Working from home is one of the best career moves many people make. It’s especially great if you can make just as much, if not more money than your previous J.O.B.I believe that anyone who really wants to make it happen can make a success of a home based business, even more so if they decide that their home based business is an online business. But, what does it take to earn enough money from your online business to be able to do it full time?If you are the type of person who likes the feeling of being at home, likes knowing that you are literally one room away from your family (just in case of emergency!), likes not having set hours, or a boss, or even a commute, then a home based online business is perfect. There are also a lot of people who feel the thought of staying at home with the family most days is horrifying! For those people, they are better off with the stability and escape of their 9-5.If you are one of the many who would love to be an online business owner, then make sure you understand these 3 tips before you go ahead and quit your day job!ONE – What are your passions in life?TWO – Keep your day job, at least for now. Set your new online business certain goals that mean you do not quit the day job until all the goals are met.THREE – I feel like I say this to people more than anything…you are running an online business. The key word here is business. Treat your online business with the upmost respect, hard work and intelligence as you would do if you were investing your time and money in any offline business.Allow me to briefly summarise each of the above.First one is discovering your passions. This is a great place to start. Simply because if it is a passion of yours then you won’t feel like you are ‘working’ any extra. If you are genuinely passionate about your business then you will enjoy putting the ‘work’ in. I went to a seminar in London not too long ago and one speaker in particular summed this up well. He said if you can think of 10 chapters for a book on your particular subject, then think of 10 tips for each chapter, then you have a great knowledge of your subject and that book would have great value to the reader. If you can’t, then you are probably not passionate enough about that subject.Second one is to keep your day job. If you are going to start up your own online business, then unless you already have a good chunk of money set aside ready to invest in it and be able to keep you and your family afloat, then you are going to need the income of your current job. Put the effort in to research exactly how much money it will take to get your online business set up. After that make sure you have also invested in the right online business systems. Only then can you really figure out how much online money your business needs to make to support your lifestyle so you can finally quit that damn day job!Thirdly was to make sure you have that ‘business’ mind-set. I truly believe this is where so many people fail online. In fact, I have seen it with my own eyes, too many times. Getting yourself mentally prepared to become an online business person is the most important step in my opinion. If you do this then you then you will be prepared for the work you have to put in. This is generally in the evenings and weekends at first, to get your business off the ground. You will also be prepared for any challenges that you will inevitably come across. You see, a real business person even expects these challenges, therefore will overcome them quickly and move on to the next challenge. On the other hand, someone who thinks that making money online will be the ‘easy way out’ and won’t require much hard work, will crumble miserably at their first hurdle.I sincerely hope that you are going to be one of those people that are thriving online. A home based online business can provide you with the dream lifestyle that you have always desired and deserved. I say, get your head in the game and go for it!
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Social Networking and Joining the Online Health Community
Building health related social networking sites require much-needed features like online health communities.Many illness sufferers are now participating in online illness specific communities, discussing their experiences. We all have sick friends and family members, and now thanks to e-mail, live health chat, health forums, medical blogs, video sharing and other online resources, we have become much more intimate and the supportive environments are helping those with serious illnesses and diseases.Social networking sites may have such supportive environments, however without an online health community, health related social networking sites simply become another social networking site.There are many challenges faced by most social networking sites and the most common is getting people back onto the site. How do we engage people in health care services and have them coming back to the social networking site on a regular basis that is not for a recreational means? One answer is ensuring the online health communities are active and relevant to the users of the site.The second most common challenge is how to create synergies among the different services offered by the social networking sites and what are the differentiations between these sites to better compete in this niche market. One answer is ensuring the online health communities are offering meaningful information related to the illness sufferers and ensuring that the “big brothers” or advocates of the social networking sites are keeping the health content up to date and relevant for all users of the site, be it illness sufferers or family and friends of illness sufferers.These online global health communities are emerging as a new medical domain and require illness sufferers to join to help keep the online global health communities afloat. These online health communities are open to all: illness sufferers, family, friends, professionals, and researchers. People seen within these communities are a valuable health resource to others suffering from the same illness or disease.People within these health communities are strong advocates, making others aware of what it is they are suffering from and detailing their experiences. These people can be seen as “big brothers or big sisters” to others within their community. They frequently post content designed to help others, and to respond to the questions posted by others.Quality of life improves when the illness sufferers are in control of their illness or disease, and the communities provide illness sufferers this support. The greater the community, the greater the support. All communities require growth, growth by visitors and growth by registered members participating in discussions.