Working at home can be a real blessing compared to a 45 minute commute one way or as a method of partially getting out of the "rat race".

Working from home stuffing envelopes, being a remote virtual assistant, telecommuting or a number of other work at home opportunities do not interest me in the least. But that may be a fine alternative for many.

Misconception About Starting A Business

The big misconception about starting a business – whether it’s a work at home business or not – for many is:

Since I’m really good at being an accountant, or a mechanic or any other profession, I’ll start a business and make lots of money for myself instead of working for someone else. They make all the money anyway and I do all the work. It’s my turn.

Believe me, traditional business owners deserve it, particularly small business. Running a business is different than being good at doing something. It is a profession in itself

Even if you have significant business experience and adequate working capital, my recommendation is not to start a traditional business – particularly a work at home situation. Not today – with taxes, employees, insurance and liability.

To me the answer is structuring a home based business that is designed to create financial independence and complete time and geographical freedom. And in today’s economic environment, in my opinion, the two types of work at home opportunities with the greatest potential are:

• network marketing or
• an online business

Are you considering being a work at home Boomer?

An online business is a very viable alternative in today’s market because the growth numbers and expansion statistics are staggering – on the positive side – almost like polar opposites to the national debt and government.

Anyone can make money on the internet working at home with:

• the right information
• diligence
• and training

There has never been a better time than now to make money on the net because the technology is improving everyday. There are software programs, mentoring programs, training courses and seminars dedicated to hundreds of proven methods of making money online.

Boomers should all set up an online business. If nothing else at least set up a blog to get started.

Different ways a Boomer Can Start a Blog

Have a healthy wealthy day.

It’s not too late for Boomers – who are technophobes or tech challenged – to get started creating something of value online.

And blogging is a really good place to begin because it has a low entry level threshold and you can start with little or no money.

My fiancee is an excellent example of what I am talking about. Prior to last August, the closest she ever got to internet marketing – personally – was spam from her old AOL account. But she took a free online course from Ed Dale and Dan Raine called the Thirty Day Challenge to learn the fundamentals of Web 2.0 and blogging and how to get listed fast in the search engines. Today when I searched on her primary keyword term for her blog, Baby Boomer Life , I found her at #3 in Google.

Pretty cool…

Blogging takes work -  mostly learning how – and consistency. But It’s fun…

She’s worked diligently on creating good content. It helps that she is a talented writer with a great deal of life experience and ability. She really writes interesting stuff because she is an interesting person. But just the same, she created the whole thing herself and has done an excellent job teaching herself about social bookmarking and creating online relationships with other bloggers. Can you tell I’m proud of her?

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