Work Through These Ideas To Make Money When Working A Home

Copyright (c) 2008 Kaye Dennan

The idea of working at home and making money sometimes comes to a halt because you cannot think of what to do that will earn you some money. Let me walk you through some ideas.

I have worked at home for a long time now. I have tried many things, and most of them have worked to an extent.

What I didn't understand initially, was the important role that marketing plays in being successful. Marketing covers anything from advertising, packaging, product display, after sale service, replacement policy, and numerous other things that people often do not connect as coming under the umbrella of marketing.

Enough said, that is a whole other area that needs to be researched. At least you realise that it is important to the success of your business.

Let's look at how a creative person can make money whilst working at home and being a mom.

The other day I thought, 'how can I help moms work at home'. I have come up with ideas to help you look at some possibilities. To actually break down each thought here would be too much, but I am sure you get the idea and can start thinking about what you could do with your skills.

When my children were small I was lucky enough to live in a house on the property where our business was situated. To this day I shudder to think that I may have had to leave them in day care so that I could go out to work. Because of that experience, I have a passion to help women find something that they like, and at which they can make some money working at home.

To come up with these ideas I had to analyse various parts of our life, and think about how a person can make money from them. I have actually never really looked at it from this point of view before.

CONSIDER THIS SELECTION

Sewing, cooking and gardening. These are activities that a lot of women know something about. I am speaking broadly here, but I think you can see where I am coming from.

Sewing has a host of possibilities. You can set up your own ranges of practical items like linen, school clothing, casual wear, dinky items like kids back packs, and so many other ideas. So let's take a look at clothes. This is a niche that is always popular. Now take this niche and bring your focus in even smaller to baby/toddler's clothing. From there you can break this down again to, toddlers dresses, and pant sets.

You can see that by taking an idea and keep on breaking it down, you find a niche that is specific for what you can do. The smaller the niche, the better you will be come at it, and the more popular you will be.

With cooking, you may decide to specialise in baking, and from their you can decide on cookies, loaves, and cakes. Or, you may want to decide on another niche, like salad dressings.

Gardening also has a huge range of niches you could choose from. You could specialise in herbs, cacti, flowers, pot plants, tropical plants, palms, or really anything you wish. With plants you can get into growing seeds, propagating or growing cuttings. The range is almost endless.

You can see that by taking an idea, and working on it, you can come up with something that you feel you would be successful at. When you think you have found your niche, check out the market and see that there are people wanting to buy such a product. Analyse where you would sell your product, and plan how you would go about it. You might do any of the ideas that we have talked about so that you can work at home, and also make some money for your family, but do market your business in all areas as this is very important.