up when a potential customer enters search terms that match your business. Although this is still a hit-or-miss proposition, it is one that will pay off nicely if you give it some time.

One of the most overlooked online ad options for your business is the online edition of your local and national papers and magazines. With more and more news junkies logging on to the Internet for their daily information and news, the printed papers are loosing readers. So, more print ads are falling by the wayside, which allows room for the online ads. Costs vary from publication to publication, but generally, they are well worth every penny.

One somewhat overused method of placing online ads for a business is affiliate marketing. In some cases this is the best way to go, but usually people will not click on a banner and net you a sale. Instead, they may actually become annoyed by the presence of your ads, especially when some rather inventive affiliate marketers install them into popup windows. If you do want to check out online ad options for your business with affiliate marketers, keep close control over who will be approved for the ads and who will not be approved as an affiliate. Be sure that rules and procedures are in place so that your ads will be displayed as they are intended and not made part of pop-ups or SPAM.

Be sure to place your home business ads in appropriate places for the best exposure for people wanting what you have to offer. You wouldn’t place an ad for cars in the home and garden section of your local newspaper and likewise, not one for walking shoes in a bicycling magazine. The best place for advertising your wares to reach a varied population is the Internet.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Internet Marketing And Small Town Business
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Before starting a business in a small town, make sure you are filling a need. If the town already has more than one barber, chances are your shop will not turn a profit, and if you are selling a product that is unfamiliar or costly, you may be jeopardizing your business success. Sometimes building a business in a small town is more difficult because of the limited customer base, competition, and the lack of interest in your goods and services. Finding a product may be your biggest challenge, and once you find one, marketing is the next step.

Once you decide on a business you will need retail space, which can be on a main street or you can operate a business from your home. The farther you are from the center of town, the more advertising you’ll need so people will know where you’re located.

One way to solve this problem is to have your own website on the Internet. Even though your business may cater primarily to the townspeople, others may want to visit your shop and check out your products. So, include directions to your business on your website. You can also use billboards, signs, listings in the local newspaper as well as business cards, a logo and a sign on your business front. Word of mouth advertising is still the most powerful tool you have in a small town. If you offer quality customer service, people will tell others in the community. If you can drop-ship items, the Internet is a great tool to use for advertising. Market in every way you can in order to create brand loyalty.

Once you have established your business in a retail space or in your home you must maintain inventory, attend to the layout of the store, the products, and customer service. You may need to hire some employees. In small towns, you may be limited in earning capacity due to the income level of residents, the need for your products, and the cost of shopping in your store. You may want to adjust your prices in order to sell more merchandise. A market analysis can help you make the necessary adjustments.

Running a business in a small town may be more difficult than in a densely populated area, but if you can sell items online in addition to opening a storefront or operating from home, your potential for profit is increased.

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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

A Business Blog Can Help Boost Sales
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Business blogs are different from other types of blogs such as personal diaries or writings about personal experiences that have nothing to do with the readers’ lives. In recent years, many businesses have seen the popularity of blogs and have taken them to the next level by introducing informative blogs that appeal to specific groups of people.

A business blog is a great way to reach more customers and communicate with them on a more personal level. One of the largest disadvantages of online businesses is the lack of personal contact with customers that you would have in a traditional storefront business, where you’d have more opportunity to offer personal assistance. A way around this dilemma is to set up a business blog that is informative and entertaining and that speaks to those who would be interested in purchasing the products from your website.

Blogs are read by thousands of potential customers each day. If you want to create a business blog, you should consider what your audience is looking for as far as information and products, and whether or not they will continue to read your blog? While it is fine to use humor in your blogs, you should try to be as informative as possible, and it should be related to the industry in which you’re involved.

Most blogs are short posts between one hundred and three hundred words, although some are longer. You determine the length of your blog. If you want to attract a constant stream of readers, post frequently, at least once a week. Plan your blog a few days in advance to be sure it is well written and edited. Business blogs don’t contain grammar or spelling errors and always have a logical order. If you are new to blogging, check out popular blogs that are similar to what you want to create to get and idea of how to proceed.

