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A beginner looking for an Internet home business may think it’s an impossible task. The question of what to do and how to start often comes to mind. In my experience, my home business idea came about in a different, but a common way and it kind of fell into my lap.

You see, I started the same way many inexperienced people did. I thought I found a way to work from home through an honest business opportunity. It was not. Through my search, I found there were real work at home jobs where you would get paid by the hour and have set hours. There were loads of different ways to make money online from home and in an honest way. That’s how WorkAtHomeSpace.com was born and it became my home business.

If you’re new to the online home business venture, here is a good starter idea to explore.

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Confucius

Find your passion, utilize your skills and training, know your strengths and create a home business for you. That part is easy. Now you have to bring it to life and it’s really not that difficult. Just take it one step at a time.

Homemade Products – You can set up shop at Etsy.com. Create an account and upload your listed items to your Etsy shop. You don’t have to worry about learning HTML or creating a website because it’s done for you.

Digital Products – If you don’t have a website, you can use Clickbank.com or PayDotCom.com. If you have a website, you can use E-junkie.com, a shopping cart for your digital and tangible products. It’s much easier for you to control and your customers can get their products immediately after paying.

If you’re selling a digital product or offering your services, you should consider having your own website. Buying a domain name and self-hosting is very affordable. Hosting companies like Hostgator.com offer a free site builder and free website templates in a variety of categories and they are very professional looking. You can then use their many software they offer like chat, forums, content management system and e-commerce systems.

You can also easily and quickly install WordPress as your site’s platform and there are many plugins you can choose to implement. Once you get the hang of WordPress and how to use it, it’s really quite simple and if you have problems, there are a lot of free tutorials.

You can also use your website to sell advertising space, sell your own digital products, become an affiliate marketer by helping others sell their digital products and use Google AdSense, Amazon or other programs to earn more revenue.

Once you have established your first Internet home business and you’re earning a good income, you can diversify by pursuing your other interests to complement or expand your online business into different niches.

Sophia McIntyre is an Internet Marketer, Article Marketer, Ghostwriter and founder of WorkAtHomeSpace.com, a free resource focusing on work at home companies and jobs, home business ideas, money making opportunities and other work at home related topics.

It’s less than a week since I’ve been back from visiting California. As I wrote in my last article about going on vacation with no laptop, I didn’t have to go very far to find a computer with Internet access. There was one right in the lobby of the hotel we stayed in. I’m proud to say I didn’t get the itch of wanting to jump on it and see how my website was doing. As a matter of fact, I only used it twice and both times were to check my personal email. I had enough confidence in my two moderators to oversee the forum and as far as I could see there were no problems whatsoever. Funny thing though, my husband used the computer many more times than me!

We had a wonderful trip visiting Hollywood, the beach and of course, Disneyland.

I was anxious to know how everything went with my website…how was my traffic, did I make any sales or did my website come to a stall? After 12 days of no promotion and no presence on the Internet I was expecting mediocre, but to my surprise it did well. I made sales, traffic was still increasing, forum member base increased…all was good.

I realized I built a solid website from the start. I put in long hours, I was consistent, persistent, patient and I promoted, promoted, promoted almost every single day! I put myself out there and built relationships and made a name for myself as being honest and helpful. This hard work paid off when I needed it the most. My business was able to run on its own steam.

I also realize now I don’t have to sit in front of my computer 8+ hours every day, if I want to I can, but it’s not necessary anymore. I still have to promote and be consistent, but I can do it in the half the time or less.

It’s not a cliche, it’s the truth. If you build a solid foundation for your business from the very start and work hard on it, your efforts will dearly pay off in the long run and the future work ahead is smooth sailing.

It’s good to be back…especially in my own bed!

Sophia
Work At Home Space

I just wanted to take this time to say “Thank You Denise!” for giving me this wonderful opportunity and for kindly sharing with me your space to write whatever I wish. I know working at home has it advantages, but I never thought the luxury would extend this far.

Thank you for all you do!  I appreciate you!

Sophia

I can’t stress enough why reading and comprehending are so important and at the same time they are two different things. You can read something just for the sake of reading, but it doesn‚Äôt mean you have to fully understand it.

We’re busy and time is of the essence. Who has time to read rules, a long contract, terms of service, privacy policies and whatever else? BORING! We skim, we peruse and sometimes we miss out on some pertinent details.

I know. I have done it before.

When it comes to looking for a telecommute job, many of us know it’s not an easy feat because there aren’t enough positions available for everyone and the competition is fierce. So when someone posts a hot job lead we want to know where to apply immediately, but before you dive in and start asking where do you send your resume take the time to read the job description because all or most of the questions will be answered for you. Without reading you will not know the following information.

Are you qualified?
Does your computer meet the software requirements?
Is this position available worldwide?
How to apply?

If you apply blindly it’s not only careless on your part, they will think you are inept and incapable of following simple directions. It doesn’t make you look like a very good candidate and your potential to getting hired is out the window.

Read, “listen” and comprehend. It’s not difficult, it just takes a bit more of your time to do something right the first time.

To your success,
Sophia
Work At Home Space

Do you really have no experience in any thing?

In a short amount of time, I don’t know how many times I’ve read this statement over and over and over from people wanting to work at home. It’s disheartening to have to answer to a plea for help when you really can’t lead them to a paying job or opportunity.

First, you do know your way around a computer and secondly, you know you can find things because you found this forum and you created a thread.

Next, you have options. You can choose to take a course online in a particular subject or choose to brush up on your skills such as your typing speed, learn Word or Excel. You can find a tutorial online or you can go to your local library and borrow a DVD.

Or, you can become a better writer by starting a blog and when you start one thing it usually leads to another. Blogging is a creative outlet and it is less informal than writing articles. While you don’t have to be a professional writer, you still have to use proper grammar and spelling. Everyone can compose a complete sentence. If you can captivate your audience and provide helpful content then you have done your job as a writer. Like I said one thing leads to another…you can submit your articles, blog for a company, become a freelance writer or ghostwriter etc. all for pay.

Or, you can continue with your blog and join some affiliate programs and promote them on your blog, offer ad space and monetize it in other ways.

There will always be a learning curve in whatever you decide to do. It’s part of your learning progress and it’s something you will eventually learn how to do well. You won’t have to say, “I have no experience in anything” anymore!

To your success,

Sophia
Work At Home Space

How do you motivate yourself each day to start working? Is it jumping into the shower for a quick start-me-up? Perhaps it’s the aroma of the timed coffee maker percolating your morning java. Personally, none of those stimulate me in the morning simply because I don’t drink coffee and it’s too cold to strip down naked for a two minute shower when I do a five minute very warm shower at night.

So what do I do to get myself up and going in the morning? Chew two tablets of vitamin C, take an antihistamine pill, eat a cup of yogurt and then don on my runners and drag my mat to the front of the TV. Pop in my three mile “Walk Away The Pounds” DVD by Leslie Sansone and start my in-home walking program.

There’s nothing better than working up a sweat, loosening up your muscles, getting all energized and getting your heartbeat racing. It’s exhilarating, not exhausting. It’s refreshing, not mind-boggling. It wakes up more than your senses…it makes you feel ALIVE! You get the sense of being able to take on whatever comes your way and you’re ready to tackle anything head on.

It just takes 30 minutes a day to reduce stress, to motivate your mind and body and set you up for a productive work day.

Now you can go grab that cup of java, while I make myself a smoothie.

Have a productive day!

Sophia
Work At Home Space