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Working from home requires discipline and balance
Many people are trading in their commuter passes and cubicle life to work from home. After all, technological advancements enable remote access to servers, and just having e-mail and Internet access can provide workers all the tools they need to conduct business from a home office.
The appeal of working at home is very alluring to those who have sampled the benefits, particularly mothers or fathers who think this would be the ideal means to remaining in the workforce, while also caring for children. Many think at-home workers have it easy. Dont they have free reign to wake up late, remain in their pajamas and probably goof off more than they put in productive hours?
Thats how misinformed people view working from home, or telecommuting, as its often called. However, many home-based workers can attest that these statements couldnt be further from the truth.
Humdrumlife.com: Business Plans Work When You're Working Online at ...
A good business plan is essential for road mapping success online as in the brick and mortar world. It enables business owners to strategically plan budgets, advertising campaigns or more importantly anticipate potential problems for the online home business idea or opportunity.
Hampshire, United Kingdom (PRWeb) January 5, 2007 -- Humdrumlife.com, Home Online Business Information Centre, urges aspiring online entrepreneurs to plan their businesses before taking the plunge into the online marketplace, where so many give up within the first few months, dreams shattered.
Millions of Internet searches are performed each day on the keywords "working at home" and "internet marketing." Seems everyone wants to find a home online business opportunity and earn a little extra cash.
Local couple specializes in making others' lives easier
If there is a task that needs to be done, from fixing a screen door to painting a room or cleaning a closet, they are more than willing to step in.
And they won't charge an arm and leg for their services.
The Iowa City couple has recently opened the business, Home Tender.
The idea behind the company is to help simplify the lives of others at an affordable price, said Celia Dunnington, 59.
"We want to be like friends and family that you can call on to do all kinds of things," she said. "We work with people who don't want to burst their budgets."
All throughout their married life, the two have worked to find ways to make things nice without pouring a lot of money into them, she said.
Though the two had worked in the corporate world for many years, last July they chose to say goodbye for the opportunity to work for themselves.
Putting a price on cleanliness
Housekeepers used to be only for the wealthy. But these days, middle class Americans are hiring help to do their dusting, scrubbing and vacuuming. "It used to be for the rich, but the people who need us more and more are the people who work," says Anna Manalis, who owns a housecleaning company called Home Express.
Though the company is based in Huntington, Manalis comes to the Danbury area to clean customers' homes.
"(People) don't want to spend their Saturday and Sunday cleaning their houses," she says. "Mothers want to spend time with their kids. That's why the business is starting to get bigger and bigger every day."
Bethel resident Kathy Eggert said having a house cleaner has allowed her to spend more time with her two small children. Her husband had the idea to hire a house cleaner five years ago.
Hiring Vets for Tax Benefits
Representative Wieckert's office says the idea is to help mostly young service men and women, get a jump start on their careers. People who work with veterans say serving overseas often means sacrificing job experience at home."I had to explain well this shouldn't be viewed as an employment gap in fact it's very intense employment and I learned a lot from my experiences," says Tim Moore, veterans employment coordinator with the Department of Workforce Development.Veterans employment coordinator Tim Moore says part of the problem is businesses don't see how skills on the battlefield--like leadership and decision making-- translate to the workplace. Moore speaks from experience. He spent a year as a Marine staff sergeant in Iraq, and then six months looking for a permanent job when he returned."When I looked at the newspapers there wasn't any postings for a marine infantry sergeant," says Moore.
Duo franchise window fashions
BONSALL ---- After spending years selling items such as window blinds and shutters and working with countless nationwide businesses, Mark Barone had an ambitious business idea ---- to create a window-coverings franchise before opening his first store.The longtime Fallbrook resident said that Today's Window Fashions, which he established in 1999, specializes in selling a variety of blinds, verticals, shades and shutters. The first franchise opened in 2000 in the Midwest, and now 32 franchises operate in 15 states. Barone's own store recently relocated from Fallbrook to Bonsall.
He and co-owner Armand Gagnon manage the corporate office for Today's Window Fashions, a company that allows franchise owners to work from home. It also benefits customers because demonstrations take place within their homes, and include a mobile display with eight samples of products.
