I'm thinking of starting a home-based business.?
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The best home business will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs.
The key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.
You mentioned your years of experience in the medical field. One option would be to learn about medical billing or medical transcription businesses. You can parlay your work experience as well as the network and contacts you have already built during your career.
Dan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:
1. List 5 things you do best
2. List how others would benefit from what you do best
3. Find out how to give people what they want
4. Learn the value of your services to others
5. Find out who else offers similar services
6. Learn from the successes of others
7. Learn from the failures of others
8. Plan your own success
9. Make low cost mistakes
10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it
He then made suggestions on the best home businesses according to type. Here are a few of them:
Best Businesses Using Craft or Physical Skills
- antique restoration
- auto detail service
- carpet cleaning business
- errand/delivery service
- housecleaning business
Best Service Businesses
- bed and breakfast operator
- caregiver
- catering service
- senior day care center
- tutoring service
Best Professional Businesses
- desktop publisher
- magazine writer
- import/export service
- income tax preparation service
- event planner
Some other home business ideas:
Top 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breake.
10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.
Low Cost Startup Businesses http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusin.
6 Hottest Businesses on the Web http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/web.h.
You can also check out the following books:
Turn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness
The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century
121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home
The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start
101 Ways to Make Money at Home
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Lisa
Hahaha. Rat race, I can tell you've read rich dad poor dad.
dont know where you are but try doing billing and record keeping and computer related thing doc are starting to use them more
i am also a single parent trying to make ends meet, there are a bunch of at home businesses you can find on the internet that offer you an opportunity to make extra money from home. i will soon be answering the phones for customer service. all you have to have is dsl through phone line or cable no dialup. take the certification test online and bam instant income.i heard one of the workers earned 147.00 for 12 hours. workathomeagent.com or westathomeagent.com to register and get started let me know if this helps and i will be your support.
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Thanks,
Rich & Teresa
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If you are interested in setting up a time to talk please just email me. You can stop by my blog and it may give you a bit of info about me as a person rather than a computer on the other end .http://fhhc.blogspot.com
I have a home business in the health and wellness industry that markets only one product. This product comes with medical validation, including over 72 clinical studies on Pubmed.gov. I have found great success with this product, it helped me with several health issues as well as my family's. I share my story with others and have built a fairly large business in just a few months. It comes with full training and mentoring as well as 4 free websites.the compensation plan is second to none.
You may earn money by using Google Adsense.
If you got a website or a web-blog, you could make money with putting advertisements on your site (by google). If someone clicks on these ads, you will earn money.
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