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Author: Leslie Truex

Website: Http://www.workathomesuccess.com

Survive Home Business Start-Up

For many would-be home based entrepreneurs, it's the start-up that stops them
from achieving success. While many can work through the process of deciding
the business to start and creating a plan, the actual launch or initial stages
of the start-up create challenges so great that many quit before they're barely
out the gate. The problem is that at some point something will go wrong and
budding entrepreneurs need to plan for and be ready to meet the challenges
instead of retreating from them. Here are four strategies for surviving your
home business start-up.

1. Have realistic expectations. Bill Gates didn't start Microsoft one day and
have his empire the next. Success in a business takes time. Too many people
come to the end of their first month with little results and determine that
having a home business is impossible. In reality a successful home business
takes at least six months to two years to reach a steady, regular positive
cash flow. Further, the journey to home business success is often a bumpy one,
and home-based entrepreneurs should expect to encounter obstacles and frustrations
along the way.

2. Keep on keepin' on. As already mentioned, stuff happens when building a
business. Customers return products and complain. Marketing campaigns fail.
Not everything will run smoothly or lead to desired outcomes. This is where
the true entrepreneur is born. Success isn't from the achievement, it's from
surviving and continuing the journey when everything is falling apart.  You
need to adopt the attitude that quitting isn't an option and when you run into
problems, you need to keep working on your business.

3. Remember why. Most people don't start a home business because it was their
dream to do so. Most start a business to achieve some other goal such as to
stay home with children, leave a stressful job or pay off debt. Your reason
for starting a home business is crucial to your success. When the going gets
tough, the tough remember why they started the journey in the first place.
If your reason for starting a home business is big enough, it should motivate
you and propel you forward when times get hard.

4. Evaluate and adjust. One of the biggest challenges to working at home is
determining if and when to change tactics. Because many tasks take time to
show results, it can be difficult to know if they've failed or just haven't
kicked in yet. But if you find that things aren't working, you need to evaluate
what's happening. Are you focused on money-generating tactics? Many would-be
entrepreneurs are busy, but aren't doing the things that make money. Sometimes
money-making actions don't work and you need to figure out why. One way to
do this is to test different tactics. For example, if an ad didn't generate
leads, run the ad somewhere else or change the headline. The trick is to change
only one element of the tactic to determine what aspect isn't working. As you
evaluate what's working and what's not, make adjustments to your tactics. Building
a business is a process that is always in flux. You need to continually monitor
your actions and their results to maximize your success.

Starting a home business is the perfect way to design a career you love and
control the amount of money you make. But despite what many work-at-home gurus
might have you believe, it's not something you can decide to do today and achieve
riches by tomorrow. Even with the best advice, the journey to home business
success will be a roller coaster ride filled with ups and downs and sometimes
loopty-loos that make you feel a little nauseous. But if you stay the course,
focus on your goal, and do the work that needs to be done, success can be yours.

Leslie Truex is the author of The Work-At-Home Success Bible (Adams Media).
She has been telecommuting and running home businesses for over 15 years and
helping others to work at home in jobs or home businesses since 1998. Get work-at-home
jobs and other resources with her free newsletter at www.WorkAtHomeSuccess.com

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