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------------------------------------------------------------ SMALLBIZBITS NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Your Home-Based Business Resource On The Internet! smallbizbits@yahoo.com Visit Website To Read New Articles: http://www.smallbizbitsnews.com December 15, 2005 Editor/Publisher: BB Lee This Newsletter Is For The Home-Based Business Owner. Or anyone who is thinking about starting a business from home. Ezine Description Page: http://subs.zinester.com/46401 Archives Index: http://archives.zinester.com/46401 ------------- QUOTE... Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. Oscar Wilde (All quotes, jokes, and trivia bits supplied by researcher Alexa) ================================================================ ATTENTION: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to it. If you would like to be removed from this mailing list, please see the instructions at the end of this newsletter. Our subscribers list is NOT made available to others. We value and respect your privacy. ================================================================ IN THIS ISSUE ================================================================ ==>Editor's Welcome! ==>Computer Quickie ==>This Week In History ==>Biz Tips ==>Home Based Biz Idea ==>Featured Article ==>HomeBiz Tools ==>Ebook Pick ==>Classified Ads ==>Contact Information ==>Plus More ================================================================ Editor's Welcome ================================================================ Hello Readers! And a very special welcome to the new subscribers. Thanks for joining our list! Brrr...! The weather outside is frightfully cold as I write this December 15th Issue. I've just finished shoveling snow off the sidewalk. And my hands are freezing. This was the first big snowfall of the season here in the Northeastern section of the U.S. And I'm certain not the last! I hope you are safe and warm where you are...pour yourself a hot cup of coffee settle back and read this issue of SmallBizBits News! In this December 15th Issue read about Avoiding Work At Home Scams, Check List For Starting A Biz, And Ghost Writing Articles. If you've ever thought about "Writing For Fun or Profit" join SmallBizBits News easy online article tutorial here! writinginfo@sendfree.com Or signup on the writer's page. http://www.smallbizbitsnews.com/writersubmit.htm If you have an original article you would like to share please send to Smallbizbits News. I would prefer you submit the article via the form on http://www.smallbizbitsnews.com/writersubmit.htm If selected we will feature it in an upcoming issue along with your byline! Thanks for reading. BB Lee Editor/Publisher SmallBizBits News SPECIAL NOTE: During this holiday season Katrina flood victims especially need your help. 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"Writing Articles For Fun And Profit". writingarticles@sendfree.com ----------------------------------------------------------- FEATURED ARTICLE OF THE MONTH ----------------------------------------------------------- Checklist For Starting A Small Business bb lee (C)2005 If you are an aspiring business owner you probably have a good idea for a business startup. Frequently aspiring business owners do not give adequate thought to the particular steps warranted to get their venture started successfully. It is important to remember that all business ventures require a certain amount of pre-planning and the dreaded paper work to get started. We've compiled a list of the major steps most home or small business owners may need to complete...depending on their business. Adapt them to fit your situation. Step 1 Match your skills to a business. Establish your goals. Research the business idea. What you will market. Legal issues. Target customers. Are you willing to be a sales person. How much will it cost to market produce advertise. Determine if you will make a profit. Estimate time frame before you make a profit. Step 2 Prepare business plan Prepare a marketing plan. Select a business name. Verify that you may use the business name. Investigate trademark laws. Register any copyrights. Check zoning laws. Choose business location or prepare home office. Register your business name and get certificates. Apply for any license or permits you may require. Step 3 Place advertisements in community of intent to do business. Install business telephone line. Determine if you will need insurance. Look into health insurance for self employed. Apply for sales tax number if applicable. Investigate tax requirements. Open business checking account. Print business cards and stationary. Purchase equipment and supplies. Order inventory. Print sales literature. Will your home owners insurance cover your business. Send out publicity releases to media. Place ads in local papers, magazines. Tell everyone about your new business. Join local chamber of commerce. Set a start date. Most home business owners achieve success through careful planning and following important steps to set up their business. Many of those key steps are found in this article. Each step will lead to and support the following step making the possibilities for success stronger. -------------------------------- BB Lee is editor of SmallBizBits News http://www.smallbizbitsnews.com ----------------------------------------------------------- GUEST ARTICLE ----------------------------------------------------------- AVOIDING WORK AT HOME SCAMS