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Home-Based Business For Dummies
August 17th, 2009
We have discussed a few different home based business opportunities that will enable you to work at home, spend time with your family and working full time or part time. I have also recommended a few resources that are great for marketing your business. Now, I would like to emphasize the basics of working on a home based business. I like the Dummies series of book because they are really easy to read and they are pretty informative. I cannot believe that I have not mentioned this book called Home-Based Business For Dummies.
“…full of encouragement and information to help you through all the stages of setting up your own home-based business.”
Description
Thanks to the Internet, home-based businesses are booming. With a home computer and a good idea, you can market and sell almost anything in the world just from home. Whether you’re selling homemade jams or working as a business consultant, today’s entrepreneur doesn’t even have to leave home.
Home-Based Business For Dummies, 2nd Edition will help you make your endeavor profitable and successful! Ideal for future entrepreneurs who have the urge and want the know-how, this updated guide includes new information on home business scams and how to avoid them, shows how to create an efficient, comfortable (but not too comfortable) work environment, explains how to put new technologies to work for you, and much more. There’s even a 10-question quiz to help you determine if you’re ready. You’ll learn all the basics, including:
- Selecting the right kind of business for you
- Setting up a home office
- Managing money, credit, and financing
- Marketing almost anything in the world
- Avoiding distractions at home
Home-Based Business For Dummies, 2nd Edition was written by Paul and Sarah Edwards, award-winning authors who write a monthly column for Entrepreneur magazine, and Peter Economy, an author or coauthor For Dummies books on managing, consulting, and personal finance. In straightforward English, they show you how to:
- Stay connected to the business community, even when working from home
- Keep your work separate from your personal life
- Handle benefits, health insurance, and your retirement planning
- Make sure your bookkeeping is accurate and legal
- Use the Internet to bid for work, list your services in directories, network, and more
- Choose the technology and other resources you need
- Develop your own marketing and advertising strategies
- Navigate IRS rules for home-based businesses
Home-Based Business For Dummies is packed with ideas and information that will help you get started right and help established, successful home-based business owners stay ahead of the pack. Use it well and this handy guide will be the most important reference in your home office.
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Something to Think About When Working At Home
June 22nd, 2009
It is easy to just dive in to start working from home but soon people find that they are faced with problems and questions that they need to answer before they proceed. Some of these questions regarding starting a business working at home are as follows.
1) Are you working alone? With your family? Or do you have a partner?
2) Is anyone helping you manage your business?
3) What is the name of your business?
4) What is your business legal structure?
5) What products or services are you providing?
6) Will you need a business loan?
7) How much money do you need to start your business?
8 ) Do you have any business assets?
9) Where is your business located?
10) Do you have a business plan?
11) How do you intend to market your business?
12) Do you have a customer base you are trying to win?
13) Do you have any loyal customers already?
14) Who will pay you? Where will you get your money?
15) Do you have a business bank account?
16) Do you have a business license needed to operate the business you want?
(Something to Think about When Working at Home)
There are many questions you need to ask yourself before you start a business if you want the business to last.
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What Do You Want To Get Out of Working At Home?
June 22nd, 2009
There are many reasons why it is good to work at home but different people have different ideas of what working at home is and they also have different expectations. When these expectations are not met, they get disappointed, stop working from home or change to doing something else from home.
(What do you want to get out of working at home?)
Bear in mind that all businesses take time to make money so if you keep changing what you do, then you are not likely to make anything work. You need to have a solid, good business plan that you believe in and can follow. Without a solid plan, you are prone to changing your career too often.
So, before you start your business working at home, ask your self:
What do I want to get out of doing the business?
Not everyone wants to make as much money as possible. Some people do it just because they like it. An artist, for example, may want to sell his art to get his name and work out and it is not just about money.
Here are some examples of what people want to get out of a home business:
- They want to build a family business
- They want to pursue a passion
- They do not want to work for someone else
- They want to earn some extra money
- They want to capitalize on an invention
- They just lost their jobs and have to find alternative ways to make money
- They want to eventually retire without having to work more
- They just want some pocket money for immediate use
- They want to save money for a large purchase
- They want something to do in their spare time
- They want to know if it is possible to work at home an actually make a living
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What to Do When Unemployed
June 4th, 2009
When the world is in recession, unemployment is a big problem. Even if a country has been out of recession for quite some time, according to economic data, the job market is not the first to recover. When banks stopped lending, home prices fell, and employers cut costs and jobs to save themselves from going bankrupt, a large number of people will be struggling to get by. Massive layoffs by big corporations led to a rising rate of unemployment. People who have lost their jobs find it hard to find new jobs in an economy that is just beginning to recover.
When will the unemployment rate fall?
Once employers are not in the red and they feel that there is enough demand by consumers for them to expand again, then they will start hiring people and the rate of unemployment will fall. But, until then, people need to get by with unemployment checks or find alternative ways of making money to pay their bills.
Unemployment rates by states in the US
According to the Unemployment Rates data published by the Department of Labor, Michigan had the highest rate of unemployment out of all states in the US in March 2009, largely contributed by the troubled auto makers.
Surviving Unemployment
It is easy to feel like the world is shutting down on you when you have lost your job and cannot find a new job. If the job market is bad, then there are many people in the same boat as you and the best thing that you can do is stay positive. Things will get better if you stay positive. There are many things that you can do to survive unemployment. Here are some suggestions.
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Apply for unemployment benefits
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Perfect your resume
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Put your resume out everywhere both online and offline
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Apply for as many jobs as you qualify for
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Apply out of state, in case you have no other choices
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Cut your spending and budget for everything,
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DIY things that you usually hire someone else to do (e.g cut your lawn)
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Try to raise money (yard sale, etc.)
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Find a work at home job that you can do in your spare time
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Start a home business, and above all,
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Practice staying calm and collected (not stressed out)
If you are falling behind on your bills, call 211 or other nonprofit organizations in your area and ask them for assistance. There are organizations that would help with rent, mortgage payments, utility bills, and so on but only if you ask them soon enough.