4.Search for a home business opportunity with a company that has live 24/7 support available…

Perhaps you have experienced nightmare of attempting to make an automated payment where you could not figure out which button to push next, or what they meant by their selection choices, and you were unable to talk to a real person to get your question answered. The frustration even compounds when there is a deadline involved for a continuation of service.

Repeat customers comprise 75% of businesses, and satisfied customers will be main reason for their repeat business with you and your product or service. Even in this automated society, person-to-person contact is preferred, at least by customer. Therefore, your success is dependent upon a home business opportunity with a company that has live, warm bodied live support 24/7 – whether it is support you may need, or support your customer may need.

Another important aspect of a home business opportunity with a company that offers live support 24/7, is global perspective. What is morning for you may be next day for someone else on other side of globe. To be honest, I am hard pressed to think of an international company with live personal support. Locally, they are even hard to find! So, when you locate a global home business with a personal touch, you have found a true gold nugget.

5. Seek a home business opportunity with a company that has a proven success record…

A lot of people, and a lot of companies offering their business opportunity, will tell you anything they think YOU want to hear in order to separate you from your money. When you talk to someone about a home business opportunity – turn tables. You interview them.

Don’t be afraid to ask hard questions like what they are making on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis with their home business. Ask them how long they have been running their own home business. Find out how many hours a day, week, or month they spend working their business. Ask them to give you examples of how they market their home business. Especially important is to ask if they have to spend additional money for items such as business cards, advertising tools, etc.

An example of a company with a proven success record is Xerox. Although Xerox is not a home business, it has a proven success record. In fact, they were so successful that their name is not only an icon, but name “Xerox” is synonymous with word “copy”.

6.Look for a home business opportunity with a company that incorporates training from experts and other professionals…

The majority of people on Internet do not know how to harness power of Internet and turn it into wealth machine for themselves. Most people do not know how to market a home business. Therefore, a home business opportunity with a company that incorporates professional, expert training, taking you from basics thru advanced stages of a marketing system, including how to use software programs, marketing tools, etc., is a virtual gold mine.

Since majority of people on Internet are not savvy with how to harness its power, a home business opportunity with a company that incorporates professional expert training is a definite requisite for success.

7.Look for a home business opportunity where company works as a Team.

We all have our own weaknesses and strengths. We all like to have periods of “fun” when we work. When you have a business opportunity where company works as a team, then your weakness may be a team member’s strength. For example, you may be detail oriented and have a harder time conceptualizing or seeing whole picture. However, someone on your team may be opposite. Combining your strengths will optimize your productivity.

In addition, we all have our “good” days and our “bad” days. Have you ever been around a negative person for any length of time? They pull you down too! If you have your own home business, you need to be upbeat and project a positive outlook at all times. So, when we have one of our “bad” days, it is always helpful to have someone from team help to re-focus on positive. Then when all are sitting around on beach somewhere sharing war stories and battle wounds, everyone will have a good laugh.

Well, those are my nuggets of wisdom when looking for a home business opportunity. If you would like to minimize your search time and discover a home business opportunity that incorporates all 7 criteria, I can offer you one final nugget -- simply go to: http://members.shaw.ca/sportxperience/deecapture.html

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Whilst I realise that perhaps I am more creative and need space to think and 'invent', which some people may not feel quite so intensely, I don't want to assume that. I recognise that everyone needs a little involvement, at least, in what they do and how they do it. Empowerment/engagement whatever you want to call it - it makes that difference.

If I can leave you with a thought to take back into your businesses and workplaces, it is this:-

A big challenge? Maybe. But what a gift you will give to your people - and ultimately yourself and your business too.

And I got loads of stuff done in garden, that I chose to do. And gardening is not normally what I do much at all! Interesting.

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