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When starting a new work at home business it is very easy to become consumed by it. We spend so much time trying to get the business up and running that we may end up becoming burned out and lose our motivation. There is so much to learn and Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in

There are many parallels between running an internet home business and investing in the stock market. The main reason for this is because stocks are ownership in a business. For the amount of stocks you own in any business you will receive a profit. When you buy a stock the company uses that money to operate and grow the business and they give you a percentage of the business's total profit, called dividends. You can either choose to re-invest these dividends into the company(for more shares), or have them paid out to you on a monthly or quarterly basis. When you run an internet home business you own all the shares and you decide what is done with the profit. This article will outline how sound investment strategy can be used to grow an internet home business that you can profit from well into the future.If you're starting off small, your initial investment in your business/stock will not be enough to make you much money. As with stocks the amount of time you stay with your investment is the determining factor in your success with it. With an online business it can take months of work to start generating a steady stream of income. Over time your efforts will build upon each other like compound interest does to stocks.Usually when people invest in the stock market they tend to put their money into companies that they believe in and since you are the CEO of your internet based business there is a pretty strong incentive to believe in the success of your business, and yourself. If you look at the Forbes list of the world's richest people it shows that most of them have significant shareholdings - mostly in their own companies.When you start a business or invest there is an initial outlay of money that has to be made to buy shares, or in the case of an online business you invest in your website and advertising strategy. Initially there will be some who people decide to start online businesses without doing research expecting to make money over night much like those who take risks in the stock market without doing proper research.  Start investing with a small budget that you can manage to fund the businesses monthly expenses. This would be equivalent to sending in money on schedule to add to your stock amount. As your business/stock continues to be fueled and your money is leveraged to buy advertising and promotional tools you will see your business will start to create permanent roots that grow over time much like dividends given to shareholders grow as the company is able to use a portion of it's total profit to re-invest in future growth.By learning as much as possible about how to operate a business on the internet you are researching your own company and are better able to assess what it will take to bring in profits, and also what is standing in your way. Will your internet business be able to compete in your niche? Do you have the resources needed to put your plan of action into play? It's said that you should have at least a 6-12 month business budget set aside to run your business through the lean beginning stages. Like blue chip stocks you'll want to stay with your internet business for the long run. Blue chip stocks are known to be consistent in paying out dividends. Some blue chip stocks have track records of paying shareholders dividends for over 100 years and the dividend amount per share is always on the rise.A lot of people dip in and out and don't hold on to good stocks always hoping to catch a better deal and not really taking advantage of compound interest or company growth over time, this approach is the stock market is a gamble. You want to give your business time to grow so that you can eventually reach your break even point. You can take a portion of the profit and re-invest it to grow your business to bigger levels. When your business makes less money(or when the market price of your stock drops) then you simply invest less, and when your business makes more money(or when the price of a stock you own rises), then you can invest more. All the while you are still maintaining your current business budget, or better yet your business could have progressed to the point that is generated enough revenue to cover your monthly business budget as well. Internet businesses and investing both benefit from keeping things simple. Consistency and time are the two main factors that turn small business investments into a solid stream of profit. Follow these tips and your internet home business will be a great investment in your future.