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• Jan 8 2009

  

  The 10 most popular home business ideas of 2008

  As we’re all in to ideas on the site this week, we thought we’d take a look back at the hundreds of home businesses we profiled throughout 2008 and come up with a list of the 10 most popular ideas on which they were based. Drum roll please for the top 10 listing… 

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• Jan 8 2009

  

  KISS in 2009

  You may well have come across the acronym KISS – Keep It Simple, Stupid. As we begin 2009 it might be worth reflecting on what it might mean for our businesses. Of course, if we work from home we have already simplified our lives to some extent. And more importantly, we have lowered our cost base. David Wike explains.

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• Jan 7 2009

  

  Ditch the diet

  The month long focus on ‘piling on the pounds’ on Enterprise Nation is all about earning extra financial pounds. If you’d like to accumulate wealth whilst losing inches from your waistline, take advice from our in-house fitness expert, Jo Hill who says bah-humbug to the New Year diet.

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• Jan 7 2009

  

  So you just got a laptop -- now what?

  If Santa was very kind to you this Christmas and left a laptop under your tree, you've pretty much everything you need to start a home business (assuming you have a mobile phone, of course, but then there's always your birthday to wish for that!). So, what do you do now?

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• Jan 7 2009

  

  Online sales soar

  In a tweet from earlier this week, I referred to research from e-commerce specialist Actinic showing significant increases in order levels and turnover from Christmas 2008 for businesses that sell online. This is good news for all our home business members who do just that.

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• Jan 6 2009

  

  Piling on the pounds in 2009

  If you're returning to work, but secretly wishing you were at home, working for yourself, we've devised a four week plan to help turn that wish into resolve. Forget the weight-loss, pound-shedding programmes this January and join us instead for a pound-gaining approach to becoming your own boss - and you could be up to £100,000 richer by the end of the year.

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• Jan 5 2009

  

  Now's the time to set up a home business online

  The current economic downturn seems to be on everyone’s lips. Dickie Armour explains why New Year 2009 is the perfect time to get started with your online business, along with some sound advice on how to get your business website up and running so you maximise your chances of success during these troubled times.

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• Dec 30 2008

  

  Q&A with The Stately

  Rebecca Overall started her business in September 2008. She became her own boss on account of becoming a new Mum and she couldn’t be happier. Whilst Overall Junior charms the customers, Rebecca is making grand plans to expand her online luxury boutique. 

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• Dec 30 2008

  

  Magic powers of the black liquid we call coffee

  If one of your New Year Resolutions is to give up coffee, think again. In an article in Nespresso magazine, we read that not only does coffee improve mental performance, it improves physical performance too. To be fair, as it’s written by coffee-sellers, it should be taken with a pinch of salt. Or should that be sugar?

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• Dec 29 2008

  

  What one extra marketing activity will you pursue in 2009?

  The New Year will be all about keeping customers, finding new ones and remaining confident and cash positive throughout. The piece about customers (keeping and finding them) will be helped along the way by marketing. Consider adding one more activity to your marketing checklist in 2009. Here are a few options.

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