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Exploring The Possibility of Starting a Home Business

By Lowell on July 3, 2015 in Blog

There are many things to consider in determining whether starting a home business is feasible for you. Some things may seem obvious, others not so much. The first thing to do is discover the right mindset.

You want to keep an open mind – open to all possibilities, which is the opposite of being skeptical or negative. At the same time you need to be realistic though. Be sure to do your due diligence so that you don’t make the wrong decision that causes you to take the wrong action, such as taking a gamble with more than you can afford to lose.

Life does involve taking risks but you want to minimize the risk by being informed and not rushing or acting from your emotions rather than your logic. Not gambling with more than you can afford to lose of course is a wise decision. Taking a few small risks may be necessary to get anywhere in this life.

For example losing $10-20 to take a chance that you will find something you need would be unfortunate, but will not ruin you. On the other hand gambling with the month’s rent money would be disastrous if you lost it, so don’t even go there. Don’t speculate, imagining you will get your money back in time to pay the rent. What if you don’t? Then what?

So starting with yourself you need to determine what you want to do, and you need a few more details than ‘to make money from home’. Do you like marketing and/or sales? If you have never done it before would you like to learn how and accept that there will be work involved and it may be unpaid work until you get going?

If you are not crazy about marketing and sales that is understandable and so you should decide what it is that you could do to earn money from home. However you need to understand that whatever the business is, if you want to find customers and make money you will need to do a certain amount of marketing and advertising to generate sales whether you love it or hate it!

Ideally you could pay for some services in this regard but the truth is most people starting a home business are doing it because they don’t have enough money. Typically they start out with a small operating budget and as such need to learn how to do things for themselves.

Note that marketing and selling on the Internet is probably 150% less expensive than offline; (think in terms of saving for example on paper, printing, postage, phones, etc). Just as a home business is 250% less costly than paying rent in a storefront or office building; (all you need is some space and a computer with an Internet connection).

Almost everything you need to do to promote your business online can be done for free if you are willing and able to devote your time consistently. Exactly WHAT your business will be will determine how much it would cost you to do it.

For example you may want to sell some products like a ‘manufacturer’s representative’, selling products that are technically owned by others – an ‘independent consultant’; Or you may wish to create your own products – anything from software to arts & crafts gifts; or provide a service such as web design, ghostwriting, search engine optimization, customer service or technical support.

Now just because you don’t know exactly how to do something that seems attractive to you does NOT mean you can’t do it. It just means you will have to learn or you will need to partner up with somebody who can help you with that particular facet of developing your home business plan.

Earn Extra Money Online From Home in Your Spare Time

By Lowell on July 2, 2015 in Blog

Be honest. You could use some extra money, right? With things being what they are these days, we are mostly just grateful to have an income at all sometimes. Knowing what can happen in a recession, etc., has been a wake-up call for lots of people. Even when you are doing an excellent job, even when you have been with a company for years, there is no real job security. Things can happen that are even beyond the control of your employer and sometimes they have no choice for whatever reason to ‘downsize’. This is the reason you should start now to earn extra money online from home: ‘Just in case’.

In the meantime, life goes on. Things catch your eye or you remember how you always wanted to have something or to go somewhere, but you never can afford anything extra anymore. Most people are living paycheck-to-paycheck and again, they are just grateful to have a job at all. In this environment it is unlikely people will just switch jobs because they can make a little more money. So it can get almost depressing to realize how hard we work day in and day out and yet we can’t afford to really enjoy some of the ‘finer’ things in life!

You know what though? That is not really so true. You can definitely control the situation and make more money than your employer is able or willing to pay you. If you are really determined to ‘get ahead’ then why not consider how you might earn extra money from home in your spare time? What spare time? You will find it if you look for it. If you really want to make it happen you will somehow carve out some time and space to start looking at ways you can earn money online from home.

If you have a couple hours in the evening and/or on weekends you could start the research and planning on what you could set up that would be more or less on “autopilot” (eventually). It’s “more or less” because it does take time to set it up and get it to run smoothly — and even then you have to remain somewhat engaged to keep on top of things. There is no ‘asleep at the wheel’ when it comes to earning income anywhere. You have to really focus even if it is just for those few hours.

One of the easiest online businesses to get started in (the least work, least expense and least experience required) would be affiliate marketing. This is because for a small monthly fee you get so much from an affiliate program. They are not all created equal but for the most part you should find one that includes resources as well as some level of training that would give you the necessary information for marketing and advertising (promoting) your business. They all usually provide graphics (images) and web pages for you to use, handle support for your customer’s questions, and process the actual sales transactions that you can earn commissions from.

Don’t Forget to Do Your Work at Home

By Lowell on July 1, 2015 in Blog

There are several conceptual issues that seem to confuse people who try to build a business where they can work at home. Literally the word ‘w-o-r-k’ seems to confuse some people from different perspectives. While working at home is not a ‘j-o-b’ you still need to take it seriously and actually do the w-o-r-k.

Some will balk at a business plan the minute they realize that it does involve work. They want so to believe that they can get something for nothing, that there is a magic sauce, that they can just posture as a home business entrepreneur and thereby attract money.

While it is true we may have an aversion to work because of hostile work environments and the jobs we have all had to take in order to survive, there is never an excuse for laziness or slacking, and it really can be fatal to a new home business because it will never get off the ground.

At first we do need all the information we can get, but there comes a point where we need to put that information into action. Don’t use the excuse that you can’t actually do anything yet because you don’t know enough. Do what you can as soon as you can, you will learn more as you go. While you need a plan there is nothing better than taking action when it comes to starting a business.

While we do need to learn, we likely will not make money just from learning, but only from employing the information we acquire to promote and develop a business. That is why it is so important that we don’t get stuck at square one while we are learning. It is true that people get stage fright and they have a fear of failure. There is a great saying to keep in mind and that is that ‘the road to success is littered with failures’. Meaning, just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and keep moving forward, on to the next quest.

The key to success is not giving up. Keep trying. Try something different. Go about things in a different way. Check (and fix) your attitude if necessary. This might be the most difficult task you will have when you start a business at home. You must be determined so that you won’t be affected negatively when you do not see tangible results right away (which is the norm).

It takes time to develop business, and you need to be very aggressive about it. Never ‘rest on your laurels’. You have to stay motivated no matter if you are tired, dejected, busy or even not feeling well. While it may be more difficult to go to a job when we don’t feel good, we would have to be seriously ill not to be able to log on to our computers that are right there in our home office. Even if all you can squeeze out is an hour. Spend the time wisely.

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