Small Office/Home Office (SOHO)

Organizing a Filing System
Organize your home office with these easy tips that help you set up and create a filing system. Supplies needed are filing cabinet(s), file folders, a label maker, file section dividers, and pens. If your paper is in piles, boxes or all over the house or office, set aside a few days to sort through it all. Separate the types of paper you need to keep track of. Start to label your categories and you can have as many as you want but it is a good idea not to have too many. Make sure each one is named clearly so there is no confusion about what is in that section. Divide up folders according to banking and loans, properties and utilities to start. Good tips for those who work from home and need help setting up a home office as well.

Telecommuting Resources
These websites provide more information about telecommuting and other topics related to telecommuting. The Cyber Dialogue website is an excellent source of numerical data related to, or directly about, telecommuting. These sites also have links to the Midwest Institute for Telecommuting Education (MITE). Links include information about coaching, strategies, ideas and tips to help improve the productivity of telecommuters, mobile professionals and entrepreneurs. Home office book links are also included throughout this list of home office resources.

How to Market Your Small Business
This article offers links to extensive tutorials with information and advice on marketing a small business from scratch. Topics include market research, goals and tactics, budgets, marketing plans, recommended books, etc.

Productivity Tech Tools
This newsletter features information about tools for running and effective and profitable business. Many tools are great for home use, as well as larger businesses. Topics include merchant accounts and shopping carts, updating your website without knowing HTML, organizing your computer files, organizing your home office filing system, saving money on taxes, wireless electronic data, software for organization, creating online assessments, formatting emails and a book-marking solution to make your Internet time more efficient.