| Want to work at home? Doesn't everyone? Being | | | | assistance for startup businesses. You will be joining |
| your own boss has become a realized dream for | | | | millions of others who enjoy the freedom to make their |
| millions of stay-at-home moms and dads, accountants, | | | | own work arrangements. |
| architects, contractors, pet sitters, and so many others. | | | | Your workplace may now consist of the room your |
| Workers in many walks of life have taken the further | | | | computer is in. Your dress is, to say the least, casual, |
| step of starting their own businesses, and operating | | | | and your hours are whatever you choose. Some |
| out of their own homes. Getting rid of the 9-to-5 job is | | | | companies do the legwork so you can devote more |
| great, but then what? Where do you start? | | | | quality time to your work at home. |
| What product or service can you sell? How do you | | | | Lead generation companies may charge a setup fee, |
| make contacts when you work at home? For your | | | | perhaps from $50 to $200 a year, and charge about |
| desk, chair and organizers. First, you have to figure out | | | | $5 to $25 per lead. This charge is dependent on how |
| what you want to do with your computer and who will | | | | difficult it is to get the lead. |
| use it. Second, determine where you want your | | | | Taking a course in selling and marketing online or from |
| computer to live and how much space you'll allocate to | | | | a local community college may help you to close the |
| this activity. | | | | sales that are generated by leads when you work at |
| There are many resources today--books, websites, | | | | home. |
| and organizations--that provide information and | | | | |