Home-Based Business, the Ultimate American Dream?

Oct. 23, 2012 - PRLog -- Tampa, FL (Tuesday, October 23, 2012) - For many, it's the ultimate entrepreneurial dream: a home-based business.  The notion of working from home conjures some very favorable images: Conducting online business in your jammies, having home lunch every day, interaction with your kids and — many times of the year — being able to catch an occasional glimpse of "your family" down the hall. Which is not to say there isn't a downside to all that, too: Being un-showered and in your jammies when a client or customer calls and wants to meet. A steady diet of leftovers; that sometimes awkward overlap of family and work responsibilities; not getting any work done because you’ve gotten distracted. Of course, running a home-based business is more than just a quality-of-life issue. The larger issue, it seems to me, is deciding what that business will be.

Some home-based entrepreneurs have their own business ideas and have built companies around their own inspiration. But others have had to work to come up with an idea. They know they want to run their own company; they just don't know what that company will DO. For those who are looking for home-based business ideas, there are a lot of ideas on the Internet. When perusing entrepreneur.com and other online pages, you can find pages listing dozens of interesting opportunities. Some listings are vague — they tell you that you can "turn your current annual income into your monthly income," but they don't tell you exactly how. One such company has a whole list of things that it is NOT: • "This is NOT MLM (multi-level marketing)!" • "I do not make a list of my friends and family to pounce on." • "I do not spam." • "I do not do home parties." • "I do not cold call." But it doesn't really tell you what it IS. It does give you a phone number to call and an e-mail address to which you can respond, so if you're curious you can ask them to contact you. Other businesses in these listing are more up-front with who and what they are. For example, it's not hard to figure out what 1-800- DRYCARPET and 1-800-DRYCLEAN are about. The most intriguing listings to me are for home-based businesses that serve a narrow market niche. For example: • "Business Card Experts" offer a chance to become part of the "multi- billion dollar business card industry." • "Candy Bouquet" creates "one-of-a-kind gifts crafted from gourmet chocolates and candies." • "Clutter busters" is an opportunity to "organize homes and offices, eliminating the stress and the mess." • "Geeks on Call" provides "on-site computer services to homes and small businesses." • And "Guard-A-Kid (http://www.guardakid.com/Franchise-Opportunities.aspx)™" is "the country's leading child identification franchise." If none of these niches strike your fancy, come up with one of your own. Find a niche, figure out a way to serve it well and you may be living your own home-based entrepreneurial dream by the next time "a new idea” rolls around. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFxMlWkwUtk&feature=player_embedded



In 2003, Guard-A-Kid™’s founder, inspired as a parent, launched Guard-A-Kid™ to fill
the need for cutting edge child safety products and education as prior to, most
child safety businesses had not evolved since the internet was created. With
his background as a software engineer he created the innovative technology
behind our most successful products, and sold the first franchise March 22,
2005. Guard-A-Kid™ has since grown to 178 franchises in 11 Countries.

The Guard-A-Kid™ Franchisees create the opportunity to educate parents and their
communities by hosting Safety Events at daycares, schools and local businesses
where parents will have the chance to purchase their child safety products.
Their best-seller, the Child ID Kit, includes printed and digital child
identification products that may be easily sent to law enforcement by the
parent should the need arise, but more impressively, may be uploaded instantly
and shared utilizing today's communication technology. They also sell
exclusive, multi-level, password protected safety thumb drives for the whole
family and household goods.

To learn more, please go to Guard-A-Kid™ website at http://www.guardakid.com/Franchise-Opportunities.aspx or call the franchise development department at (305) 477-3301 X 103.