Home Based Businesses Tips
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Manage Your Thoughts
Sometimes it is easy to become discouraged and/or negative. Create a method of maintaining a realistic positive outlook and reenergizing yourself when the voice of your Evil Twin intrudes.
Bed and Breakfast Definition
A bed and breakfast is someone's home that is open to paying guests. The guests usually are served a hearty breakfast after a soothing night's rest. It is more personal and homey than inns or hotels.
Determine Peak Productivity Hours
Most people have specific part of the day that they are more productive. For example, you could start about one hour after sunrise, work continuously for four hours, then go out. Then, work another two hours you return. This is just an example, experiment until you find a prime schedule for yourself!
Errand Business Definition
An errand business is a spin off of the hotel concierge. Errand services do all the little things that use up so much of our free time, from dropping off and picking up dry cleaning to grocery shopping. Some services only deal with businesses, and become concierges for a whole office building or specialize in messenger services.
Dress for Work
When you are ready to start your work day; get dressed as if you were going to work outside of the home. Business Casual is a great style for working at home, especially if you have clients that stop by from time to time. You will also feel more productive if you are dressed to be productive.
Schedule Your Time
There can be many distractions during the day. It is helpful if you have a schedule for the day so you can minimize interruptions and distractions.
Open a Business Account
For tax purposes, it is best to have a separate banking account for your business. A business banking account makes it easier for you to accept checks, obtain credit lines, and keep your business expenses separate from household expenses as well.
Setting Goals
Setting goals weekly or monthly for yourself will help you achieve you long term goal of a profitable home based business. Every time you achieve a goal, make the next one a little more difficult to accomplish. You will be glad that you did!
Managing Your Working Hours
Don't sleep late or watch daytime TV during work time. It's tempting sometimes, but successful businesses are built on the days that you don't feel like it, not on the days that you do feel like it.
Regular Start Time
Form a habit of starting on time and keeping to the schedule. This makes it easier to minimize distractions. It will also help you organize your work day.
Market Your Business In Every Day Activities
How you handle situations not directly associated with your business can change others' perception of you and what you are capable of doing.
Even though you're not at work, your marketing strategies are working for you. Who knows...your next client could be sitting right next to you at your child's soccer game or dance recital.
Become A Trend Watcher
Opportunities abound in trends and change. Look at magazines, newspapers, the Net, and other sources for themes that show up on a regular basis. Pay special attention to feature sections in publications like USA Today and Entrepreneur Magazine. Start an Idea File.
Register a Domain Name
Even if you don't have plans to launch your website right away, registering your domain name is very cheap and will get you started on your website. Register.com offers a search service that will tell you what's available and offers variations if your first choice is taken.
Become a Wedding Consultant!
What is a Wedding Consultant?
A Wedding Consultant handles all the arrangements for their client's wedding. This would include everything from the flowers, caterers, photographers, musicians and anything else that will make the day perfect for the couple. You should consider professional training for this career choice.
Skills
*Good organization *Detail oriented *Communication *Creativity *Networking *Problem solving *Small business skills
Resources·
http://www.infostuff.com/weddings/planner/wplan.htm
http://www.acpwc.com/
http://www.junewedding.com/
http://www.nationalbridalservice.com/
http://www.theknot.com/
http://www.wedserv.com/
http://www.weddingbells.com/
http://www.afwpi.com/
Name Your Business
Think with a vision of how you want your business to appear to clients and the rest of the world and how it will grow with your business. Most of the time, you need to register this with some kind of government agency (In the US, most individual states will register your business name for a small fee; about US$25.)
Get On Your Clients' Schedule
Where you live and where your clients work often dictates your work schedule. It's best if your 'open for business' hours suit the needs of your client base.
Single Daily Action
Have a Single Daily Action every day which is the most important action for that day. When you are starting your home business, this is likely to be marketing-related.
Baking To Order
If you enjoy baking, why not earn money at it?
Bake cookies/cakes/pies and sell to Hostess of Home Parties for their guests.
Sell to someone putting together baby or wedding showers! Expand with the little sandwiches and punch for the entire party.
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