To increase your popularity, be sure to include your website address on each post and archive them so readers can enjoy previous posts. Add keywords to the titles of your posts and add them in a natural fashion throughout the body wherever possible, to expand readership. You can also increase your readership by writing a few articles that promote your blog, and submit them to free article databases so they can be circulated on websites and in directories where readers will be able to access them.

A business blog can be a lot of fun to write, and readers can leave comments, which increase the personal attention you can offer your customers.

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Thursday, August 02, 2007

Home vs. Renting Or Buying For Your Business
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Making the right choice for your business location is key to your success, and there are some advantages as well as disadvantages to be taken into consideration when deciding on working at home or investing in an outside office space. Of course you save money working at home, but you could be faced with the dilemma of family and friends who don’t think that you are actually working, simply because you are at home during the day, and they therefore think that you are available to run all their errands. This is especially a problem for women who may have friends who work jobs away from home and don't seem to have time to do the things that they need to do after work. These friends find it difficult to understand that even though your business is at home, you have just as much work or more as they do.

This is a difficult situation for many business owners who find it hard to say no, although with a day care provider, it’s obvious that you can’t drag several children along to run errands and take care of chores for friends and family.

Now, if your business doesn't require a separate facility, it's much cheaper to operate out of your home than it is to incur the expense of investing in a separate facility. And, if you use a separate building, you could run into deed restrictions that prohibit you from operating some types of businesses, and you will need to apply for a variance. In most cases, these restrictions are the result of potential increases in traffic, which could create problems. For example, there could be a problem if you are planning to open a retail shop over your garage, since there is likely to be a constant flow of traffic to and from your home. The same may be true for secretarial services, because even with scheduled appointments, you are liable to have people who want to drop in to deliver or pick up work, and you may not wish to turn them away.

If you have young children you could have a problem if your business is in your home because of the number of distractions. If you consider operating your business out of your home to avoid daycare costs, you might want to reconsider unless it is in the field of freelance writing and editing. If you have clients coming to your home, or you perform freelance legal or medical transcription, you will need to be available during the daytime to perform these functions, and you will need to be free of distractions. Thus, you will still need to place your children in daycare if they are pre-school school age. If they are in school, you may still want to consider after school care unless they are old enough to understand that you are working and they are able to come home and participate in quiet activities until you have finished your workday.

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Monday, July 30, 2007

Brainstorming Home Business Ideas Before Starting One
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When you consider starting a home business it helps to plan before investing any time and money into the project. Brainstorming home business opportunities before setting up one will help ensure the business is one that you are capable of operating. Your success depends on many things, one of which is the dedication you will need in order to make the business work as well as having a viable market for the product or service you will offer.

When brainstorming, remember that there is more involved in operating a successful home business than the startup cost and how much time you can free up from working. Brainstorming should include thinking through all of the possibilities for a business and projected income and expenditures. Then deal with each of these items separately. For example, take into consideration the availability of a market for your proposed home business. If you have been working with a carpet cleaning company for several years and you want to start your own rug cleaning business, you should determine how much competition you will have as opposed to how many customers are available in a particular area who may require your service, and consider the timeliness of delivery.

Consider the investment required to start your home business as well as the amount of income you’ll need to support yourself and to cover all personal expenses until the business gets off the ground and starts to generate income. Brainstorm about who and where the first customers will come from. Simply planning advertising and direct mail campaigns may not provide the information you need, rather personal contact with businesses and friends and family may offer a better picture of who will need your services and when you can expect to deliver and get your firsts paying customers.

You can consider how your home business might provide jobs and how this could lead to testimonials for potential customers to show that the business is legitimate. You should also consider who would handle the paperwork such as invoicing and bill paying and taxes for state and federal obligations. These things are often overlooked by those new to business, and they accept payments and use the money for their immediate personal needs, and when the time comes to pay bills, the money is no longer available.

You must consider the effect of a home business on you personally as well as other family members, as when you begin working your home based business, any decision made will affect more than just you.

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Creating A Business Budget
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Before starting a home business you must focus on startup costs and how much money you will need annually to keep operating. Having a budget that you adhere to is a way of keeping track of your income and expenditures and your business success.

