A few months back when my wife had to quit her full time job to take care of our baby, I felt very bad for her. She wanted to work and earn independently and at the same time also wanted to take care of the baby. I figured out that it had to be an online business if there was anything that could get her a full time income.A majority of Home based business owners consist of work at home moms. Just like my wife, the main attraction to most of these work at home moms, is the fact that they can earn some money and at the same time spend some quality time with their children. Home based business opportunities today have given work at home moms the freedom to earn while they take care of their families.Following is a list of such home based business opportunities, specifically for home based moms -
Blogging – Blogging is today a full time income source to a lot of people. You will find a lot of mommy blogs if you search the internet. You can start a blog of your own or, choose to pick one of the many blogging jobs advertised at various websites. It gives you freedom of schedules and you can earn a good amount of money as well.
Child care – Child care is an area which suits work at home moms. Home based crèche and child care centers are a lot in demand primarily because of the nuclear family culture with both the parents earning.
Freelance writing jobs – There are thousands of opportunities for freelance writers and these could be both online and offline jobs. Since there is no time restrictions or, schedules for such jobs, it suits work at home moms. You can find a lot of such jobs on websites like elance.com and writersmarket.com.
eBay Business – An eBay business together with the option of drop shipping is one of the easiest forms of starting an online business. An eBay business does not require too much of running around or, storing inventory. It also does not require constant supervision.
Tutoring – Tutoring at home with a few students coming to your home for schoolwork or, other arts sessions like music etc. is an excellent form of a home based business. These days there are a lot of opportunities for online tutoring as well. This does not require too much of schedule adherence. If you have a computer and an internet connection, you are good to go.
Selling Information products – Information products are the most in demand, thanks to the advent of the internet. All that you will need is a basic website and you can sell your own products or, products created by others for a commission.
Web designing – web designing is an easy home based business. All that is required is that you respond to your emails. You can get a lot of designing work and almost all of these can be done from home.
There could thousands of other opportunities available on the internet. All that is required is a little bit of effort to search online.