Home Business Opportunities Review

Books Are Fun Business Opportunity

2010-02-20T18:11:00.000-08:00

Books are Fun is a company I worked for as an Independent Distributor in the late 1990's. It was a business opportunity of direct sales to businesses. At the time I was with them, they were owned by Reader's Digest. While doing research tonight for this blog I discovered that the original founder bought the company back. They still offer a business opportunity, don't really know if it works like it did when I was there.

It was a pretty simple concept. The company bought "lots" of books from publishers. The division I worked for then called on businesses & left a "sampling" of 10-14 books for employees to look over and order from. Then at a later pre-determined time, I went back to the business, collected money for the orders and delivered in the same step. The BIG draw was that most of the books sold for 80% less than retail. They also were always a selection of high quality general interest books that made great gifts for any book lover in the family. The company has a solid reputation and delivers on it's promises.

In the end, it turned out not to be exactly what I was looking for. Even with all the benefits it offered, it still was a "job". I had to keep a LARGE physical inventory, do the prospecting, delivering, bookkeeping, stocking etc. While "technically" I was self-employed, the reality was I had "bought" a job. No matter how hard I worked the business, if I wanted to take a week off, I didn't get paid. At the time I wasn't really sure what I was looking for, I just knew this wasn't it. That being said, if you are interested in a hands on type of business, this one is certainly worth a look. As for me I'll stay with my current plan of building a residual income.

David

Home Based Business: Lawn Care

2010-01-03T15:33:00.000-08:00

This happens to be another Home Based Business that I have actually done. Some years ago my Brother-in-law and I worked in the Lawn Care Business. It was not too long after "3 Men & a Baby" had come out at the movies. So I thought a cool name would be "2 Men & a Mower". Cute, huh?! Anyway, for a Home Based Business it's not too bad.

Basically all you need is a mower. In our home based lawn care business we also had a weedeater and a blower. Many people already have these items (or have access to them) so start-up is rather minimal money wise. If you concentrate on small business and homeowners these beginning tools should be all you need in the beginning. As with all businesses, as you gain more clients you can get better equipment and hire employees to do the actual work. All in all it has many of the attributes of what I was looking for in a home business when I found Watkins.

When looking for a home based business, these are some of the things I look for:

Honest and ethical business
Low start-up cost
Uncomplicated procedures
Product of service many people need

The things that the home based lawn care business didn't have that Watkins does are:

a consumable product that people use on a daily basis
a method of building an ongoing incoming revenue stream even if you take time off from the business
the ability to build a business with "No Selling Required"
a turnkey proven business strategy and documentation for step-by-step business building
a "Free" website for building the business
"Free" online audios from top performers in the business who "teach" you the business at your own pace

There may be more ways that a Watkins Home Based Business is better than the lawn care business, but I think you probably get the idea. To find out if a Watkins home based business might be right for you, click here.

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Home Based Business: Stun Guns

2009-12-27T07:37:00.000-08:00

This is one of the home based business opportunities I actually did for awhile. It had appeal to me on a couple of levels. First, I love electronic gadgets, if it makes noise or is fun & it's electronic: count me in. Secondly, I thought they were a useful product that would bring peace of mind to some people. Sounds good so far right. Well, here is "The rest of the story"! (my apologies to Paul Harvey)

This was pre-internet (as far as I knew anyway), so I found companies that sold these products "wholesale" from Biz Opp magazines. Notice that wholesale is in quotes. In reality, not so much. But be that as it may, I did actually manage to sell some. Mainly to my warm market. I was in sales (day job) at the time, so it was just part of my nature. Advertising or recruiting salesman to work for me never even occurred to me. Just as well I guess, since the product was not a consumable, you always had to find new customers. But that experience led me to appreciate the concept of a franchise. With a franchise you have a duplicatable proven formula for success. Which is why I'm now with Watkins, making money! :)

David
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Home Business Attempt

2009-12-09T15:03:00.000-08:00

DIY Home Business

When it comes to trying a home business, there are a few things that should be considered. Let's look at an idea I had for a home business that didn't make it (this was of course before Watkins).

