Running a business from home is not as easy at it'd sound at the onset. Many a wannabe entrepreneur realises that no earlier is she or he prepared to get down to business, a very important component is missing. To ensure that you will not caught unready when you are ready to become a home based business owner and operator, here are the top 6 things you have to have when running a business from home.
1. You want a dedicated, arranged business area where you will work. While this may sound like a standard sense idea, you'll be stunned to find out many entrepreneurs can't instantly lay their hands on a phone number (the rolodex is in the other room), find their last business tax assessment (it might have gotten filed with the personal papers), cannot locate back issues of the last newsletter they emailed to their subscribers (hard copies may have gotten picked up and recycled with the Sun. paper), or need to wait for junior to get off the computer (that 3 page research paper on bears is due tomorrow). All of your supplies, materials, and other business related items have to be in and around that area; fight the temptation of mixing private and business items, since this will lead to puzzlement as your business grows.
2. No matter what business you are running, you are going to need to have a working PC, attached printer, printer paper, and additional ink cartridges. There is little worse than trying to print out an invoice and be lacking either ink or paper. Similarly, regardless of what home business you are engaged in, the odds are good that for research, client contact, and accounting purposes a PC with database capacities is required.
3. You will very likely need a phone. Whether or not your business is basically conducted online, the provision of a telephone line that's separate from your home line will forestall from children answering the business line and giving you a unprofessional image. If you really only pretty rarely use the telephone, your mobile phone will be fine.
4. Utilize a wall calendar. Sure, your computer has a calendar function, but if anything happens, and your PC is not working, how are you going to know what your deadlines are? How can you keep an eye on appointments, bills, and payments that are due to you?
5. You need backup copies of everything. Back up your work as you complete it. For those who create files on their home computers, upload them to a safe website where you can store them. If anything happens to your house computers, you'll be ready to access these files in a pinch from a library computer and with a web-based email account send them to another account.
6. You need commitment and the eagerness to enforce your rules. The commitment is needed to ensure that the pull of the Television or the chores is not stronger than the cut off point that is looming sizeable. In a similar fashion, being willing to enforce your commitment and the rules you create could be a necessity for the buddy or member of the family who sees you as a great babysitting alternative since you are at home anyhow, not realizing or understanding that while you are at home, you're still working!
1. You want a dedicated, arranged business area where you will work. While this may sound like a standard sense idea, you'll be stunned to find out many entrepreneurs can't instantly lay their hands on a phone number (the rolodex is in the other room), find their last business tax assessment (it might have gotten filed with the personal papers), cannot locate back issues of the last newsletter they emailed to their subscribers (hard copies may have gotten picked up and recycled with the Sun. paper), or need to wait for junior to get off the computer (that 3 page research paper on bears is due tomorrow). All of your supplies, materials, and other business related items have to be in and around that area; fight the temptation of mixing private and business items, since this will lead to puzzlement as your business grows.
2. No matter what business you are running, you are going to need to have a working PC, attached printer, printer paper, and additional ink cartridges. There is little worse than trying to print out an invoice and be lacking either ink or paper. Similarly, regardless of what home business you are engaged in, the odds are good that for research, client contact, and accounting purposes a PC with database capacities is required.
3. You will very likely need a phone. Whether or not your business is basically conducted online, the provision of a telephone line that's separate from your home line will forestall from children answering the business line and giving you a unprofessional image. If you really only pretty rarely use the telephone, your mobile phone will be fine.
4. Utilize a wall calendar. Sure, your computer has a calendar function, but if anything happens, and your PC is not working, how are you going to know what your deadlines are? How can you keep an eye on appointments, bills, and payments that are due to you?
5. You need backup copies of everything. Back up your work as you complete it. For those who create files on their home computers, upload them to a safe website where you can store them. If anything happens to your house computers, you'll be ready to access these files in a pinch from a library computer and with a web-based email account send them to another account.
6. You need commitment and the eagerness to enforce your rules. The commitment is needed to ensure that the pull of the Television or the chores is not stronger than the cut off point that is looming sizeable. In a similar fashion, being willing to enforce your commitment and the rules you create could be a necessity for the buddy or member of the family who sees you as a great babysitting alternative since you are at home anyhow, not realizing or understanding that while you are at home, you're still working!
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