Home Based Business Opportunity and keeping your business running smoothly ?a »
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Structure your day wisely. The problem a lot of home based business owners have is that they no longer have a boss standing over them making
sure they get their work done, or a definable start and end of each workday. It’s easy to let time slip by as you head to the refrigerator,
catch a few minutes of TV, or dive into a project first thing in the morning, neglecting the other tasks you need to perform to keep your
home based business running smoothly. Sound familiar?
Create a structure that mimics what you had in the workplace. Structure your day so you have a start and finish time, with certain hours set
aside for specific activities. A general rule is to spend the first hour of the day prospecting for new clients. Send your emails, write your
letters and make your phone calls first thing so you don’t forget to do it later.
Use Outlook or some sort of contact management software to serve as a visual reminder of what you need to accomplish that day. Live and die
by your to-do-list. Try to have everything crossed off by the end of the day. Even my own children know that if they want me to do something
for them during working hours, they have to put it on my to-do-list or it will never get done. Remind them that your home based business
cannot run all by itself and that you must work at it to make it work for the family.
Stay connected. Carry an organizer wherever you go. If you’re still using a day planner or similar dinosaur, consider upgrading to a
Blackberry or other high-tech gadget. You don’t need to go crazy and spend a lot of money, but invest wisely in something that will hold
everything you need and allow you to instantly access it on the go. Another good idea is to not keep all of your information in one location,
such as the hard drive of your home computer. You might find it handy to keep your data hosted on a virtual exchange server so you can access
it anywhere that has an Internet connection. A big misconception about home based business owners is that they stay at home all day, everyday. And as you know, that’s just not always true.
Organize your family time. Once your professional life is organized, you may need to consider organizing your personal life. This is
especially true if you have children. A lot of people, especially young moms, decide that they’re going to quit their jobs in corporate
America and work from home in order to care for their children and save on daycare expenses. But in reality, if you’re serious about running
a home based business and earning a decent income, you’re going to have to make arrangements for childcare in or outside the home.
Motivate yourself. Sit down and set some goals for yourself. You no longer have quarterly reviews or progress reports, so it’s important to
keep track of whether or not you’re making progress in your home based business opportunity. It’s one thing to set small goals like completing your to-do-list–you also have to set goals to motivate yourself to succeed. Hopefully by now you’re making as much, if not more, money at your home based business than you were at your former job. If you aren’t, begin by setting a goal to bring in the same amount of income you were, and slowly raise the bar to increase your income by a couple of thousand a month. Once you’ve met a goal, make time to
reward yourself by doing something fun, which brings us to the next tip?
Marg Roukens
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