Choose a Host that matches your Home Business needs

Written by Arun Pal Singh


Copyright © 2005 Arun Pal Singh

With plethora of hosting companies offering services, choosing a good web host seems an intimidating task. The technical jargon is hard to decipher and that makes it difficult further. It is better to prepare beforehand and then search for offers rather than acting otherwise.

What is web hosting? If one comparesrepparttar web to land hosing isrepparttar 116399 place where your office or website will be placed. Server isrepparttar 116400 computer which stores your website files and allows them to be viewed on clickingrepparttar 116401 link to your site.

With free hosting out of question for business and dedicated hosting being too expensive, shared hosting isrepparttar 116402 only and good option for home business. Asrepparttar 116403 name suggests, in shared hosting your site is stored with many others unlike dedicated hosting which stores only your site.

Now let us discuss other features:

•Disc or Server space:

This isrepparttar 116404 space on hard disk of your server that will be allotted to your site. Without graphics a typical web page occupies 40 – 50 Kb. Now 1000 kb = 1 MB. Allowing space for graphics too and need for any future expansion anything between 50 -100 MB should be good enough if you are not running a flashy website. Many companies offer space up to 1 GB (1000 MB) but if you do not require, do not fall forrepparttar 116405 offer.

•Bandwidth: A very important aspect and often overlooked. This isrepparttar 116406 amount of actual data that can be transferred fromrepparttar 116407 web server that holds your website. It is directly linked torepparttar 116408 number of visitors to your site. If you have 10000 visitors per month with few downloads you will require anything between 5 -6 GB per month. More downloads means higher requirement. As your business grows you will need more. For starting 10 GB should be good enough. That leaves you with extra margin.

•E- Mail aliases:

This lets you formulate an e-mail address on your site address e.g. anything@ your sitename.com where anything can be support, live support, help, info, subscribe etc. Anything! This makes your business look professional. Look for you needs but anything around 10 is good enough. Many companies offer unlimited aliases too.


The Work At Home Dilemma...Should It Be A Job Or A Business?

Written by Kirk Bannerman


So you have decided to work at home (either by choice or necessity) and now you are faced withrepparttar decision as to whether to pursue a work at home job or to start a home based business. That may sound like a minor distinction, but this can pose a dilemma asrepparttar 116398 differences can actually be quite significant.

A general psychological characterization ofrepparttar 116399 entrepreneurial spirit, says they are typically people who have a high energy level, set long-term goals, feel quite self-confident, and view money and financial security as a measure of accomplishment and piece of mind.

They are further characterized as problem solvers, who take risks, learn from their failures (as well as those of others), accept personal responsibility, seizerepparttar 116400 initiative, and use all available resources to achieve their success.

Entrepreneurs compete with themselves and believe that success or failure lies within their personal control or influence. They do not see setbacks as failures, but rather as learning experiences. Most of all, they exhibit persistence and tenacity, never giving up and never quittingrepparttar 116401 quest for success.

If you fit most of these criteria, you would probably elect to start a home business instead of undertaking a work at home job. However,repparttar 116402 decision to work at home does not necessarily mean that you want to berepparttar 116403 owner of a business. You may prefer working at home for an already established company. This is often easier to do than owning a business yourself and you may not want allrepparttar 116404 headaches, responsibilities and obligations that come with owning your own business.

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