10 Necessities For All Home Businesses

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Table of Contents
1. 10 Necessities For A Home Based Business
2. Faster Home Business Profits
3. Killer Tips for Promoting your Home Business

10 Necessaties For All Home Businesses

10 Necessities For A Home Based Business
When you make the decision to earn income from the internet you will need to go through a set up
process to be ready for business.
Following are the basic steps in setting up for home business success.
1. Attitude
The key to your business success is your attitude.
Treat your business like a business.
This is critical whether you are working part-time or full-time. One of my colleagues is a mother
who works from home around her family. She has always put her family first whilst at the same time
developing her business. She says, "I work part-time, but I have a full-time attitude."
Put another way, "If you have a hobby attitude you will have a hobby income, if you have a business
attitude you will have a business income."
You can be successful working part-time and you can be successful working full-time but it is
highly unlikely that you will be successful working in your "spare time".
2. Working Environment
A space that you can call your own, free from distractions for your scheduled time.
A comfortable chair and organized desk. Stationery supplies as required. For example:
- pens - highlighters - stapler - hole punch - sticky tape - note book(s) - a simple filing system - ring
binders - manilla folders
Consider the value of a broadband connection. Your time is valuable and a broadband connection
can allow you to get more done in a given time frame.
3. Schedule
Develop a schedule that works for you, your family (or "significant others") and your business.
When you allot a block of time for work then use that time for work. Equally important is to
schedule time for your other commitments - family time, self education ( reading, listening and
viewing), "health time" (exercise, cooking and eating), and leisure time. During these other times
don't work. After all if one of the reasons to work from home is to spend more time with your family
then you don't want your working at home time to consume your family time.
You are working for yourself and your schedule (by your choice) is your "boss". When you have
people calling you or dropping around unexpectedly or maybe out-of-town visitors may want to
catch up with you then you need to make a choice. Are you committed to your own business
success? What will be your choice in these situations? Only you can decide what is important to you.
In a family environment you may need to negotiate with your partner and children to have your
business time agreed upon, during which you will not be interrupted. Put this schedule prominently
somewhere so all family members are aware of your work schedule.
4. Describe Your Business
Be able to describe your business concisely; a powerful one or two sentence description that
someone can repeat in describing your business to others. A unique and memorable tag line can also

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be invaluable for promoting your business.
5. Know Your Product or Service
Once you have selected your product or service to sell, it may or may not be something that you use
yourself but you need to know your product intimately. If you are selling ebooks then know the
content and its value. If you are selling software then use it know it "inside out". You will develop a
reputation of providing quality information and because of your product knowledge you can become
the preferred supplier.
It is not practical to use certain products (for example a woman may choose to sell man's shoes or
vice versa) in which case the seller won't be a product user, however the seller can still know the
benefits and features of the product intimately.
6. Administration
Use good record keeping practices.
This may involve a consultation with a tax advisor who can let you know about the optimal way to
set up your financial records and what records need to be kept. Your advisor will also recommend
record keeping systems and you can find out what software may simplify this aspect of your
business. Additionally your obtain advice on the best arrangement for your bank accounts. You will
most likely be advised to have a separate bank account.
You will also need to keep track of your various logins, usernames and passwords. A very handy
little software tool for this is Treepad available as either the free Lite version (without password
protection) or the commercial Plus or Biz versions. http://www.treepad.com
There are other useful tools for this also from a simple paper notebook to free and commercial
password keepers. One popular solution is Roboform that will remember your login details and can
automatically fill out your login and other registration forms. http://www.roboform.com
7. Computer Protection
Your computer is the lifeline to your business dealings and must be protected including the data that
is stored.
You need a virus scanner, personal firewall, anti-spyware and anti-adware and preferably an email
scanner with the ability to delete suspect of spam email from the server before it is downloaded to
your computer.
Some suggestions are:
AVG Anti-Virus: http://www.grisoft.com Spybot S&D: http://www.safer-networking.org Microsoft
Anti-Spyware: www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx Adaware:
http://www.lavasoft.com/ Mailwasher Email Scanner: http://www.mailwasher.net
8. A Domain Name
You will most likely need a domain name for your business and one cost effective registrar is
GoDaddy, http://www.godaddy.com.
9. Payment Processing
You will need a way to process credit cards; that may be using services such as: - PayPal
https://www.paypal.com - Storm Pay http://www.stormpay.com - 2 Checkout
http://www.2checkout.com - Clickbank http://www.clickbank.com or others.



