Working From Home Part-1

After attending Catholic grammar school, high school, and even college, the last thing I though of myself was a stay at home worker. I enjoyed the direction my career was going and never though I would be working from home. Once I came to a crossroads I decided this was the best option for me to spend time with my children. You never know when you will come to this crossroads. This could be because of job loss, family situation changes, etc.

The stress and hours of working all the time in the retail management world was taking its toll on my available time with my children. So I decided to "dabble" in working from home opportunities to at least see if I could financially do it without having a negative affect on my children's well being. The real question was, is working from home really an option?" Could I stay at home, make enough money working from home, and spend quality time with my children? Could I have an income that would allow me and my children to be happy from a personal level and a financial one?

My search was just beginning. All of you have seen offers that promise us plenty of money if we make a small investment (sometimes not so small) and do it with little time on our part. The real problem is do any of us know someone who personally knows someone who was successful at one of these offers? Probably not and the fact remains that in life if its too good to be true, well you know!

However, that doesn't mean that working from home will not work. In fact over the last several years we are seeing more trends of people moving out of the work force and working from home than we have ever seen before. This is due to many reasons.

The real benefits of working from home are as clear as the blue sky. They are the quality time you can enjoy with your children and family, the schedule flexibility you get from setting your own schedule, and the cost you save in gas and day care when commuting to an office. There are many benefits of having your own working from home business but the key is finding something you really enjoy and are passionate about.

Home Business Oportunity

A Google search for home business opportunities will return thousands of web pages. You may not visit all these pages. What is important however is to distinguish the real ones from the fake? Unfortunately, scamsters love this segment more than most other avenues on the internet. How can you identify the right opportunities then? Follow these simple rules and you will have a high degree of success and safety.

1. Upfront payments

Most genuine home business opportunities have their jobs well defined with precise instructions. No upfront fees or membership would be required and once the job is offered you can be reasonably sure of receiving your compensation subject to delivery of services as assigned. The best way is to steer clear from sites which seek upfront payments, though there can be a handful of genuine sites under this category.

2. What kind of opportunities are available?

Depending on your geographical location, there are a number of opportunities available through the internet or through your local classifieds. Data Entry services, book keeping, article writing, virtual assistance, web designing, affiliate marketing, internet marketing, resume writing, tutoring etc. comprise only a small sample of this huge spectrum.

3. How do I pick one?

An answer to this question would largely depend on your individual tastes, needs and aptitude. The amount of time you are willing to invest in your business would also be an important consideration. The guiding factor in picking the home business opportunities best suited to you would be, what you enjoy doing most.

Rules For Home Business Internet

Home business Internet marketing has rules, just like marketing any other business online or off. Follow those rules and maximize your impact, or try and break them at your own risk.
Sure, some rules for home business Internet marketing are meant to be broken or changed - but first, play by them, win, build your confidence and credibility... and only then, tweak them for greater benefit.

It begins by looking at your strengths and characteristics, personality traits, work ethic, life preferences and underlying purpose to be involved in home business Internet marketing.
The biggest problem is that home business appeals to 'lazy' people - often when they buy into the dream that home business Internet marketing is easy, quick and effortless.

That's right. Every successful home business veteran knows this intuitively is true. The highly successful are those who are motivated, independent, risk taking, have initiative and are driven to win against odds. A strong desire to gain their personal and financial freedom makes home business internet marketing attractive to them.

Regardless of anything else, the old rules apply. Nothing is magical or 'secret'. Not many things are instant or automatic. Little is easy or effortless. Especially in home business Internet marketing. The only way to achieve lasting success in your business is by methodically building a personal brand - and systematically growing it over time. That is an asset that can be leveraged and multiplied in several ways in your home business.

"The Smilenaire Way" is about building such a sustainable business based on a solid reputation, one that you can grow and build upon in your home business Internet marketing. The free report you can download from www.Smilenaire.com will give you more detail about it

Home Based Internet Bussines

Building a home based internet business is really hard when you first start out. There are so many programs, so many guaranteed money making opportunities and so so much to learn.
Here are some tips to get started:

Look Around

• Take time to look around at all the opportunities on offer.
• Do some searches on your topics of interest. See if anyone has a training page for an internet home business which has caught your eye.
• Join a traffic exchange and spend time surfing there. Make sure you read each ad. This will expose you to most of the opportunities which are being actively marketed.
• Subscribe to free ezines and read free home business articles
• Look around internet home business forums
• Signup to a free opportunity locating service where home based business opportunities are matched to you
• Check listings in Home Based Business Opportunity Listings
• Read internet home business blogs
• Search for “home based internet business” and other similar terms with Google, Yahoo and MSN - they each give different results.
  

Set Goals

• You will hit what you aim for. Goals will keep you focused and they will force you to move on if you find yourself in a rut.
• Write down some goals make them Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Results orientated and Trackable, build them into your plan.
  

Build a Plan

• Make sure you write a plan for your home based internet business. It doesn’t need to be long but it should include your goals, basic strategy, the actions you will take and the timeframes you set for each action and of course your planned costs. This will give you focus in the days ahead. Be sure to include how often you will update your plan. I update my tactics (short term actions) every month and my overall strategy every year.
  Be Realistic
• Very few people have achieved significant revenue streams within 6 months. Most will tell you should be expecting to make reasonable money in a two year timeframe. Focus on getting rich slowly.
  

Traffic Is King

No matter what you sell or what you do, you will need to find a way of
showing lots of people what you have to offer. Ensure that your home based
internet business plan builds an ongoing self generating and free stream of
traffic. The bigger the better.

Plan To Automate

• Ensure you can setup each opportunity on auto pilot. By this I mean you should build you business so that each element or opportunity runs itself. This way your focus can be on continually growing the business and not coping with the demands of your existing business.
• Find A Great Forum
  If you can find a forum where the members are experienced, in profit and willing to share their experience, you will shave years and serious dollars of your learning.
• Have A Budget
  There are so many great offers, so expertly marketed which will tempt you to part with your dollars. Resist the temptation. If you find a great idea or concept do a search and see if someone will provide it for free. Often they will. If not, remember there is a great bargain to be had every other day. Put it on your “to do” list and get round to it when you can afford it.
• Build A Downline
  Make sure that with every product you promote, if you can show someone else how to do it, you get some benefit for their efforts. Most programs have this ability, often called a downline. It means that you can focus on growing your internet business by growing your product set and by growing your “sales force” below you. The auto pilot mentality and a downline will allow you to grow your internet home business exponentially over time.
• Choose Complimentary Products
  When planning how to start an internet business, try to pick products which are complimentary. This will mean that people who join under you in one opportunity will most likely follow you to another, and another allowing you to grow you income streams quickly and with minimum cost.
• Be Prepared for Mistakes
  You will need to explore lots of options, concepts and tools until you find something that works for you. Treat your mistakes as learning experiences. Do trial everything on a small scale before committing significant expense.
• Take Action
  Do something every day to build your business. Set aside time and make sure you focus on going forward. With action comes opportunity, with opportunity comes results.
  I hope these suggestions answer some of your questions about how to start a home based internet business.
  

Here are some resources to help with your search:

• Ten Business Ideas
  Home Business Internet Business Listings
• Data Entry Made Easy
  A system that practically runs on autopilot that will make you a great deal of money working only 30 - 45 minutes a day.
• Make Money
  Home Business Internet Business Listings
• The Waterhouse Report
  Independant testing of all popular techniques to make money from home. We find the five most profitable and expose the rest