How to Start a Home Based Business

How to start your home based business


How to start a home based business with your skills, interests and passions...

Home based businesses are becoming very popular now because more and more people are realising the convenience that the online world offers in particular in setting up a new business or a micro business to supplement their income . Business enables you to be more flexible with your time and location. It gives you the opportunity to put extra time to fit in order your other responsibilities. Depending on what smallbiz you are interested in starting you can start them just about anywhere (assuming that your potential clients are there) and you can work at the times that suit you. BUT despite these advantages you need to be committed and organised ensuring that you do the work that is required and there is definitely a lot of work to do that you didn't think about initially.

I can give you some steps on how to start a home based business but it is really up to you to think about whether you have the ability to commit to the work and the effort that is involved. If you are willing to start small and not earn too much in the beginning with the potential to build something for your future it can be a very worthwhile opportunity.


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How to start a home based business in 6 easy steps

To start a home based business, there are a number of easy steps that you can follow:

  1.  Choose the kind of business that you want to get into. If you are great at making things, like baking cakes or t-shirt printing, or if you are a certified programmer or a transcriber, it is a great idea to start a home based business.
  2. Assess how in demand your skills or services are. Be observant and find out if the people in your neighborhood are big cake lovers, or if you can find clients looking for a programmer through your network.
  3. Check out the finances. How much money do you have right now? How much of it needs to go to starting your home based business? How much do you expect to earn on the first month? Is it enough to cover all your operating expenses? This is where it is really beneficial to do a very basic cash flow projection to see if it will be worthwhile.
  4. Review the legal aspects of starting a home based business in your area. You will most probably need to register for a home based business license if you are having people visit your home regularly. If you do the majority of your work from home but don't have clients visit you might not have to. Check with your local council.
  5. If you get the go ahead from your council to start a home based business in your location, prepare a business plan to have a hard copy of the ideas, objectives, and other information that you have decided about your business. This will include finances, marketing opportunities, staffing requirements, and who your competitors are to determine your competitive advantage.
  6. And finally ... the 6th step ... you are ready to launch your home based business. Remember that this is an ongoing learning process and be open to anything new that comes your way.

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After owning and managing small to medium businesses for over 18 years Tammy Love is Ms Small Biz -- she has a love/hate relationship with business! She knows first hand that it is really exciting to grow something and provide the best possible service/product for customers but yet it can also be tiring, hard and down right exhausting! She also knows how lonely that it can be being a business owner. She is using her website | Facebook page and Twitter to help others achieve their dream of starting or getting through the beast that is small business!

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