While I still think the concept deserves some merit, as far as a home business goes there are definitely better options. My idea was simple, and relatively easy. To make and sell stencil t-shirts. Just required a computer, freezer paper (for the stencil), t-shirt & spray paint. A low cost easy home business if I ever saw one. I had no problem coming up with ideas (see shirt I made for my wife as an example). But with any home business, getting the product is not necessarily the issue. How to "market" the product is the issue. Never figured that one out. So now my wife has an exclusive "Limited Edition" t-shirt as the only product from this home business attempt. ;)

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Home Business: Gold by the Inch

2009-12-05T14:17:00.000-08:00

Home Business Opportunity: Golden

One of the "Golden" home business opportunities I've looked into is Gold. I first happened upon "Gold-by-the-Inch" at our local mall many years ago. Long, long before I had ever heard of Watkins. It appealed to me in the beginning on several levels.

First, it's pretty. Secondly, it's simple. The basic home business concept is this: You buy spools of "gold" chain (by gold I mean a cheap metal that's gold plated) set up wherever there are people. You then measure a custom fit length to fit your customers need (bracelet, necklace etc.) cut to proper length, put on clasp-collect your money and there you go. Quick simple home business.

The main drawback (vs. Watkins) is that you only earn what you sale. The potential for a residual income is not there. Let's say you pay your money for a booth at a craft show, bad weather comes in, just like that your out of business. All in all it's not necessarily a "bad" home business (start up is around $200) just was not what I was looking for.

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David
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Business Opportunity: Photo Blankets

2009-12-05T13:35:00.000-08:00

Home Business Opportunity: Photo Blankets

One of the home business opportunities I considered before choosing Watkins, was Photo Blankets. There are many companies online that offer this as a home business (just google "photo blanket" to see what I mean.) As far as home business opportunities go, you could do worse. Below I'll try to share a little of my thought process and some of the reasons it originally appealed to me.

First off is vanity. Seriously, most of us like to see pictures of ourself (or family). Having made my living in photography in the past, I knew the power of images to make sales. That being said, when it comes to a home business opportunity; I wanted something that had potential for long term residual income. Also a product that was consumable (people buy, use up and buy again<>) was high on my list. It is hard enough to get sales the first time, but when virtually every sale is going to be a new customer....just not my cup of tea.

Now that's just me. If you like a trading hours for money type of proposition, this one would probably be fine. One of the Photo Blanket home business opportunities is offered for an initial $200 sign-up. Another point. I also wanted a home business opportunity that I could do part-time from home online without having to sell. Watkins ended up being the right choice for me. And @ $39.95 sign-up fee, turns out it's quite a bargain also. :)

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David
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3 Cool Photography Sites

2009-01-10T06:28:00.000-08:00

Check these out:

http://www.popphoto.com/: Digital world of Popular Photography and American Photo. Filled with gorgeous galleries, helpful tutorials, camera reviews, definitely one not to be missed.
http://photo.net/: A community of photographers; featuring stunning photo's, how-to's, equipment reviews, contests and more. An absolute must see.
http://www.digital-slr-guide.com/: This one is a little different. It features no-nonsense information and reviews on the evolving digital camera market. All articles are in a non-technical plain English format.

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O' Holey font

2009-01-07T06:30:00.000-08:00

A dutch company has come up with a way to reduce printer ink usage by about 20%. Their font (as seen on the left) is holey :-) And not only is it green, it is a free download! Just go here: http://www.ecofont.eu/ecofont_en.html look for the download button at the bottom of the page and your good to go.

Looking for simple ways to go "green" can be alot of fun. & ecofont being free is even better! ;)
*Quick update: Article I wrote about "Earth Day 2010"
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Sprint Instinct GPS saves the day!

2009-01-06T13:38:00.000-08:00

Leaving DFW airport headed for home only to discover I failed to print out reverse google map directions. Not a problem, just use the to destination instructions-backwards.

Yeah, not so much.

32 degrees, freezing rain, sun going down, ice on the trees and lost.
Not just lost, totally lost, and in the wrong part of Dallas.
Yeah, I have a map in the car, not going to stop here to use it though.
Then I remember....Aha!.....my new Sprint Instinct has GPS voice guided directions.
Didn't have the navigation set up (wasn't thinking I would ever use it)

So....while driving, activate the GPS account, (name & e-mail)-skip the tutorial, enter in my destination and.......voila! Instant Gps navigation.
Sweet!
On the phone appears a map, showing number of miles before I need to turn, a pleasant female voice gives prompts as I near the turn and all's right with the world.
At one point she (Ms. GPS) tells me there is congestion ahead, if I would like to avoid it press the traffic button. I would, I did and boom, right turn Clyde.
As I am taking my alternate route, I glance @ where I would have gone.
A sea of red tail lights as far as the horizon.
My current path? Congestion free!

Long story short: home safe and sound w/minimum stress.
Thank you Instinct!

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