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NETWORKING Networking is vital to home-based businesses. By supporting each other, we can pass the word about exciting new businesses and services. Who do you know that owns a home-based business in your community? Find out! 1. Read the business section of your newspaper often. Clip articles of interest, or start a notebook listing the business name and contact information. 2. Look for business functions to attend. Be sure to take plenty of business cards with you and pass them around. Ask others for their cards as well. 3. Establish a business card file of home-based businesses. Support the home-based businesses in your community. 4. Schedule a meeting to network, if you do not see any functions specifically for home-based business. Hold the meeting at a free community room, such as the library. Invest in a package of disposable coffee cups, stirrers, coffee, creamer, and sweetener. Or look around for a home-based caterer who would like to gain free advertising by taking care of the beverage table! Send out press releases, post flyers, and enjoy meeting with like-minded entrepreneurs! 5. Promote home-based businesses in your community. For an example of how this might be done, visit San Diego Home-Based Businesses, a service to homeschool families and other entrepreneurs.

SET UP AN eBAY AUCTION Whether you have collectibles you'd like to earn top dollar for or yard sale items in good condition, eBay makes it simple and easy to earn money. Simply register as an eBay member - FREE - and set up an auction. The format for setting up your auction is simple, fill-in-the-blank style. What could be easier?! If you want to jazz up your auction site, eBay even has an HTML tutorial with clear, concise examples so you can learn while you earn. For those with more HTML experience, you can let your creativity loose and design a site that really reflects your style. The eBay success stories profile one woman who quit her job as an insurance agent to sell full-time on eBay. I placed 31 items for sale and had a bid on 3 of the auctions within the time it took to set up the auction pages! Have a digital camera? Put one FREE picture on your site immediately. If you have a regular camera, just snap a picture of each item for sale and either have it developed to disk or scan the picture (being sure to save as .jpg or .gif format) and post on your auction site. Photos really help to give the buyer confidence in what they're purchasing, along with a good, honest description of the item for sale. You decide how much you want to make by setting a minimum bid, but with an aution, the sky's the limit! The fee to sell on eBay is minimal, and it's deducted AFTER your item sells. Talk about no-risk! Once you're registered to sell, sign up - FREE - for eBay Payment (formerly Billpoint). You'll be able to accept credit cards, debit cards, and electronic checks on your auction site. The payment is direct deposited into your bank account. That's a valid example of making money while you sleep! Get $5.00 TODAY! To expand your services to your customers by offering an additional method of payment - PayPal. The payments are directly deposited into your PayPal account which you can use for any online purchases or request a check be mailed directly to you. If you're not currently a member of PayPal's FREE service, sign up now by clicking on this banner and EARN $5.00* - just for signing up. *New - Certain requirements must be met to earn the $5. bonus

EDUCATION Hands-On Economics: Start Your Own Business or Mock Business. The educational value of running a business is obvious - it encompasses so many traditional "subjects" studied in school and applies them to practical, profitable use. It's Life Skills in action! Publish your success stories FREE. Share your experiences and insight. Send to: MoreCleverIdeas@aol.com You'll be notified when your article is published. Check out these business-based educational websites: What Do You Want to Sell? Grades 6 - 12 Production of Goods and Services Grades 6 - 12 Free Enterprise Business Magazine Project Grades 11 - 12

CONSIDER THIS... It is important to represent a company whose products you personally use ~ products you can be proud of and feel comfortable recommending to others.

FINANCING A HOME-BUSINESS With a family of six, living on one income, starting a business can be intimidating financially. You need to have a little money to make money! Here are some simple ideas that I have used: 1. Have a yard sale. Make the most of the resources laying around your own home by cleaning them up, putting a clear price tag on them, and spending one or two mornings of just one weekend making seed money for your new business. Click here for more tips on having a successful yard sale. 2. Spend wisely. Determine what you must have for your business start-up. Then look for inexpensive resources like these: FREE color business cards! Great quality! Design them online. Choose images, patterns, effects, fonts, backgrounds and colors. $85.00 value - pay only s/h! FREE 50 minute Calling Card - reloadable! Your service can be recharged in $25 increments. **3.9 cents per minute for all the calls made in the Continental U.S- 24/7 FREE Copy of Home Business Connection Magazine. You won't be billed, it's completely free 3. Clip coupons and set aside the money you saved on your grocery bill in a nest egg for starting your business. Click here for our exclusive Coupon Secrets.

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