Maybe the reason you're interested in setting up a home business is because you've seen an ad that perked your interest or you were approached by a friend or colleague about a great home business money-making opportunity and those entrepreneurial juices started to flow. Your imagination starts to flow and dreams of quitting your job fill your every thought. Hello, hey, ok... time to stop dreaming. I hate to burst your bubble or stop your fantasy ride but before you give your boss a piece of your mind there's a few things you need to consider. First, you need to realize that probably 99% of all home business / work from home offers out there are flat out scams. After all, if it was that easy to pay a few dollars and make thousands, wouldn't everyone be doing it by now and why tell you about it? Below I've listed and briefly discussed how to recognize and avoid a few of the biggest scams out there. Location??¦ Location??¦ Location Check out every offer and assume it's a scam until you have iron-clad proof that it's not. A few things to consider are: Where did you see that work from home offer? If you got it by traditional mail or by email or saw it on a poster taped around a telephone pole, then I can guarantee you right now that it's not a legitimate offer. On the other hand, if you saw the ad in a newspaper, in a jobs magazine or on a jobs website, then it's a little more likely to be legit - but not necessarily. Envelope Stuffing Will this scam ever end? Well, not until people stop falling for it. This is the most established work-from-home scam of all time and it's been going on for what seems like forever now. How it works is that once you pay your money and sign up to work from home, you are sent a set of envelopes and ads just like the one you responded to. The whole idea is to simply get names of people who are interested in home business ops and get a quick buck. You could make a little money if you mail to the right mailing list but don't count it. Work from home offers like this are simply illegal pyramid schemes. You will not make money putting letters into envelopes - so get over it and move on! Shoddy Supplies The practice of charging for supplies is hard to pin down to any one scam - it's a common most work-at-home scams work (including the envelope stuffing scam mentioned above). You'll be asked to make a minimal "investment" for whatever materials will be needed to do the work and then you'll receive a collection of very shoddy materials that are worth a fraction of what you paid for them and last but not least you'll soon realize that there was never a market for work anyway. Don't walk - run??¦ if anyone asks for money upfront. Any company worth it's salt would be willing to deduct any "fees" from your first paycheck. Any company not willing to do that, is in all likely-hood simply out to scam you into giving them some upfront money and then as the saying goes??¦ "leaving dodge" as quickly as possible. Working for Free This variation on the scam is common with crafts. You might be asked to work from home making clothes, ornaments or toys. Everything appears to be legitimate - you received materials without paying any money and you're doing the work. Unfortunately for you, when you send the work back, the company will tell you that it didn't meet their "quality standards" and will refuse to pay you. They will then sell what you've provided and move on to the next sucker. Never do craft type work from home unless you're selling the items yourself. Remember, you don't need to restrict your sales to consumers only??¦ you could also be selling to wholesalers. The bottom line is this, you need to be the one deciding what you make and then collect the money yourself. Medical Billing, Typing From Home and More Many work-from-home scams involve persuading you that some industry has more work to do than it can handle and so it has to outsource to people like you, working from home. For example, you might be told that you'll be typing legal documents or entering medical bills into an electronic database. These scams have one thing in common - they all say that all you need is a computer and they go on to explain that all you need to do to make big bucks is to buy some "special software". The software is package so it appears to be from a completely unrelated company, but don't be fooled - the whole purpose behind this so-called opportunity is to simply sell you the over-priced and worthless software. And of course, once you open and load the software on your computer you will never get your money back because that's how all software guarantees work. Once you break the seal you own it. Starting your own home based business is a dream that millions of people have and it's a legitimate and worthy endeavor. Unfortunately, the crooks out there know this and they play on these desires and so you need to be very cautious. And remember, starting a home business that involves "working" for another company isn't the best idea even if they offer a completely legitimate opportunity. The reason is because even if they do pay you for your work, you still won't earn anywhere near the income could if you were to start a home-based business where you created your own product or service. So why even bother with these outside companies at all? About The Author: Kevin Erickson is a contributing writer for: http://www.work-at-homedepot.com and http://www.eyeonsubprime.com and http://www.total-forex.com. 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