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Work At Home - Introduction on How Work From Home

Congratulations! You have made the decision to start, or are considering starting a home based business so you can work at home. According to the 2000 U.S. Census over 4 Million people reported that they work at home. Click here to see the 2000 Work At Home Census. The Internet was still relativly new to people in 2000 so home based businesses were in large part non-Internet based. Today, most people use the Internet on a daily basis and many, like you, realize the opportunity to reach millions online without being a massive corporation with a million dollar marketing budget.

Creating a home based business requires the same fundemental rules as starting a traditional business. You must choose a solid business model (see Work At Home Ideas) in a healthy industry, plan and forecast, build a reliable partner base, and market like crazy. But, there are differences too, some postive and others negative. Let's take a look at the positives first.

Zero office space cost
Tax deduction for home office
Eliminates your commute
Save on gas
Less exposure to illness
Save on eating out costs
Eat healthier with home cooked food
Save on dry cleaning

Now for the pitfalls and how to overcome them:

Personal Distractions (kids, spouse, TV, personal phone calls)
When you are working from home your non-profesional life has direct access to you and you to it. You must be aware of this and apply tremendous discipline and the proper home office setup to avoid the following:

You are in the middle of writing copy for a new email promotion. You're on a roll, when suddently there is a knock on your office door. The door opens and it's your spouse. "Honey, can you take a quick minute and look at this --FILL IN THE BLANK--." You get up and head over to the kitchen to take a look. The house phone line begins to ring, since you're right next to the phone you pick it up...it's Mom. You finish telling Mom that all is well and hang up. You finish looking at --FILL IN THE BLANK-- when you glance out the window into the backyard and see water shooting up into the air. Rats, a broken sprinkler. You step out into the yard and turn off the sprinklers. You walk back in the house and head for your office, but the T.V. is on and late-breaking news catches your attention. You watch. 1 hour and 23 minutes after you got up to "take a quick minute and look at this --FILL IN THE BLANK--", you sit back down at your desk.

Be sure to read Home Office Setup to learn how to avoid personal distractions.

Social Isolation
If you live alone, or you're spouse works outside of the home you won't get much face to face social interaction running your home based business. By nature, humans are social creatures and we need to have regular contact with other humans to maintain a healty state of mind. Make it a point to set at least one outside the home lunch meeting, either social or business related. Also, take up an outdoor activity that you can participate in on a scheduled weekly basis. Be sure it's an activity you can do with one or more people such as golf, jogging, or strolls around the neighborhood or park. Use the time you save from not having to commute to work and get outside and enjoy the company of people. Follow this simple advice and you will not fall victim to work at home isolation.

No Escape From Work
Just as you need to apply discipline to stay focused on your work at home business, it can take just as much will power to stop and take a break. When you're an office worker, at some point each day, you leave the office and return to your refuge from work, home. In the case of the work at home entreprenuer, home and work can become blurred. If you're not careful your work can slowly take over your entire home and burn-out will soon follow. To avoid this, refer to Home Office Setup , follow a work schedule with start a start time and finish time, turn your phone and fax machine ringers off when you end your work day, and take a walk around the block when you end your day to unwind and arrive back home detached from work.

DES Case Study

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Affiliate Spotlight

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Work At Home Idea

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