Ladies, how many times have you wished that you could get a few more minutes of sleep and just go to work in your PJs and bunny slippers? Needless to say, most of us haven't actually tried that; we're well aware that the bunnies just wouldn't go over as well at the office as the pumps do. However, if "the office" was that spare bedroom in your house or a desk in the corner of your living room, the standards of business attire wouldn't necessarily have to apply; with a
work from home business opportunity, bunny slippers, curlers, pajamas, morning breath, and a bowl of Lucky Charms would all be completely valid business apparel, because you would be the one making up all office policy.
Fortunately, just such a business model is a very real possibility. For the self-starting, business-minded woman with a flair for fuzzy footwear, there is a host of great home-business-franchise opportunities available, some of which, you may never even have heard of before.
Leaving the bathrobe behind to go to work is difficult for many, but for some, that's nothing compared to the hardship of just getting out of bed before noon-try to deny it, but you know who you are. That makes any regular job not just hard, but, some days, downright nightmarish. And though retail and service-industry positions can afford the nocturnal an opportunity to sleep in, they can't provide the kind of income that the majority of us need. This is just the kind of problem that some
home based businesses are perfect solutions to.
Take
Digital Video Design Inc for example. The essence of the work is establishing business contacts with clients who need various forms of video and picture data transferred to DVD and then actually doing the transference. Aside from having to be up and working early enough-which means at least by mid-day-to make those business connections, there are no designated hours to abide by, because the video work can be done on whatever daily schedule works best for the fearless franchisee.
Similar free-schedule,
home business opportunities are available with companies like
Virtuoso Music, which links local music teachers to potential students looking to learn an instrument, and
Monthly Coupons, another business that sends booklets of money-saving coupons to subscribers every month. For the most part, daytime hours are only necessary for advertising and making and sustaining clientele. Aside from that, franchisees with these companies have the freedom to attend to matters of business whenever works best for them-even if that means burning the midnight oil.
Living, sleeping, and working-essentially spending every waking minute-at home isn't always all it's cracked up to be, though. At some point, cabin fever is likely to set in, especially for women with more of a social slant. For such ladies, there are home-business alternatives that retain the bunny-slipper benefits and do-it-yourself schedule-making without sacrificing much-needed human contact. One of the best for the activity-minded is a JitterSwing Dance Club franchise. The name is a compound-word mouthful, but the concept is simple and fun: organize people who want to dance-whether or not the actually can-and arrange places and times for them to either dance or learn to. You can wake up late, contact clients and host locations throughout the day, and dance the nights away. And if serving kids is of particular interest, a franchise with
Drama Kids International allows the same structure as JitterSwing while offering opportunity to teach kids the art of theater. But if neither activity suits, because all you really want to do is plan someone else's activity without stumbling over your two left feet or a difficult Shakespearean soliloquy, take a gander at
Plan Ahead Events.
Finally, another excellent choice for the beginning
work at home business-woman is
The Glove Lady. Though I think that the name sells the franchise by itself, the idea is fun too. For the natural saleswoman, the bright purple van you get with this franchise is the perfect outlet for using your skills of persuasion to promote and sell some of the best safety equipment your clients can purchase. This business model lets you build your clientele and make purchases for them from home and then get out into the community to sell product from a vehicle, avoiding the overhead that comes with renting a storefront. The business is yours, the clients are yours, the sales are yours, and the money is yours.
These franchise possibilities are really only the surface. Browsing the full list of
home business opportunities will provide a plethora of other franchises, in which anyone is likely to find something fitting. Your bunnies have spent too many days alone, so seek out your next business venture and invite them to work with you-life is too short to wear only pumps to the office.
May 13, 2008