Also, you need to focus on right marketing segment for your business. For your own home based online business, those people who are also serious about home business are your proper customers.

Usually keep this in mind for your own home based business, no matter offline or online, generating as more customers as possible in effectively ways, and be consistent.

11- When creating passwords and PINs (personal identification numbers), do not use last four digits of your Social Security number, mother's maiden name, your birthdate, middle name, pet's name, consecutive numbers or anything else that could easily be discovered by thieves. It's best to create passwords that combine letters and numbers.

12- Install and update virus protection software to prevent a worm or virus from causing your computer to send out files or other stored information

13- Do not open files sent to you by strangers, or click on hyperlinks or download programs from people you don't know. Opening a file could expose your system to a computer virus which could capture your passwords or any other information as you type it into your keyboard.

14- Install a firewall on your home computer to prevent hackers from obtaining personal identifying and financial data from your hard drive

15- Before disposing of your computer, remove data by using a strong "wipe" utility program. Do not rely on "delete" function to remove files containing sensitive information