THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR SMALL BUSINESS
NOW is the time for home workers to make themselves known!
Since people who own and operate their own business take "pride" in their
work, their quality and efficiency is much higher.
Okay -- now what if a larger company can get a quality job done in the
office for less money, he or she would be pleased -- right?
And what if: the customer receives personalized and customized, high-
quality production at the lower price, he or she would be exceptionally
glad -- right?
So, if a temporary is hired for 40 hours per week, he or she may not give
the customer-company 40 hours in production. (Part of that time is spent on
coffee breaks, lunch breaks, general socializing, gathering office
supplies, getting the computer turned on and paper loaded, etc.) This
breaks down the actual time spent working and producing for the company to
about 25 hours, with 15 hours lost per week through no fault of your (or
their) own.
However, the home worker different. The home worker will charge for time
actually spent on the job. If you produce 10 pages of text at a price of $4
per page, you would charge $40 for the completed job. The company does not
pay you per hour, but for the amount of work you complete. This saves the
company money -- and we mean BIG money. Now all you have to do is convince
the larger companies of this concept and your business at home will
flourish!
There is only one drawback to being in a small business. People do not take
you seriously at first. Companies will try and take advantage of you when
you are not established. Why? Because they know you need the business and
they want to continue receiving "something for nothing."
Human nature continues to strike me with awe. If I could purchase a higher-
quality product from a small business for $15, why would I go to the mall
and purchase a lower-quality version for $60? There are many small
businesses that design crafts (for instance) that could never be purchased
in a store. These crafts show human pride and quality that could never be
mass produced. But why do people continue paying for lower quality at a
higher price? Is it the money-back guarantee? I don't think so because the
toys you purchase at premium rates around Christmas time normally break and
are destroyed by December 26. Do you return them? Most people don't, so
what good is a money-back guarantee?
And wouldn't a hand-crafted product withstand more abuse than it's store-
bought counterpart? So what if you have to make your purchase at someone's
place of residence? Don't they offer a money-back guarantee also and
wouldn't they be easier to locate if you did want a refund? Wouldn't all
this be much more personable than a mall with 1,000's of screaming people
fighting you to the next Blue Light Special?
With this same type of human nature involved, larger businesses will try
and take advantage of smaller companies. Why? To tell you the truth, I
really don't know. If I had to pay $80 per hour to have my computer
serviced by IBM, but I knew a small business owner could do the same job
for $25 per hour, why would I want to take advantage of the small business
owner? Wouldn't I be more than happy to pay them their $25 bucks just to
keep them around? Wouldn't I be thrilled to find someone who really enjoyed
their work and would give my computer system their undivided attention?
What more could I ask for?
However, some people will "cut their own nose off to spite their own face!"
This type of illogical way of thinking combined with the human trait of
greed is destroying corporate America! Can't they see their own downfall
coming?
Statistically speaking, we always hear about national corporations in the
news, but few people are aware of the contribution small businesses make to
the American economy. According to the Small Business Administration, in
1988, the United States had approximately 19 million businesses. Of those,
15.7 million were operated as sole proprietorships -- the businesses that
traditionally train the work force by employing young people in their first
jobs and women returning to the work force in local or part-time jobs.
Between 1986 and 1987, sole proprietorship income rose from $287.5 billion
to $316 billion, an increase of 9.9%.
Of the remaining 3.3 million corporations and partnerships, a full 99.8%
employ fewer than 500 people and are classified as small businesses for
Small Business Administration programs. And of the 10.5 million jobs
created in the private sector between 1980 and 1986, 6.6 million (or 63.5%)
were created by small business!
