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Timothy Rohrer
Tim Rohrer is an established home business owner and writer. To learn how you can make $500 per day in 1 step, visit http://www.1step-profits.com
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Tools for Starting a Home Based Business

Timothy Rohrer

May 30, 2006


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Starting a home based business can be very profitable if done correctly. The problem with most opportunity seekers today looking to start their own home based business is that they lack the knowledge and tools to help them succeed. It doesn’t matter what you’re selling online, once you master the process, it’s possible to sell any product or service.

However it’s essential to have various tools available that will help grow a home based business. When starting a home based business most people enter with the preconceived notion that they can simply sit back and watch the sales role in, when in fact it’s just not true. New business owners looking to work from home need to know three important things.

Find a product or opportunity that you feel confident about and one that fits your personal needs. With some many opportunities available online today, it’s difficult to pick out opportunities that are working for others. Most opportunities will allow you to sign up for a free conference call that will give a bit more insight on what their product is and what they are all about.

Listen carefully and make sure to take notes, when the conference call is over, review your notes and ask yourself if this is the opportunity for you. Joining the right program is only the beginning. In order to become a successful home business owner, you are going to go through changes and they may be uncomfortable. If you want to get rid of the 9 to 5 job making $25,000, $50, 0000 or $70,000 you need to change what you are currently doing. This means that your business will not grow until you make it happen. Joining an opportunity and failing to take action to show others your opportunity will get you nowhere.

Utilize advertising techniques. Some people become scared at this point claiming they do not know how to advertise a home based business. In fact there are free ways to promote your online opportunity and that’s exactly how I got started. Write informative articles such as this one and submit them to article directories where thousands of business seekers may view your article.

Search “free classified” ads online and start posting your opportunity. A few good ones are Craig’s list, backpage.com and US freed ads. Run a search on money making forums and start talking on those message boards. Every time you make a new post, you can have a link at the bottom of your post pointing back to your opportunity.

You would be surprised how many views your home based business opportunity will receive. Follow up with prospects. There is an old saying; it’s all in the follow up. Make a list of all the people that may have e-mailed you, responded to an ad or left you their phone number. Call them back and ask them if you can help. Helping people achieve their financial success is extremely effective. Be sincere and give them an honest opinion and share your personal experience. Building a business is about building relationships.

Copyright 2006 Timothy Rohrer


                   



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