Steps to take to find your perfect Home Business

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If you've decided you want a Home Business and not a home job, that is a great step towards getting started working at home...but it opens up a HUGE vault of possiblities in itself.  So here are the steps you should take to make sure you make the right decision the FIRST time:

1. Start by figuring out if you want to do parties or not. This will take a big chunk out of your research no matter which way you go. If you are shy or just not sure if you want to do parties then you need to see if you were willing to overcome that to do parties if you like a particular product like candles/jewelry etc. enough and know you could see it within yourself to overcome that to make a great income more than the fear itself.   Some enrollers may do your first few parties for you until you are comfortable so be sure and ask your prospective enroller if they are willing to do this if you need/want the help.

2. After you decide if you want to do parties or not, you can look at ALL the party or non-party type companies and settle on a product or service that you can get passionate about. Then you'll want to select what field you want to be in like jewelry, cooking, health, wellness/vitamins etc.

3. Once you've settled on an industry then research all the companies within that industry. Like with health and wellness, there is Melaleuca, Shaklee, VitaMark and a bunch of others. Research includes comparisons of compensation plans mostly as one company might pay better than another (why work harder if with another company you'll be making more after the same amount of business being brought in by you?) Research about the company itself: what kind of record does it have with it's reps or it's products? How long has it been operational (the younger companies under 5 years have a higher risk of going out of business leaving you with a lot of hard work for nothing)? Read the policies and procedures manual. I know this sounds super boring but generally if it's a good manual it should be in layman's terms. If it's a bunch of legal jargon then my guess is the company is betting on people not reading it so they can put whatever they want in it thinking you won't read it. I know this sounds conspiracy theory-ish but you'll find out in the P & P what quotas you have and all kinds of things that you'll be responsible to do.

4. Once you've settled on a company then it's time to research about each team within the company. Some teams have better reputations in a company than others. With AmeriPlan® for example there are only about 9 or 10 teams. Most of the teams are old school meaning they have meetings and encourage you to talk to friends and family. But one particular team focuses more on online ways of working because they are mostly Moms with kiddos and have crazy schedules and since they want to be at home mostly they don't want to have to do meetings in a hotel or home. There are also teams where most moms may want to work a certain way...and after joining they may find out that the team they are on does not work the way they want to, and they might struggle to learn what works and what doesn't so you'll be mostly left to figure this on your own; whereas with a team who markets this way already knows what works and what doesn't so you just have to do what you are told so to speak and don't have to waste time trying to reinvent the wheel to get into profit mode.

You'll also want to ask what they do to help you grow as a leader. Do they have training in place to help you know what to do? What do they suggest about personal development? You'll also want to ask if you can listen to a few training calls or even more importantly get on their training email newsletter list. You'll be able to see exactly what kind of training you'll get plus whatever else they include in the emails like inspirational quotes, helpful articles etc.

Now with other companies like Melaleuca, there are many Mom teams that know how to work online so you can look to each team for different reasons (I don't know what they are so you'd have to ask them lol). But usually within each company each team has learned what their strengths and weaknesses are so a good prospective enroller will tell you this. Which brings me to the last point:

5. After settling on a team then you'll want to "interview" a few different enrollers. Ask them questions like what methods do they know well on how to advertise? Or in the areas they aren't as familiar with can team training help them? What is their typical schedule like (because if they only work at night and you only want to work in the day then you'll hardly be able to talk with them except via email. Sometimes you'll need to talk with your enroller over the phone because you might need to discuss something at length). You'll also be able to see what personality you'll click with. Just like at a job outside the home you'll get along with some people great and others not so much. So you'll want to enroll with someone you can see yourself becoming great friends with. After all the purpose of starting a business is to go far with it which means being with the company for years.

You'll also want to look upline as you never know what will happen with your enroller. I thought my enroller would never quit. But about 8 months or so after I started she kind of went MIA then finally cancelled. Thankfully above her are two great women who are making the kind of money I want to and they'd be crazy to quit lol! Plus they are there for me whenever I need it. I can call or email them and they are there to help me. So you'll want to find something like that in the company you join, just in case.

Finally when you've selected who you want to enroll with it's time to get to work!  Don't waste time after you've enrolled doing more research and making sure you know all the ins and outs.  Just get started getting out there and earn as you learn.  I wish I had taken that advice to heart as I would have gotten to my first leadership level MUCH quicker!!

As always if you have any questions please comment!