Finding Your Home Business Niche

Written by Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy


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When some folks begin to think about a business of their own, they know in that very moment what kind they are going to start. Then, there arerepparttar rest of us...

Knowing that we want to have a business of our own is not enough. Many of us have struggled withrepparttar 103931 important question of what type of enterprise we would like to start.

Franchises offer a simple pre-packaged money making idea, butrepparttar 103932 cost of a franchise often makes it a prohibitive option to most folks who contemplate going out on their own.

For those who do not have a million dollars to buy a McDonalds franchise, we must look to other ideas for our own business.

There are literally hundreds of lucrative home business ideas for you to choose from, which will suit every type of personality and all levels of financing. From selling information onrepparttar 103933 Internet as a infopreneur, to growing delicious gourmet mushrooms for sale to restaurants and catering companies; there is a pile of money to be made by filling a need, for these and a host of other necessary services.

Of course, actually liking what you do, will have a lot to do withrepparttar 103934 success of your new venture, so be sure to pick a home business that you'll enjoy running and that will keep you motivated.

For example, if you're a math whiz, an accounting or income tax service might berepparttar 103935 ideal home business for you to start. Perhaps writing is your forte and you'd like to start your own home based copywriting service or advertising agency. Each of these businesses can be run successfully--and profitably fromrepparttar 103936 comfort of your own home.

Academia might not be your cup of tea, but maybe you are good with your hands --- having a creative genius where crafts are concerned. Craft items are red-hot sellers at swap meets, country fairs and world wide overrepparttar 103937 Internet, and they can provide you with solid profits. If crafts don't interest you, then why not start a laundry service with pick-up and delivery, or a shopping service for shut-in's--even a companion service or granny sitter or a doctor shuttle service; any of which, could be much in demand, in and around your neighborhood or community.

When brainstorming new ideas for your future home business, keep in mindrepparttar 103938 soul of any successful endeavor is providing a product or service that others will actually purchase in quantities. Satisfyrepparttar 103939 needs of your target market, and your target market will keep you and your home based business healthy, happy and profitable.

Below are some suggestions for home business ideas that might help you decide on a suitable venture in which to invest.

PR: Let's Cut to the Chase

Written by Robert A. Kelly


Please feel free to publish this article and resource box in your ezine, newsletter, offline publication or website. A copy would be appreciated at bobkelly@TNI.net. Word count is 985 including guidelines and resource box. Robert A. Kelly © 2004.

PR: Let’s Cut torepparttar Chase

If your key – that’s KEY – outside audiences don’t exhibitrepparttar 103930 kind of behaviors that lead to results like these, you need to take a closer look at your public relations effort.

Results like fresh proposals for strategic alliances and joint ventures; rising membership applications, customers starting to make repeat purchases creating bounces in show room visits; prospects starting to do business with you; community leaders beginning to seek you out; new approaches by capital givers and specifying sources, not to mention politicians and legislators viewing you as a key member ofrepparttar 103931 business, non-profit or association communities.

Do you agree that you need behavior change among your most important outside audiences that leads directly to achieving your managerial objectives? And that you then need to persuade those key external stakeholders withrepparttar 103932 greatest impacts on your organization to your way of thinking, and help move them to take actions that allow your department, division or subsidiary to succeed?

In other words, you may need public relations activity that can deliver results far beyond publicity tactics. And a public relations premise like this one can showrepparttar 103933 way: people act on their own perception ofrepparttar 103934 facts before them, which leads to predictable behaviors about which something can be done. When we create, change or reinforce that opinion by reaching, persuading and moving- to-desired-actionrepparttar 103935 very people whose behaviors affect repparttar 103936 organizationrepparttar 103937 most,repparttar 103938 public relations mission is accomplished.

But how should you, as a manager, position your public relations to do this? First, you had best be sure every member of your PR team agrees that it’s awfully important to know how your outside audiences perceive your operations, products or services. Stay at it until you’re certain they REALLY acceptrepparttar 103939 reality that perceptions almost always lead to behaviors that can damage your operation.

Then it’s time to start workingrepparttar 103940 PR blueprint by monitoring and gathering perceptions through questioning members of your most important outside audience. Ask questions like these: how much do you know about our organization? Have you had prior contact with us and were you pleased withrepparttar 103941 interchange? How much do you know about our services or products and employees? Have you experienced problems with our people or procedures?

Here’s some good fortune! Your PR folks are already inrepparttar 103942 perception and behavior business, so they can be of real use for this opinion monitoring project. Yes, professional survey firms can be brought in to handlerepparttar 103943 opinion monitoring chore, but that can cost you a lot of money. So whether it’s your people or a survey firm who asksrepparttar 103944 questions, your objective isrepparttar 103945 same: identify untruths, false assumptions, unfounded rumors, inaccuracies, and misconceptions.

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