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Establishing A Professional
Image When You Work At Home
by BB Lee
April 13, 2002
It is often difficult to appear
professional if you are working out of the home, among noisy
children, barking dogs, hungry husbands waiting for dinner. And
certainly many a potential client will be put off if they call
your home and hear screaming children in the background while
you try to converse professionally.
Let's tackle a few ways you
can appear professional, even if your office is a small space
in the corner of your bedroom. I am assuming you have a complete
computer set-up already. This would include your computer, printer,
scanner, fax.
Purchase an answering machine
and use it on a separate telephone line used only for business
calls. This will establish a professional persona especially
if a client calls and you are unavailable. Plus, your telephone
line will not be tied up with personal calls for the family.
Another way to project a very
professional image is to purchase business cards. The information
on your cards should show your name, business name, your title,
address, telephine, fax, email address, URL address, celluar
telephone number. This will help remind potential clients of
your services and make it easy for them to contact you.
And of course you will need
suitable business stationery to keep in contact with your clients.
You might also want to establish
a one page website on the Internet to serve as an online business
card to potential clients. Remember to register the site in all
the major search engines.
If you live in a residential
area and receive a large quantity of packages, set up an account
at a local mail center. Many of them will give you a professional
sounding address for all your business mail.
BB Lee is Editor/Publisher
of SmallBizBits Newsletter.
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