For instance, this past few weeks I have had to deal with what seems to be an increase of telemarketing calls; insurance companies, doctors, repair shops, and lawyers following my husband’s car accident; a husband who now has too much time on his hands waiting for his truck to be repaired; and a child who wants her mommy to cuddle with her while she is a home sick.

Some of these interruptions are necessary and have to be dealt with but others can become an annoyance. There is nothing worse than being in middle of putting together an important proposal or on a roll designing a website when phone rings and you hear someone on other end asking if you want new windows installed.

Each of us has to cope with daily stream of interruptions… its just part of running a home business. But, how we deal with them will determine how they affect our daily tasks and productivity.

Interruptions, such as dreaded telemarketing calls, can be brought down in size. Sure, you could let your answering machine take all calls but then you would be taking away from personal touch that your business normally projects to your clients. Not to mention you might lose potential clients when they don’t want to talk to an answering machine or leave a message.

By Stephen Bucaro

On a trip to New Mexico, Mary Going tried some food flavored with hot salsa. She fell in love with hot salsa and anything made with chili peppers. But chili peppers are scarce in Portland Maine where Mary worked for a computer company, so she bought some seeds and grew her own chili peppers.

Mary cooked up her own hot sauces and put them on almost everything she ate. She created a website to share her gardening tips and chili pepper recipes. People quickly found website and began sending Mary samples of their own homemade sauces.

The website took off as people began seeking Mary's advice and product recommendations. She located a distributor of hot sauce products and began taking orders from her website. Mary made $88,000.00 first year.