Keeping Up Appearances At Your Home Business
Copyright © Jose Love
When you work form home, it is very easy to simply
get out of bed and go to your work in your pajamas
and not worry about what you look like. After all ,
if all of your clients are in different locations,
and you aren’t seeing anyone, what is the harm in
being lazy and not dressing up for work?
Be Professional
There is no harm in your business, per say, if you
simply go to work dressed in whatever you feel
like, but the harm is going to lie in the long term
affects that you are going to see on yourself if
you don’t’ dress for work. Now, you don’t’ have to
be wearing a fancy suit or a glamorous outfit, but
even if you are working at home all day, part of
what you need to be doing is getting dressed for
work.
IF you are working at home in whatever you wore to
bed, you are sending yourself the message that it
is okay to be lazy and that it is okay to simply
slack off and not do what you should be doing. You
are also sending a message, if even to yourself,
that you are not professional and should not be
treated as such. If you do this for a long period
of time, your business is going to start to feel
like just something else you do at home, and you
are going to lose site of the fact that you are
actually running a business.
There are some things that you can do to make sure
that you always stay professional and that you keep
this in your head at all times, which will make
your business run much more smoothly.
First of all, be sure that you dress for work each
day. It doesn’t have to be as fancy as you might if
you worked in an office building, but you should be
able to feel like you are at work, and you should
wear something other than the clothes you would
wear if you were simply at home.
Also, you should set hours for yourself to be at
work. Working from home is something that can be
great, but it can also turn into something that
means you have to be at work all of the time. If
you set yourself business hours, and stick to them,
you are more likely to treat your business as a
business, and not as something that is taking over
your life. Something else that you have to be sure
to always do is to answer the phone and emails in a
professional manner, so that whoever you are
communicating with will know that you are taking
yourself, and your home business, very seriously.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
How To Start Your Own Home Based Meals To Go Business
How To Start Your Own Home Based Meals To Go
Business
Copyright © Jose Love
If you are one of those people who love to cook,
you might want to explore the possibilities of
selling meals to go in your community. A lot of
people are not really eating right these days. In
most cases, families thrive on processed and
instant foods because everyone is too busy to
prepare a healthy meal. By offering home cooked
meals to go, you will be able to help others eat
healthier foods and at the same time earn some
money to contribute to the family coffers. If your
neighbors and friends love your cooking, you will
most likely have a lot of people knocking on your
door and asking for a decent meal.
Getting organized
If you happen to live in an apartment building
where everyone leaves the place in a hurry
everyday, you might want to offer some breakfast,
lunch or dinner to go. However, before you do so,
you better check with the building administrator if
these things are allowed or else you will get into
trouble. There are many apartment buildings that
do not really allow these things because this could
be a source of fire hazards. On the other hand, if
you have your own house, offering meals to go will
not be much of a problem. In most cases, after
complying with government regulations, you can
start your home business immediately.
Organizing things for your food to go business is
not really that difficult especially if you have a
computer with internet connection in your home. You
can start by asking the people in the building for
their email or instant messaging address. You can
send your menu for the day to these addresses and
ask them to send you a message as to what they will
have for breakfast, lunch or dinner. For your
neighbors who do not have internet connection, you
can just put a cork board outside your door where
you can post your menu for the day. You may also
provide for some paper and a box where your clients
can write their order and then drop them in the
box. Furthermore, having a business phone is a
must. Some of your clients may want to call you to
place or cancel their orders. Never rely on your
home phone for this purpose. Always bear in mind
that the home phone should only be used for
personal transactions and the business phone should
be dedicated solely for entertaining clients.
Set a specific time and place where your clients
can pick up their food. Make sure that you are all
ready and waiting a few minutes before your clients
start arriving so that you will not have
difficulties getting things in order.
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Business
Copyright © Jose Love
If you are one of those people who love to cook,
you might want to explore the possibilities of
selling meals to go in your community. A lot of
people are not really eating right these days. In
most cases, families thrive on processed and
instant foods because everyone is too busy to
prepare a healthy meal. By offering home cooked
meals to go, you will be able to help others eat
healthier foods and at the same time earn some
money to contribute to the family coffers. If your
neighbors and friends love your cooking, you will
most likely have a lot of people knocking on your
door and asking for a decent meal.
Getting organized
If you happen to live in an apartment building
where everyone leaves the place in a hurry
everyday, you might want to offer some breakfast,
lunch or dinner to go. However, before you do so,
you better check with the building administrator if
these things are allowed or else you will get into
trouble. There are many apartment buildings that
do not really allow these things because this could
be a source of fire hazards. On the other hand, if
you have your own house, offering meals to go will
not be much of a problem. In most cases, after
complying with government regulations, you can
start your home business immediately.
