Using your present hobby or favorite pastime as your business base has many benefits. Why? Because ANY business you decide to become involved in should be doing something you LOVE - something you believe in - something that you would work at NO MATTER what income it would generate. This will give you stamina to see your business through beginning hard times and times when there is more work to do than you can handle. We all know feeling of doing a job that we hate to do. There is no way we can give it 110% of our abilities because we procrastinate getting through it and just want to get it over with. That's why it is vitally important to dearly love product or service you have chosen to build your business around.

Do you like cooking? Start a recipe newsletter for others who like same thing and sell your recipes by publishing a simple booklet. Do you enjoy making crafts? Sell them through mail order (be sure and mark up price for shipping and handling). Do you enjoy working on cars? Print and distribute flyers in your neighborhood listing your prices. Offer a coupon discount for customer to use on their first auto repair job. Do you enjoy writing? Write a small booklet or how-to manual and sell it through mail order or to multi-level enthusiasts. Do you enjoy computer programming? Write a program and sell through shareware groups or even to mail order computer owners.

The choices for show businesses at home come in a wide variety. You can choose anything from candles to scrapbooking to beauty products to books for your home show business. Truly, there’s something available for every interest and taste, and most all of companies you do home shows for will provide you with training and instruction on conducting shows for their product(s).

Before you start a home show business, however, you really need to consider if you enjoy presenting and speaking in front of a group. Fear of public speaking is a universal one, but it’s not usually a big deal for most people once they actually start to speak.

However, if you are one of people who would rather eat nails than stand up in front of a group of people and speak, this is probably not a good career choice for you.

Another thing to think about is whether you’re going to run your home show business full-time or part-time. The more time you put into your business, obviously, more money you’ll make.

You can, however, start doing home shows part-time and work your way out of your current job. This is choice most people make when they decide to go into a home show business.

Next, you’ll want to consider whether you’re going to have shows in your own home or other people’s homes. If you want to have them in your own home, be prepared for your family to be less than 100% supportive. It may be your business, but it’s their home.

It may be that you can work around your family’s schedule to prevent any problems. Choosing to go into other people’s homes may work better for you. Either way, you’ll need to make child care arrangements if you have children.

You’ll also want to make sure that you truly believe in or enjoy products you’re presenting for sale at your home shows. Many people might tell you that this isn’t really important, but it is.