If you are thinking about entering the world of home based businesses then its best that as early on as possible you have an idea of what currently are the hottest ones out there in order to provide you with a clearer perspective on which one(s) you’ll be going for. Remember that the options to choose from can be quite overwhelming and having a list of home based business top candidates in the market will make your research easier and much more targeted.Of course you will still need to do the research required in order to make sure the home based business model you are interested in not only maximizes your chances for profit generation but also matches the skill sets that you have. To give you a glimpse of which home based businesses are turning people’s heads right now, here are the top five hottest home based businesses as of the moment:Affiliate Marketing: Affiliate marketing is one of the most popular home based businesses right now for so many reasons. First and foremost, it’s very easy to set up. All companies which offer affiliate programs for their products also provide the marketing materials needed for promotion, like banners, ads, product information pages, and sometimes even fully operational websites. That way you can familiarize yourself with the products and get started with the marketing of the product almost immediately. Second is the fact that it does not require huge investment to get started as most will only require you to have a good computer and a reliable internet connection. Having your own website for promotion is recommended but not really necessary.Personal Training Services: If you are fitness minded, you can start your very own career as a personal trainer. With the help of internet, you actually don’t even have to train in person but rather you will be able to provide learning materials and additional instructions through videos, E-books and online conferencing (webinars), allowing you to reach many clients at any single time.Tutoring: Same as with personal training services, you will be able to conduct your tutoring lessons without having to go anywhere with the help of the internet. Teaching students how to properly speak, read or write English or another language is one of the hottest home based businesses today. But it’s not limited to only that as there are also many students in search for online tutors that specialize in math, physics, history and so on- it all depends on which particular subject you’re good at – rest assured the market is already there and waiting for you.Transcription: if you have transcription skills and the equipment required, you can tap into this very lucrative home based business market. Medical and legal transcriptions have always been in demand due to the higher rate in demand versus those who are able to supply the required services. There are many online transcription certification companies where you can learn the required skills, if you need them.Web design and development:: – if you have the skills and talent to build great web pages then web designing is the home based business for you. You will need professional software for making such high quality web pages and you will need to learn how to use them, but the financial compensation that you will get for each project will be very well worth your efforts.The five opportunities mentioned above are just the top five recommendations on the list of possible home based businesses that you can choose from, as there are far too many to mention in this article. If you are unable to find the home based business that fits your skills in the list above, do not be discouraged as there are plenty of other possibilities available to you. Just search for “home based business opportunities” on the internet and research the ones that fit your skills properly before you decide which one you go for.
Commercial and Retail Property Managers – Reminders About Your Role and Your Skills
The role of a commercial or retail property manager is perhaps the most important from an agency perspective in the service provided to its clients. When the skills of the manager are lacking in any way, the property will suffer and the landlord will be underserviced.
It is interesting to note that many inexperienced landlords (first timers to commercial or retail investment), rarely know what type of property manager they should have. They invariably do not know when things are poorly serviced until the vacancy factor rises, rent reviews are missed, leases are not signed, or the rent is not collected. These landlords choose their property manager based on the lowest fees for service. You get what you pay for in this game. Intelligence and accuracy in property management takes good people and they cost money; reasonable fees are required.
So if a real estate agency wants to manage and lease commercial property, they should find and train the right people to do the job very well. Inexperienced people are of no value to the management process.
The role of a commercial or retail property manager will include some very deep and specialised issues such as:
Rent income optimisation given the trends of the local property market and the competing properties.
Expenditure tracking and controls that allow managed properties to operate efficiently at or near benchmarks for outgoings that are acceptable for property types.
Establishing budgets for all the properties managed so there are few (if any) surprises in property performance during the year.
Creating reports and communication systems that inform the tenants and the landlords of accurate property activity and performance.
Instigating timely and legally accurate debt collection for any arrears or breaches of lease
Establishing tenant retention plans for all managed properties that take into account the plans of the landlord and the age of the property
Optimising the tenant mix so the balance of tenants underpins the rental and property performance for both the tenant’s trade and the landlord.
Monitoring and implementing energy management plans for the property that contains operational costs
Managing leases so that the tenants occupy space on sound and secure leases with appropriate rent levels and review processes.
Implementing and tracking the maintenance and maintenance contracts for a property, so all service contractors respond to breakdowns correctly and finish the works undertaken inside approved budgets.
Marketing the vacant space for the property so that any period of vacancy is minimised
Identify any matters of risk that threaten the property performance during the year.
The list is not finite; there are more things that you can add subject to the property type and your location. Property Managers should remember that they really do make a lot of difference in the property performance. Landlords should choose their agent and manager well.
Plan To Succeed With Information Product Creation: Why You Need To Split Your Process Up
One of the keys to succeeding in information product creation is to break the process up into discrete steps. This frequently isn’t an instinctive reaction for the typical information marketer. Especially on the internet where small sized learning products are the norm.
However, it is extremely important to your ultimate success. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if you don’t do this you probably won’t succeed… even when you are starting out let alone as you move forward.
Your product creation system should do this for you if only to help you to understand the overall task.
But why?
In this article, I’m going to ignore chunking and focus on the practical aspects. That’s not to say that chunking isn’t important. It is. It’s important to understanding and to learning the process. But while you can use the same chunks as you move forward, long term your focus needs to be on the operation of the system not the understanding of it. Unless of course you are constantly training new people!
So why is chunking important to long term use of the product creation process? (Yes, I know systems design uses a different term for this process but I’m not teaching you systems design. So I’m going to use the word learning content designers use.)
The first reason that having individual discrete tasks is important is one of schedule estimation. Frequently it is very difficult to estimate how long the total task of creating a product will take. After all, the size and type of the products matters as does the number of products in your product funnel. And those are just the most obvious elements. However, estimating a discrete task is often much easier. The total can then be estimated as the total of the discrete tasks.
Secondly, scheduling a large task can be problematic. However, by segmenting the task into a number of discrete tasks, you gain a much greater flexibility in scheduling. Not only that but as your business begins to add people you are able to schedule multiple people to the product creation.
Finally, segmenting a large task into smaller discrete tasks allows you to have much better control over the product creation. This affects two different areas — status and quality.
By segmenting your process into discrete tasks you are able to schedule and record the progress at much more detailed level. As a result you are more in control of the status of the product creation. You know what everyone is doing. When they should complete it. And how much it should cost. You also know exactly what has been done.
You also improve your overall quality. Instead of waiting until everything is done you can check quality as you go. This allows you to immediate react to low quality products without absorbing their costs. This means that you have less rework and your rework costs less. And if the product is not going to meet its quality requirement you will know about it in time to stop the development, change the requirement or fix the product.