The first thing you need to do is have money set aside for startup costs. No matter how great your budget, you’re going to need extra money upfront in order not to spend more money during the first year of operating your home business than you really want to. So you must have money saved or you can take out a small business loan that you can pay back as soon as you have started to make money, or you may have some other funding source you can use.

When creating your budget you must allow for product expenditures, materials and salaries if you have employees, including yourself. The amount must be reasonable. For example, don’t set your salary at a level that you can’t live on, because then the home business idea just isn’t going to be feasible.

Now, you must determine how much money you need to make in order to meet these costs, so that you can set a reasonable price per unit or service and decide on the number of products or services you plan to offer each year.

Once you have the dollar amounts set up for your yearly budget, you have to decide how you want to proceed. Will you sell products all year long or have seasonal offerings or both? For seasonal products you must plan to have them available at least three to four months ahead of time in order to ensure that you have customers. Then you can adjust your budget accordingly.

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Saturday, July 28, 2007

Building An Online Presence For Your Home Based Business
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There are lots of things that you must consider when you’re starting a home business, and one of the most important is how to best build an online presence for your business. No matter what the nature of your business, it is important to be on the Internet so that people can find you.

Even if you have a local home business, you need to have a website. The fact is that no matter what you are doing, most of your prospects and customers will want some information about you. All around the globe people have started using nontraditional hours of operation. If you have a product or a service and you want to be competitive in the world market, you have to be available 24 hours a day 7 days a week, and the only way that you can do this successfully is with an online presence.

So, you need a website, and it should be organized, interesting and easy to navigate. It has to catch the attention of your prospects, so it should be something that you yourself find interesting, and it should be pleasing enough to draw people in to have a look around so that they stay longer and can find what interests them at your business site. If this is not the case, they will simply click away and visit another company’s site. After you have a website for your home business, you need an email address for prospects to be able to contact you.

When these things are taken care of, you must work on getting your site recognized so that you can begin making some money from your home-based business. Now, this will require some time, research and effort on your part and some money for advertising space online so that your site will be noticed and you are able to get people to purchase your products and services.

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Friday, July 27, 2007

How To Continue Your Home Business When You Want To Quit
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Most people who have a home business are working for themselves because they probably love what they do, they have a passion for it, it allows them to be at home, they can take the time off that they need to and they are in charge of their lives. However, there might come a time that no matter how you feel about the reasons you are working from home, you might become very frustrated and want to quit your home business.

Perhaps you aren’t doing as well as you’d like, and maybe you can’t see how you can do any better. You may be bored or burnt out or you might be thinking that it would be much easier to just go back to that 8-5 job. But, logically, you probably realize that if you can stick it out you’ll find yourself in a much better position than you have ever been, and you’ll be able to make the money you need. So, how do you stick it out? Where do you get the strength to keep going, even if you want to quit?

For some people just staying focused on their goals and the future they’ve pictured for themselves is enough to keep them working on their business. Others may need to figure out a way to get some help to keep them going. If you’re budget will allow it, this might be the time to hire someone to take care of the day-to-day smaller tasks of your business; the things you may feel are having a negative effect on you. If you can’t afford to hire someone, you may want to ask your spouse or your children if they would be willing to help out from time to time. Often just talking to someone about your day-to-day activities will help you through some of the tough times.

Another thing that you can do to help yourself, if you feel like quitting, is to reorganize or re-prioritze your life and your business tasks to give some impetus and a feeling of newness. This can relieve a lot of stress, and if you go through each aspect of your home business and reorganize it, you might find that there are actually some better ways to run the business, and to make more money.

These are a few tips that you may want to try before you decide definitely to quit your home business. Often, if there’s a way to get through the tough times, you’ll find that you are much better off with your home business than working an 8-5, and that you can do much better on your own.

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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Benefits Of Joining A Small Business Organization
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A lot of new small home-based business and other business entrepreneurs feel that they are too busy with their work and that joining organizations is a waste of their time, but there are many benefits that you can take advantage of when you join small business organizations. In fact, many small business entrepreneurs were able to bring their business to the next level by joining one of these organizations.

