Every week I receive email from would-be entrepreneurs, asking, 'What kind of home business should I start?'
This is a question that only *you* can answer. Although it seems like business opportunities are everywhere you look, there's no reason why you have to limit yourself to someone else's 'prepackaged' opportunity.
'Biz ops' usually cater to a very limited set of interests -- nutritional supplements or Internet marketing are common examples. Instead of trying to force yourself to 'fit' into one of these opportunities, why not consider starting and
building a business of your own making?
Many successful entrepreneurs are running businesses based on their personal interests and experiences. You'll be surprised at how simple ideas can turn into profitable home businesses! For example, one lady in my neighborhood creates unique 3-dimensional bookmarks in the shape of various wildlife -- and she sells them to tourism stores in the nearby National Parks, among others.
Another example came from a local newspaper. A woman with a 'knack' for picking out the 'perfect' gift offers a shopping service: she'll go gift shopping for birthdays,
Christmas, and other special occasions so that you don't have to endure the stress or the crowds. And she LOVES to shop!
There are many examples of people who turn their passions into businesses. For additional ideas, try the 'Secret Underground Business Plans, Projects and Ideas', available at: http://homebasedwork.com/cgi-bin/a .cgi?bizideas
So how do you go about deciding on a business? Start by asking yourself several questions:
* What are your interests? What skills have you learned from your current job or your favorite hobbies? Do something you love... business doesn't have to be a
chore, it can be a joy! If you're passionate about your business you'll work harder (and have fun while you're at it).
* Are you a 'people-person' or someone who prefers less customer contact? There are people who adore talking to others and excel at it... these people are far more
likely to do well with businesses that require lots of face-to-face customer contact than people who are uncomfortable dealing with strangers.
* What are your strengths and weaknesses? An honest assessment can help you decide which business ideas are realistic and which are fantasy. For instance,
an excellent writer won't necessarily be a great proofreader, which requires a high attention to detail.
* How much time, money, and effort can you realistically devote to a business? Every business is different...some require more financial resources upfront, while
others require very little. Likewise, with some businesses you may see a profit in very little time(ie. dog-walking or an errand service), while with
others it make take a year or more.
Take a good look at your skills and your interests... Your perfect home business could be staring you right in the face. Imagine the possibilities!
About the Author
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Angela is the editor of the At Home Workers Express, a free newsletter for people seeking to start a work-at-home career. It offers a practical, hype-free, and informative articles on starting a home business or searching for telecommuting
work. Pick up your free subscription today at http://homebasedwork.com/newsletter.html
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Your Work at Home Business
What do you think is the number one wish of the average woman when it comes to her work/career life?
I recently did a survey of 100 women, single, married women/stay at home moms, and divorced women with children, in which I asked the question, "If could decide what your work life would look like, what would you choose? The overwhelming majority answered one of the following ways:
a) Start my own business, be my own boss, make my own schedule b) Do some type of work that I could make a good living, and have the ability to stay at home with my children.
Their greatest wish with regard to their work/career lives was to have the ability to either run their own businesses, or have the ability to make money at home.
The married women/stay at home moms that I interviewed told me that their wish for starting their own businesses was to contribute to the household income, whether or not it was a financial necessity. The divorced women in the group, mostly wanted to either be financially free of their ex-husbands strangle hold on their finances, or wanted to add to that income, and not be completely dependent on his support, so that if and when it no longer existed, they did not have to worry about how they were going to feed themselves and their children.
According to the National Foundation for Women Business Owners, and the U.S. Census Bureau, "Many women business owners operate out of their homes. It is estimated (as of 1994) that 3.5 million women have home based businesses. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of these firms provide full or part-time employment for 14 million people, in addition to the owner."
Those are some incredible numbers. More and more women are starting their own businesses. It seems to be the way to go. Back in 2001, I started my first business. I've since started two other businesses, all of which I diligently work at from the comfort of my home office. Granted, one of them requires that I be 'out in the field' from time to time, but I wouldn't trade it for a regular nine to five for all the money in the world.
I know many women who have started their own successful businesses. Most of whom started (as I did) as the result of a divorce. I have one friend in particular, who used to have constant arguments with her ex-husband about various issues. When they would argue, he would ask her loudly, "Should I call my lawyer?" Every time he asked that question, she would quietly say "No." Little did he know she was working toward opening her own daycare center. When all of her ducks were in a row, they had another argument, at which time he asked his usual question, "Should I call my lawyer?" This time, she looked him dead in the eye, and replied, "Yeah. You should call your lawyer. Get him to call my lawyer. Here's his card. We're done." She now owns and runs a successful daycare center from her home. She also has a 6 month waiting list of children, who are waiting to get into her daycare.
