All of us who tell the truth will admit to
having fears. Many people live their entire lives with one fear
or another, but Anne Block, discovered how to side-step her fear
factor into a home-based business reality. Anne always dreamed
of owning her own home-based travel business, but the fear of
losing her savings kept her dream parked in neutral. Anne says,
"finally a business associate told me how I could start it with
no money, and to start looking forward not backward." Well, she
started it in 1995, and her business is growing strong to this
day.
The 7 tips for lowering your fear factor are:
Having A Great Idea
By
concentrating on why you want to start your own home-based
business, and visiting other like-minded websites, reading
ezines and newsletters on the subject, plus trade publications,
gathering more knowledge about the subject, will raise your
confidence and simultaneously lower your fear level. Repeat
after me, more confidence, less fear. If you don't have a great
idea at the moment, visit the site below for a free copy of "100
Hot Home Business Opportunities," a survey of home business
owners on which business they would start in 2003.
http://www.homebusinessfree.com/home-business.htm
Be
Your Own Boss
Numerous surveys have confirmed this to be the number one reason
why business owners decided to go out on their own. As you
research competitors websites, and read all you can on the
subject, you will find your interest rising, and your belief in
yourself increasing, to the point of you saying one day, I can
do this. Your level of fear will definitely lower when I show
you 5 ways to advertise - free. Read my previous article, "12
Free Tools For Starting A Home Business With No Money", request
a copy, mailto: bruce@ownsmallbusiness.com
Paul Purdue, who founded ifulfill five years ago, with no money
leverages the web's free benefits, saying, "I use the top free
search engines, to avoid the need for spending any money."
Presently, Paul ships about 800 packages per day, and hopes to
reach 1,000 daily by midsummer and 5,000 by the end of next
year. With no money needed to start-up your home-based business,
what are you waiting for? Now is the time to get started. Here
are the 5 ways to get free advertising with specific links
below.
Search engines are the most important element for bringing huge
numbers of traffic to your website, and with no money expended.
You can submit your website for free placement on the following
search engines and directories:
Many people in today's workplace do not feel inspired,
challenged, or excited. The idea of working on your own
interests, or hobbies for a profit, however, is very appealing.
By focusing on what type of home-based business you will start,
and why you really need to get started today, should help to
lower your fear factor one level. The 3 levels of fear are:
high, moderate, and low. Lowering your fear factor just one
level, should be enough for you to realistically consider
starting your home-based business. Everyone has fears, but at
this lower level, this should give you more confidence to pursue
your dream. The second most product type of free advertising is
writing articles. It's an excellent way not only to get your
goods and/or services sold, but to build up a sense of authority
and trust in your customer's minds. A great place to start is:
http://www.goarticles.com
Make More Money
Money is certainly a big motivating factor, and it may even be
number one in your books. A lot of business owners start their
home-based business for different reasons in the beginning, and
learn to cherish the other reasons after being in business a
while. Having links on your website is very important to offer
your visitors alternative places to go, giving them a sense that
your site is complete and fair in distributing the information
they are seeking. Also, it's your trading post with other
website owners, as you build reciprocate links as a traffic
builder. And lastly, search engines like Google give much
importance to the number and quality of links in determining
your ranking. The following site offers a free report containing
step-by-step instructions on link building, as well as extensive
links to articles and resources. http://www.linkingmatters.com
Convenience
Everyone has different motivational triggers, and for you the
idea of starting work at noon and quitting at 4pm might be the
biggest draw. Or perhaps, you prefer to work only 3 days a week,
and spend more time on other areas of your life. By seeing how
life can be different and of better quality, might be your
answer to that drop in fear, and a rush in confidence.
Continuing with free ways to advertise, so money will be not be
a hindrance to starting your own home-based business, banners
are another way to get your message across to new and potential
customers. The banner site helps you to easily design your own
banner with prepared templates, so you just add your own text.
Visit the largest banner exchange at:
http://www.bcentral.com/products/bn/default.asp
Job Loss or Job Insecurity
As many as 2 1/2 million Americans have lost their jobs since
our economy started to weaken in 2000. Although this worry was
not prevalent before the economy tanked, I know it concerns many
to give up the corporate world in favor of your own home-based
business. Remember, some of the best companies were founded
during weak economic times, that's when entrepreneurs with a
good idea begin, because they know business goes in cycles, and
good times are just around the corner. And by developing your
business in the soft times, you'll be ready to profit in a
stronger economy.
Because of the uncertain economy possibly effecting their job
security, Ray and Cydi White were interested in
self-preservation of their financial future, and started a
successful real estate service company. "We couldn't afford to
be without income if something terrible happened, and started
our business part-time while we were working to financially
protect ourselves."
By starting part-time with 1-2 hours a week, working on your
idea, if the unfortunate should happen, you'll have your
home-based business as a back-up plan to keep you afloat. The
last method of free advertising is the press release. It's quite
possibly the biggest tool in your free tool-box and the most
effective way of reaching a mass audience at no-cost. Just
recently, we have seen the phenomenon of the press release
igniting the launch of the Segway, the human transporter of the
future, as it was billed. It received a massive amount of free
publicity, even getting corporate orders from the U. S. Postal
Service and Amazon.com. For free press release distribution
visit: http://www.prweb.com
Getting Started
First step is to take your new home-based business idea on a
search. Enter the keywords of your business into Google, and
visit the top 30 websites listed. Look over the sites making
notes which website design you like, which has good content, or
great e-commerce products and services, and sign up for all the
newsletters they offer.
This is valuable intelligence you are gathering, and after you
assimilate this information, along with a lowered fear factor,
you'll be ready to open the doors to your own home-based
business.
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About the Author
Bruce Scher is a home business advisor, and author of a new
eBook,
"Full-Time Money Part-Time Hours"
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