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Three 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. Organizations Promatch Norcal Higher Education Recruitment Consortium NOVA Silicon Valley Services |
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