Hi,

You may already know that starting a service business form home is a great idea for moms. By offering a service you can quickly start making money with very little overhead. However, to build up a loyal client base you’ll need to make sure you’re providing top-notch service.

By providing superb service, being reliable and going the extra mile for your clients, you’re ensuring you’ll never have to compete on price alone. And that’s good news because someone can always be cheaper than you, but not everyone may be able to duplicate the fantastic service you’re offering.

Here are a few tips to help your service business stand out from the crowd:

Be Reliable - Only take on the amount of work you feel you can complete in a timely and accurate manner. When you give your clients a turn-around-time be sure that you can meet that time.

Communicate Effectively – If your client sends you an email with some new work, write back and let them know you’ve received it. Send them updates on how you’re getting on with the work and reassure the clients the work will be done in a timely manner.

Ask Questions – You should always read all instructions on a job carefully to make sure you haven’t missed anything important. But once you read your instructions if you’re not clear on something, it’s always best to ask questions. Most clients will appreciate you taking the time to ask questions so that you can do the job at hand properly.

Remain professional at all times – Business people through time learn to grow a “thick skin” this means that a good business person doesn’t take business matters personally. A good service provider will be receptive to feedback on their work, whether positive or negative. If a client gives you negative feedback, rather than being upset you should see this as an opportunity to improve your business.

Remember, it’s those clients that ultimately are keeping your business alive. For more service business tips and ideas, we’ve added a new section with lots of free articles and resources to help your service business succeed.

You can find those articles here:

http://www.internetbasedmoms.com/service-articles/index.html 

Enjoy and if you have any questions, join us over at the forum!

Take care and speak soon,
Alice Seba & Mila Sidman

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WAHM Talk Radio Notes from Kelly

This week Kim Lavine of Green Daisy joins us. She shares how she took a kitchen table idea and turned it into a million dollar business, without apologizing for being a Mother - and how you can too.

We also have Lisa Dentino of Bravisa on the show to share how easy it is to add a new income stream to your blog with the Bravisa bStore.

For the WAHM & her Family,
Kelly McCausey
Visit and listen to WAHM Talk Radio: http://www.wahmtalkradio.com/

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Week in review

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On a personal note.... I'm turning over my assistant editor hat at the end of this month. But you won't notice any difference in the newsletter, aside from my name not appearing in this section. Melody "Mel" Spier will be taking over and I have every confidence she'll do a great job. She's been working for InternetBasedMoms.com in other capacities for some time and like everyone involved in the site, shares in the commitment to providing quality information.

It's been my pleasure and privilege to help deliver this incredible resource to your inbox each week for the past several years. I hope I've contributed in some way to your business success. I'll still be around of course... you can always find me on the InternetBasedMoms.com message boards and I'll continue to be an active participant in the work at home moms online community with my other business ventures.

Here's to continued success!
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