I think working from home for yourself can, and should, be far more rewarding than going to an office every day. Although I do miss the social aspect of working with a good group of people.
I have been working from home for a couple of years now, closing out contracts and disposing of assets for a company that decided to move their operations out of State. Although I am not officially working for myself, I have found that I enjoy working from home, setting my own hours, and having the time to do and learn other things.
As I wrap up the work I am doing now, I need to start thinking about what I will do for a living. In this economy it is difficult to find a job through normal channels and I really want to continue working from home. That is why I am looking into several different opportunities. Earning money working on-line sounds nice, but I have found there is lot of crap out there. Everyone wants to sell you an opportunity to earn money on-line. I am not looking to buy a job, I am looking to get paid to work.
I believe it is necessary, and desirable, to have multiple streams of income. So instead of looking for that one high paying, time consuming, opportunity, I have decided to try and find multiple, less time consuming, but still high potential for earnings. Nothing is easy but the process can be simple. I am learning how to blog and hope to find a niche subject matter to blog about and eventually attract money making opportunities from that. I also have started doing voice over work, which is expectantly slow but I will continue to work hard and market myself to build a clientele. I also do some article writing on-line through O-desk, and can generate some cash from that every week. I am also a process server and bring regular cash flow in from serving legal papers. The main focus of my time while working from home is developing a website for a water filtration products company and help them to increase their on-line sales. None of these things requires 40-60 hours of work per week on there own, but all can bring revenue in. As the voice over work takes off I will redirect my focus, or if I find the Water Filtration business is growing then I will maintain my focus on that. All the while supplementing my income with the other lines of business.
I will continue to look for other opportunities to bring in income from different sources. I think and believe I am onto something here, and am excited about continuing to work from home. Working from home allows me to spend more time with my wife and daughter and allows time to enjoy our dogs. Even in these tough economic times it is important to decide how you want to attack life and go after what you want. The important thing is to take some action today!
Please let me know what opportunities you have found that allow you to enjoy the freedoms of working from home, and still bring in a good living for you and your family.
Mack
Saturday, February 7, 2009
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I love the idea of working from home but cannot make it work for me right now, however, I think the whole idea of finding the right on-line business (that isn't just selling junk) is critically dependent on finding a need for something that is not already out there (or is rare to find). One thing that comes to mind immediately (not that it would be of particular interest to you personally, but business-wise, there is a great need and it does not exist) is the idea of non-girly maternity clothes. My friends and I were thinking we needed a lesbian designed line of maternity clothes, that would serve a need for not only less feminine lesbians, but any less feminine woman out there that is pregnant. I never thought about it until now, but maternity clothes are by nature made for women, so they are always in the women's section and tend to be a bit too girly for many of us. Its a dilemma. So, if I ever was going to make the leap to work from home, I would start with making puzzles and creating a non-girly line of maternity clothes. Feel free to use either of those ideas as your own if you feel so inclined.
ReplyDeleteI think you could be onto something with the non-girly maternity clothes. It would be a niche market, but I agree it would not be only for less feminine lesbians. I have known alot of woman who ended up wearing their husbands, boyfriends, or brothers clothes while they were pregnant, because they could not stand what was available as maternity clothes.
ReplyDeleteI may just have to throw together a quick business plan to see what it would take to work that out, and see how the numbers fly.
Do you know any potential designers?
Your Blog mentioned Bev is working from home. What is she doing? if she doesn't mind my asking.