Are you interested in making your own money at home? From doing online surveys, to starting your own daycare center, some of the best home based business opportunities exist right now! Do some research, choose one, and go for it!
To Your Success!
Melissa Harvey
Copyright 2006 Melissa Harvey All Rights Reserved.
About the author:
Melissa Harvey is a divorced mother of two, who started her first home business back in 2001. She discovered that there are many work at home avenues to be followed. See Melissa's home business suggestions at http://reallifeafterdivorce.blogspot.com.
I recently did a survey of 100 women, single, married women/stay at home moms, and divorced women with children, in which I asked the question, "If could decide what your work life would look like, what would you choose? The overwhelming majority answered one of the following ways:
a) Start my own business, be my own boss, make my own schedule b) Do some type of work that I could make a good living, and have the ability to stay at home with my children.
Their greatest wish with regard to their work/career lives was to have the ability to either run their own businesses, or have the ability to make money at home.
The married women/stay at home moms that I interviewed told me that their wish for starting their own businesses was to contribute to the household income, whether or not it was a financial necessity. The divorced women in the group, mostly wanted to either be financially free of their ex-husbands strangle hold on their finances, or wanted to add to that income, and not be completely dependent on his support, so that if and when it no longer existed, they did not have to worry about how they were going to feed themselves and their children.
According to the National Foundation for Women Business Owners, and the U.S. Census Bureau, "Many women business owners operate out of their homes. It is estimated (as of 1994) that 3.5 million women have home based businesses. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of these firms provide full or part-time employment for 14 million people, in addition to the owner."
Those are some incredible numbers. More and more women are starting their own businesses. It seems to be the way to go. Back in 2001, I started my first business. I've since started two other businesses, all of which I diligently work at from the comfort of my home office. Granted, one of them requires that I be 'out in the field' from time to time, but I wouldn't trade it for a regular nine to five for all the money in the world.
I know many women who have started their own successful businesses. Most of whom started (as I did) as the result of a divorce. I have one friend in particular, who used to have constant arguments with her ex-husband about various issues. When they would argue, he would ask her loudly, "Should I call my lawyer?" Every time he asked that question, she would quietly say "No." Little did he know she was working toward opening her own daycare center. When all of her ducks were in a row, they had another argument, at which time he asked his usual question, "Should I call my lawyer?" This time, she looked him dead in the eye, and replied, "Yeah. You should call your lawyer. Get him to call my lawyer. Here's his card. We're done." She now owns and runs a successful daycare center from her home. She also has a 6 month waiting list of children, who are waiting to get into her daycare.
Are you interested in making your own money at home? From doing online surveys, to starting your own daycare center, some of the best home based business opportunities exist right now! Do some research, choose one, and go for it!
To Your Success!
Melissa Harvey
Copyright 2006 Melissa Harvey All Rights Reserved.
About the author:
Melissa Harvey is a divorced mother of two, who started her first home business back in 2001. She discovered that there are many work at home avenues to be followed. See Melissa's home business suggestions at http://reallifeafterdivorce.blogspot.com.
Zero Cost Quality Traffic For Your Home Business
Copyright 2005 Arun Pal Singh
Do you know that you can promote your home business absolutely free of cost? Moreover you can generate quality traffic of the potential prospects who will come to your site because they are interested in what you sell.
Yes! It can be done absolutely free. And it is fun too.
# Write and publish articles –
This is the best traffic generation method. Write articles centered on the theme of your home business niche and submit them to the article directories. There are thousands of article website that are eager to publish your articles. When you write make it sure that you write an article well. Your article when published will be an unending source of quality traffic.
Your resource box in the end of article will serve as the link to your website. Make your article interesting enough so that the reader reads till the end and is intrigued enough to click the link in the end.
Writing a good article is not that difficult. Think about an idea and expand it. Write as much you can while taking care of the typos and grammatical error. After you finish it close it down and relax. Review it next day for editing. You will be surprised to find the changes you can make to improve your articles.
Search for article directories in Google or Yahoo. Compile your own list and submit to them one by one. Most of article submissions are free. It may take a while when you do itg for the first time as you need to create account with the site before you can submit. After you are through with account creation the whole thing will become an easy process.
A good article is judged by its content. It should be informative enough and of value for the publisher and the reader. Article body as such should not have links nor should it appear to be blatant sales letter. And of course no typos or grammatical error.