Organizing things for your food to go business is
not really that difficult especially if you have a
computer with internet connection in your home. You
can start by asking the people in the building for
their email or instant messaging address. You can
send your menu for the day to these addresses and
ask them to send you a message as to what they will
have for breakfast, lunch or dinner. For your
neighbors who do not have internet connection, you
can just put a cork board outside your door where
you can post your menu for the day. You may also
provide for some paper and a box where your clients
can write their order and then drop them in the
box. Furthermore, having a business phone is a
must. Some of your clients may want to call you to
place or cancel their orders. Never rely on your
home phone for this purpose. Always bear in mind
that the home phone should only be used for
personal transactions and the business phone should
be dedicated solely for entertaining clients.
Set a specific time and place where your clients
can pick up their food. Make sure that you are all
ready and waiting a few minutes before your clients
start arriving so that you will not have
difficulties getting things in order.
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
How To Start Your Own Dog Care Home Business
How To Start Your Own Dog Care Home Business
Copyright © Jose Love
Do you love dogs? If you happen to love dogs, you
might want to start a dog care home business. A lot
of dog owners don’t have time to groom or walk
their dogs and they will often rely on pet care
businesses to do the job for them. Considering the
number of dog owners in the country today, you will
not really run-out of clients who will ask to groom
and walk their dogs.
Setting up a dog bath
The first thing that you will need is a place where
you can bath and groom dogs. If you live in a house
with a big lawn, you may want to set up a place
where you can bath dogs. Never attempt to bath
dogs, especially the big once inside your house.
Dogs love to wiggle around and shake their hair
during baths thus creating a huge mess. Playful and
rowdy big dogs are adorable but when they start
running around your house in their wet coats,
things will not really look very funny at all so
keep them out of the house. There is no point of
wasting a lot of energy cleaning after a wet dog.
When setting up a dog bath, a tub or a huge basin,
a garden hose, some dog soap, shampoo, a brush and
some cotton towels. You don’t really need something
elaborate when bathing dogs. Certainly not those
pet washers that torture the poor things. Some
experts believe that using pet washers where you
simply put the dog inside a box and turn on the
water cause emotional trauma on the dogs and must
not be used at all. Well, who wouldn’t be
traumatized if they were put inside a closed box
with water gushing all over the place? If you want
to bath dogs, forget about the pet washer and do
things the old fashioned way. Dogs love it when you
brush their coat and massage them. Besides, bathing
a dog the old fashioned way could be a lot of fun
for you too.
Setting up a grooming area
For grooming dogs, select a quite area inside the
house. Of course you can set-up a grooming area
outside of the house if you want to but grooming a
dog inside the house is lot better. First, most
dogs are less playful when they are inside the
house than when they are in the yard, second, there
are less distractions inside the house and third,
it would be easier on your part to store all your
grooming stuff. For grooming dogs, you will need
the following materials; a table, towels, cotton,
mineral oil, eye ointment, nails clippers and a
brush. You can easily get all these stuff at your
favorite pet shop.
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Copyright © Jose Love
Do you love dogs? If you happen to love dogs, you
might want to start a dog care home business. A lot
of dog owners don’t have time to groom or walk
their dogs and they will often rely on pet care
businesses to do the job for them. Considering the
number of dog owners in the country today, you will
not really run-out of clients who will ask to groom
and walk their dogs.
Setting up a dog bath
The first thing that you will need is a place where
you can bath and groom dogs. If you live in a house
with a big lawn, you may want to set up a place
where you can bath dogs. Never attempt to bath
dogs, especially the big once inside your house.
Dogs love to wiggle around and shake their hair
during baths thus creating a huge mess. Playful and
rowdy big dogs are adorable but when they start
running around your house in their wet coats,
things will not really look very funny at all so
keep them out of the house. There is no point of
wasting a lot of energy cleaning after a wet dog.
When setting up a dog bath, a tub or a huge basin,
a garden hose, some dog soap, shampoo, a brush and
some cotton towels. You don’t really need something
elaborate when bathing dogs. Certainly not those
pet washers that torture the poor things. Some
experts believe that using pet washers where you
simply put the dog inside a box and turn on the
water cause emotional trauma on the dogs and must
not be used at all. Well, who wouldn’t be
traumatized if they were put inside a closed box
with water gushing all over the place? If you want
to bath dogs, forget about the pet washer and do
things the old fashioned way. Dogs love it when you
brush their coat and massage them. Besides, bathing
a dog the old fashioned way could be a lot of fun
for you too.
