Tell me if this doesn’t sound familiar to you.

“So, you run your own home business. What do you do?”

“Well, I do a lot of stuff. I belong to some networking marketing programs. I do surveys. I participate in focus groups. I sell some stuff on eBay. I…”

Okay, hold the phone. That’s not a business. That’s…heck, I don’t want it is. It’s certainly not running a business. And the one thing I have learned in my five years of running my own home based business is that you MUST focus on ONE model and get that down cold before you even think of branching out and doing anything else. And then, if you are going to branch out, you better make sure that your current business model can be automated in some way. Otherwise, you’re going to end up spending 18 hours a day on your business.

This may very well be the biggest mistake that home business owners make. They don’t actually treat their business like a business. It’s more like a hobby. Do a thing here, a thing there. Make a few bucks where you can. In other words, wing it. Well, let me ask you a question. Do you think Amazon wings it? Do you think CD Now wings it? I could keep on going but I think you get the point. These sites, as well as countless others, focus on ONE business model. They optimize it and market the heck out of it. They don’t spend their time doing things that don’t relate to this one model.

It’s not hard to focus. All you need is a solid business plan. In other words, sit down, decide what ONE thing it is you want to do. Decide how much money you want to make each month. Decide how much you’re going to spend on advertising and how many hours you’re going to work on your business each day. Figure out what you’re going to do yourself and what you’re going to outsource to others. And most of all, make sure it’s a business that’s entirely your own. Don’t go joining programs. All you’re doing there is making somebody else rich.

If you follow these simple tips, you’ll find that your business runs smoother and is more profitable in the long run.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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