Work at home moms make up a significant portion of home-based business owners and work at home freelance professionals.

While there are a lot of perks that come with working at home. The appeal for stay at home moms is often that they’ll be able to spend more time with their children. Keeping that in mind, here is a list of ten home-based business or freelance job ideas that will allow for a flexible schedule that can be worked around family time.

1. Freelance Writing

Work at home moms can find numerous opportunities for freelance writers, both online and off.

Because writing can generally be done at any time, it would be ideal for work at home moms who might only have time to work during occasions where their children are in school or napping. Some good resources for moms interested in finding freelance writing clients are WritersMarket, Fiver, and Upwork.

2. Blogging

Similar to other writing fields, blogging can be done at almost any time of day. Most blog networks that hire freelancers have posting requirements on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule, but the time of day that you post is completely adaptable to your own schedule.

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3. Ebay

Starting an eBay business is a great option for work at home moms, because most products will sell on a 24-hour basis online without too much supervision. To make an eBay business even more ideal, drop shipping would remove the necessity of storing and managing inventory and making regular post office runs when you would rather spend time with your family.

You probably already have hundreds or even thousands of dollars worth of stuff you could sell, just lying around your home. Thrift stores and flea markets are also great places to find products to resell online.

4. Child Care

Work at home moms would be ideal for the child care field. If there’s a need in your community, some options would be setting up a home-based daycare center or even an after-school program for older kids. Depending on where you live, you might need special certifications or licenses (check with your town and state), but you would have the added perk of having other children around for your own to play with and socialize with.

5. Graphic or Web Design

Most design work can be run as an online-only business, meaning you wouldn’t always have to run out to a client’s location for meetings. As long as you regularly answer your email throughout the day, you can concentrate your actual design work during quiet times when the kids are otherwise occupied, or even handle the design work during the evenings.

6. Tutoring or Lessons

Having students come to your home for tutoring sessions with their schoolwork, or even music lessons, can be easily adapted to fit your family’s typical schedule, such as your child’s nap time, or on weekends when someone else might be around to look after your kids.

7. Arts and Crafts

If you have any artistic ability, an arts or crafts-related business can be ideal for a work at home mom. You can design jewelry, paint, make candles, or just about any craft you can think of. There is definite potential as you can work on your craft during quiet times or in the evenings, and sell your crafts at shows on the weekends. Or, you can sell your products anytime with an online store that will work for you 24-7. Etsy is a great place for the arty biz-moms.

8. eConsulting / Mentoring / Coaching

Similarly to how you can do design work almost entirely online, you can do the same for various forms of consulting if you have the proper training. For instance, you can consult on Web content, do marketing or SEO consulting for website owners, or adapt any kind of expertise into your very own e-consulting firm.

9 – Research

Individuals and companies in just about every field have a need for someone to conduct research for them. You can do anything from genealogy research to market research by conducting surveys right from the Web.

10 – Selling Information

Information is still a hot commodity, and these days almost anyone can set up a website. If you create a basic site, you can sell anything from ebooks and courses to podcasts to databases of industry contacts or job listings. The possibilities are endless.

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What types of home based business ideas have worked best for you? Let us know below.

Hey there lady boss! So you have this amazing new business idea … something you can run from home, online all while looking after your kiddies right?

So how do you even get started?

What are the steps you need to take in order to ensure your new work at home biz is a success and not a major flop?

The failure or success of any business often relies on the most fundamental operations … the ones that often get overlooked as a tipping point process in the daily business cycle. Fortunately, we here at Oh She Did are here to offers advice and solutions that help your business succeed.

These 10 easy-to-follow steps will help your home-based business become a success

1. Plan ahead

Take the time to make plans for every eventuality that may arise. From natural disasters to unexpected financial problems, you will need a plan that you can readily access to get you through a difficult time. Actually creating a business plan for your business is a good idea. You might not think you need one … but you do. Even a basic biz plan will do.

2. Put money aside.

Don’t begin your business with delusions of overnight success … it just ain’t gonna happen, girl. You’ll need funds to tide you over while your business grows. Put some money aside to tide you over until you do start earning revenue.

3. Organise your time.

Being a responsible business owner and mum means managing your time wisely. Initially, you will need to spend extra time making your vision a reality. Get yourself organised now. Are there certain times in the day that your little ones’ nap/chill? This would be a great place to schedule in some hustle time.

Also, don’t be scared to ask for extra help while you’re setting up your business. Get your partner to pick up some of the household tasks or ask a family member or friend to have the kiddies for you a few hours a week.

4. Organise your space.

You can’t run a business effectively if you are wasting time looking for an important receipt under reams of loose paper. Take time to organise your home office space and make sure you can function efficiently.

Also creating an office space in your home that is comfortable, beautiful and all kinds of yummy will 1, make you feel like a real biz-mum and get your hustle on and 2, help to spark your creative flow … we all work better when we love our surroundings.

5. Stay focused.

Working from home while you have babies, kids, dogs, friends popping in for a coffee and be really hard work. Family responsibilities, chores, TV and the warmth of your own bed can all distract you from the task at hand.

Remove as many distractions as you can from your home office … we don’t suggest removing your children and putting them in the garden shed or anything but TV gets switched off, chores can be done later and that coffee with your pal Julie can wait. Stay focused on your dream.

6. Figure out tax laws now, before it is too late.

Yeah … this bit is not fun, not exciting and certainly not sexy … but it is VERY important! Do your research now so you will be prepared come tax time.

7. Advertise.

You can’t afford to wait for your customers to come to you … you need to go out and get them, girl! Advertising is an investment, and spending money now to market your new home-based business effectively can pay big dividends. Check out Facebook Ads or Google Ads.

8. Get the proper equipment.

Office equipment is an extra expense, but you need the hardware to run your business correctly. Most online businesses don’t require much equipment to get up and running, a good internet connection and a fast laptop maybe all you need. But for those who are turning their hobbies into businesses, such as hand-made stuff, then you may need some new improved equipment.

9. Cover your assets.

Don’t wait for a disaster to destroy your entire business … now is the time to purchase the insurance you need. Even online service based business such as coaches need to have some basic insurance. Do your research to see what kind your business will need and cover your ASSests girl.

10. Don’t get discouraged.

Success does not come overnight.

It will require dedication, hard work and a lot of extra effort to make it a reality. But I’m sure you’ll make it happen … just don’t allow yourself to get discouraged. Shit happens … things go wrong … this is life. But each thing that goes “tits-up” is a beautiful lesson.

This is your dream; do all you can to keep it alive.