Hello Moms!

If you are looking for home business ideas, I want to encourage you to genuinely assess what you enjoy doing. Then consider how viable selling that service (or product) would be. To truly be successful in a home business I strongly believe that it must be something that you absolutely LOVE spending your time doing. When you really believe in what you are doing and it feeds your spirit, you will inevitably put more dedication into your business. No business can be successful without dedication, long hours and some savvy.

When contemplating home business ideas to do a survey to your target market. If you want to open an Errands Business, consider taking out an ad in your local paper and asking people to email you if they would be interested. Or better yet, put up a little webpage that they can go to where you can poll what type of services they need.

Maybe you are a musician and you are considering building a website devoted to your passion. Take some time out on some Music forums and try to get people's opinions. What would they envision the Ultimate Music Website would offer?

Here is a recipe to success -- a woman who is spending her days doing what she is passionate about, and she has a receptive target market that wants what she is offering.

Don't do what everyone else is doing. That seems like the easy thing to do, but it isn't YOUR dream and ultimately you will end up losing interest and it won't be successful. Then you will associate your home business ideas and inspirations with failure. That will make it much more difficult to be successful with the next venture.

Save yourself some time by opening a home business that you love and success will surely follow.

P.S. Visit MyMommyBiz.com for some really informative ebooks on different Home Business Ideas.

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As a work at home Mother, I know the value of a deal. Any smart business person knows that the best way to make money is to SAVE money.

Recently my husband quit his 9 to 5 salaried career to work from home with me. In order to afford this we had to take a good long look at our typical expenses and determine what we could do to cut our costs.

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Tips for Working at Home with a Small Child
By Pamela Dimmick

Working at home presents many challenges but is especially tough when you have a little one vying for your attention. To some this is a contest of wills in itself where to others it is a perk. Oftentimes it is both.

Short of shipping the kid off to Grandma’s or daycare, what’s a work at home parent to do?

We all need routines, especially children. Establish a daily routine so she knows what to expect and you have a workable plan, yet keep it flexible. I like to work in the morning and have the rest of the day available for fun and games but it doesn’t always work out that way. My daughter knows that mornings are my work time and for the most part she entertains herself while I toil away. But some days she is just full of energy and needs more one on one interaction with me, she’s a preschooler after all. That’s fine; I can always take a break or plan to catch up later in the day or week. After all, she’s the reason I am home in the first place, she is priority number one. Allow yourself to go with the flow. Try to have a set time and routine for working but be flexible so you can truly enjoy the benefits of staying at home. Is it an interruption when your child barges in excited about some wonderful discovery or a welcome pleasure? Take a break, let it be a welcome diversion and enjoy the moment.

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