Making the decision to work from home can be one of the biggest decisions that you will ever make. If you take the plunge and succeed, a home based business can make all of your dreams come true.If you fail though, it can be one of the most discouraging endeavors that you ever experience. I would like to help you find a home based business for sale that will offer you the potential for success so that you do not run into hardship. Look for the following qualities in a home based business.Training:Are you a subject matter expert on the business that you are taking a serious look at? Most likely, this will not be the case. If you were, you would most likely already be doing it. There are so many aspects to running your own business, that if you are new to them, you will need coaching and advice.You need to find a business that is going to come with the training that will be necessary for your success. You also need a business that is going to offer you one on one training, and not just toss you a book, and say “Good Luck.”Support:In my opinion, support is the most important key to a business. After you have mastered the learning curve, you will need ongoing support to guide you along the way.You need a mentor who can help you get your business off the ground, weather the hard times, give you motivation when you are feeling sluggish, and lead you on your way to profitability. Every successful person, and every profitable business has had a mentor in one shape or form.Compensation:When you are trying to find a home based business for sale, do your due diligence and research everything that you can about how you will be compensated. Is this going to be a turn-key business, where you will be making a profit right away?Although this is a nice dream, this will not be the case in many situations. You will need to contribute your sweat and tears first, before your business is going to return your investment and turn a profit. Make sure that you are beginning a business that offers a top-notch service or product and that there is a high demand for what you are going to be offering.Will you have a source of income during the time that you are building your business? So many businesses fail because the business owner could not sustain his or her lifestyle long enough to give their business a chance to grow and survive.

It has been about two years now since I was in your exact same position. I had the dream of starting a highly successful Home Based Business. Now for me I had my good reasons for wanting to create a positive change in my life. I had spent the previous eighteen years on my full time job barely scratching out a decent living for my family.My job was operating subway trains in San Francisco. I usually averaged a sixty five hour work week, sometimes even more. My typical day started with the alarm going off at 3:45 am. I would usually get home around 6:00 in the evening. The job itself was grueling and often very stressful. It seemed that no matter how many hours I put in, there was never enough money to make it to the end of the month. Now don;t get me wrong here. I felt blessed that I had a steady secure job and I was able to support my family. But the mere thought of going on with this way of life for another fifteen years really put a scare in me.So I went on the Internet searching for a good legitimate Home Based Business opportunity. Speaking from my own personal experience, I know the main problem people face is knowing the scams from the really legitimate businesses. And I know it can be overwhelming. But trust me there really are good legitimate online Home Business opportunities where you can actually earn a lucrative full time income working from home. So the key is to know what to look for when evaluating a business opportunity. Below is a list of what you should look for in a legitimate Home Based Business.#1 Does the business opportunity sound too good to be true? Well chances are it probably is too good to be true. If they are telling you that you will make $10,000 by the end of the week, well common sense will tell you to leave that one alone.#2 Look for an opportunity that offers complete up to date training and professional coaching. That would mean training and coaching from the top earners and leaders in the industry. What better way to become successful than to learn and copy the people who have already achieved the success that you desire.#3 Does the business program offer a lucrative compensation package?#4 Finally just use that sharp brain of yours. Take time and do your research when searching online. Like I said, there are good legitimate Home Business opportunities out there. You just have to spot the good from the scams. Nothing beats research.To learn more about legitimate Home Based Business opportunities I would like to invite you to visit http://meetalfredsimkins.com

