For those of you who have a home business or are thinking of starting one, the title of this article might sound a little odd. I mean, aren’t you running a home based business because you DON’T want to have to do any work outside of your home? Well, primarily, yes. However, if you really want to make the most out of your business, you probably want to do a few things outside of the home. This article explains.
Let’s start off with the absolute essentials. The reason I call these essentials is because in today’s day and age, everybody expects you to have a web site. I don’t care what business you’re in. Now, you do go out once in a while, right? I mean it’s not like you’re a hermit. If you are, you need to get a life. Anyway, what happens when you run into somebody and you start talking and they ask you want you do for a living? I get that question asked at least once or twice a month, and I rarely go out.
This is your opportunity, not only to tell them, but to show them. A business card works great for this. Now obviously, each business card is going to be different depending on what kind of home business you’re running. In my case, my business card reads “Business Consultant” because essentially, that’s what I am. I help people with their businesses. Now, let’s say I were to run into somebody who had an offline business and wanted some consulting. You’re probably thinking that I can’t help them.