http://athomebusinesssecrets.com Tips and Secrets Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:43:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the biggest challenges you'll face when starting a business is staying focused. This applies to regular business and home based businesses, but it especially critical with home based businesses.  It is too easy to get distracted.  I'm not talking about being distracted by your kids, spouse, TV, and ... http://athomebusinesssecrets.com/2008/06/stay-focused/ [cbufeed]Home Business Products[/cbufeed] http://athomebusinesssecrets.com/2008/05/recommended-products/ As part of my launch of a new members-only site called Clickbank Unleashed, I developed my first Wordpress plug-in that allows me (and members of Clickbank Unleashed) to display the contents of their custom RSS Feeds on the blogs. Below is what it looks like when I have the plugin ... http://athomebusinesssecrets.com/2008/05/test/ There's an old saying - "there's no such thing as a free lunch" - which can also be applied to starting up your own business. It's easy to get caught up in the excitement of having your own business and the dreams of what it will be like not to ... http://athomebusinesssecrets.com/2008/04/starting-a-business-is-hard-work/ This really has nothing to do with a home business, but I thought it was pretty funny and deserved to be posted. http://athomebusinesssecrets.com/2008/03/off-topic-but-funny/ A new and improved web site has been published for Flintvalley LLC. The site now looks quite a bit more professional and actually contains some content.  There is still a lot more to do, but it will take a few months for the company to get "off the ground". http://athomebusinesssecrets.com/2008/02/quick-flintvalley-update/ I've been working evenings, weekends, and any other spare time I can find to build the initial web site to help launch the Flintvalley, LLC business.  Flintvalley, LLC is going to have a wide variety of web sites that it will use to generate revenue from.  I'm not going to ... http://athomebusinesssecrets.com/2008/02/prepare-to-launch/ Congratulations are in order (for me).  The birth of a new company is official!  I received my "Certification of Organization" from the state this week.  Flintvalley, LLC is now a legally recognized company.  How cool is that!  I also just called and got my federal tax id, so that means ... http://athomebusinesssecrets.com/2008/01/its-a-company/ I wish I was in a financial position where I could quit my current job and focus 100% of my time and energy on developing my new company.  Unfortunately that just isn't possible. So I have to take a very "slow and steady" approach.  I try to spend a few ... http://athomebusinesssecrets.com/2008/01/slow-and-steady/ For the past 18-24 months I've been dabbling with things on the Internet. I've bought some domains, developed some web sites, and even made a few dollars.  I have finally reached a point where I think it is in my best interest to establish an official business entity.  I'm doing ... http://athomebusinesssecrets.com/2008/01/launching-a-business/