In this video series we hear from Emma Jones, founder of home business website www.enterprisenation.com
Emma explains what you need to think about when trying to find an idea to turn into a home business and the possibility of franchising, buying into someone else’s idea.
Emma also discusses the finer points of sales and marketing for your new home enterprise, including how to get some good exposure in the press and how to encourage word of mouth recommendations, as well as going on to talk about how to manage the more practical elements of running your own business from home like how to keep your books in order, ensuring the money keeps coming in and insurance considerations.
Emma Jones is founder of Enterprise Nation (www.enterprisenation.com) the home business website. Over 80,000 people visit the site each month to read lively features and watch the home business show. As well as the site, Enterprise Nation runs the Home Business Awards, produces the annual Home Business Report and advises Government on the topic.
Following a career with an international accountancy firm, Emma started her first home business at the age of 27 and successfully sold it just 15 months after launch. Emma's book 'Spare Room Start Up - how to start a business from home' was published by Harriman House in May 2008 and became Waterstones' business book of the month on publication.
Emma is now writing her second book as well as racing to follow every UK home business owner on Twitter by Friday 20th November; the date of the UK's first ever Home Enterprise Day. The race is on at www.twitter.com/e_nation