I recently heard a woman say that being called a "work at home mom" was professionally demeaning. Being one myself, my initial reaction was to agree with her. "That’s right, I’m a professional, I’m not just a bored housewife dabbling with a hobby here," I said to myself.

Upon reflection however, I came to realize that I disagree. Deeply.

Working out of your home while caring for children makes for some unique (and comical) situations. If you can’t have a sense of humor about these things, then maybe a field job is more your style.

But let’s face it, just how professional can you be when much of your work is done with a toddler on your lap? And that is, after all, one of great benefits of working at home; you can consult with clients wearing bunny slippers if you like. Who’s to know? Sometimes we just need to keep things in perspective. I know that work that I do is top quality, and I don’t sweat what others think of my work environment.

But I do wonder how that woman deals with some of those little challenges that comewith being a work-at-home parent.

For example, maybe she feels that going out of house with soggy Cheerios stuck to her behind would be professionally demeaning. She must have found a way to avoid this. I should call her...

By Brian Terry (c) 2002

Without question software products are "THE" biggest sellers online today, pulling in hugest amount of profits for their creators, and quite often making them millionaires overnight.

You only need to look as far as Microsoft for evidence of this important fact.

However, what many people forget is you don't have to be a Bill Gates to build your own software empire.

In fact, right now there's small army of regular people like you and me wheeling tons of cash to bank day in day out.

Believe it or not all you need is one "decent" project to quit your 9-5 job.

Read on and I'll reveal to you how you can start building your own "red hot" software products today!

These simple steps will give you boost you need to quickly get things under way:

1. "How to pull hot ideas out of thin air"

Did you know only qualifications you need to create and develop "killer" software are a good pair of eyes and ears!

Then it's just a simple matter of fine tuning these senses to dig for rock solid profitable software ideas.

Let me explain how you can do this...

Next time you use your computer make sure you have a pen and note pad next to you.

As you're working away on your PC keep your eyes peeled for ways of doing things better and more efficiently.

For example, when you're surfing around a website hunting down a piece of information you might think. "If only I had a drop down menu that enables me to search this entire site for what I'm looking for!".

Bingo! you've just had an idea for a new piece of software!

It doesn't stop there either...

You can get software ideas when you're doing anything, from watching TV to washing your car. You've just got to tune yourself in and jot down every idea you get.

As you can see it's easier than you think!

2. "Become a spy and gather intelligence"

So you now have several software ideas... what do you do with them now?

You need to know if they're profitable. Is there a market? Will people buy it? The easiest way of doing this is going to somewhere like: http://download.cnet.com/ and search to see if anyone else is selling something same or similar to your product idea.

If you find this is case then excellent! you might be on to a winner!

It's now simply a matter of just looking for ways to make your product even better then theirs!

For best results I recommend test driving your competitions products, make a list of all features, take notes, look for way to make yours better then add your own magic sauce!

Now you've got following under your belt: - A notebook full of ideas to research. - A method of spying on your competition to expand your own software feature list.

What's next?

3. "Build your blueprint for success"