There are many ways to make money on the Internet but not all of them work well and not every one works for everyone. I found that my clients make a better income online when they focus on creating a website in a small but profitable niche about which they know a little something. Then [...]
Attitude Equals Successful Business
I can’t think of one guru promoting a program or product and inviting you to join them who didn’t suggest you can start out small and make a few bucks and that was okay. However, everyone of these also managed to tell you how great they were doing and how they’re business changed their lives [...]
Find a Mentor for Your Home Business
It would be great if you could find someone who would take you under their wings. In fact, it’s highly probably that you have friends or people you know in business that had the same downsizing experience you did and started their own business in their home. They may not jump at the chance to [...]
Home Business – Know What You Want
Knowing what kind of business you want to work at in your home is one of your first steps to success. Think about it: you are retired or you were laid off at age 60 or pinked slipped after 30 years. You want to make money but at this stage in your life you also [...]
Discovering Your Own Business Policy
To figure out what my business policy was, after being in business a few years, I wrote down a bunch of questions. My answers to these questions became the foundation of my business policy. For instance, some of the questions, albeit simplistic and obvious, still needed to be stated such as: What do you do? [...]
You Are Your Own Business
If you’re anything like me you probably know more people who are working for themselves this year than you did last year. I think it’s a combination of reasons but the primary reasons are downsizing, can’t afford to retire, and retirement isn’t enough. One of the things I’ve learned working for myself for the past [...]
Developing Good Habits Working for Yourself
Ask yourself how much effort are you willing to give to get what you want? You’ve already spent the time figuring out where you want to go with your personal and business life in retirement. Now what? I could discuss success as a philosophical issue but you’re way beyond that. Besides, who has the time? [...]
7 Steps for Designing a System for Working at Home
In my last few posts I wrote about getting organized, how to manage a house and an office, and whether or not your home office will be open to others. In this post I will describe the steps I took to create a system that worked for me in my home business. This was how [...]
Working at Home with a System
“My office is taking over my home,” lamented a new client when she first called me. This is very common along with “I’m always behind on whatever I do.” I’ve been able to work at home successfully because I have a system. With a system I can get my work done and keep my office [...]
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