Setting up a grooming area
For grooming dogs, select a quite area inside the
house. Of course you can set-up a grooming area
outside of the house if you want to but grooming a
dog inside the house is lot better. First, most
dogs are less playful when they are inside the
house than when they are in the yard, second, there
are less distractions inside the house and third,
it would be easier on your part to store all your
grooming stuff. For grooming dogs, you will need
the following materials; a table, towels, cotton,
mineral oil, eye ointment, nails clippers and a
brush. You can easily get all these stuff at your
favorite pet shop.
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How To Start A Home Business With Limited Amount of Capital
How To Start A Home Business With Limited Amount of Capital
Copyright © Jose Love
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If you are thinking about borrowing a huge amount of money from friends and relatives to start your own home business, you might want to put that thought aside and find other ways of starting your business without burying yourself in a pile of debts. Just because you do not have a lot of money for capital doesn’t mean you cannot engage in a home business. There are many ways of starting your own home business even with just a few dollars.
Offering Services
One of the best ways to do away with the huge start up capital is to start a business that will only require your talents and your time as capital. For instance, if have some special skills and trainings on dealing with children with learning disabilities, you can set up a tutorial service. There are many people all over the country that are offering home tutorial services for kids with learning problems and they are earning good money. On the hand, if you have some bookkeeping skills and you have some experience in this area, you might want to offer your service to the small business around your neighborhood. You will be surprised at how many people really need your services.
Use your present resources
Using your present resources as capital for your business can help you save a lot of money. For instance, if you have a big house with a lawn, you can turn your house into a child minding center or a day care center. There are a lot of parents out there who need a safe place where they can leave their kids while they go to work or do some shopping. A day care center is not really hard to promote in the neighborhood. Once the people in your community learn that you are offering this type of service, they will start coming to your doorstep.
Working Online
There are many online businesses that do not require you to put any capital at all. For instance, if you are a good writer, you can offer your services online. The good thing about working as an online freelance writer is that you can work anywhere you are. As long as you have a computer with internet connection, it doesn’t matter if you are working inside the mall, the coffee shop or by the beach for that matter. On the hand, if you have no writing skills, you can always join one of those online affiliate marketing programs and earn commissions from the sales generated from your site. Most online affiliate marketing programs do not require you to put capital to get started. The good thing about these online affiliate programs is that they give out big commissions. If your site generates a lot of traffic, you will most likely earn a handsome income out of these affiliate marketing programs.
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To find the best home based business ideas and
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Copyright © Jose Love
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If you are thinking about borrowing a huge amount of money from friends and relatives to start your own home business, you might want to put that thought aside and find other ways of starting your business without burying yourself in a pile of debts. Just because you do not have a lot of money for capital doesn’t mean you cannot engage in a home business. There are many ways of starting your own home business even with just a few dollars.
Offering Services
One of the best ways to do away with the huge start up capital is to start a business that will only require your talents and your time as capital. For instance, if have some special skills and trainings on dealing with children with learning disabilities, you can set up a tutorial service. There are many people all over the country that are offering home tutorial services for kids with learning problems and they are earning good money. On the hand, if you have some bookkeeping skills and you have some experience in this area, you might want to offer your service to the small business around your neighborhood. You will be surprised at how many people really need your services.
Use your present resources
Using your present resources as capital for your business can help you save a lot of money. For instance, if you have a big house with a lawn, you can turn your house into a child minding center or a day care center. There are a lot of parents out there who need a safe place where they can leave their kids while they go to work or do some shopping. A day care center is not really hard to promote in the neighborhood. Once the people in your community learn that you are offering this type of service, they will start coming to your doorstep.
Working Online
There are many online businesses that do not require you to put any capital at all. For instance, if you are a good writer, you can offer your services online. The good thing about working as an online freelance writer is that you can work anywhere you are. As long as you have a computer with internet connection, it doesn’t matter if you are working inside the mall, the coffee shop or by the beach for that matter. On the hand, if you have no writing skills, you can always join one of those online affiliate marketing programs and earn commissions from the sales generated from your site. Most online affiliate marketing programs do not require you to put capital to get started. The good thing about these online affiliate programs is that they give out big commissions. If your site generates a lot of traffic, you will most likely earn a handsome income out of these affiliate marketing programs.
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