Separating Business From Home LifeWritten by Yasmeen Abdur-Rahman
If you're a home-based business owner, it could be difficult to manage your time. Since your office is located within your home, you tend to spend much more time working in your office than spending quality time with your family. There is that temptation to spend more hours on a project, and worse case scenario is that you tend to think about your business all time.As a home-based business owner, I have been in situations where I have spent so much time on business-related projects that my son has knocked on door wondering if I was going to work all night. So personally, I have been guilty of this and it is very easy not to pay attention to how much time is spent in your office or working on projects. Family and friends take advantage sometimes because you work from home you're always available. They tend to drop by unexpectedly, or they call you on your business line instead of your residence line. When it comes to your family, make a conscious effort to dedicate time with them so that they feel as important as your business. If you have little children not quite school age, arrange a trip to library, a matinee movie, or a trip to park but try to schedule these outings at same time every day or as your time permits in between client appointments. Now, if you have a spouse, it is very important to allocate time alone with him or her. If your spouse is supportive, encouraging, and understanding of time that's dedicated to your business, sometimes you might take advantage of his or her understanding. On other hand, if your spouse is resentful, you may have more problems than you bargained for. Keep communication open all time. Another scenario would be that your spouse isn't interested at all about your business venture. Find right time to discuss your day-to-day schedules and projects. You should understand his or her needs as well.
| | Secrets to Free Website TrafficWritten by John Baker
Secrets to Free Website Traffic By John Baker http://www.best-home-business-ideas.net You have just uploaded your web-site and it looks great! You feel good about it and you're ready to make some money! There's only one problem, you need some Customers, or Traffic! There are a few ways to do this, that are free, but will take some time and work. First you will need to set-up some link pages on you web-site. Then you will need to exchange links with other web-sites that are related to yours. For example, if you have a home business you can visit Google and type in "home business". Google will then give you a few million related sites that you can start with. You will then visit these sites exchanging links. Most sites will have a "link to us" or "Add URL" page. You will click that link and follow instructions to submit a link back to your web-site. It is good to start with at least a hundred links or more, (no more than 50 links a page). Exchange links with first and second pages only, then you will want to type in maybe, "work from home", "best business ideas", "home careers", "computer jobs", etc. Repeat this procedure until you have enough. Sites on first two pages of Google search will have most traffic, which will increase yours. The next thing you will want to do is write an article. Writing articles is a great way to market your web-site and increase your traffic. Write a simple article relating to your web-site topic, if you need some help, visit Google and type in subject your looking for. At end of your article you will create an author bio or resource box. In it include a brief description of you and your web-site and your web-site URL.This allows everyone who reads your article to learn more about you and your business. Now you will start submitting your article to many article directories by visiting Google and search for "article directories". By doing this your article will be posted all over world for people to read, thus creating more traffic for your site.
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