So here I am 3000 miles away from my home-office and am totally linked to my business! How great is this! We are celebrating Thanksgiving with my husband's family and while he is helping them do chores and such, I am at the computer checking in with my clients, my website, my blog, etc. This is one of the best advantages of operating a home-based business...I am completely mobile and can handle things no matter where I am. We took off for a month earlier this year and each morning, with coffee in hand, I would sit with my laptop on the sunny balcony of the hotel room and check my e-mails. After answering a few of them and ear-marking the rest for follow-up at a later time, I would then check in my students that take my online course on how to start a home-based business. After that I would blog a bit and do some facebooking as well. If there was still time before we took off for the day, I would so some research about things that are of interest to me and save the information for when I returned to my home-office.
Today, I am reviewing the e-mails sent to me by the radio show tech people; after I read them, I can e-mail back my answers and together we can prepare for the premiere on December 10th. The Home-Based Business Show will air at 9:00am PST and it will cover all aspects of the home-based business arena. It would be great if you can call in or e-mail me while I'm doing the show and I can answer you questions live on the air! Tell me what you want to know about home-based businesses!!!!
I am so thankful that in the 20+ years as a home-based business owner I have helped so many people take control of their life and how they generate an income, by doing what they love to do! HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Helene, http://www.thehome-office.com/
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Characteristics of a Home-Based Business Owner Are Not A Big Secret!
The characteristics of a Home-Based Business Owner are not a big secret…
Many of us have them. But, simply having these characteristics does not make you a home-based business owner. What makes you a home-based business owner is putting these characteristics into ACTION.
Characteristics of a Home-Based Business Owner:
This person is a Born Leader: self-starters; initiators; highly motivated and disciplined; willing and able to work alone, get their hands dirty, work hard, make mistakes; have high energy, good ethics, much enthusiasm, positive attitude; willing to change because it is a form of hope, a belief in tomorrow; flexible and adaptable to new ideas, new trends, new developments; not afraid to take the risk or of failing; enjoy the challenge of being their own boss
5 Top Reasons Why People Start Their Own Business:
Money: success is believing you earned every penny you make
Independence: You are the boss…you are in control of your life!
Office Politics: No supervisor or co-workers to annoy you or tell you what to do!
Traffic: Spend the time actually working and not just sitting in transit
Family: Spouse, children, parents, – today’s family structure forces us to seek new ways to earn a living so we can work smarter and enjoy life more!
Most home-based business owners know how to make a product or provide a service…there are many talented people out there! And yet, they do not know how to manage their home-based business for success! They get over-whelmed with day-to-day operations, with cash flow problems, with advertising that doesn’t work, with tax forms and accounting issues, etc. What they should be doing is getting the help they need to get to the next level.
We are the Home-Based Business Experts! We can provide you with the services you need. Our vast knowledge of home-based business start-ups and all the right business procedures will get you back on track so you can grow your home-based business and increase your bottom line!
Contact Home Office Management Experts today! http://www.thehome-office.com/
Helene@thehome-office.com
Many of us have them. But, simply having these characteristics does not make you a home-based business owner. What makes you a home-based business owner is putting these characteristics into ACTION.
Characteristics of a Home-Based Business Owner:
This person is a Born Leader: self-starters; initiators; highly motivated and disciplined; willing and able to work alone, get their hands dirty, work hard, make mistakes; have high energy, good ethics, much enthusiasm, positive attitude; willing to change because it is a form of hope, a belief in tomorrow; flexible and adaptable to new ideas, new trends, new developments; not afraid to take the risk or of failing; enjoy the challenge of being their own boss
5 Top Reasons Why People Start Their Own Business:
Money: success is believing you earned every penny you make
Independence: You are the boss…you are in control of your life!
Office Politics: No supervisor or co-workers to annoy you or tell you what to do!
Traffic: Spend the time actually working and not just sitting in transit
Family: Spouse, children, parents, – today’s family structure forces us to seek new ways to earn a living so we can work smarter and enjoy life more!
Most home-based business owners know how to make a product or provide a service…there are many talented people out there! And yet, they do not know how to manage their home-based business for success! They get over-whelmed with day-to-day operations, with cash flow problems, with advertising that doesn’t work, with tax forms and accounting issues, etc. What they should be doing is getting the help they need to get to the next level.
We are the Home-Based Business Experts! We can provide you with the services you need. Our vast knowledge of home-based business start-ups and all the right business procedures will get you back on track so you can grow your home-based business and increase your bottom line!
