Posted on: 26 March, 2002
Author: BB Lee
Home Biz Idea: Mystery Shopperby BB Lee (C)2002Many of SmallBizBits Subscribers are looking for a little part-timeincome. Or a business they could easily start out of the homewith minimal investment. ... Home Biz Idea: Mystery Shopperby BB Lee (C)2002Many of SmallBizBits Subscribers are looking for a little part-timeincome. Or a business they could easily start out of the homewith minimal investment. Mystery Shopping is one of the easiestbusinesses to start out of the home and although you will neverget rich at this biz, it is an idea worth investigating.Mystery Shoppers are akin to Private Eyes. Why? Both goundercover, to investigate...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 20 March, 2002
Author: Elena Fawkner
The Money Value of Time © 2002 Elena Fawkner You have, no doubt, heard the phrase "the time value of money". It means that a dollar in your hand today is worth more than a dollar in your hand a year f The Money Value of Time © 2002 Elena Fawkner You have, no doubt, heard the phrase "the time value of money". It means that a dollar in your hand today is worth more than a dollar in your hand a year from now. Why? Because of what you can do with that dollar over the next year. You...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 25 February, 2002
Author: Carol Woods
One of the quickest ways to increase the income from your home business is to develop new products or services which relate to the products you are already selling. This works for two reasons: first, One of the quickest ways to increase the income from your home business is to develop new products or services which relate to the products you are already selling. This works for two reasons: first, you have the opportunity to sell the new products to your existing customers (if they were interested in the original product and this one is similar or relates in some...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 17 February, 2002
Author: Elena Fawkner
... You © 2002 Elena Fawkner Running a business involves risk - the risk that the business may either succeed ... or fail ... Or neither. The upside is high -- ... and ( Incorporating You © 2002 Elena Fawkner Running a business involves risk - the risk that the business may either succeed brilliantly or fail miserably. Or neither. The upside is high -- financial and (perhaps) time freedom; independence; unlimited earning capacity. The downside is equally steep, just in the wrong direction -- potential financial ruin if you've staked everything you own on your business's ultimate success and...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 17 February, 2002
Author: Rob Spiegel
For those thinking of starting an ... ... you're lucky to live in an age and country of immense ... You can launch from home with little capital. You can even test your idea For those thinking of starting an Internet-based business, you're lucky to live in an age and country of immense possibility. You can launch from home with little capital. You can even test your idea part-time before quitting your day job. The task of launching will require some imagination, research and the willingness to adapt to a market, but it doesn't require nearly the risk business start-ups...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 15 February, 2002
Author: Donna Schwartz Mills
Monday rolled around and I was ready to go. I ... fired up the computer and pulled in all my ... my ... alarm went off at 7:00 a.m. As I ... her ... my thoughts Monday rolled around and I was ready to go. I showeredearly, fired up the computer and pulled in all my emailbefore my daughter's alarm went off at 7:00 a.m. As I wasmaking her breakfast, my thoughts were focused on all thework I was going to accomplish that week. Then she stumbledinto the kitchen with her announcement: "Mommy, I don't feel too good." Sure enough,...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 14 February, 2002
Author: Joe Bingham
Getting started with your own business is ... There will be ... try to tell you how easy it is, but don't believe them, it's not.By your own ... I do not mean ... ... a Getting started with your own business is difficult. There will be manypeople try to tell you how easy it is, but don't believe them, it's not.By your own business, I do not mean affiliate programs, at least notfor this article. Affiliate programs, while they are great ways to learn,and can make money, will never really be your own business. Youcan make your own business...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 11 February, 2002
Author: A.T.Rendon
Most small business people on the Internet are on a budget and that forces you to be ... ... work on a tight budget that hampers your ... you do much of the work yourself to save Most small business people on the Internet are on a budget and that forces you to be "creative". Eitheryou work on a tight budget that hampers your activityor you do much of the work yourself to save from paying others to do it.That is the nature of the entrepreneur.Just because you are doing, or want to do, business online does not change the...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 20 January, 2002
Author: Kathy Stone
Passion Or ... Kathy ... I did it. I used the internet too much at work and lost my job over it. In my exit ... when they told me they would have to ... me I feebly rep Passion Or Weakness?By Kathy StoneO.K., I did it. I used the internet too much at work and lost my job over it. In my exit interview, when they told me they would have to terminate me I feebly replied Its a weakness. Oh, how I could have kicked myself driving home. When will I learn to keep my mouth...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 16 January, 2002
Author: Donna Schwartz Mills
On Monday morning not too long ago, I braced myself for adeluge of email. I had not switched on my computer for ... and just knew I would have a couple of hundred emails. I was wrong. There were On Monday morning not too long ago, I braced myself for adeluge of email. I had not switched on my computer for threedays and just knew I would have a couple of hundred emails. I was wrong. There were 486. That afternoon, our postal carrier left a basket of mailthat must have weighed a couple of pounds. 'I need a vacation,'...
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