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Will Your Health Insurance Cover a Flu Shot?

Now wouldn’t be a good time to catch the flu. All of us are so busy in December, and no one enjoys being sick. The CDC recommends that most people get a flu shot in order to prevent them from catching the current strain of flu. Will your health insurance cover the cost of a flu shot? This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that everyone 6 months and older get a flu vaccine. They point out that the flu shot is the most important step in protecting against the flu, which can be a very … Continue reading →

Business Idea – Pet Grooming

If you have a passion for pets and you are interested in starting a home – based business, a pet grooming business may be a good option to think about. Dogs look their best when they are groomed on a regular basis, and sometimes cats need baths too. Not all pet owners have the desire to bathe and groom their own dogs or cats, and they are happy to pay someone else to groom them. There are even two options for a home – based pet grooming business, at your home or on the go with a mobile grooming van. … Continue reading →

Home Based Professionals, Hold Your Heads High

Sometimes I like to take a little time to think about what has changed from the time that I started my two home – based businesses a little over two years ago until now. Today, I realized that one major change that has occurred over that period of time is how I think about myself and my businesses. That has impacted the image that I present to others regarding not only myself, but my businesses as well. Believe it or not, I think that these changes are responsible from my transition from being not busy enough and looking for additional … Continue reading →

Not Busy Enough or Too Busy – Finding The Middle

When you have a home – based business, it is important to remember that you are in charge of how busy you are. This can work in two ways, actually. On one hand you want to maximize your earning potential by doing as much work as you can. On the other hand, you must be realistic about how much time you are able to dedicate to your work. Some people fear that they will not be able to find enough work for their home – based business. This may be more or less true depending upon the nature of your … Continue reading →

Don’t Let Business Get in the Way of Fitness

Home – based professionals often have a hard time fitting in fitness, just like people who work outside of the home. However, making time to squeeze a workout into most of your days is a great idea because it boosts your energy and keeps you healthy. It could also help to keep your health care costs down, which can be very important if you have no health insurance or can only afford a plan that covers the most basic care. There are a few ways that a home – based professional can include fitness in his or her day. If … Continue reading →

Now is a Great Time to Start One of These Businesses

Even though it is still winter, if you have been tossing around the idea of starting a home – based business in lawn maintenance, gardening, or landscaping, now is a good time to finalize your business plan so that you can open your business this spring. If you begin now, you will be able to get yourself organized and make a clear plan for what you want to do with your business. You can also take your time to search for the best prices on any equipment that you may need for your business. Even more importantly, you will have … Continue reading →

Keeping An Active Knowledge of Your Profession

Home – based professionals must do a lot of things to keep their businesses running, and it can be tempting to let some things that do not directly produce income fall to the bottom of the to – do list. We all know what happens to those items at the bottom of the to – do list, they stay there at the bottom of the list and do not get done. Keeping up on your professional knowledge is one of those tasks that does not produce income yet is essential to the success of your business. Sometimes it will even … Continue reading →

Check Over Your Insurance This Holiday Season

You are probably really busy right now. December is filled with family get-togethers, shopping for presents, wrapping those gifts, and many celebrations. Now is also a good time to dig out your insurance policies, and check them over. They might not cover what you think they do! Christmas trees and decorations pose potential dangers that you wouldn’t face at other times of the year. Trees that are placed too close to a heat source can ignite. Christmas trees that are covered in strands of lights that are frayed, or that are all plugged into an overloaded outlet, can also go … Continue reading →

Take Care of Yourself to Take Care of Business

When you are running a home-based business, it is natural to want to focus on the business side of things like getting customers, doing work, keeping your books and files in order, and so on. There are other important things to keep in mind though, even during your working hours no matter how precious few those may be. Things like eating and sleeping may seem like they are only tangentially related to the work that you do. Of course, if you have ever tried to power through a work session while you are starving or get just one more thing … Continue reading →

Business Idea – Cake Decorating

If you have a knack for baking and you are able to make your sweet creations look as good as they taste, you may want to begin a cake decorating business. One great thing about a cake decorating business is that it can be as small or as large as you want it to be. Cake decorating tools are widely available, as are books about how to decorate cakes and books with design ideas. There are even cake decorating classes that you can take if you do not wish to teach yourself cake decorating at home. Within cake decorating you … Continue reading →