SAVE YOUR HOME – WORK AT HOMEThree basics for a successful home business are:
1. website with great webhosting;
2. a phone system that handles it all;
3. secure financial payments system.
1. Website & Great Webhosting
We recommend Bluehost, as do photocrati, the premier site for photographers who sell their work online, and Wordpress, the premier host for bloggers — a great way to publicize your work. Bluehost has templates and lots of tools that make it easy to build an outstanding website and maintain it 24/7.
2. Reliable Phone Service
Several options:
• Nextiva has won best VoIP provider for four years in a row, offers an 800 number and free starter package for limited usage until your business is up and running.
• Kall8 offers a fully integrated, toll-free service — traditional 800 service plus a complete set of online tools to manage and track your toll free numbers in real time. With Kall8 you can instantly activate and forward your 800 numbers.
• RingCentral has instant activation, one system for multiple locations, total mobile integration, and all-inclusive pricing.
3. Secure online payments
Paypal is the winner here, with a simple system that's easy for anyone to set up and use.
EIGHT POINTS
Starting a Small Business
1. Love what you do. Believe it can be a valuable product or service to people. Then, even if you don't make money, your time will have been well spent.
2. Phase your strategy for making money: Start with a simple product and a critical path
3. Bundle products and services.
4. Are you positioned to start this - with some of the core skills?
5. Mini-business plan - the info you need to know:
• Who will buy my product/ service and for how much?
• How much does it cost me to produce it?
• Non-recurring start-up costs, +
per unit ongoing cost
6. Web presence makes a big difference; also use your linked-in or facebook profile or resume / PSRs as the starting point for a web-page on you.
7. Timing matters a lot. Find a niche. Occupy it first. Bar code.
8. Take advice but with a grain of salt.
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