Security & Insurance Tips For Home Based Businesses
1) If your work is done on a computer and everything importantis on it in relation to your business, make sure you back upyour files and store them in a secure separate building. Asuccessful entrepreneur I personally know of, had his computerstolen, along with the disks that he backed up his informationon. A fire would have had the same consequences. More work athome resources and security tips may be found athttp://www.wahdirectsales.com/ 2) If you are running a store from y...
...our home, never post thefact that you will be away on vacation, this is an openinvitation for thieves to rob your home and business. Insteadpost something like "you will be closed for renovations", or for"inventory counting."3) If you have customers visiting your home, they have to feelsecure too. If you are processing credit card information, it'sa good idea to have an alarm system sign on the outside of yourhome. Also, customers do not want to see other peoples creditcard receipts laying somewhere in full view, as you go intoanother room to process their card authorizations. 4) If you have part-time or volunteer help, one tool that ishelpful, is to have an interactive calendar on your businesswebsite. However this should be in a secure area. There are someorganizations using volunteers where they can log in and choosethe hours they are available. This relieves the home businessowner of some scheduling headaches. Again, you don't want topost information on when you will be out of town in view of thepublic.. The best solution is to have this in a secure loginarea where usernames and passwords are required.5) Make sure to review your insurance policy in regards to yourhome business. If you have just brought in $50,000 in inventoryand have used your line of credit for the purchase, are youcovered in case something happens to your home business like aflood or fire?. How does your insurance policy cover changinginventory levels?, Many insurance companies don't cover roofcave-ins due to snow, basement floods due to weather, sewerbackups, etc. Make sure you read the fine print and that yourhome business is really insured.(c) Cal Cathbert, WahDirectSales, 2005 - You are welcome to"reprint" this article online as long as it remains complete andunaltered (including the "about the author" info). You can findmore business tips at Work at Home Resources
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