One of the most valuable benefits of joining small business organizations is you are able to meet a lot of other people in business, and networking is very important for getting exposure for your business or home business. Meeting people in your own industry is very important because it’s a path to new opportunities. You could possibly meet someone at a small business organization meeting who would be interested in investing in your business.

Joining a small business organization can open a lot of doors for you. If you’re on the lookout for new opportunities, you will most likely stumble into a gold mine during one the meetings that you attend. Always remember that it is not uncommon for business owners to outsource some of the work that they can no longer handle. If you are a member of a small business organization and somebody somewhere is looking for someone who can do some of the jobs that s/he can no longer handle, then you’re in the best position to offer your services to your fellow members, and since they know you, they will most likely consider your offer and establish a long term business relationship with you and your company.

As a member of any organization you’re in a position to learn new things. Most organizations sponsor seminars and workshops every so often and you can easily gain additional knowledge. In most cases, these organizations send out newsletters to their members to keep them informed of the latest developments in the industry, and just talking and exchanging business ideas and experiences with the other members of the organization will greatly enhance your business knowledge. There will be many members of these organizations who are willing to share their business experiences and expertise with their fellow associates, and you will more than likely get some very important tips on business operations and management.

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The Freedom To Run Your Home Business
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In order to have the freedom to run your home business, you will probably have to make some changes in your thinking. One of the common misconceptions is that by being in business for yourself and working at home you’ll have all the free time you ever wanted. You may be in for a shock when you find out the amount of time you’ll spend working. Although you can adjust work schedules around other obligations, the total number of hours spent on the job will likely be much higher than at an 8-5 job.

It is common for anyone working at home to be distracted by family members or others who drop in for coffee or to ask for help, until they get used to the idea that although you are home, you’re working. Now, the hardest person to convince of your need to work while at home is you.

It is typical for a person working from home to take a few minutes here and there to wash a load of laundry or clean up the dishes that may be left from the night before, but you must use discipline in order to complete all the daily tasks you will have scheduled. It’s really easy to lose track of time and find yourself working late into the evening in order to catch up on your business tasks.

One thing you might not want to do is climb out of bed, grab your morning coffee or other beverage of choice and head to your home business office wearing your pajamas. While this may seem like a great idea, it is not conducive to the professional office atmosphere you need to create to establish the discipline of working at home. If you have spent any time working for someone else, you understand the ramifications of being late for work and not getting things finished before quitting time. You need to establish this same standard when operating your own home business. Once things get rolling, you may be able to slack up a bit as you get used to a routine and are able to complete things quickly or are able to hire some help.

If you worked outside your home, people would have to wait until you had time for their interruptions. The same respect needs to be shown to you while you are at work in your home business. If your home office has a door, shut it while you are working to let others know not to disturb you. Perhaps you could use a sign that indicates you are working, if there is no door that you can close.

Your schedule is your own, and if you are willing to work late while others are in bed, that’s okay, as the most important part of having the freedom to run a home business is to establish a regular work schedule and stick to it and inform others of your work hours.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Dare To Dream: A Home Business Idea
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Have you always dreamed of a better life for yourself and obtaining it through a home business where you are in control as opposed to working for and reporting to someone else? A dream of having or doing something is a beginning, but in order to make that dream a reality you must take action. Some of the most successful business people started out with only a dream, and with determination and persistence they were able to obtain all their desires.

Taking action simply requires setting goals, writing them down and following through on them. Setting goals is the first step toward making your dream a reality. Determine what you want to achieve and set a time line for doing so. Also set short-term realistic goals that you can reach, and that will keep you working toward your long-term goal, because you will be able to measure your progress. We all need small victories every now and then to help us get through some of the most difficult aspects of starting a home business. Be honest with yourself when setting these goals so that you know what will be required at every step.

Once you’ve established your goals, you should formulate strategies to achieve them. For example, if you want to operate a computer programming business, you should set a timeline and a quota for the number of clients you want. For the first few months, you might set a low quota for income and the clients that you serve. Don’t expect a lot regarding your home business during the early stages, as it takes time to build it correctly for long-term success. So allow yourself some time and some breathing space.

There will be times when you feel that you’re not getting anywhere with your home business. Just don’t give up. Stay the course and you will be successful. If you dare to dream a wonderful future for yourself, and you take right action, and your heart is really in it, you will achieve your long-term goal.

