Home Business: Absolute Beginners Part 2

Absolute Beginners Part 2

Written by Elaine Currie, BA (Hons)

How to get off to a good start with your home based business.

If you missed part one of this article, you will find it in my Home Business Workshop at http://www.huntingvenus.com/echbart1.htm

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Next download Roboform. Whatever business you work at, you will be bound to have to fill in various forms online. Once you have typed your name, address, email, birth date etc into Roboform it will complete application forms with one mouse click. You can set up more than one identity within Roboform so, for instance, you can have one identity which uses your main email address and a separate one for advertising with a secondary email address. Roboform will also store all your log in IDs and passwords for every login page you use. It really is a brilliant device and can be downloaded absolutely free.

10 Effective, Smart Tips To Reduce Your Business Costs

Written by I-key Benney, CEO, Mscsrrr, New York City

Hello, do you have a website and sell something on repparttar

internet?

If yes, may I offer you 10 effective ways to reduce your cost of doing business online.

1. Barter If you have a business you should be bartering goods and services with other businesses. You should try to trade for something before you buy it. Barter deals usually require little or no money.

2. Network Try networking your business with other businesses. You could trade leads or mailing lists. This will cut down on your marketing and advertising costs. You may also try bartering goods and services with them.

3. Wholesale/Bulk You'll save money buying your business supplies in bulk quantities. You could get a membership at a wholesale warehouse or buy them through a mail order wholesaler. Buy repparttar 116404 supplies you are always running out of.

4. Free Stuff You should try visiting repparttar 116405 thousands of freebie sites on repparttar 116406 internet before buying your business supplies. You can find free software, graphics, backgrounds, online business services etc.

5. Borrow/Rent Have you ever purchased business equipment you only needed for a small period of time? You could have just borrowed repparttar 116407 equipment from someone else or rented repparttar 116408 equipment from a "rent-all" store.

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