| Why do people choose to start a home based | | | | buying a Human Resource Rx franchise is that instead |
| business? There are probably as many answers to | | | | of having to figure out how to open and operate a |
| that question as there are people to answer it. Though | | | | business-to-business human resources establishment, |
| there is no way to sum up every reason anyone has | | | | form a client base of local small businesses, build your |
| ever had for operating a home business, it is possible | | | | business name, and profit entirely on your own power, |
| to look at some of the most common reasons that | | | | everything is planned out for you, before you even |
| people have for doing so, and knowing the most | | | | make the purchase. In some ways it's like the |
| common reasons why people like home based | | | | difference between painting a Van Gogh freehand |
| businesses could very well help you decide if a home | | | | and a Van Gogh paint-by-numbers. |
| based business is right for you. | | | | 5. You Get Ongoing Support |
| 1. You Get To Go To Work In Your Pajamas | | | | Not only does the WSI Internet franchisee not have to |
| This is conceivably the most popular reason for | | | | start his business by himself, but every franchise |
| anyone wanting to work at home. It's not so much that | | | | business for sale comes with the continued support of |
| you simply get to wear that ratty t-shirt and your | | | | the franchisor, who works diligently to ensure that the |
| flannel pants at "the office," but the real perk is the | | | | franchisee has everything he needs to continue |
| convenience of rolling out of bed, taking your bowl of | | | | working in a way that profits him and honors the |
| cereal with you to the computer, and just getting to | | | | business' name. The purpose of both the central |
| work without any concern for what you look like, | | | | company and the franchisee is to ensure that the |
| freeway traffic, impressing the boss or getting up on | | | | business is providing clients with the best internet |
| time. In that regard, working from home is so much | | | | marketing help they can get. |
| easier. | | | | 6. You Get To Pick Your Own Clients |
| 2. You Get To Be With Your Family | | | | Let's face it, not all people work as well together as |
| When you're at an office downtown, you can't stop to | | | | others; some clients just aren't going to be good |
| kiss your wife or take a break to play catch with the | | | | matches for you and your particular services, and |
| kids. When you're the owner of an Adventures in | | | | that's fine. When you work for someone else, that |
| Advertising franchise, your client's advertising needs do | | | | someone has the power to decide who your clients |
| not generally need to be taken care of immediately. | | | | will be, but what working for yourself provides you with |
| You can spend time with your family, your favorite pet | | | | is the freedom to decide who you want to take on as |
| and so much more, because you're in the home office, | | | | a client: who will work well with you and who won't. |
| only 20 feet away from the people you love the most. | | | | There are few business opportunities outside of home |
| That proves to be a big help on those days when | | | | business that give that degree of liberty, and franchise |
| your son is home sick, your daughter needs to be | | | | owners recognize that. |
| picked up from ballet, the dog just came in covered in | | | | 7. Work Only As Often As You Like |
| mud, and your spouse just can't manage without your | | | | Many franchises afford you the autonomy to |
| help. | | | | determine your own workload, because franchisors |
| 3. You Get To Choose Your Own Hours | | | | realize that for varying reasons, not every franchisee |
| Getting up at 6am to be at work at 8am is not for | | | | is interested in making the same time commitment to |
| everyone, though most people manage to suffer | | | | their new business. TVME Inc, for example, is a |
| through it when it's required of them. When you work | | | | business that sells computerized media centers to |
| from home, however, you have the freedom to work | | | | entertainment and food establishments, and while the |
| when you work best. However, there are still | | | | franchisee is responsible for making sales, he is |
| restrictions to that rule, even in home business. For | | | | completely free to make as many or as few as he |
| instance, as owner of a DVDNow automated rental | | | | wishes. So depending on what the business owner's |
| machine business, you cannot just wake up at midnight | | | | other responsibilities and sources of income are, he |
| and expect to access the machines you've placed in | | | | can set his home based business workload to fit |
| grocery stores and malls around town, because those | | | | around those. |
| businesses are closed. Yet you do have the freedom | | | | The reasons to start a work at home business are |
| to sleep into the afternoon and still be able to do your | | | | abundant, but what it comes down to for most people |
| work, if it suits you and suits whatever business you | | | | is the chance to be free of the 9-5 grind and |
| own. | | | | everything that it entails. Whether your real love is |
| 4. You Don't Have To Start From Scratch | | | | work, play, family, friends, or free time, working from |
| This has far more to do with the fact that these | | | | home on your own terms can help you better |
| businesses are franchises and less to do with the fact | | | | dedicate yourself to that end without suffering |
| that they're operated from home. The benefit of | | | | financially. |