Tag Archives: home-based business

Home Based Careers That Pay Well

Are you concerned that you may not make enough money if you switch from working in an office to working at home? While there are many highly – paid professionals out there who do work in a traditional workplace setting, there are others who do their work from the comfort of their own homes. If your educational background and skills match one of the following career options, you could choose to work at home and earn plenty of money. What’s more, after cutting out the expenses of commuting, work clothes, parking, lunches, and anything else that you pay for so … Continue reading →

Will 2013 be the Year That You Start a Home Based Business?

If you feel strongly that 2013 will be the year that you start a home – based business, good for you. You are in good company here on the home – based business blog, where we wholeheartedly encourage anyone and everyone to consider whether working from home will work for them. If you have all of the drive and desire to start your business but you are not sure what type of business to start, here are a few suggestions. Even if one of them does not appeal to you, this list may be enough to get you thinking about … Continue reading →

Is a Franchise the Right Home Based Business for You?

If you are looking to start a home based business and you have a little money to invest, franchises can be a great way to start working for yourself. Many franchises have built good reputations, making it easier for you to attract the attention of potential customers. What’s more, with a franchise, you do not have to think through the actual creation of the business enterprise. It has already been created, and you will receive the tools and training that you need to own and operate it successfully. Each year, Entrepreneur Magazine publishes a list of the top five hundred … Continue reading →

Combining Working at Home With Homeschooling

Some parents choose to work from home so that they can homeschool their children. I did not initially know whether we would be homeschooling when I decided to open my home based businesses after the birth of our first son. It was always a possibility, and now that it is time for him to go to preschool, I have decided that that is what we will do, at least as far as preschool is concerned. Preschool in my local area is fairly expensive, and there are not a lot of choices. Since I am at home with our baby anyways, and … Continue reading →

Are You Ready For Your Kids’ Winter Break?

With winter break just around the corner, home – based professional parents everywhere may be both excited about the opportunity to spend time with their children and anxious about whether they will be able to keep up with their workload while the kids are on break. Whether your kids are on break from day care, pre school, grade school, high school, or college, you probably want to spend more time with them than you normally have available during a typical work week. If at all possible, try to plan ahead so that you can lighten your workload during their vacation … Continue reading →

Holiday Parties and Christmas Bonuses

At this time of year, home – based professionals may be getting all nostalgic about two things that they remember from working outside of the home. Holiday parties and Christmas bonuses are things that used to be commonplace for many professionals who were employed outside of the home. In recent years bonuses and gifts have become a more modest, but many people do still get a little something from their employer. Most places of employment have some form of holiday party, too. Now that you work from home, are holiday bonuses and parties a thing of the past? They don’t … 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 →

What It’s Like to Be a Woman with a Home-Based Business in Pakistan

In doing some research for something completely different, I ran across an article that I couldn’t stop reading. It’s an online news source for the country of Pakistan and the article was about women who work from home. According to this article, 65% of women who work in Pakistan do it from their home. However they have no protection from labor laws, no rights to minimum wage, and no Social Security benefits. They basically have nothing. Most of the work they do is piece work, which they make very little money doing and are sometimes at risk of being exposed … Continue reading →

Be Professional in Your Home-Based Business

If you want to be taken seriously in your home business it’s important that you maintain a level of professionalism. This can be difficult when you are not working outside the home. It can be easy to grasp onto a casual look and attitude from within the four walls of your home. I made the joke to my husband last Friday that it was going to be casual Friday at my job. I had on my Green Bay Packer’s shirt in celebration of their playoff game victory. But I really did take my casual Friday seriously because the majority of … Continue reading →

One of the Best Things About a Home-Based Business–No Committee or Group Decisions

Having spent nearly twenty years working in nonprofit organization management, you can bet I sat on my share of committees, boards, and task forces. One of the BEST things, I think, about working on my own in my home-based business is that I can make decisions on my own without having to put it to a vote! Now, don’t get me wrong, I realize that some really great things can come out of a group process, but it just isn’t my favorite way to work. I do like getting input and suggestions from other people, and I like being able … Continue reading →