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Home Business Advertising Concepts
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Advertising is probably the single most important aspect of any business, but this is particularly true for a home business, because otherwise there is no way for anyone to know your business exists. It's important to know how to use advertising to your advantage, and how to use it in a way that will be the most beneficial for your business. It doesn't matter if your business is online or a hair salon, child care center, remodeling business or any other business that doesn't require you to have an office away from home.

For successful business, don't take short cuts with advertising costs. Many people, especially when it concerns an online business, try to get by with free advertising sites, and though this may save you money in the beginning, it will cost you in the end. After all, we know that you get what you pay for; so free ads are not likely to produce the same results as a paid advertisement. In the case of online ads, the paid ads get a better spot in the advertising system, because of the designs such as bolding, coloring and other tactics that makes them stand out from other ads. This is also the case with newspaper advertising, where you get a different type of ad for a higher price, and the key is to draw attention to your advertisement so that people will want to read it.

Depending upon the nature of your business, you may find that certain types of advertising models work better than others. For instance, if your home business is based in your local area, you may find that local media advertisements work best. This advertising scheme may include radio and television ads as well as flyers, newsletters, direct mailing and even personal contact with those who might benefit from your expertise. On the other hand, if you have an online business, you may have more success with email advertisements such as opt-in lists or even a signature line in every email you send out, notification to those you know will be interested, classified advertisements and other types of online advertising. Advertising is also likely to be one of your most important expenses.

If you have a website, you have the best advertising tool that the Internet has to offer. The right website gives you the highest rankings with the search engines, and thus exposure to the greatest number of people. The more people who visit your site, the better the chances of someone being interested in the goods or services you have to offer. You may only have one chance to make it work, so give it your best shot.

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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Avoiding Home Business Scams
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People fall for home business scams all the time and millions of dollars are lost. Many of these scams are aimed at stay-at-home parents, unemployed individuals, the elderly, disabled and those with low incomes.

The first hint of a scam is the fact that the offer seems too good to be true. If a work-at-home opportunity offers claims of a lot of money within a very short period of time, it is likely to be a scam and should be avoided at all costs.

Another clear indicator that you are dealing with a con artist is being asked for money up front. While you do need to invest some money up front for a home business, legitimate companies will never ask you to pay them just to hire you. If you are required to pay an upfront fee, it is best to use a credit card and not cash, since with a credit card you have a better chance of getting your money back should the opportunity be fraudulent.

Beware of business opportunities that give you a 1-900 number to call for additional information, as you will be billed a hefty charge for making the call, and part of the cost to you goes to the person running the scam. Other common home based business scams that you should avoid include envelope stuffing, product and craft assembly, pyramid schemes (offers for you to sign up people but no products are involved), medical billing, type-at-home and unsolicited emails or Internet schemes.

Don’t be pressured into responding immediately to any offer. Take your time to research the company before making a final decision to join. Check with the Better Business Bureau to see if any claims have been filed against the company. If the company has no telephone number or uses only a post office box, you should be wary. And, before signing with a company ask for a detailed refund policy in writing.

If you end up being the victim of a scam, try to contact that business first and ask for a refund. If this doesn’t work then you should let that company that you will be contacting law enforcement officials. Then proceed to contact one or more of the following: The Federal Trade Commission, the Better Business Bureau, the Attorney General in your state or the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

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Saturday, July 21, 2007

Home Business Ideas For Teens
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As a teenager who has yet to finish school, you have limited options for earning income. You can’t walk into a bank and ask for a loan, and your parents aren’t always forthcoming with cash. And we all know that nothing is free. Books, movies, any form of music and dates cost money. Following are some ways to make money that will probably meet the approval of your parents. After all, if there are things of value that you really want, then you should be willing to work for them, which will make you more appreciative.

Babysitting is probably one of the most basic home business ideas for teens, but is also one of the most successful. If you’re a reasonably responsible individual, and have had some experience with children, then babysitting might be for you. If you have siblings, then you’ll have an idea of how children behave and what works with them.

