Stay At Home Mom's Need To Work, Too
It is just about every mother's dream to be able to stay home
and care for their children. Unfortunately, this dream is
becoming harder and harder to obtain. Within every minute of
every day the price of our necessities is rising. It's not just
the fuel that we use in our cars and to heat our homes, but
every other utility, household product, and now more than ever,
the food that we eat.
Because of this, many stay-at-home-mom's are now scrambling and
searching for a "perfect" home-based business. They don't want
to lose their dream. They finally managed to cut-back to the
bare-minimum, they have learned how to frugally cook and thrift
shop like the pros, there is no way they can trim the budget any
further; and yet, after all their hard work they are finding
themselves in a panic over their finances once again.
The variety of home-based businesses is much larger than it used
to be, and according to my research a new online business is
created every 10 seconds. You can imagine how confusing this can
be for someone with very little business experience. Because so
many mothers are now looking for online businesses I have
pin-pointed some questions you may want to ask yourself before
deciding on a particular business.
1. How much do I have to invest?
2. On top of the initial investment, do I have to purchase a
certain amount of product each month?
3. Do I have to sell anything? If so, how do I go about selling
my products? Will anyone be available to help me when I have
questions?
4. How will I be paid? How often will I be paid? Who will pay me?
5. Am I paid on commission? Is the company considered to be an
MLM? What is an MLM? If it is an MLM, how many levels will I be
paid for?
6. How do I advertise? Do I have to pay for advertising? How
much will I be able to budget for advertising? Is it possible to
"successfully" use free advertising?
7. Do I have to have long-distance available on my phone? Can I
afford to pay for extra fees on my bill? Do I need call-waiting,
DSL or three-way calling? Will I be able to keep my children
quiet while I'm on the phone?
8. How long will it take before I start to see a profit?
9. Do I need a website? Does the company supply a website? If
not, who will help me create a website?
It's important to understand that ANY business online can be
successful as long as you learn it, practice it, and master it.
Whether it's a business that requires 12 hours of your time a
day or just 2-3 hours, you will have to commit to learning it
inside and out. An online business is still a business and it
should be taken seriously.
If you're thinking about starting your own online business I
suggest you do your homework. Explore as many areas as you can
and most importantly ask questions. Decide what's most important
to you, is it the amount of hours you'll need to work each day
or how much you will have to invest just to get started? It may
be confusing, but it's actually a good thing there are so many
business opportunities available to us, it means there really is
a "perfect" business out there for each of us!