US Government Business Resources
Nicole from Business.gov wrote to tell me about the US Government Business Resources they have on their site. If you are based in the US, and have your own business, this is a site worth bookmarking.
Business.gov is a site designed to help businesses save time and money by providing a portal to business laws, government regulations, forms and agency contacts.
The site has the backing over 21 Government Agencies and is managed by the US Small Business Administration. Read more »
Accounting Home Based Business
An accounting home based business or one which specializes in bookkeeping has a high chance of being successful.
Tax preparation, bookkeeping and accounting services are amongst the most popular home-based businesses in America. This is also true of many other countries in the world.
There are also opportunities to provide tax assistance, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and inventory services.
If you are comfortable working with numbers, good with detail and very well organised its likely you have the attributes required to make a good go of it. Read more »
Home Business Credit Card
Why bother with a home business credit card ? Well…..from a tax and accounting perspective it is important to separate your personal income from your business income.
This also applies if you have multiple businesses. Keep a separate set of accounts for each business.
Once you have separate accounts setup, accounting for all the revenue and costs for your businesses becomes a whole lot easier.
The same applies to your credit card (or cards). Don’t make the mistake of putting your business expenses on a your personal credit card.
Having a separate credit card is handy for any home based internet business. Most of the products for sale online today require a credit card for payment. This especially applies if your advertising with the larger PPC programs link Adwords.
We run three separate accounts for our online home business: Read more »
Limited Edition Ebay Flipping
Here’s a couple of older posts on an interesting topic.
Most people know about house flipping. Probably not an easy business right now but the principal is the same for limited edition eBay flipping.
First you buy limited editions of prints or fashion items at a sale - then sell them on eBay for a profit.
Here are a couple of links providing more background. Read more »
VoIP Home Based Business
There are a few opportunities which deliver true residual income and a VoIP home based business is one of them.
So what is VoIP ? VoIP stands for Voice over IP. Simplified it is the means by which voice (& images) are transferred over the internet.
Instead of making a phone call on your home phone (landline), you can call people from your computer or one of a number of special phones which use the internet instead of a regular phone line. Read more »