Things You'll Need:
- Desk and computer
- Trash can
- Pens
- File folders (manila or the hanging style)
- Mail basket
- Address book or Rolodex
- Calendar, Palm Pilot or Blackberry
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Step 1
Make a specific area in your home your office space. A desk or table works well at first, with your computer either a desktop or laptop. Make sure everyone in your home knows this is your office space. This is very important if there are not doors to close to show the boundaries of your office.
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Step 2
Get a calendar, Palm Pilot, or Blackberry from the very beginning of starting your business. You need to have a place to write your appointments. A Blackberry works well because it takes the place of your Palm Pilot and your cell phone, combining both tools.
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Step 3
Set up a good filing system. By doing this it will keep the paper on your desk down. As you get busier with you home-based business, this will be very helpful to minimize paper stacking up on your desk.
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Step 4
On your computer, set up main files under your Documents. This will help you keep things organized on your computer.
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Step 5
Do the same setting up main files in your email account. Again this will help you to keep track of information that you may need.
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Step 6
Since your business is home-based, remember to keep personal items such as catalogs and magazines off your desk.
Comments
ala003 said
on 2/3/2009 Great Article thanks 5.
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abncparties said
on 2/10/2008 Great article.The only thing I would add would be to make sure your town or village allows home based businessess. It could be messy if they don't.