Contact Home Office Management Experts today! http://www.thehome-office.com/
Helene@thehome-office.com
Monday, November 08, 2010
Home-Based Business Survival
Ellen (not her real name) called me the other day. I contacted her about doing some work for me in an area that I am so confused about (social media!). She told me that she would be able to help me but on a limited basis as she had to take a part-time job to get financially stable. She sounded a bit sad about this. I first met Ellen through a popular business linking program that a mutal friend told me about...she referred me to Ellen as the person who helps people start their own home-based business. So we got together and talked and talked and talked! I gave her the basics and she did everything I told her to do to get her business started. That was about a year ago. She now needs to work for someone else a few days a week to stay afloat....my response to her was Welcome Aboard! Operating a home-based business means you have to do what you have to do to make things happen for yourself and to survive.
I can't remember how many times I asked my mother to call me, just so I can be sure that the incoming phone line was working....nobody was calling me! Over the last twenty years I have had to take on several part-time assignments to make the income I needed to live on! It happened so many times that I decided to make it a normal pattern in my life as a home-based business owner. It's a good balance....I have three days a week to promote my business, work on my own projects, work on my "work at home clients", etc. The other two days I see my regular clients. This formula happily serves two purposes. The first one is that I get a steady paycheck every week! The second one is that it slows me down. When I am in that office, I work on their business only cause that is why they are paying me. I concentrate on them and in doing a good job for their business; this in turn brings me to to yet another good thing for me. Because I am away from my own projects and goals, I gain a bit of perspective. The two days I am "distanced" from my own business, gives me a new set of eyes to look at things when I get back to my desk at home. That is when I put the eraser to good use...I can hone in on what feels right and delete what suddenly looks too unreal or is just not accurate.
Home-based businesses are supposed to be fun! If yours is dragging you down or making you depressed because no one is calling, no one is buying, no one cares - well then, stop what you are doing, take a step back and re-think things. Lots of people make the transition in one step. They quit their full-time job (or it quits them), determing that they want to work for themselves and jump feet first. This is often foolish. Without proper planning they will fail. Businesses need to be planned out, they need to be researched, they need to be tested and they need to be funded. It is far better to start slowly. Get the legal things done first - register your business name, get the license and obtain the seller's permit if you are planning to sell a product. Now you are ready to begin...grow your business one step-at-a-time....build it on a solid foundation. Nothing makes me more crazy that someone telling me that they tried a home-based business and it just wasn't worth it....through conversation with this person I discover that they never knew what the competition was doing, never joined a group or networking environment and could not cold-call. Well then, whose fault is it when the business failed? Plan, research and be flexible. Home-based businesses need to be nurtured, just like any other living thing....water often, talk to it and then watch it grow! Good luck, Helene :) www.thehome-office.com
I can't remember how many times I asked my mother to call me, just so I can be sure that the incoming phone line was working....nobody was calling me! Over the last twenty years I have had to take on several part-time assignments to make the income I needed to live on! It happened so many times that I decided to make it a normal pattern in my life as a home-based business owner. It's a good balance....I have three days a week to promote my business, work on my own projects, work on my "work at home clients", etc. The other two days I see my regular clients. This formula happily serves two purposes. The first one is that I get a steady paycheck every week! The second one is that it slows me down. When I am in that office, I work on their business only cause that is why they are paying me. I concentrate on them and in doing a good job for their business; this in turn brings me to to yet another good thing for me. Because I am away from my own projects and goals, I gain a bit of perspective. The two days I am "distanced" from my own business, gives me a new set of eyes to look at things when I get back to my desk at home. That is when I put the eraser to good use...I can hone in on what feels right and delete what suddenly looks too unreal or is just not accurate.
Home-based businesses are supposed to be fun! If yours is dragging you down or making you depressed because no one is calling, no one is buying, no one cares - well then, stop what you are doing, take a step back and re-think things. Lots of people make the transition in one step. They quit their full-time job (or it quits them), determing that they want to work for themselves and jump feet first. This is often foolish. Without proper planning they will fail. Businesses need to be planned out, they need to be researched, they need to be tested and they need to be funded. It is far better to start slowly. Get the legal things done first - register your business name, get the license and obtain the seller's permit if you are planning to sell a product. Now you are ready to begin...grow your business one step-at-a-time....build it on a solid foundation. Nothing makes me more crazy that someone telling me that they tried a home-based business and it just wasn't worth it....through conversation with this person I discover that they never knew what the competition was doing, never joined a group or networking environment and could not cold-call. Well then, whose fault is it when the business failed? Plan, research and be flexible. Home-based businesses need to be nurtured, just like any other living thing....water often, talk to it and then watch it grow! Good luck, Helene :) www.thehome-office.com
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