There’s No Biz Like A Home Biz
When Sue Recksiedler looks past her husband’s shop — brown aluminum with custom wood windows — and down MacDonald Road to count the other home-based businesses in her neighbourhood, it takes her a minute.
There’s the welder, the antique dealer, the couple who manufactures equipment for bridges and the veterinarian.
“The whole road consists of home-based businesses,” said Recksiedler,
Chamber of Commerce, manager Patti Noonan said there has been a significant rise even in the last year of inquiries about starting a home-based business.
“In our office we are seeing an increase in the amount of folks coming in for information on them and how to start them,” said Noonan, adding many of those people are stay-at-home moms looking for ways to make extra money or retirees wanting to do traces of their former career as consultants.
There has also been an increase in the number of bed-and-breakfasts, a sector seeing a resurgence with the introduction of bed-and-bales for travellers with horses; and a rise in agricultural tourism ventures.
Getting her business’s name out there is one of the aspects of working from home Laurie Williams, who runs a consulting service, is adjusting to after moving to Armstrong two years ago.
“One of the things I find challenging is promoting my business. I love it when the work comes to me,” said Williams, who writes reports and conducts research from an office on the main level of her family’s home.
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cassy on January 26th, 2009 3:07 pm
it is true, onething good about a home business is you dont need to rent a space and it is really easy for you to monitor your business coz your just at home, what makes it cool? home base business is you can save and its enjoy coz your family can also help you run with your business, for its pretty cool idea!
Sharon Wilson on January 26th, 2009 6:05 pm
There are many advantages of operating a home based business and this is no surprise when you read about the growing popularity of this form of entrepreneurship. One drawback to home based businesses is the challenge to be known and heard about. I think home based business will need to spend more time, effort and money in marketing and advertising so that they become more visible to the community.
Dove Chocolatier on January 27th, 2009 6:35 am
With a Home Biz you can start part time and still work another job till you get the Home Biz up and running and still have your other income.
Click and Inc on January 27th, 2009 12:56 pm
starting your own business and being your own boss is the ideal dream for most people and is a great way to enjoy your job and feel successful. It seems with our sluggish situation and people losing jobs left and right, entrepreneurship is taking off. Good luck to those who are braving it. they are inspirations to us all.
Jaclyn on January 27th, 2009 3:31 pm
If we had the money right now…we would definitely be operating our own home based business. there are just so many benefits to having your own home based business rather then working under someone else or having a shop even that is some distance from your home…so you can’t monitor it 24/7 unless you live there!
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