You've decided to start a business and work from your home. So you start planning to remodel your garage or add an extension to your house to make room for your home office. Before you do anything, better get the blessings of your local government first. Part of the process of legalizing your business involves checking with your zoning laws and determining your business … [Read more...] about Zoning Laws and Your Home Business
Archives for December 2012
Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions You Can Make for Your Business
The new year provides small business owners the opportunity to improve on their operations and change their fortunes. Here are ten plans of action every entrepreneur must make for their businesses. 1. Develop a Business Plan or Strategic Plan You won't get where you're going unless you know where you want to be and let your employees know as well. 2. Constantly Promote Your … [Read more...] about Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions You Can Make for Your Business
How to Overcome Challenges and Climb Your Mountain
As an entrepreneur, your daily life is beset with challenges of all kinds. Each day, you must find ways to solve your problems and learn how to turn difficulties into opportunities. Here are ten ways you can approach your seemingly "insurmountable" mountains of challenges. It's sheer madness. How on earth are we going to accomplish this feat? Mountains are big; but let's … [Read more...] about How to Overcome Challenges and Climb Your Mountain
What is Marketing?
Many people hate marketing. Any number of fears coming crashing to the psychological forefront of many minds with anything that smacks of selling, marketing or advertising. Fears that must be put into perspective or your business will die a decidedly unpleasant death. In fact, marketing is, without exception as vital to a business as breathing is to a body. Furthermore … [Read more...] about What is Marketing?
How to Build a Business from Scratch
Going into business -- whether home-based or not -- is always inspired by our desire to be the boss, work at our own time, and of course, make more money. You start a business hoping that its profits will be greater than what you received while working for somebody else. Or maybe, you suddenly have this brilliant idea that you think could work and even become profitable. … [Read more...] about How to Build a Business from Scratch