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Home Business: The Everyday Entrepreneur
Home Business Resources
So you want to start a home business?
Guess what? So does everyone else!
Here are some resources to get you started. I'll be adding more quite regularly, so you may want to bookmark this page and return often.
I will publish many new links and resources in the e-newsletter before posting them here, so if you want to be one of the first to hear about helpful links, products, and books, be sure to sign up for the newsletter. Don't forget that I will treat your e-mail address with utmost respect, and will never share it with anyone. I hope you enjoy browsing the links!
General Information and Support
Small Business Administration
An essential site if you're thinking of starting a business - lots of solid information on laws and business principles.
Internal Revenue Service
Everything you need to know about taxes, right from the horse's mouth.
Web Law Clinic
What you don't know can sometimes come back to bite you. If you're planning on starting an online business or expanding a traditional business onto the internet, I suggest that you get the The Online Marketer's & Website Owner's Legal Information Clinic, a guide to all the regulations and rules that apply to working on the internet. The FTC is right next to the IRS when it comes to return addresses you don't want to see in your mailbox!
Homegrown Business
Homegrown Business is a wonderfully inspiring e-book that presents the stories of many families who have successfully combined homeschool with home business. It's more than just inspiring, though- it's packed with a host of practical, hands-on wisdom from people who have done exactly what you would like to do. You'll learn how to start your business, make it work, and best of all, make it a family learning experience. I think you'll find it very helpful!
123 Home Business Guide
Articles, links, and a free e-newsletter.
Educating for Success
A website and e-newsletter dedicated to information about entrepreneurship for homeschooling families. The best information is in the subscription part of the website, but there is still a good deal of useful information here.
Working From Home
Paul and Sarah Edward's site, offering free book excerpts, teleseminars, a free self-assessment for self-employment, and more. The Edwards wrote the classic Working From Home, and continue to write on entrepreneurship. If you are interested in working from home, you definitely need this book.
A Home-Based Business Online
Practical business ideas, opportunities, and strategies for the home-based entrepreneur.
Free Online Video Instructions for Creating a Money-Making Blog
A lot of businesses use a blog so that their customers can get acquainted with them and their products. This nicely done video (plus transcript) shows step-by-step how to create a blog, and how to begin earning money with it. Most people won't earn huge sums, but a little is better than nothing, right? :-)
Entrepreneur Magazine Online
A lot of information and helpful lists.
Mothers Work at Home
Work at Home Moms
Internet Based Moms
A selection of sites for work-at-home moms.
Add new skills or learn a new TRADE with Penn Foster Career School
Affiliate Marketing
One terrific way to increase your income is to add affiliate links to your website. This is called passive income, because once you add the links, your work is done. It's totally free to become an affiliate, and each time someone clicks a link and purchases one of the products you list, you earn a commission! This is the company I use to process my e-book orders and affiliates. They are one of the oldest in the industry, and despite a less-than-intuitive website, they do a great job, and their tech support is excellent. I highly recommend working with them!
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