Whatever home based business you might be in, it really doesn’t matter. The question that you must ask yourself as you read this, is how seriously are you taking your business? Recently I heard that if you had a 9-5 job, you would do anything it took to go to work. You wouldn’t think twice about going to that JOB, right? Of course. You have to go to work no matter what. Sometimes you even go to work when you are not feeling so well. Yes, when you are self-employed you have the leisure of taking off whenever you want, but for the most part when you are actively building your business, you absolutely do what you have to do, no matter what. Take a moment right now and think about your current situation. It may be like many new entrepreneurs right now around the world. You may be struggling right now to get your business going. That’s ok. Every business builder starts out that way. You most likely have heard this before: your business, must be taken seriously and must not be treated as a hobby. A hobby is something that you enjoy doing, for fun. A business is something that you love to do for the purpose of increasing your knowledge, the knowledge of others and obviously growing your finances. The home based business that you are in right now, must be taken seriously and you must not treat it as a hobby. Did I say that already? It needs to be repeated I believe. You’ve already taken the time to think about your current situation, and now you need to look at the future of your business. If you are indeed a new home based business owner, you need a mentor or a coach or someone that can help you in the things that will help you continue to grow your business.You might be thinking that most of the people that grow to have a successful business, are those who are single and have nothing else to do. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. The many business owners that are successful and help others to be successful are those who have one of the busiest lives.There are other people that work around those excuses and prioritize around those”excuses” and make things happen. What should you do to be successful?
Take your business seriously.
Treat your business like a business not like a hobby.
Never stop learning. Education is important.
Taking your business seriously means, to take the time in needs to grow your business, whatever that may mean. Reading books and taking advice from other successful people in the home based business world is an example of taking your business seriously. Never stop learning no matter how far up the business ladder you go. Once you have “arrived” you most likely will start to fail. No one is exempt from “falling”.Treat your business like a business not like a hobby. Many people that enjoy their business, often make the mistake of treating it like a hobby. If you have fallen into this trap, it might look something like this:”You enjoy the home based business that you are in, but you rarely spend time on growing the business. You spend lots of time looking at things that you could do, instead of actually doing what it takes to grow your customer base or business partner base.Never stop learning. Education is important. There are many views on this point, but I will share what has helped me, and hopefully it will help you. You probably agree with me that there are so many “gurus” that offer there knowledge and advice for a hefty price. There are many books and video presentations and e-books that are in fact very beneficial to growing your business. The warning that I would give is, don’t buy everything that you see or here. As a rule of thumb, if there is free advice that you can receive from the “expert”, then do that. Be aware that not all free advice is good, but keep an eye out for things that you can use and be sure to apply them right away.Take your business seriously by putting the effort into it that you would if you were in a 9-5 job. Who knows, you might still be in a 9-5 still and are slowly working your way to the self-employed life. That’s ok, and that is the safest way to go. Work your business diligently and only do what matters.

My, how times have changed thanks to the development of the internet. Remember when the only way to own and operate you own business centered on opening up a brick and mortar establishment? Today, this is not longer necessary and, thankfully, neither is it necessary to spend outrageous amounts of money on startup costs. It is possible these days to feasible work from home and earn solid revenues. In fact, there are many that have earned substantial incomes from such a venture.Still some may wonder why it is so valuable to launch a home business. They may be currently content in their regular job. What is it about working a home based business that can motivate those on the proverbial fence to do what is needed to launch such a business? Well, there are several reasons why this might be an excellent idea. Let’s take a look at a few of them:You can have the freedom on no longer being locked down to a 9-5 job. While some jobs are rewarding, others are not. Additionally, there are many stressful aspects involved with a traditional job. This includes dealing with long commutes and the issue of office politics among many other common problems. Why deal with these problems when you do not have to? A home business offers a much better alternative.Then, there is the very important issue of developing financial stability in one’s life. When you work for yourself in a home based business, you always have the potential to earn significant sums of money based on your own labor. While there are never any guarantees in life, the likelihood of earning significant income from a home based business is more than what it would be if you worked for someone else. Basically, you can be in charge of your own destiny because you will not be anchored or constrained by any management rules. This can be of significant benefit to those that may be in need of generating additional revenue and do not want any roadblocks put in front of them. While money is not everything, it can be the conduit to a much safer and financially secure life. One should never lose sight of this fact.One of the greatest laments busy professionals have is their inability to spend time with their family. This is understandable considering the fact that much of their time will be tied up with work responsibilities. But, what happens when you are working in close proximity to your family? Then, you would not have the common problems associated with balancing family and work related responsibilities. Consider this another huge positive to working at home with a home based business.There are complexities associated with many home based businesses and that is why it is suggested to check out http://www.changeurlife2day.com. This is an excellent resource for information on working at home and running your own business. The information it makes available may very well change your life.

Virtually every owner or manager will agree that operating a small business requires lots of hard work on the part of both managers and employees. It’s what is commonly known as “sweat equity”. Or in other words, hard work is required to bring the results desired.

Hard work alone is not enough. Additionally, the business owner must be prepared to make a commitment to building and growing the business. That translates to being on the job every day.

Unfortunately, some owners, such as those who purchase a franchise, assume that their on-the-job commitment is not necessary if they hire a manager to run the business. Sometimes that works. More often it doesn’t work so well. Nevertheless, operating a small business requires hard work by the owners and managers.

There are three fundamental steps in the process of the hard work that are not complicated, but necessary for success.

Getting work comes first. Whatever the business does, it must first promote and sell its products and services to the markets served. The business cannot depend on chance. To illustrate, if the business has the cure for the common cold, it must tell the market and provide a way for potential customers to contact the business to purchase the remedy. To get work or sell products and services, the business must make the market it serves aware of its presence and skills as well as how to contact the business. Fortunately, there are many affordable advertising and promotion options for small businesses that will contact potential customers who are likely to buy the products and services available for purchase.

Fulfilling and delivering customer orders is the second step. Whether designing, building, assembling or delivering products or services, small businesses do of good job of getting the work done. What they do not do so well sometimes is fulfilling the order or getting the project done on time.

There may be nothing more irritating or displeasing to a customer than a supplier or vendor who does not fulfill an order or complete a project on time. This happens far too often with small businesses. While it is desirable to get something done the right way even though it may take more time than originally planned, small business owners and managers must strive to meet deadlines or finish projects before the deadline if they want to be successful.

Paying bills and getting paid for the Work performed and delivered is the third step of the process.

Small businesses tend to pay bills to vendors and suppliers before the due date because they think the thought doing so will assure a good credit status with the vendor or supplier if the bill is paid before due. Paying the bill when due is good enough.

On the other hand, they will allow their customers to pay bills beyond the due date.

At the end of the fiscal year, most small businesses will complain that while sales were good, there was little cash in the company checking account. When asked why this is the case, Accountants and Consultants will reply that the cash shortage is in Inventory or Accounts Receivable. Usually the latter is the major contributor to cash shortfalls.

Small businesses do not do a good job of getting paid in a timely manner. It does not have to be that way and it should not be that way. In fact, it is very easy to assure timely payments when a consistent and uniform Accounts Receivable Collection Procedures Program is in place.

Accounts Receivable systems are a valuable asset to small businesses. The consistent application of Accounts Receivable collection activities will reduce costs which in turn improves margins and operation profits.

In closing, a professional Accounts Receivable Collection is not the dreaded last minute phone call to the customer that nobody wants to do. On the contrary, the process begins at the Point of Sale when buyer and seller agree to payment terms required and continues on professional and uniform communication between the buyer and the seller.