Are All of Your Eggs in One Basket?

As you may know by now, I have a few different home based businesses. The reason for this is simple – I do not want to put all of my eggs in one basket. In today’s economy, an important survival skill for the home based business owner is the ability to draw on his or her multiple talents and offer a variety of products and/or services through one or several home based businesses. Some home based businesses may lend themselves well to encompassing a variety of products and services under one business name. Others do not. For example, the reason … Continue reading

Summer is a Good Time for Classes and Extra Training

As long as your home business is not a summer business or one where you are working harder during the summer months than any other time of year (and there are plenty of home business that are seasonal), summer can be a downtime or a slow time. For those businesses where summer affords us a little more leisure or non-work time, this can be the perfect time of year to take a class or get some extra training to help us improve our skills and business savvy. Many of us find that business just naturally slows during the summer months. … Continue reading