Home Based Business

This post is about how to get a low risk, quick setup home based business. One of the most common methods of starting an online business is to build something up from scratch.

You find a niche, do some research then build a site, add affiliate links and that’s the easy stuff.

Now comes the hard part. Hours and hours of SEO, tweaking your pages, finding suitable link partners, testing different advertising options etc etc.

When you start you generally spend most of your spare time doing it all yourself - to keep costs down.

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US Government Business Resources

Nicole from Business.gov wrote to tell me about the US Government Business Resources they have on their site. If you are based in the US, and have your own business, this is a site worth bookmarking.

Business.gov is a site designed to help businesses save time and money by providing a portal to business laws, government regulations, forms and agency contacts.

The site has the backing over 21 Government Agencies and is managed by the US Small Business Administration. Read more »

Accounting Home Based Business

An accounting home based business or one which specializes in bookkeeping has a high chance of being successful.

Tax preparation, bookkeeping and accounting services are amongst the most popular home-based businesses in America. This is also true of many other countries in the world.

There are also opportunities to provide tax assistance, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and inventory services.

If you are comfortable working with numbers, good with detail and very well organised its likely you have the attributes required to make a good go of it. Read more »

Home Business Credit Card

Why bother with a home business credit card ? Well…..from a tax and accounting perspective it is important to separate your personal income from your business income.

This also applies if you have multiple businesses. Keep a separate set of accounts for each business.

Once you have separate accounts setup, accounting for all the revenue and costs for your businesses becomes a whole lot easier.

The same applies to your credit card (or cards). Don’t make the mistake of putting your business expenses on a your personal credit card.

Having a separate credit card is handy for any home based internet business. Most of the products for sale online today require a credit card for payment. This especially applies if your advertising with the larger PPC programs link Adwords.

We run three separate accounts for our online home business: Read more »
Limited Edition Ebay Flipping

Here’s a couple of older posts on an interesting topic.

Most people know about house flipping. Probably not an easy business right now but the principal is the same for limited edition eBay flipping.

First you buy limited editions of prints or fashion items at a sale - then sell them on eBay for a profit