Day 2 :: Still searching & some clarifications

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on the search

Alrighty, this search is well underway.  I visited some Work at Home forums and poked around.  There actually is a lot to be learned from many of these forums.  I quickly recognized that they seem to fall into one of two categories:

1. Community-oriented forums where members seek to be mutually supportive of one another
2. Crazy forums where everyone is simply trying to pitch their latest business opportunity

For obvious reasons, I prefer the former over the latter.

That being said, here a few that I particularly enjoyed.  Remember, I am still checking them out and the ultimate goal is for me to build this business to the point that it is generating a solid enough income that my wife does not have to work outside the home and then give it to her as a gift! So when I explore these forums I am trying to keep her in mind as well:  What types of communities would she get the most from and feel she could contribute the most?

• BizyMoms.com - I checked it out and there seem to be some ‘bizy dads’ on there as well!
• The Work at Home Parent Well @ Mothering.com - Again, this one seems to include both moms and dads… how refreshing
• WAHM.com Fourm - this one is pretty incredible.  The community seems to be very active and everyone seems willing to help others out.  This forum also has specific boards for highlighting just about every work-from-home company out there… OK, maybe not that many but a bunch!  So if you really want to investigate how people are doing in a specific company or business-type, this is a great resource.

Plenty of good stuff for me to evaluate over the next couple of days as I continue to narrow my search.  In yesterday’s post I said something about reviewing my WHAT list, those characteristics I feel are essential for developing this new business, and I realize I am asking for a lot.  This is good because when I google the phrase ‘work from home opportunities’ a measly 335,000,000 sites come up!  But since I am being picky I can sift through the fluff-n-stuff and get closer to some possibilities.  The time I put in today should be effective in that regard.

Now for a couple of clarifications for those who were wondering.  I am not a newbie to the world of the internet.  I have been on since 1995 and use it daily for leading a non-profit organization, business, research and more.  I also have a strong background in offline marketing and I am pretty well aware of many of the ’systems’ being touted online as the magnificent-magical-marketing-mega-moneymaker.  I am also aware of the various ways products and services are marketed online although I wouldn’t consider myself an expert.  I have a couple of other personal websites and a couple for non-profits so I understand the basics of hosting, domain registration, submission, etc.  But there is so much I do not know.

I just wanted to clarify that so you can understand my perspective as I plow ahead on this project… BizLaunchBlog…. let’s launch a Biz, baby!