#1 Submit Your Home Business Profile - See details below

#2 Introduce yourself on the NEW MomAndPopMarketing.com Board

#3 Advertise on BIZine.com - Contact us for details.

To Submit Your Home Business Profile - Just e-mail our autoresponder at: profile@bizine.com and the questionnaire will be sent to your e-mail box within just a few minutes. (this process will be more automated soon!)

If you prefer to write your own profile, or already have one written up, feel free to submit it. Just be sure it is not a blatant promotion for your business and that it has value for our readers. It should also include some of the same components as what you find in the following questionnaire (and the same one that will be sent to you via our autoresponder at: profile@bizine.com).

Feel free to also share small photos of yourself and/or your home office set up. We would love to see how folks are creating work space at home! Just submit the photos in .gif or .jpg format.

Thank you for your support of this program. We look forward to featuring your business at Bizine.com!

The Questionnaire:
Thank you for your interest in completing our Home Business survey. Please complete and return to: terri@bizine.com. You may also submit articles you feel would be of interest to our readers.

Your Name:

Company:

E-mail:

Web Address:

# Years Self-Employed

1. Tell us a little about your business.

2. Why did you decide to start your own business?

3. How did you get started?

4. What makes your company unique?

5. Were any special skills/training required? Where did you get this training/experience?

6. What were the approximate start-up costs?

6a. Did it require any special purchases (equipment, inventory)?

7. What difficulties did you encounter starting out?

8. How many hours do you work in a typical week?

9. What are some ways you market your business? What method has worked best for you?

10. What has been most rewarding about working for yourself?

11. What has been most frustrating?

12. How do you separate work from home?

13. How do you handle working at home with children? (if applicable)

14. What advice do you have for others starting their own business?

Please submit to: terri@bizine.com

Thank you for participating in our survey! You'll be notified when your profile is posted at: www.Bizine.com.