What many home business entrepreneurs fail to consider when deciding on creating a home business is all the hats they must wear to run a home business.
First you must be the General Manager which requires you to absorb a lot of stress because you must make all the business decisions, write the business plan and keep informed by reading a lot of business publications.
Next we are the Marketing Manager because you need to figure out who your customers are, how to reach them and what they will buy.
Then you are the Advertising Manager and you must work closely with yourself as marketing manager to decide what and where to advertise.
Lets not leave out the Copywriter because you will need to write all the copy for your companies flyers, brochures, catalogs, articles, sales copy and advertisements. Of course you will need to hone up on your writing skills, meaning you will probably need to read a lot of books about writing from experts in the copy-writing field.
Of course working closely with the copywriter is the Printer and Graphics Artist as you collaborate on just the right amount of graphics to add to each printing to bring out the pop and capture the attention of those you are seeking.
As a Production Manager you get to decide the work schedules and set the quality control standards. Meaning you must set a distinct work schedule for yourself and stay with it. Also you must make certain your work is up to par so your business will thrive.
Somebody will need to be the Mail-room Supervisor, of course this will be you. You will need to browse all the email to see what is important and deleting all the spam.
Then you are the Customer Relations Secretary and must respond to all customer complaints in a timely manner and satisfy those customers to the point they are happy for having done business with you.
The next hat will be of the File Clerk because you will be required by law to keep all sorts of paperwork, (e.g. the final dispositon of customer complaints -i.e. did you give them something of value) and you must keep track of where you filed everything accumulated by all the different hats. Laws are different in every state and country but filing will always remain necessary.
As the Bookkeeper you will need to keep inventory records and income and expense journals for the next hat holder the accountant.
The Accountant must keep all the employee records, make certain the books are in order, make tax deposits or payments, prepare financial reports and tax returns, as well as stay up to date on all the many changes made to the tax laws. Should be left to professionals.
In our next edition, or post, we will discuss the many other hats needed to create and run an online home business. So do not miss The Hats For Online Home Business coming up next.
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