It shouldn’t be difficult to find people who need a babysitter. Ask around and let your neighbors know that you’re available for babysitting services should they need it. If you follow instructions carefully, and parents often leave quite a few, you should have no trouble managing a babysitting home business.

If you like pets, another basic home business idea for teens is pet care taking, pet sitting or feeding and walking dogs. As with babysitting, you probably will have to follow some specific instructions, and it shouldn’t be a problem for you.

If you’re in reasonably good shape, taking on some menial jobs can be an option. Mowing lawns and doing garden work are good choices. If you haven’t done this type of job before, it will take a little getting use to, which will happen fairly quickly. Most can easily do these types of odd jobs so don’t let inexperience stop you. As with babysitting, you might want to ask your neighbors first before branching out.

As long as you are willing to work, you can probably come up with a home business idea that can help you earn some extra cash.

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Books On Home Business
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With the growth of Internet commerce, working at home has become extremely popular, as many have found they have the time and energy to work around family schedules. However, for a person just thinking about starting a home business, it might be wise to read about the experiences of others before making the decision to put an office in your home.

You must have self-discipline to operate a home business, and while you may have all the experience needed to do the job you wish to start at home, you may lack some other valuable information that could aid you in becoming a successful home business owner.

When you work for someone else, there are people that take care of most aspects of the business. There is accounting to handle bills and income and someone to oversee ordering of supplies and an advertising department. And while you may not need to be an expert in all these areas, reading a few informative books on home businesses can help you understand what you need to do to be successful.

There are any number of books on home businesses that can help you get started and help you through the process of setting up your home office as well as showing how to deal with people who do not understand what you do for a living.

The first kind of book you should look for is one that helps you decide if a home business is right for you. Some people will not be unable to operate a home business, especially those who require someone to remind them of deadlines and those who are happier with duties being delegated that they are then allowed to complete.

Before you go online to buy books on home businesses, visit your local library or bookstore for information. Many of the offerings online are e-books written by people whose only experience in a home business is writing a book on it and selling it online. So, look for books by true entrepreneurs who have built successful home businesses.

You can check out those people who started small stores and grew them into major chains to get business development knowledge and gain public relations skills. Although the markets they catered to may be different than what you wish to pursue, their books on home businesses can be adapted to fit most any business model, and they can show you some of the obstacles you will likely run into as well as offer tips on overcoming them.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Single And Running A Business
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Many young people are leaving college with the intention of running their own business, and many times they don't have a clear understanding of what they’ll be undertaking. For singles running a business, especially a brick and mortar business, the decision should be made after a great deal of thought. After all, when you start your own business, you will have to put in many long hours while you are building your business for profitability.

The single person, especially one who’s very young, does not necessarily understand the kind of commitment and sacrifice required to take such a large step to be free from working for someone else. Building a business is not a 9-5, Monday through Friday endeavor, and if you love to socialize that life style will become somewhat limited. Of course, different types of business ventures have different requirements, but no matter what kind of business you operate, it will be important for you to always be available in case of an emergency, and this tends to restrict your leisure time. Even if you have a small retail business with employees to take care of the customers, you still have to be there to oversee things and keep it running smoothly.

Operating a business, especially a home business, is appealing to single mothers who view having their own business as a way to set their own hours around family responsibilities or as a way to save on day care expenses. Unfortunately, this is a misconception, unless you’re going to be working an Internet business, and your children are school age and will be home only a few hours during the day. You must be willing to make a commitment to your business, and that means operating it the way you would if you were working for an employer.

As your business grows, whether it’s a brick and mortar one or a home business, and you have enough management staff with the expertise to handle things on their own, you’ll have more free time. It's important to remember, however, that this process may take several years to accomplish. So if you have an active social lifestyle, you need to keep in mind that you’ll have to make a temporary sacrifice for the sake of your business and your long-term goals.

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Sunday, July 15, 2007

Making Your Home Business Successful
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You may have a number of reasons for creating a home business, but you must be able to make it work. So, you must treat your business totally as a business. Don’t use it as a means of spending more time on leisure activities. There may be some types of homes businesses that do not require your presence during certain times, so you may be able to fill those hours with other activities. However, if you get into the habit of doing other things during the day, you will find that your business takes all of your evening hours and you have less time with your family.

