What is the best way to gather customers if you work from home?
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Emails r cheaper than phone calls\n\nphone calls r cheaper than house calls\n\nCHECK WHICH WORKS RIGHT 4 U !
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Most people who work at home and are successful are doing one of two things - getting paid a commission on everyone they convince to join the program (also known as MLM or pyramid plans) OR they have their own business. Your own business is something you create yourself, not find on the internet. You create it based on your skills, your passions not on what someone else tells you is the GREATEST thing going.\n\nIf you are looking at one of the endless "opportunities" out there be careful - most are scams. Here are a few questions you should ask to help figure out if the one you are looking at is for real or not.\n\nLegitimate work-at-home program should tell you - in writing - what's involved in the program they are selling. Here are some questions you might ask:\n\n* What tasks will I have to perform? (Ask the program to list every step of the job.)\n* Will I be paid a salary or will my pay be based on commission?\n* Who will pay me?\n* When will I get my first paycheck?\n* What is the total cost of the work-at-home program, including supplies, equipment and membership fees?\n* What will I get for my money?
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I would check them out with the BBB 1st The work from home job I do is award winning with the BBB so find the ones that are spoke most highly of Good Luck In you Hunt Misty
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Dear friend  I am working from home too...Go to my WEBSITE: www.nickwwwboard.com  , where all Mail-Orders, art, craft, poets,animal lovers, and collectors meet  NATIONALLY & INTERNATIONALLY, after you check my WEBSITE go to the Visitors Guest book section and insert a up to 100 words ( more or less) ad/message  describing any thing in your business or personal life. Your ad will not have an exparation date and your ad will stay therter free.  Do not insert ads or messages in the Classifieds ads Section or pages  of my WEBSITE this section is saved  for paying ads only.  Through my WEBSITE...you will find ways to contact me...and if you wish my BIG MAIL will follow. Your BIG MAIL always will be WELCOME.  Also another way to insert your ads free if you own a WEBSITE, attached with a Visitor's GUEST Book, and exchage with others that their WEBSITE has a Guest book Section ...ads and messages.
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The problem is most of the Work from Home "scams" are pyramid games.  If your not familiar: Your the top, you get 2 people to help you they in turn get 3 they get 5 and you're supposed to profit from your 2 friends and all the others that join.  Unfortunately, it's to easy to get scammed.  Most of the time they say "MOTIVATION IS A FACTOR OF SUCCESS" sure if you want to loose any friend and family member's you have.  Most people do not want to get involved, plus there is a fee.  I have never in my life PAID my employer to work for them.  Keep that in mind!\n\nBest bet, try something legitimate, do you have skills?  Can they be used from your home in a profitable way?  It can be something as simple as opening a day care in your home.  Check with you local authorities as to how many children you can have before you have to be a registered/licensed Day Care.  Can you paint, draw or design?  You can do make things and sell them on EBAY.\n\nGood Luck to you.
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Several ways, but here's a couple:\n\n1.  Call and speak to the business owner to set up an appointment to introduce your service/products.  Suggest ways that you can be of service to them.  Send follow up letter thanking them for their time and confirming your appointment.\n\n2.  Send information and then follow up with a phone call asking if they received your information and that you would like to set up an appointment.  Send a letter thanking them for talking with you and confirming the appointment.  \n\nIf they are not interested still send a letter thanking them for their time and periodically, send them a "touching base" letter or post card.\n\nYou never know.  At some point they may decide to use your service/ products.\n\nBest of Luck to YOU!
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Try placing a resume online... that's the fastest way to reach a lot of people without doing much work
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A few things to consider/ask yourself:\n\n1) Is the infomation clear & concise?\n2) Is it easy to find this information? \n3) Is your contact information displayed well?\n4) Do your customers have the ability to contact you when your offline, such as email, online contact form or instant messenging feature?\n5) Perhaps offer an e-newsletter pertaining to your industry?\n6) Is it possible to offer discounts? If so, think about coupons for times of year (e.g. if in accounting, offer discounts during tax season, etc) or for multiple orders\n7) If you were a customer, what would you think about your site? Are there things that you would not like as a consumer? Take note of those things & change them.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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well working from home is the best way to go. God bless satellite links!
