Running a business from home is an ambition many people share. Setting up a business doesn’t need to be difficult with these simple ideas.
Ebook
Having a book published is no where near as difficult as it used to be. The difficult part of this is the actual writing. A great deal of ebooks are badly written, terribly edited and inadequately structured. If you are able to avoid these pitfalls and have a great idea, then it is relatively simple after that. It’s a good idea to spend time on the design of the front cover as the thumbnail image of the cover will be all your potential readers will see. Promote your book through social media and your own friends and family. With a bit of luck you will have a book that sells without you having to do too much more work.
Social Media Consultant
If you are a whizz on social media, then perhaps you can advise other businesses on promoting themselves. It’s a great idea to build your confidence by offering a local business with little or no social media presence some free guidance. Build your own presence online and remember that the key to social media is supporting others. Creating a blog about social media will help people searching for advice to find you. Most of the old fashioned legwork will be done online and this makes advising others on social media a great business to run from home.
Virtual Personal Assistant
Setting yourself up as a virtual PA is a really simple way to run a business from home. If you have experience in administration, you are really organized and you like organizing others, then this is the online business for you. There are lots of sites like Upwork.com and Peopleperhour.com that allow you to sell your administrative skills by the hour or by the task. Some of these sites have businesses advertising for help by the single job like organizing data bases and mail shots. Don’t forget about offline businesses. By promoting yourself to local businesses you might find someone in need of tasks doing that you can do easily online.
Ecommerce
Setting up a shop selling lots of your favorite things is a dream lots of people have. This is easy and simple to do from home. Whether its homeware or padded envelopes, Finding a specialist niche is the most important part. With an online community based around this niche finding your customers is much easier than a bricks and mortar store. It’s really important to search out any and all of your competition. Make sure that there isn’t anyone occupying your niche if it’s a small one. There are plenty of websites such as Shopify.com that make it very easy to set up a sleek and professional shop front. Finding a loyal following on social media will really help to promote your store and get those all important customers.
Setting up a business can be an exciting and difficult process. With a little thought and the right business it can be easy to set up and simple to run from home.
