Keys To Running A Successful Online Home Business
Starting and running a successful online business is something that almost anyone can do
. You don't need a college degree or perfect SAT scores.Why is it, then, that more people aren't successful with an online home business?
The reason is because it does require things that you can't attach a grade to or assign a degree to. Being able to have a successful online home business means that you will need to train yourself to get out of the employee mindset and become extemely focused.
The following seven things are, in my opinion, absolutely essential to not only starting an online home business, but are also essential if you want it to be successful!
7 Keys To A Successful Online Home Business:
Strong Business Model
If you try to build a big, beautiful house on a weak foundation, it may seem great and look perfect at first, but watch out. Over time, it could crumble and eventually fall to the ground.
The same is true with a home business.
A home business isn't about getting rich quick and "free" business opportunities. (Remember, you get what you pay for!) It's about finding a strong business model, one that has been proven to work and that you can build your business with over time.
Leadership & Training
For most people, having an online home business is a brand new experience, so there is no reason to tackle it all by yourself. One of the greatest ways to be successful at things in life is to find someone who is already successful and do what they are doing.
The same applies here.
Finding fantastic leadership is so key and there are many successful home business owners to learn from. This can save you from making so many mistakes and can shorten your learning curve by months or even years.
Make sure your mentor can offer you not only leadership, but extensive training as well. There are going to be many new skills you will need to acquire, and there is no short cut here. It's essential to stay focused, but just as critical that you have the right training available.
Leverage
This one is key. One of the best rewards to running an online home business is being able to leverage your time. To be able to do something only once, but be able to reap the benefits repeatedly for many years is particularly rewarding.
Something else to take into account when we talk about leverage is the training we mentioned earlier. You are going to want to anticipate how new prospects you bring into your business are going to be trained. Yes, it is your job to guide and mentor them, but are you going to be responsible for training each one individually? Or is there a system built into your business model that will take care of that for you?
As a home business owner, you want to enjoy the freedom that this industry allows. It is important to make sure you are not going to get caught in the cycle of having to do all of the training yourself, because that is certainly not a good way to leverage your time!
Discipline
This one is so important. Almost everyone that starts an online home business has or has had an employee mindset. We go to work and collect a paycheck at the end of each week. We are accustomed to trading time for money.
Well, this is all about to change.
When you are running your own online home business, nobody is going to care how many hours you put in. This may seem harsh, but it's the truth. It's about working smart and getting results, not about the hours that you work. The most important thing is committing yourself, every day, to actually getting the work you need done!
No one is going to be standing over you telling you to get your job done. There is no time clock, and there is no "paycheck." You have got to have the discipline to do the work yourself if you want to be successful. This can be hard at first for many people, but if you are disciplined, the rewards can be huge.
Focus
So, you are disciplined enough to sit down and work, but are you focused? We all struggle with this one at one time or another, veterans as well as novices. You go online to do some research and you stumble across a YouTube video which leads to another video and another...you get the point!
Sometimes it's just a matter of a "To-Do" list that can be the difference between a successful home business and a "hobby." Some of us write our lists the night before, while others write them in the morning. Some write them on a white board, some use a text document on the computer and others just write them on a piece of paper.
It doesn't matter where and when you do it, but it does matter that you do do it. How are we going to know that we're done for the day and that we accomplished what we needed to if we don't have a list? Working "on the fly" may feel like it works for a while, but in the end maintaining a focused effort will make all the difference in the world.
Mindset
This one must not be overlooked. The right mindset can be the difference in your business being successful or not. You have to believe in what you are doing.
Period.
So many people say they are going to "try out" the business to "see if it works." If that is your mindset, it won't work. It's just that simple.
Our businesses grow in direct relationship to our own personal growth. Personal development is important to entrepreneurs. I have yet to meet a successful home business owner who doesn't believe in personal development and spending time on mindset and personal growth.
Also, there is quite a shift from employee mindset to home business owner mindset. A shift from having $50,000 being a yearly goal to having it become a monthly goal. You see, we are taught to believe that we have limitations, but we need to lift those in order to find success. We are programmed to believe we need to go to school and get a job in order to be successful - that there is only one path to success.
This is not true, and we need to reprogram our way of thinking.
I can tell you from our own personal experience that personal development has played a crucial role in our success and I believe that it is important for success in the long term.
Passion
Do you get excited about your business or are you ashamed of it? Does your home business feel like you are going to a job? Are you motivated to help others be successful in starting and running their own home business? If your home business feels like "work" or a chore, than you probably won't be inclined to spend much time on it. If you don't put the time into building your home business, it's not very likely that it will be successful.
That's exactly why it's so critical that you are passionate when it comes to your business. It's also vital that you have specific reasons why you are starting a home business and that you are passionate about these reasons.
Keep in mind that while you may be inclined to say it's about the money, that's not the specific enough. Money is really just a vehicle to allow you the freedom to do/have what you want in your life.
What is it that you want?
* Do you want to be able to spend more time with your family?
* Do you want to be able to sit down every night to dinner with your kids?
* Do you want to be able to travel the world?
* Do you want to be able to dedicate time to your favorite charity?
* Do you want to start your own charity?
* Or do you just want to be able to get up without an alarm clock and work in your pajamas...?
Whatever the reason, it has to be something you are very passionate about because if you aren't, the drive to be successful may not last long. It may just become easier to go to your job and collect your paycheck.
So find your passion and nurture it! That is what will propel you to succeed and that will be what keeps you going when things might seem tough!
Well, now that you know the 7 keys to starting and running a successful online home business, what are you waiting for? This industry is filled with some amazing people, but there's always room for one more!
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