Being productive in your home based business is one of the first things you want to get really good at. For one very vital reason. When you have a job you are paid for your time. When you have your own business your paid for your production. So the faster you learn how to be supper productive, the sooner you will have success in your home business, start to earn money and get the lifestyle you want. Here are 7 tips to get you on track for being super productive and successful.1. Take control of your “busy work.” What do I mean by “busy Work?” It is the non income producing activities that can steal your entire day. This is time spent disguised as work. Examples of these are, answering phone messages, answering emails, checking Facebook or Twitter. Income producing activities need to be 80 to 90% of your work time. “Busy work” is one way we all spend our time when we are procrastinating on doing something else that we are usually uncomfortable with or that is new and we are not quite sure of. Tell yourself you can do it and get started on the task!2. Set goals and tasks before the day begins. Know what you need to get done the next day before you go to bed at night. You need a clear picture of your next days schedule. Have goals set for the next day, week, and month. The best way to know where you are going is to have a clear path. Include a finish time or deadline for each task. Hold yourself accountable for when each task needs to be completed.3. Work in 50 minute intervals with a 10 minute break for each hour. Have a stop watch or some type of timer so that you have a set amount of time a task needs to be completed. I use the timer on my cell phone (it is silenced). It is amazing how much more concentrated your efforts are when you know you have a set time that the task needs to be completed by.4. One of the things that can really slow down our production is the feeling of being overwhelmed. This is a big problem anytime you are starting your home based business and learning a new skill. In order to keep the feeling of being overwhelmed under control, pick just one marketing technique and focus on it. Master it, become proficient at it prior to trying a new tactic. Your goal here is to pick one technique and make it a habit. Make the new tactic part of your schedule and routine until it becomes a habit. Give yourself about 3 months to really learn the technique, before adding a new marketing technique to your business.5. No multitasking. Multitasking is an inefficient use of your time. It takes your brain about 15 minutes to refocus on the task when going from task to task. It actually takes longer for you to complete your work when you multitask. Batch your activities into time blocks and focus on one activity at a time.6. Take time everyday for motivation and learning. Motivation and learning are crucial to your home based business success. Motivation is the one thing that you can never skip in your daily schedule. The time you spend on motivation and learning is separate from your income producing time. This is another place people can get stuck and use to procrastinate. Don’t spend time learning new marketing techniques and not put them into practice. The only way to earn money in your home based business is to take action on what you are learning.7. Journal your time for 1 week. Take a few seconds each hour for 1 week to see how you are really spending your time. Evaluate at the end of the week. Where can you improve? Are you spending 80-90% of your time on income producing activities?Bonus tip: Keep your life in balance. Schedule fun time, time with your family and friends. Schedule time to take care of yourself, to exercise and eat right. Know why you want to have your own home based business and review your why every day.Incorporating these tips into your daily schedule is vital to your business success. We all get the same 24 hours in the day but how we use the time will make or break your home based business. Remember you are paid for productivity not hours, and you are in control of how you use your time. The sooner you make these tips a habit the faster you build the foundation to your business and the sooner you get the lifestyle and money you are dreaming of.

If you’re a beginner in the home-based business world; whether it’s online or predominantly “on the street;” you can find a million web sites that claim you can make money right away! Many “wealth gurus” say they can make you fast cash!

However, millions of home based business ideas on the internet are failing to produce their claims.

Why?

Because most home-based business ideas are usually too difficult for the beginning entrepreneur. Or, in an effort to make them simplistic, most of the benefits are in favor of the owners.

In fact, many programs are usually challenging for the intermediate and advanced Internet marketer.

You’ve heard it before… “You can make $150,000, $500,000 and even $1 million a year with no experience, not time, no money and no brains!”

You’ve heard these outrageous claims before and they get old after a while! It makes it hard to know the difference between the hype and an online home business or home-based business idea that can deliver a real promise!

So if you’re trying to get out of the 9-to-5 rat race and work for yourself, the best way to prevent wasted time is to find a dependable mentor and invest the required time and money to get the necessary foundation that can help you make money from “jump Street!”

It’s common for the average home based business entrepreneur to invest 10, 20 or $30,000 in training and tools before finally getting the right skill set to make things happen. In fact, it probably happens to over 70% of us who get into home businesses. Of those, most fail.

In fact, I was no exception. Before it finally made some sense to me I had invested over $20,000 in training, software, tools etc.

The biggest tragedy is; I could have spent $500 or even $1000 and received the same or even better results! However, I started like most of us do. spending $10 here, $25 there, etc. But that’s like trying to put a 500 piece puzzle together and purchasing five pieces at a time.

So you’re faced with the choice of constantly being persuaded by all the get rich quick scams and jumping from one hot idea to the next!

Don’t Repeat the Same Mistake most Home-Based Beginners Make!

Like many of us, I took the plunge into online and home-based entrepreneurship and experienced instant failure! Even though I began working on the internet when it virtually started. I worked many home-based businesses as early as when Amway was very popular.

I failed at over 50 different home and online businesses with every marketing strategy you can think up.

I fell for several of the web site gimmicks that told me to “just purchase a sleek looking $500 web site and get rich! One such opportunity was a car web site that I worked on for five years. During those years I never made one dime!

I purchased e-courses, signed up for all the free programs, I spent many hours posting to free ad boards, ad blasters, banner ads, studied SEO, basic HTML and much more. I probably tried every kind of internet business and strategy on how to make money!

I tried an equal amount of home-based businesses that do most of their work on the street instead of the internet.

Basically, I was spending all my free time draining my bank account and still didn’t make one penny!

Don’t let anyone fool you; although working in the home-based business world can be very lucrative, you are going to have to make an investment in time, money and dedication before you get the results you desire. The good news is, it takes much less time and much less money than in the “brick and mortar” world.

