What is the most effective way to deal with the anxiety that a home-based business entrepreneur experiences? The quick answer is to realize that this is part of being a business owner and to learn to live with it. The anxiety will not go away over night and you may be experiencing it for many years as you look at the profit/loss margins that occur with starting a business and moving to a place where it is stable and successful.
Many people are drawn to the idea of being self-employed,and not having to work for a boss and also because they think that there are many freedoms with this type of business. They soon find out; however, that this is not the case and they will actually be working long, hard hours for a few years as they try to get their business on its feet. The difference in being self-employed is that everything rests on your shoulders. When you were working for someone else, you had to deal with things you probably did not want to but the entire weight of the financial success of the company was not your concern – now it is. You are now concerned if there will be enough profit to pay your employees, your vendors, and your bills.
Remember that simply because you are feeling pressure does not mean your business is going to fail. It simply means you are now in business for yourself and are facing the same pressures that all business owners experience at some time or another. Anxiety is a great motivator. You may wake up and not want to do any work, you would prefer to make an early round of golf, instead you realize that if you choose this option you will only be making it more difficult for yourself and you will lose money as opposed to making money. I would actually be concerned if you started a new business and had absolutely no fears at all, that is being arrogant and has a great chance of leading to failure.
There is a difference in being confident about your business venture and arrogant. Arrogant is thinking nothing will go wrong and you do not have to make an effort or sweat over the financial affairs of your new business. So how do you deal with the pressure? Make sure you have a financial plan. Talk to those who are involved in your business and make sure everyone knows their goals. Talk about the risks and whether-or-not, they are worth taking. Do not stick your head in the sand and pretend they do not exist – they do and you need to face them head on and when you do,you will be successful and your anxiety will lessen and will eventually go away.
Dealing With Pressure For The Home-Based Business Entrepreneur
3 Free Home Business Entrepreneur Tools And Resources
What Everyone Needs to Know to Become a Successful Home Business Entrepreneur is on the Internet for Free
Copyright © Tim Lockhart
Can you imagine a car without a stearing wheel or a sterio without speakers? That's what many home businesses are like. They are incomplete, but not for lack of data. Every home business entrepreneur knows that one of the most difficult things to do is filter out all the information and opportunities and lists out there and focus on income producing activities. It seems like everyone is offering information you have to figure out how to apply, and one can get in a real cash flow crunch trying out all that is available.
This is why I've provided my Top 3 list of free tools and resources for the successful home business entrepreneur.
1. A website is the starting point for every successful home business. A website can give you the same presence as a large conglomerate, but that is just the beginning. Several years ago I spent a bunch of money on the best software to build a website because that's what I was told I needed to do. Then I got a domain, a hosting service, put in a lot of hours creating graphics and pages, and bam, I had a website and an on-line business. But guess what. . . I didn't know how to promote it, and I had no visitors. Well, I've learned a lot over the years, and now you can cut down your spin-up time to just a few months in the free mini course: "Website Marketing & Home Business Entrepreneur Secrets". Request your copy here: mailto:HomeBizPioneer@getresponse.com
2. Since you're reading this article, you most certainly have tried out more than one network marketing opportunity, or at least you know someone who is an emerging home business entrepreneur in the mlm industry. Well, there is a 97% failure rate in network marketing attributed mainly to the proliferation of lies. Lies, such as everyone is your prospect, so you are told to talk to everyone who comes within 3 feet of you about your opportunity. The truth is that a dentist doesn't build his practice by asking everyone he meets if their teeth hurt! Just like everyone isn't the dentist's prospect, everyone is not your prospect either! Did you know that some people like being employees? Some people really do not want to be a home business entrepreneur. If you want to learn why you don't have to bug your friends and family to build a successful home business, then check out this E-book. I've made available through this link a free copy of the E-Book: The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing. http://www.TimandGaby.info
3. The third free resource I recommend is the E-book "Dotcomology - The Science of Making Money Online." This book will show you exactly what you need to do to start, build and market an Internet home-based business. This book is great for everyone with that entrepreneur spark, but like me did not have a great mentor to get you started. You can download this book for free and start reading in less that 60 seconds at this link: http://pluginprofitsite.com/main-17894/dotcomology.html
4. If you are a home business entrepreneur and have not tapped into the overflowing well of exposure in Craigslist, then you need to stop reading right now and go to http://www.craigslist.org. Craigslist is an online community that has quickly spread and is now an international phenomenon. You can post job want ads, buy and sell real estate, find just about anything you would find in your local paper's classified adds. And, did I mention it is free? Craig only charges for job listings in a few large cities in the United States, otherwise it is totally free, and a great resource for free exposure to a huge community.
5. Lastly, but certainly not least is an excellent resource provided by Dani Johnson on her website http://www.danijohnson.com. On this website, she has graciously loaded over 30 hours of some of the best training audios I've ever heard. With these free resources you will learn how a young cocktail waitress went from living out of her car with $2.03 to her name to earning her first million in 2 short years!
That sums it up, my Top 5 best tools and resources for home business entrepreneurs to break out of the 97% and become one of the 3% successful home business owners in a rapidly growing industry. I wish you all the success, happiness, prosperity, and God's blessings as you grow as a successful entrepreneur.
Blogging – Is It Worth The Effort For The Home Business Entrepreneur?
A few years ago all the gurus were screaming “You’ve got to have a web site” and they were right. Now we are being told “you have got to have a blog”. But is this true and are they really worth the effort?
At least blogs are easier and cheaper to set up than web sites thanks to the likes of Blogger.com and Wordpress. But is it worth the time and effort writing the posts and keeping them updated ? My answer to this question produces a typical fence sitters reply. They can be.
Sure if you just want to let the world know what an exciting life you lead or let the world know your views on the burning issues that is fine. You should not really expect to make much profit from your blog. It is a hobby, something you are just doing for fun but if you want to make it a marketing tool of your business then you must adopt a professional attitude regarding your blogs.
Before you post anything you must decide exactly what you hope to achieve with each blog you post. So what are the options?
You might want to sell something either your own or an affiliate product.
In which case you might consider a review or an explanation of how to use the product and or the benefits a buyer would receive. Your one purpose with this type of blog is to pre sell the product and get the prospect to click the link to the full sales page and hopefully make a purchase.
A blog can also be a great way to establish you within your specialised niche.
It can help you get your name known and increase your credibility. But this will only work if you write fresh thought provoking copy. A rehash of others work or hackneyed ideas will do little for your standing especially if your niche is small and close knit.
Another option is to write a series of “how to” blogs giving your readers information on specific aspects of your niche. This can often be a good introduction to offering them a complete “How to” e-book or program. I look on these as very similar to the e-courses that many Internet marketers offer.
Instead of setting them up on your auto responder you post them to your blog at regular intervals.
The bottom line is that if you are to make posting blogs a worthwhile option then you need to have clear in your mind exactly what you want to achieve with your blog before you even write one word.