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Focus on a niche and do not try to be like Walmart which offers everything to everybody. Specialize on a particular product line/groups and be the best in it. Then offer the best customer service.\n\nAn example of how to go about it is the approach used by Tony Roeder of RedWagons.com http://www.powerhomebiz.com/OnlineSuccess/redwagons.htm . Because Walmart and ToysRUs only offer a limited number of Red Flyer wagons, he decided to carry almost the full inventory and focus on that entirely. And he's been very successful - he was even featured by Yahoo Stores and that's where I saw him and interviewed him.\n\nThe article "10 Ways Small Businesses Can Compete With the Big Boys"  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol113/compete.htm offers tips on how a small business can compete with the WalMarts of the world (may not always be successful, but gives small businesses a fighting chance):\n\n1. Provide exceptional customer service\n2. Pamper your existing customers.\n3. Consider collaborating with similar businesses.\n4. Use "loss leaders."\n5. Develop a niche and focus on it.\n6. Take care of your employees.\n7. Use technology to your advantage. \n8. Present a very professional image.\n9. Emphasize the uniqueness of your products. \n10. Give your store character.\n\nHere are some articles that may be helpful to you:\nFocus on Your Niche http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol62/niche.htm \n5 Steps to Creating a Profitable Niche for Your Small Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/012006/niche.htm
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Yes. Customer Service from your home, apply at: www.workathomeagents.com. There's a great forum with many ideas: www.workplacelikehome.com.  I do 3 different work at home jobs ranging from data entry to customer service to HYIP.  If you read the forums out there, you can find some amazing opportunities (These opportunities NOT being those SELLING scams)
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First of all you need business cards....if you have a computer at home you can make your own business cards. Its pretty simple. Hand them out to friends, neigbors and people that you meet...give them extra two or so to give to their friends. \nSecondly you need to do a business lunch and invite, friends, neighbors and who ever you think will some day need your business. You just need like sandwiches, or finger foods and juices.\n\nSend out your invitations....make a broucher....just cheap...you can do it at home....print so many out.\n\nThen talk your invitations about your business. They will pass the word on I promise....\n\nMY HUSBANDS BUSINESS HAS TAKEN OF...AND GUESS WHAT! HE IS 2 MONTHS BEHIND WORK....CUSTOMERS DON'T MIND THOUGH BECAUSE HE IS SO GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES THEY DON'T WANT SOMEONE ELSE....
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The best home business depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs. Or some may find fulfillment as a daycare operator while you would rather not take care of other kids.\n\nThe key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.\n\nDan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:\n\n1. List 5 things you do best\n2. List how others would benefit from what you do best\n3. Find out how to give people what they want\n4. Learn the value of your services to others\n5. Find out who else offers similar services\n6. Learn from the successes of others\n7. Learn from the failures of others\n8. Plan your own success\n9. Make low cost mistakes\n10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it\n\nHe then made suggestions on the best home businesses according to type. Here are a few of them:\n\nBest Businesses Using Craft or Physical Skills\n- antique restoration\n- auto detail service\n- carpet cleaning business\n- errand/delivery service\n- housecleaning business\n\nBest Service Businesses \n- bed and breakfast operator\n- caregiver\n- catering service\n- senior day care center\n- tutoring service\n\nBest Professional Businesses\n- desktop publisher\n- magazine writer\n- import/export service\n- income tax preparation service\n- event planner\n\nSome other home business ideas:\n\nTop 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breakeven.htm\n10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.htm\nLow Cost Startup Businesses http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusinesses/0,6617,,00.html\n\nI suggest you check out these other books to give you ideas on what business to start:\n\n- Turn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness \n- The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century \n- 121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home \n- The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start \n- 101 Ways to Make Money at Home
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First of all your office has to allow this. One company I worked for allowed employees to connect from home and we used a software interface called Citrix. \n\nIf your office does allow this your IT dept. will be able to help you.
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You must have an intrest outside of work, so join a local club or group and take it from there. Also, they say that the local supermarket is a place to bump into people.
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www.alpineaccess.com  Work from home answering the phone taking orders for J Crew Office Depot 800-Flowers or others. You will need high speed internet access, a phone, plus a quiet place to work. The company routes calls to your phone from their offices in Golden Colorado.\nOther work from home companies\nwww.workingsol.com Working Solutions\nwww.workathomeagent.com West at Home\nwww.liveops.com/ Liveops teleservices\nwww.youdictate.com/ Cyber Secretary dictation
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yes please tell me more. I have heard you can do this from home is this true?