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Time Saving Tips to Keep You on Track

With the holidays fast approaching, things might be getting a little busy around your house. Some people are able to back off a little bit from their home based businesses during the holiday season and focus on holiday activities. People with seasonal home based businesses are likely to be putting in as much time and effort as they can right now. Either way, you are likely to be feeling a little bit crunched for time. Of course, there are only so many hours in a day. While we can not create additional hours, we can employ a few strategies to … Continue reading →

Are You Emotionally Ready to Start Your Own Business?

 We all know that a business plan is essential for starting a home – based business. There are other things, though, that are just as essential to home based business success that get mentioned far less often. One of these things is emotional readiness. Starting a home – based business is a leap of faith, and whether you are employed at a job and planning to leave in order to start your own business or currently unemployed and about to invest what little savings you have into working from home, it can be scary to take the plunge. Fortunately, just … Continue reading →

Freelancer Acquires vWorker

If you are a freelancer or you aspire to become one, then there is a big piece of news that you might be interested in. Freelancer.com has just acquired vWorker.com. Existing vWorker users will automatically be transferred over to Freelancer.com. and those who have been using both sites will have their vWorker accounts automatically merged with their Freelancer accounts. The merging of the two freelance sites into one gives companies access to an even bigger pool of talented freelancers. Freelancers are able to bid on a huge variety of projects. There truly is something available for just about any freelance … Continue reading →

Online Business Planning Resource – Bplans.com

If you are thinking about starting a home – based business, writing a business plan is hopefully something that is near the top of your to do list. When you want to write your business plan, you can find resources on the internet which can not only provide you with sample business plans to get you started but which can also guide you to information that can help you to think through the various aspects of your plan. One of these online resources is bplans.com. One great thing about bplans.com is that they have a huge collection of sample business … Continue reading →

Thankful To Work From Home

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I feel that it is important that I share how grateful I am that I work from home. Owning my two part time home – based businesses has enabled me to do something that I always knew that I wanted to do – stay home with my kids. While my husband and I have made and continue to make many adjustments and sacrifices along the way to ensure that only one of us works outside of the home, I would not trade my current lifestyle for that which I could have if I were employed … Continue reading →

Mistakes To Avoid When Starting Your Home Based Business

I just read an article about starting a home – based business that rubbed me completely the wrong way. Of course, it may be more about me than it is about the author of the article, because it was mostly a good article. It is simply written from a different perspective than the one that I come from. I take my home – based businesses just as seriously as anybody else, even though I work part time because of my primary career as a stay at home mom. The article that I read seemed like it was written for home … Continue reading →

Freelancing Mistakes To Avoid – Part 2

Today, I would like to talk about three more common mistakes that home – based freelance professionals make, and how you can avoid them. Taking on too much work is a common mistake for freelance professionals and for the self – employed in general. It is also a sign of a larger problem – having unrealistic expectations. We all want to make as much money as we can, and we need to earn enough to pay the bills. However, we also have to be honest with ourselves about what we can realistically expect to accomplish in the time that we … Continue reading →

How To Avoid Common Home Business Mistakes

If you are thinking about starting a home-based business, there are a few things that you may want to think about as you decide what kind of business you want to have and how you will run that business out of your home. Thinking through these topics can help you in the long run by steering you clear of some common mistakes that home-based professionals make. The first thing that you should do in order to avoid making major mistakes along the way to becoming a home-based professional is to make a business plan. By making a business plan, you … Continue reading →