The expenses of running an Internet business are low relative to common business expenses. But existing consumption habits may cause cash burning. New Internet enterprisers are apt to find within few months that they spent the budget, and the burden of household payments forces them to return to the labor market.
Here is an action plan for a balanced budget. It is a list of the most important changes which should be done in the domestic consumption habits, for creating a positive cash flow. These are not just saving tips. The changes also promise at the same time significant improvement of life quality.
Housing – The Internet provides an excellent opportunity to reduce dwelling costs. It’s possible to work from remote, inexpensive and attractive places. In the apartment, the entire activity can be concentrated around a portable table where the computer is stored, and in any available place. Big bookshelves are unnecessary because most of the books arrive nowadays as computer files. Viewing movies and listening to music from the Internet with the PC spare the money for large televisions and stereo sets.
Car – The car is dispensable for home workers. Even when it is parked for a long time it causes big expenses as depreciation, insurance and more. If the car is old it is profitable to throw it immediately to the junkyard and not to try to sell it. The saving in ownership costs is so great that the loss is balanced within few months.
Public transportation – Walking and bicycle riding enable the arrival from home to many places faster, easier and at no cost. Most of the services that a man need for his daily living are located in a commercial center at a distance of a healthy walking. Buses and other mass transport systems demand a long waiting time and they have a long route.
Telephone and mail – Free software enables nowadays a connection free of charge between any point in the world, including video conversations. E-mails are excellent replacement for ordinary mail. The option for switching from printed flyers to E-mail newsletters encouraged many people to start working on the Web.
Electricity – The professional Web surfer should wear a good Ski suit for the winter. When dressed in such suit there is no need for a heater and it’s possible to benefit from open window and fresh air on cold days. The beauty and comfort of these modern suits make them suitable for the entire day.
Cables and Satellite TV – These services do not offer much. The biggest part of the visual medium is stored nowadays in the Internet, with countless channels that enable viewing anything according to personal preferences. Any Internet enterpriser is a media producer who contributes original works to the scene.
Newspapers and magazines – Updated information can be found easily on the Internet and there is no need to wait for daily newspaper or magazine. Beside, all the strength for reading is needed for the Internet.
Computer – Familiar computers and software products are more reliable then the advanced and expensive merchandise, which tend to suffer from running problems. This is a critical point. The computer must function perfectly. It reflects life and is important as breathing air.
Internet – There are excellent learning courses on the internet at no cost. Especially on the subjects of Web sites building, graphics and basic marketing advices. Outsourcing is not needed. It is possible to do all the Internet tasks alone with proper software.
This economic program contains additional ideas to those which were described here. All these changes promise simultaneously significant improvement of life quality and huge money saving. Therefore each advice should be implemented fully before continuing to the next one, in order to create a natural process. Economic changes are seemed simple at first sight but demand great effort, because it is hard to get rid of existing consumption habits.
After finishing the entire program it’s possible to turn to quality investment on the Internet. The Internet’s economy is Information Economy. The money invested on it is Information Money. It provides constructive knowledge. Therefore it gives greater spiritual welfare then any spending on regular consumption product.
Money becomes abstract concept and creates sublimation process in the soul. It becomes a habit to contemplate on any penny for hours before spending it. This is fine and so it should be. Money is just a reflection of the human shape in the crowd.
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