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by Jean Nicolas, Jea

In my long quest for a job, work from home on my computer seemed to be the best available option. Especially, since I needed to work around the many schedules of my family. Besides the schedules of after school activities, I also had to consider homework. Being there to help out with homework and watch basketball and soccer practices was important to me and to my kids. My husband's position just doesn't allow much room for compromise when it comes to last minute schedule changes. So, it is important that I be flexible. But, it is also important that I make money and bring home an income.

When it comes to a job, work from home on my computer seemed the ideal choice. Oh, how naive. Although work-from-home did allow more flexibility than the typical office position, it was also much harder to get motivated to do. At least it was difficult at first. There is much more to a home based job than you realize, or at least more to it than I realized.

In my mind, I could just get a job, work from home on my computer, get paid. It takes as long to "land" an online job as it does to find one in the workforce. You are expected to have the same qualifications, experience and education that you would if you were applying for an office position or customer representative job or sales position in a standard office setting. The only difference is you will not have someone looming over you pushing you to meet those deadlines or finish that project.

That is where self-discipline is crucial. Although the work from home job generally allows greater flexibility, it also requires that you set aside enough time in your day to make sure that you can complete the tasks required. Not only does the work have to be completed on time but it has to be quality work. So, even a job that you can do from the comforts of your own home is still going to require that you spend time on that work.

I found the best solution was setting and sticking to a schedule. I set a time for my job, work from home on my computer completing any and all duties in the scheduled time, and then move on to family time. However, when it is "work" time, I focus on my job. My family is aware that when I am "working" then I cannot be interrupted unless it is an emergency. They understand that I am working at that time so that I can spend the rest of my time with them.

It took a while for them to comprehend. Since I was "home" it was hard for everyone to realize that I wasn't always available. But once we set a work schedule and began to abide by it, things got much smoother and we were all much happier. I am available to run the kids from place to place, do homework and still earn a second income. So I was able to make it work and have my job, work from home on my computer, and family as well.

Copyright ? Jean Nicholas

If the idea of writing up a business plan and going down to the local branch of the big bank has you scared, you are not alone. As a matter of fact, those who want to work from home, business entrepreneurs, and hobbyists who are ready to take their leisure pursuit and turn it into something profitable almost always see the bank and a loan to get started as something that the “other guys” do. More often than not, the average home based small business gets started with little cash, a lot of sweat equity, personal ingenuity, and the goodwill of friends, family, and neighbors.

When you are ready to work from home – business ideas that get you started on a shoestring budget are actually quite simple!

* Take for example the fact that any time you work out of your own home you are saving money! That's right, if you have a dedicated space in your home that you utilize exclusively for your business and anything related thereto, you will be able to write off that portion on your income taxes, thus you will be receiving money rather than spending it.

* If you have a hobby that you are translating into a business, do not worry about upgrading your equipment. For example, if you are writer who enjoys writing articles and posting them on a number of sites, you will be able to continue to do so with the same equipment you have been using thus far – except, when you find a paying market, you will earn money for your submissions. As you expand your writing efforts and sell more of your work, you will be able to use these profits to upgrade your equipment, in this case your computer and also Internet connection. No up front expense is required!

* Advertising is frequently a highly expensive undertaking and anyone who has ever contacted any ad agency to talk about even online marketing knows how many dollar signs suddenly enter the conversation. As you work from home, business consultants know that you will not have the up front funds to engage in big ad campaigns, and thus the suggestions are always to start out small. For example, if you bake dog biscuits you could simply create some fliers with your computer and print them up, then hand them out at the vet's office, groomer's parlor, and other areas where dog lovers congregate. As you get more sales, you will be able to expand your advertising to include professionals ads in papers, the phone book, and online.

* Last but not least, consider the power of the bloggosphere. Blogging is becoming a hugely popular medium for those who like to rant, discuss, and share their thoughts, and there is nothing wrong with blogging about your business, your woes, triumphs, and other experiences, and at the same time go ahead and promote your work from home business!

Resist the urge to have free business cards printed up that carry another logo on the back. Whenever you hand out a business card it needs to be professional and should adequately represent your seriousness to remain in business. If all else fails, make up your own business card on your computer and use card stock to print them.

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