# Blog them and receive them-
Open an account with blogger.com. This easy setup doesn't take more than 15 minutes. Publish this on your site. Now you own a blog. You are free to write whatever you want. But again the content will draw most readers.
You can put your links in your blog unlike restrictions in your articles. Write anything. About your experience, your problems or what you did today. Anything.
Share your thoughts with the world. More frequently you write more is the traffic. If people like your blog they will visit again. Write at least daily for maximum gain
# Free e-book -
Write a report on what you know or about your business. Make an e-book out of that report. PDF books are easy to create and they can be created free at adobe.com without any purchase or liability of purchase. Post that e-book on your and your partners' site.
Mention that people if interested can post it on there site for free. When customer loads it he will visit to your site by the contained link. When your e-book is distributed enough it will bring in substantial traffic
# Acquire links –
There are millions of websites. Just imagine if you have your links posted on 1000 sites out of them. Considering 1/10 click through rate you will receive at least 100 visitors per day considering one visitor per site. Do the math and think!
More links you have more are the chances of getting visitors.
Getting link is very easy now with free dedicated services being available like linkmarket.net. You just need to open an account and there you go for a link ride.One word of caution though. Exchange links with sites similar to your own business. And avoid link farms.
If you are persistent with above methods you will see a consistent jump in the traffic over 4 - 6 months traffic and a better ranking in the search engines
Good luck. It is time for some work now
About the Author
Arun Pal Singh, a successful marketer and writer offers a unique and duplicable business opportunity at http://www.homeforprofits.com. To avail his free Income Course, send an e-mail to subscribe@homeforprofits.com with subject 'subscribe'.
Do you know that you can promote your home business absolutely free of cost? Moreover you can generate quality traffic of the potential prospects who will come to your site because they are interested in what you sell.
Yes! It can be done absolutely free. And it is fun too.
# Write and publish articles –
This is the best traffic generation method. Write articles centered on the theme of your home business niche and submit them to the article directories. There are thousands of article website that are eager to publish your articles. When you write make it sure that you write an article well. Your article when published will be an unending source of quality traffic.
Your resource box in the end of article will serve as the link to your website. Make your article interesting enough so that the reader reads till the end and is intrigued enough to click the link in the end.
Writing a good article is not that difficult. Think about an idea and expand it. Write as much you can while taking care of the typos and grammatical error. After you finish it close it down and relax. Review it next day for editing. You will be surprised to find the changes you can make to improve your articles.
Search for article directories in Google or Yahoo. Compile your own list and submit to them one by one. Most of article submissions are free. It may take a while when you do itg for the first time as you need to create account with the site before you can submit. After you are through with account creation the whole thing will become an easy process.
A good article is judged by its content. It should be informative enough and of value for the publisher and the reader. Article body as such should not have links nor should it appear to be blatant sales letter. And of course no typos or grammatical error.
# Blog them and receive them-
Open an account with blogger.com. This easy setup doesn't take more than 15 minutes. Publish this on your site. Now you own a blog. You are free to write whatever you want. But again the content will draw most readers.
You can put your links in your blog unlike restrictions in your articles. Write anything. About your experience, your problems or what you did today. Anything.
Share your thoughts with the world. More frequently you write more is the traffic. If people like your blog they will visit again. Write at least daily for maximum gain
# Free e-book -
Write a report on what you know or about your business. Make an e-book out of that report. PDF books are easy to create and they can be created free at adobe.com without any purchase or liability of purchase. Post that e-book on your and your partners' site.
Mention that people if interested can post it on there site for free. When customer loads it he will visit to your site by the contained link. When your e-book is distributed enough it will bring in substantial traffic
# Acquire links –
There are millions of websites. Just imagine if you have your links posted on 1000 sites out of them. Considering 1/10 click through rate you will receive at least 100 visitors per day considering one visitor per site. Do the math and think!
More links you have more are the chances of getting visitors.
Getting link is very easy now with free dedicated services being available like linkmarket.net. You just need to open an account and there you go for a link ride.One word of caution though. Exchange links with sites similar to your own business. And avoid link farms.
If you are persistent with above methods you will see a consistent jump in the traffic over 4 - 6 months traffic and a better ranking in the search engines
Good luck. It is time for some work now
About the Author
Arun Pal Singh, a successful marketer and writer offers a unique and duplicable business opportunity at http://www.homeforprofits.com. To avail his free Income Course, send an e-mail to subscribe@homeforprofits.com with subject 'subscribe'.
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