1. Automation is one of the greatest things that the Internet provides to home business owners. The fact that you can automate many different aspects of your business allows you to spend your time doing the things that you enjoy most.

One way that a business can become automated online is through an auto responder. An auto responder is an automatic way to send e-mail marketing messages. This is easily accomplished by loading your autoresponder with prewritten messages and then capturing contact information of your prospects and sending them the messages automatically.

Another way that this proves extremely helpful is as you build your list you are able to quickly contact literally thousands of people with one click. As opposed to the old days when you have to pick up the telephone or drop a postcard in the mail, you can now keep in contact with as many people as you want very quickly.

2. Another important aspect a successful Internet marketing business can provide you is residual income. In the past very few people have ever achieved residual income. In some industries such as insurance, or even a handful of select network marketers, they have been able to create a walkaway income.

To have true time freedom you must be able to work where you want, and when you want. A residual income allows you to do that because you're getting paid for doing your work one time. This would not be possible working at a job, so more people are going online to find ways to do that.

3. The other thing we want to bring up is an Internet business allows you to choose where you work and then you do it. As long as you have Internet access, and can log on line, you are in business wherever you are anywhere in the world. This freedom of choice is what drives many people to build their own successful home businesses on the Internet.

This is three ways that time freedom can be achieved if it is important to you. You may have other things that motivate you, and hopefully this article will help you start thinking of those.