This is the most economical way to get started. Once your business picks up you may need to look
into your own merchant account for credit card transactions.
Consideration may also be given to other forms of online currency such as eGold
http://www.egold.com
10. Email accounts
Once you have your own domain you can use an associated email account. This can further assist in
the promotion of your business and promotes a more professional business image.
As a final comment on continuing in your internet business, conduct your business ethically, provide
extraordinary service and be proud to put your name to the products or services that you are selling
and you will be on track to developing a sustainable long term internet business.



Faster Home Business Profits
Way too many people believe the Internet is a place to get rich quick with no effort or sweat needed.
You just publish a web site and poof you have a home business. Please do not hold your breath
waiting on results from an Internet business started with that thought process. Home business
owners turning blue or choking are signs that they did not read this article.
The good news is starting an online home business is worth every second it takes to do it right.
Imagine being your own boss for incentive, then use your brain and motivation to make it work. The
lack of time will always be a factor in creating your business, given the fact we all have jobs, kids,
family or some other distraction. To add more time to your business day use the proven techniques
and strategies not shortcuts!
Imagine being able to sit down at your computer and find your home business already built in a box
just waiting for you. By using content sites and article sites, you can easily find ready to go ebooks,
software, products and even complete web sites, ready to build a business with. They just do not
include the marketing any business requires.
Take a tour of sites like Infogoround, Surefire Wealth, and SiteSell. You will find ideas and
solutions for any home business. None will be successful overnight. Success takes considerable
effort and motivation and it all starts with you and a great idea.
And do not overlook your greatest asset which is the skill and knowledge you already have.
Business online takes passion and chances are passion on the job got you many years of experience
that you can easily share for profit. The book "Make Your Knowledge Sell" can be found on any
search engine. Get a copy of it and see just how much money your knowledge can make.
Many topics and themes great for home business and affiliate sales have already been built. Take
advantage of that by joining sites that sell content and ideas you can modify to suit your specific
purpose. These days you can start a home based business in just minutes to hours, but above all
things, have a marketing plan before you start. Then use content sites, article sites, and proven
marketing tactics to get the job done.
In all cases however, the lack of an action plan is the fastest way to a home business failure. "Look
before you leap" is a well known phrase and the answer for faster home business profits.



Killer Tips for Promoting your Home Business
If you own a home based business you know just how important it is to have a good promotional
plan. After all, you will never be successful if people do not even know that you exist. The good
thing is that if you own a home based business there are several ways to promote it to potential
customers all over the world.

The first thing that you will want to do when you are promoting your home business is to write up a
plan; this is sometimes referred to as a marketing plan. In this plan you will want to outline
everything you intend to do as far as promotion is concerned. By doing this before you even get
started, you will ensure yourself of having a guide to help you through the different stages of
marketing. Many people overlook this step because they think that they can simply promote as they
go along. This is true, but by having a promotional plan in place you will be much more successful.

One of the best ways of promoting your home business is through the use of a website. By having a
website, you will be able to promote your business to people from all over the world. There was a
time when this option was not available, but those days have come and gone. If you want your home
business to be successful, you will need to have a top notch website that you can rely on.
In addition to promoting your home business with a website, there are other ways that you can do
this online as well. Placing ads in ezines has been proven as a successful promotion method. The
main advantage of doing this is that you can reach a target audience that is interested in what you
have to offer. This is much better than simply placing an ad in a publication that does not even
correspond with your company.

Of course, promoting your home business can also be done in more traditional ways as well. Many
people feel that direct mail is still a great way to promote their business. This can be done by
obtaining a mailing list, and then sending out some materials that will intrigue people to contact you.
Even though this method is a bit outdated, and can still be very successful if done correctly.

Promoting your home business is the only way that you are going to be able to grow. By starting out
with a plan you will be able to ensure yourself of guidance along the way. Remember, there are
hundreds of promotional tactics available. Find a couple that work for you and stick with them. You
will be seeing results in no time at all!



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Republished with author's permission by Elizabeth English http://LizsWorldprofit.com.


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