Work from Home: Online jobs and small business management tips for the entrepreneur.
by Lisa Taliga
When you’re starting up your home-based business, you’ll want to attract clients whilst minimizing the impact on your purse strings.
Here are 7 very powerful marketing tips that you can start using immediately to get your business off the ground. They cost either nothing or very little in terms of cash outlay, but do require an investment of your time.
Have you ever thought about earning a full time living from your hobbies? It doesn’t matter if it’s sports, crafts, or even trading merchandise – it’s more than possible to earn a living with your hobbies – it’s the major source of income for millions of people all over the world!
If you’re using the Internet, and you have a hobby, then you need to know how to combine the two ingredients and start turning a profit from the very things you enjoy doing in life.
by Lisa Taliga
Are you working full-time, want to start your Virtual Assistant business but just don’t seem to find enough hours in the day to focus on it? This may also apply to you if you are working part-time or have a growing family. A good chunk of your day may be swallowed up by the daily commute, the demands of your boss, cooking dinner, looking after the kids, keeping the house clean… by the time you’ve finished all that, how are you going to get focused? How are you going to find the time to start or build your business?
If you want to grow your micro-business (defined as a business with fewer than five employees), you might consider some of the findings of a survey by Statistics Canada.
1. The Findings
According to “Growth Determinants of Micro-Businesses in Canada” (Evangelia Papadaki and Bassima Chami, Small Business Policy Branch, Industry Canada), the survey by Statistics Canada revealed the following:
Having a hobby is great. It fulfills your life in more ways than one – giving you pleasure and relaxing your mind and body. But did you know it’s also possible to earn money from the things you enjoy?
Millions of people all around the world are making money from their hobbies. It might be something quirky like taking metal garbage and creating beautiful works of art from it, or something tame like writing non-fiction.