Personal Discipline and the Home-Based Business Owner

Allow me to let you in on a little secret you're probably already wise to anyway. As often as not, the inspiration for article topics comes from struggles with my own personal demons. Writing about them is my way of giving myself a good talking to (a.k.a. kick in the rear end). And so it is with this one - the personal discipline demon.

Creating A Professional Image For Your Home-Based Business

Like it or not, there is still a segment of the population who will erroneously conclude that you and your business are less than professional and competent just because you run your business out of your home. Dumb? Obviously. Narrow-minded? Yes. Wrong? Absolutely. Unfair? No question. Want their business? Well ... yes. OK, then you're going to have to play the game and beat them…

Taming the Email Tiger

Email ... friend or foe? On balance, I would have to say, "friend". But there are times ... like when I download my mail in the morning ... all 200+ items of it, only to find a good 40% or so is nothing but junk, that I have to acknowledge that there is a "dark side", as well.

How Do I Start A Home Business?

From time to time (at least once a day actually) I'll get an impossible-to-respond-to email that says something like, "How can I work from home?", or "I want to start my own home business. Please send info." or even, "Please send free info.". Naturally such vague, generalized requests are not, for reasons of time (among others), going to elicit a particularly helpful response but it…