Serious Business

Written by Bob Osgoodby


Serious Business by Bob Osgoodby

It's no secret thatrepparttar US economy has slowed down, butrepparttar 104804 stock market does appear to be onrepparttar 104805 rebound. Thousands of companies however, are still struggling, and are being forced to cut costs, decrease benefits, and even lay off employees. Many of those who lost their jobs, will try their hand at doing business onrepparttar 104806 Internet.

It seems however, that lately I've been hearing a great deal aboutrepparttar 104807 difficulty of doing business online. Put asiderepparttar 104808 talk aboutrepparttar 104809 hype andrepparttar 104810 scams. They existed even beforerepparttar 104811 Internet was commercialized. They are however, becoming more sophisticated with their promises of earning millions, but as people become more experienced, they quickly see through them. Fake e-mail addresses, spam and broken dreams will continue to abound until either legislation forces them to do business ethically, orrepparttar 104812 well of suckers dries up which is doubtful.

Sounds pretty negative doesn't it. Under other circumstances, it would be enough to put someone off trying to do business onrepparttar 104813 net. But let's look atrepparttar 104814 positive side. I don't know about you, but I've met some pretty fine people onrepparttar 104815 web. They are honest, hard working and a pleasure to do business with. While there are a few "bad apples" (and aren't there offline as well), it's amazing how many friendly, helpful people there are out there.

Inrepparttar 104816 early nineties, beforerepparttar 104817 entrepreneurial invasion ofrepparttar 104818 Internet,repparttar 104819 only game in town wasrepparttar 104820 proprietary Bulletin Boards such as run by Prodigy. Anyone who "dared" become commercial was summarily banned fromrepparttar 104821 Boards, and "blacklists of offenders" were actually shared betweenrepparttar 104822 Board Moderators. But, as commercialism crept in, andrepparttar 104823 old Bulletin Boards joinedrepparttar 104824 ranks ofrepparttar 104825 dinosaurs, a whole new strategy started to evolve.

People have learned that you don't have to create something new or re-inventrepparttar 104826 wheel to make money online. You can join an affiliate program to get started with a minimum of capital, and a decent income can be made. Butrepparttar 104827 old saying "there's no such thing as a free lunch" is even truer today.

Visions Of Sugarplums

Written by Bob Osgoodby


Visions Of Sugarplums by Bob Osgoodby

Not a day goes by that I don't hear about someone lamenting about their decision to leave corporate America and work at home. Maybe they were laid off, opted for early retirement, or just decided that commuting four hours onrepparttar train, coupled with an eight hour workday was simply too much. Possibly, they will keep their job and work part-time at home to earn extra income. Who knows whatrepparttar 104803 reasons are, but that is not important.

With "visions of sugarplums" dancing in their head, they decided to start their own home business. They believedrepparttar 104804 ads about working in their pajamas whenrepparttar 104805 spirit moved them, and after a month or so woke up to reality. They weren't making a dime.

Where did they go wrong? Well, when they worked for someone else, they were expected to be at work at a certain time every day. Depending onrepparttar 104806 business, there was a certain dress code, and they had goals to meet. Granted, these goals were usually determined by someone else, but they wererepparttar 104807 ones who had to meet them.

It is easy to work for someone else, as they arerepparttar 104808 ones callingrepparttar 104809 shots. They actually lived under an umbrella of discipline. Granted it was someone else's umbrella, and maybe they didn't realize this. Possibly they did, and that wasrepparttar 104810 reason they decided to work on their own.

One ofrepparttar 104811 most common problems behindrepparttar 104812 failure of a home business, isrepparttar 104813 lack of discipline. Some think they can work when (and if) they want to, and their mailbox will "overfloweth" with twenty dollar bills. Well, I got news for you!

Running your own business, whether it is a brick and mortar establishment, or a home business, requires work. It usually requires more effort than if you worked for someone else. You will also have to do some things you don't enjoy. But, if you arerepparttar 104814 chief (or only) "honcho", you had better be able to handle all facets of your business.

So, how do you go about working at home? First and foremost, you have to have a regular schedule and adhere to it. This is especially true if you expect people to contact you by phone. If people try to call you, and don't get an answer, they quickly move on. You have to be available during normal business hours. If you are in an online business, this is usually from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Yes there are three time zones inrepparttar 104815 USA. If you live onrepparttar 104816 east coast like I do, when you are getting ready to pack it in forrepparttar 104817 day, folks onrepparttar 104818 west coast may just be returning from lunch.

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