Important Tips for Starting Home Based Beginners

OK Mike, you told me all the bad news! So what can I do that will work!

Glad you asked!

Good money can be made with a home business idea, and lots of it! In fact unlimited! But these secrets are important.

If you are making tons of money without them, you should be able to at least DOUBLE your income with them!

1. BEST HOME BUSINESSES Concentrate on programs or products that need to be purchased monthly!

There are many great products and services for you to support. You can earn big commissions to represent them. HOWEVER, would it be better to make a $39 profit just one time, or a $10 profit over and over again indefinitely?

2. BEST HOME BUSINESSES know it takes some money to make money!

Despite all the hogwash you read about making $1 million and never spending a dime; ladies and gentlemen, it might happen once in a million years! But don’t hold your breath!

It’s always going to take some money to make money. The good thing is it takes a whole lot less to start a work from home business.

Also, even though you can join many programs FREE; realize it only gets you in the door; and without benefits to actually make a financial profit fast.

3. BEST HOME BUSINESSES “put their eggs in several baskets!”

The best home businesses entrepreneurs diversify their businesses. Getting involved in a program or selling a product with multiple sources of income or sources of prospects is what I’m talking about! If your business has more avenues of income, it will be more stable and you will be less likely to go under.

I would keep in mind that because of our unstable economy, a rewarding home-based business idea should not solely be dependent on the online world. You can conduct your business online and “on the street” but what if the internet goes down for some reason? Just something to keep in mind.

4. BEST HOME BUSINESSES invest in a business with a solid financial foundation.

Can you imagine if you invested all your time and effort in a program and after one year it closed its doors! Make sure you don’t invest all your effort into a program that is weak in the first place!

Also, when you have a “business developer mindset”, instead of a “recruiting mindset”, you will have a friendly team of associates to keep your business going.

Firstly, is the question “Do people like advertising?” the primary concern that business owners should have when creating their campaigns? Well let’s go back to the primary purpose of creating an advertising campaign in the first place. Do you advertise for people to like your advertising or do you advertise to get more customers and sales? These 2 things are 2 very different outcomes and will dictate the style of advertising that you choose. If you want people to like your advertising, here is the question you should ask yourself: What will they do as a result of liking my advertising?

If they like your advertising because it’s funny and entertaining: They will laugh and they might even talk about your advertising at parties. If that is the case your advertising is producing the outcome of making your company look or sound cool, and you are getting positive brand awareness as a result. Will people buy from you because of this? Maybe but there is no guarantee.

If people like your advertising because the graphics and colors are classy. Again you will get positive brand reinforcement and people who are sensitive to aesthetics. If the style you have chosen is an honest representation of your true values, then the perception of your company will be the right one. But again this is not necessarily getting you sales. I have seen many beautiful ads for Audi SUV and I am not driving one. Your prospects may find your advertising very pleasing for the eye but they may be loyal to another brand because of its pricing. This kind of choice is more likely to be rife in a tight economy.

The psychology of liking advertising…or not, is changing. On average a human being is exposed to about 1500 advertising messages every single day, so are we getting over it? if you believe what people do to avoid advertising, muting the TV or radio during the ad breaks, skipping the ad sections in the newspapers etc.. there is no doubt that people like advertising less and less. This is why “permission marketing” is now a rule on the internet. This is also why business owners are increasingly turning to relationship marketing like social media, where advertising is no longer static but by enlarge based on “the conversation”, what’s new and exciting.

Pretty advertising versus PR and advertorials. For those who have read a few of my articles on advertising you will be aware that I tend to favor telling your story in a newsworthy way, and letting your people know exactly how they would benefit from doing business with you, and why they should contact you now. In a lot of cases this alone will create an instant response that you couldn’t dream of creating with an expensive graphic designed advertisement.

What to choose? Advertising that people like, or direct response advertising? Frankly it depends on your budget. Big companies still do both, on one hand they will produce TV ads where picture quality or innovative humor will be the main draw card and on the other hand they will look closely at direct response, conversation based marketing through facebook, twitter, YouTube and the likes. We are living in the era of automation but it seems like the backlash is an increased desire for a true “one on one” relationship between providers and their clients.

Many companies are making ongoing success without doing any traditional advertising and without ever wondering whether or not people like advertising. Does “advertising that people like” still suit your budget and your style of product? If your marketing strategy includes testing and measuring the results, you will soon know, but you may save yourself a lot of money by observing and studying current trends and going for the one most likely to grow your business at the lowest cost.