MAKE
MONEY WORKING FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME! How many times
have you heard that phrase? Lots, I'm sure. It is used so much because
marketers know that staying home and making money is the dream of
millions of people.
And
why not? Did you know that the majority of fatal heart attacks happen
at 9 a.m. Monday morning? It's true. It seems a lot of people would
rather die than get back to the old grind after a weekend of freedom. So
when someone offers an opportunity or plan for you to take your
job and shove it, yet still make enough money to live and pay all
your bills, it sounds blissfully irresistible. Of
course, bliss and reality are always two different things. Is it
really possible to run a business from your own home that is more
than a hobby or source of part-time income? Can you get rich working
out of your own home? Can you really trade your commute and necktie
for blue jeans and the comfort of your own home? Well,
for your information, home-based businesses are one of the fastest
growing kinds of enterprises in America today. Some 40 million Americans
are doing at least some form of work out of their homes, and the
numbers are growing rapidly. According to the U.S. Department of
Labor, as many as 70 million people will be working out of their
homes by the year 2005. Government studies have indicated that as
much as 75% of all work done in this country could eventually be
moved home. The
overwhelming majority of home workers, however, are not exactly
getting rich. The average work-at-home American earns less than
$15,000 per year. That may not be bad as a supplemental income,
but let's face it, fifteen grand as your total income is not much
above the poverty level. However,
you can have it all, you can stay home and make as much (and more)
money than your current job provides you. In
this article, I will outline and discuss five key rules on how to
work at home and make money, no matter where you live. Why
do people hate their jobs? Everyday, there is a lot of butt kissing
that needs to be done. There are endless meetings which usually
accomplish nothing. There are pointless interruptions, a lot of
drifting this way and that, and lot of idiot supervisors who do
nothing but waste your time and then dog you for not getting your
work done. There are co-workers you hate, and who would stab you
in the back in a minute if it meant recognition for them instead
of you. When
you work for someone else, you live a regimented life. Your body
may not want to get up at 7 a.m., but you have to be at work by
8 a.m. so you stumble out of bed still half asleep. People
who choose to work at home are doing more than just escaping the
yoke of their master; they have made a deep, firm, life-altering
decision which says that health, happiness and prosperity depend
vitally on the freedom to work for ourselves, and do so in the comfort
of our home. I
want to really emphasize the fact that to be successful in a work-at-home
situation, you have to be nothing less than a fanatic; a zealot,
who is utterly committed to making work-at-home not only a successful
venture, but a profound commitment for life. You must be convinced
that a return to an outside office job would be the equivalent of
a death sentence. Many
people hate their jobs, but they have made an inner compromise with
themselves. They have convinced themselves that their job is "not
so bad," pays the bills, and that they can stick it out because
they have to. If
you want to be truly successful at quitting your day job, there
cannot be any room for such compromises in your soul. You have to
take the attitude that to work any longer at your hateful job will
sicken and kill you.
It's
a mistake to quit your job and go home with a "home-office
mentality. By this I mean thinking small, and believing that you
will automatically sacrifice a decent income in exchange for your
freedom. Please! DO NOT THINK SMALL! Working
at home provides many benefits. We can save a lot of time because
we don't need to commute and you have more control over your schedule.
You can save a lot of costs because you don't have the overhead
requirements of larger businesses. You can cut your stress (and
so have more energy) because you avoid many of the characteristic
problems of life in the traditional work place. You must work these
advantages to your profit. We
live in a unique time in history. Satellites, fiber optics, the
integrated circuit and other communications miracles means that
you can be just about anywhere in the developed world and establish
communication with anyone. The
telephone, the fax machine, the computer, the modem; all of these
are not only affordable by any middle-class citizen; they are the
key to eliminating your need to drive a hectic freeway everyday
to get to a place of business outside your home. With
these devices at your disposal, you should allow yourself to "think
globally." Too often, home-based businesses focus on the narrowest
market, the neighborhood, the county, the city or state. This is
fine if you are providing a local service and are content with a
certain moderate level of income. But if you want the big bucks,
you should "think globally." Also, you should not believe
that, just because you are home-based, you cannot compete with the
big boys. The
purpose of any business is to seek out every possible market for
its products and services, to ascertain whether these markets have
the ability to buy these products/services, to determine whether
there is sufficient profit in these markets to warrant approaching
them, and, once positive assessment has been made, to launch a sustained
marketing campaign that gets a significant percentage of this market
to purchase your product or service. Your
home telecommunications machines will not only enable you to do
this, but they can also help you overwhelm larger, more cumbersome
traditional businesses that are your competition.
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James Capobianco has been self-employed for over 25 years, both on and
offline. At his web site, Cap-Tech.com, he shares his experience
and expertise when it comes to owning your own business. Come pay
a visit at: http://www.cap-tech.com
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