Have you recently started your own home based business? Have you realized by now that it is important to spend your time being productive and know how to properly manage your home business? To avoid slipping into a 'hobby' or 'side-business' mentality, what are some of the important steps you can take to keep you on target and turning a profit faster? Be Professional - have a job description.
Treat your home business the same way you would if you were going to a regular job.
Get to work on time and know what your business essentials are and what you need to accomplish that day.
Having a 'vague' idea probably means you will not reach your target and will end up being less productive.
Set clear Goals - write out where you aim to be one year from now and the path you will take to get there.
Place it where you can see it constantly.
Have goals with achievable deadlines on a daily basis.
Add the twist of a challenge to push yourself a little bit further and you will find you can accomplish far more than you set out to.
Doing this makes sure you don't spend precious hours getting bogged down with time-wasting activities that end up producing nothing.
Plan Business Building Activities - 80% of your time should be spent in creating new business if you want to grow and avoid getting stagnant.
Write down in your weekly diary when you will do these activities and work other things around them.
19% of your time should be mobilizing and training your new business and 1% in problem solving.
A lot of people work the other way around, spending 80% of their time training, 19% problem solving and only 1% creating new business.
That is not a way to be productive.
This is a proven way to work smarter.
Organise Your Finances - Set bank accounts up in an organised fashion and work on a clear monthly budget.
If you have a large budget, employ a book-keeper to give you back-up so that you can be free to devote your time to being productive and properly manage your other home business activities.
Get Some Home Help.
If you need more time in the office, hire in some help with your housework.
Measuring the cost of home help and comparing it to what you earn at your business will put things into perspective.
It will also free you up to spend more quality time with your family.
Learning to be productive and properly managing your business means you don't wake up in the morning and let the day dish out what it wills.
You deliberately set out to achieve something.
It may not always go according to plan, but at least the framework is there and you can build on it.
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