If your business is going to provide replacement income from a full-time job, you have to be willing to make some commitments and sacrifices. Once you have your business up and running, you may have some extra time that you can devote to doing other things that you like. But, while you’re building your business, you need to be available and committed to making your home business work, and that means making it your top priority during certain hours. Even if you are a freelance medical or court transcriber, you have to be available during the hours when your clients may require your services, as do writers and editors.

Having a home-based business does not necessarily mean that you have total daily control over your life. It simply means that you don’t punch a time clock or report to someone else, and you have the choice of wardrobe. But you can’t put a client's work on hold to go to lunch with your best friend or to take your children to the park or to do housekeeping duties.

Not everyone has the temperament to operate a home-based business. Some people do not have time management skills to organize their day for this kind of a venture. They need be told what to do and when to do it and they need a regular 9-5 work environment. If you are one of these people, then a home business is not for you, as you will be on your own and you must be organized and able to see projects through to completion.

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Friday, July 13, 2007

The Right Time To Start A Home Business
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A huge mistake that many people make, with no preparation, is quitting their boring job to start a home business. To avoid failure, even if you have recently been laid off and are collecting unemployment or severance pay, take the time to research the opportunities that are available and relate those opportunities to the skills and education level that you have before making a choice on a home business.

You might think that anytime is good to start a home business, but that may not be the case. If the market is saturated with the type of business that interests you, you may need to take some extra time in order to build your client base or to develop more knowledge of the business in order to give yourself an edge over others who offer the same thing. For example, if you are an accountant and the market is saturated with general accountants, you might want to take some time to get some specialized training in tax accounting, financial accounting or managerial accounting.

The time of year can also have an effect on the success of your new home business. If your business involves crafts, it might be better to begin operating during a time when the market for your type of product is booming. You would not want to start a product-run business right after Christmas when everyone is still paying off that holiday debt and wondering if they’re going to have to pay taxes. And, don't try to sell spring items when spring has almost arrived because retail stores start selling their items in February. If you start in March or April, people will probably have already purchased what they want for the year. You have to be aware of trends in order to know when to open for business and you must know the seasonal ebb and flow in order to adjust your expenditures.

One of the major drawbacks to the success of a business, even if the season is right, is the state of the economy. No matter what business you have or how much knowledge, if the economy is depressed, your business may be at risk.

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Residual Income From A Home Business
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There are several options you may want to consider if you're looking for the type of business that offers ongoing income. Though most people think of network or multi-level marketing when the term residual income is mentioned, there are other types of home businesses that can offer ongoing income. Although not categorized in the truest sense of residual income, any sales-oriented business that doesn't require in-person contact can be a source of residual income. For instance, if you have a website you’re your home business where customers can purchase products that they need, you have a limited form of residual income, because the money will continue to come in as long as the website is up and running and the products are available for purchase. On the other end of the spectrum is true residual income that continues even when you’re no longer around to monitor it.

The most common type of home business that offers residual income is that of network or multi-level marketing in the health and wellness industry as well as some others. This type of business involves recruiting and training other people to join a sales distribution network that operates under a sponsor. Since the sponsor is paid a portion of what each person in his or her organization sells, once the network is running at peak efficiency, it will provide an ongoing income to each person as it escalates to the top person in that organization. You get the most income from those you personally sponsor, and you are also paid from the other branches of the organization.

Although network marketing offers the truest form of residual income, investments such as real estate and high-level stocks, bonds and mutual funds also fall into the same category.

In real estate, it's much easier to view it as a residual income source, because as long as there is a need for housing you’ll have the ability to receive income from rental property. If you have enough income that you can hire someone to manage the properties you own, you can then relax and let the properties make money for you just as you do in network marketing.

The securities market will vary, but real estate generally doesn't decrease in value. Unless the housing market becomes very depressed, as it was in the late 1970s and middle 1980s when mortgage interest rates were hovering close to 25%, the price is not likely to decline. Once you have your properties and you keep them well maintained, you’ll have an income source, which can go to your family, if you’ve taken the proper measures. Other investments can be set up for your family in the same manner, but real estate is by far the least volatile.

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