Episode Spotlight

Hosts Rich Sloan and Troy Janisch talk about virtualizing your business so you don’t need a brick-and-mortar location at all. Home-Based business is hotter than ever. Just look at the winners from the 2007 Home-Based 100.

Guest expert Barbara Weltman shares a laundry list of advantages to working at home. With the technology, the costs associated with commuting (including dollars and time wasted), and the general acceptance of home-based business, now’s the time to convert that extra room into “mission control” for your business.

Learn about important considerations when you have multiple people working from separate home offices on the same business. Weltman says to definitely get work practices in writing so everyone’s on board with the operating plan.

Learn also about another great way to professionalize your home business operation – creating unified messaging, which allows you to view all of your voicemails, faxes, etc., all from your email inbox.

 Jay Blazensky of leading provider RingCentral shares insights on the huge advantages of professionalizing your business using a software solution for traditional and VOIP phone lines. It’s extremely efficient, inexpensive and is easily tested to determine whether it would work or not for your home-based operation.