Home Business, Why Not?

Operating a home business allows a great deal of freedom and can provide financial security for owners. It is important to know how to organize your home business so that you can be successful and maximize your time. Building a strong customer base and keeping it organized is imperative to a successful home business. Even though you own your own home business, it does not mean that you will have no work to do as money flows into your home. You will need to plan and organize to stay on top of everything.

The first step in staying organized in your home business is to have a calendar specifically for your business. Do not have other events such as the kids' soccer games, doctor appointments, and so forth are on this calendar. Instead, write on this calendar to send out thank you notes for orders, telephone the supplier for your company's wellness products, check new referrals in your affiliate program, or other business related tasks. Having a calendar that is strictly for your business tasks will make it easier to make certain that deadlines are met and that business expenses are paid in a timely manner.

Each day before you begin your business tasks, create a list of things to do for the day. For example, you may need to pay a bill from a supplier or answer questions that were sent to you by customers or any number of other tasks. Create the list and then number it in the priority of tasks that need to be completed for the day. As you complete each task, mark it off the list. Ideally, you will want to learn to create a list that you can complete each day and not have a bunch of tasks left over for the following day. Conversely, you do not want your list so short that you end up completed by the end of lunch and have to sit and waste time trying to determine what to do next. A thorough and numbered list of tasks to complete will save you time during the day because you will be organized and know what needs to be worked on and completed next.

Divide your day, week, and even month into promotion time. It is important for a new home business to succeed with some skillful marketing and promotion. Often, new home business owners do not put enough time into maintaining their promotions and marketing. A great deal of time is invested in promoting the new home business and then this part of operating a home company is forgotten once a few customers begin to trickle into the business. You need to stay in contact with customers to encourage repeated sales and to continue to promote your business on weekly or even monthly basis. Focus on maintaining your connections and building new social networking groups in order to keep your home business strong and profitable. Using organization will help you to prioritize these tasks and not forget to do them each week for your home business.

HOME THEATER ON YOUR BUDGET

A good home theater system can cost anywhere between $1,000 to over $30,000 depending on the quality of the equipment and the size of your home theater design. The difficult economy we are in has most households making tough decisions about what they want and what they can reasonably afford. Building a family home theater is being put on the back burner in many homes until additional income is available for such “extras.” But a home theater doesn’t have to break the bank. There are resources and ways to keep the cost of a quality system at a reasonable level.

Below are some suggestions for how to save money on a new entertainment system.

1. Search the Web. There are several web sites available online that compare systems and costs. Some will also provide unbiased reviews of products at various price points. Use these to help you decide which brands are in your budget.

2. Install the theater system yourself. Custom installation is needed for some theater designs but many can be easily done yourself with some careful planning. The wiring, cables and connections can be relatively easy to figure out if you follow the instructions.

3. Buy a floor model. A floor model is a piece of equipment that has been on display on the show floor of the electronics store but which is otherwise in perfect condition. This is a great way to get a quality product at a lower price. Talk to your retailer about models they may be looking to get rid of to make room for newer versions.

4. Consider second hand systems. Many audio/video enthusiasts will replace their home theater components every year or two and sell their relatively new systems for a low cost. Consumers must be diligent about doing their research of the product if they buy second hand as there will typically be no warranty remaining on these pieces.

5. Pace yourself. You can save some money by purchasing your home theater components over a period of time. By waiting and buying your television, then speakers, then receivers as you have money and as potential deals or prices drop can help you save 10-15%.

6. Consider a smaller television. It is hard to resist buying the biggest TV on the showroom floor. However, you can save considerable money buy purchasing a smaller screen. Even a few inches smaller can save you a couple of hundred dollars. Remember, those big TVs do not work in every family room anyway.

7. Buy fewer speakers. Two good quality loudspeakers at the front of your TV will cost less than five or more speakers; even poorer quality speakers and a subwoofer may cost more. Speakers are easy to add to your system as the funds allow.

8. Consider a comprehensive warranty. For such a large purchase, it is usually worth it to have a solid warranty that covers you for 1-2 years so that you can be sure that your investment will last and that the retailer or manufacturer backs it up. Should problems arise, this may actually save you money.

~Ben Anton, 2008

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A blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

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