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You’ve decided to start building that business from home , you have a work schedule, you’ve got a marketing plan, you have your training schedule, you are so ready to make this money – then it hits you, you have a job already, when are you going to find time to work your plan? Don’t worry, I was in the same boat and I also asked myself:

How Can I Work At Home If I Have A Full-Time Job?

The answer was “where there is a will, there is a way” and I told myself that when I found that way I would share it with everyone else who struggles with the same issue. In addition to a will, you do need a WHY, I know,I know everyone tells you this. You see, a WHY is your reason for going through the pain of building a business, it will keep you going when what you really want to do is kiss your biz goodbye. If you don’t have one, trust me you will convince yourself that your job is all you need, and they are going to keep you around until you die or retire and heck you don’t really mind your commute anyway. Then you’ll slowly quit working your business and before you know it you won’t be in business anymore.

“Empty the coins of your purse into your mind and your mind will fill your purse with coins.” – Benjamin Franklin

I have a two hour commute each way. I could spend my commute reading a romance novel, the latest Dean Koontz, or re-reading one of my favorite Stephen King novels; but I don’t. Instead I carry at least 1 book ( right now I am reading 3 “The Greatest Salesman in the World“,   “Think and Grow Rich“, and The SEOBook). I also have an mp3 player, I put  some music on it but I rarely listen to the music, instead I listen to Jerry Clark’s Standing On The Shoulders of Giants interviews, Jack Canfield, team training calls, and the 20 Simpleology 1 lessons.  As I get new audios I remove the music and add the good stuff. So training can be done on your commute,  keep books, cds, and audios in your bag or in your car ( well don’t read in the car unless you’re stuck in traffic, that would not be a good thing).

Communication & Marketing

You’re out and about in the world, use that time well. As far as marketing I keep flyers, postcards  and business cards on my person at all times. I try to leave something behind everywhere I go, and also I just never know who I might meet and what need they have that I can fill.

To avoid storing documents on my work computer,  I  use Google Docs. You can start working on something at home , upload it to Google Docs and finish it at work without having to download it.I write many of my blog posts in Google Docs and transfer them later.  It makes your training material, leads spreadsheets, ads etc. accessible from any computer with internet access.  Something else I love is My Dropbox I can store ebooks, audios and other documents there and share them with my team, I think it’s pretty awesome.

On my lunch hour (when I have one that is) I open my leads list in Google docs, take my laptop to a private place and call a couple of people. Or I will spend 30 minutes or so responding to inquiries that I have received overnight.

After dinner, usually around six, I dedicate some time to calling new leads and following up with those who asked me to (the fortune is in the follow up). I only spend two hours on this, 8 to 10 is family time, no exceptions. We do all have laptops so I can drop Entrecards, chat on Facebook and Twitter and still be with the people I like the mostest.

A schedule keeps you from trying to do your business only on the weekends, you are busy on the weekends and so are many of your prospects. So while I do follow-ups and marketing on the weekend, I carve out the time during the week so that I am not doing my business totally on the weekend ( and so that if I do no business on the weekend I don’ feel guilty).

Are you a business owner who has a job? What other tips do you have for us?