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How to Start a Home Based Business

There are several ways to go about starting up a home based business. Your main choices include providing a service to clients or being your own boss and being responsible for your own future.

Both models can provide you with a solid business base. It just depends if you want to be reliant on clients for your income or not. Running a client based business is great as it provides you with immediate income.

There are two main downfalls to this model though. The first is if your client stops ordering from you that particular income stream dries up immediately. The second downfall is that you only have so many hours in which to provide service work. This can put a cap on your income.

Being solely responsible for your own income can put a great deal of pressure on you at first. But it can also bring huge rewards.

Once your business is running and profitable you potentially have no limit to what you can earn. As your workload increases you can simply outsource various tasks to others.

You could outsource client work too, but if delivery is late or the work not up to your standard, it is your reputation that could suffer. While this is still a good avenue to pursue you will want to have good quality control procedures in place to ensure things go smoothly.

Obviously your next questions will be about what type of business to offer. When it comes to running your own business some popular models include: affiliate marketing, product creation, and running membership sites amongst others.

Affiliate marketing involves building a mailing list that you can recommend products to. Think of yourself as an online sales person, each time a product sells you earn a commission.

Creating products such as reports and ebooks can be a viable business model too. All you do is create the product once and then resell it over and over again. You could even hire affiliates to help you promote your products.

Service based business models include becoming a freelancer, offering graphic design, helping other to publish books, offering search engine optimization services, setting up websites and more. If your service involves lots of detailed work you can charge higher prices. This helps reduce the need for finding lots of clients each month.

It takes thought and planning to start a home based business. Don't just jump into any business model. Think about what you find appealing and what you would like to work on long term.

Then follow your dreams and turn them into a reality.

Being Your Own Boss

Who doesn't want to be their own boss? I am sure your hand shoots up every time someone asks you this question. But is being your own boss as easy as it sounds?

When you work for an employer, as long as you show up and do your work, you know you will get paid each week or month. This is not true when you are your own boss. You are responsible for keeping yourself busy with clients or customers in order to see that income. If you decide to slack off and not work as much, this will be reflected in your income, or lack of one.

In order to run your own business and be in control of your income you need to put a few things into place first.

Marketing & Business Plan

If you don't have some type of business plan you are going to be lost right out of the gate. Not having a plan means that you don't have a plan of action for each day. Instead of working you may find yourself staring at your computer screen or surfing the web for hours at a time. By the end of the day, you may be tired, but you have been totally unproductive.

Your first step is to start formulating a business plan. This can consist of setting goals for income, creating products, and building a mailing list. Write out your goals and place them somewhere you can see them each day.

To Do Lists

Having a to-do list is a great way to keep yourself productive. Each morning you will know what tasks or items have to be tackled.

You won't waste time in figuring out what to do either. Your productivity levels will increase and this will actually help you free up time.

Planning in Advance

While this can be part of your business plan, you want to work out your personal plans in advance too. If you like to take time off at Christmas or in the summer then it is important to plan well in advance for this.

By planning and scheduling your work, you can easily take time off and still earn money while you are away from your home office. It is important to take time off to spend with your family while building your business.

Being your own boss means you are wearing all types of hats. You need to perform customer service, market your business, develop relationships, find customers and clients and more. If this sounds like a challenge you would enjoy, then you could just be ready to be your own boss!

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