With the current state of the economy many people are looking for a Christian home based business. The question I get asked a lot is how to Christians build a business? I tell them there are really only a few important guidelines you have to follow in order to develop a home based business and you can be successful if you follow these.
The most important ingredient to any Christian home business is you must find a problem and solve it for people. It can be any kind of problem but the reality is that is what every business, including every online Christian business, is built around. Look at any business and the whole point of that commercial enterprise is to solve a problem for the customers. A restaurant solves the problem of hunger in its clientele. The restaurant also, probably more importantly, solve a problem of boredom. If people only wanted to satiate their hunger they could go to a store and buy a few ingredients to make their own meal. But they don’t and instead they go to a restaurant to eat and more importantly share in the atmosphere. The main problem solved is not hunger but boredom. If you own a restaurant that is a key point to remember.
What can this teach us about how do Christians build a business? The first step to a successful Christian home based business is to find the problem you will solve. One way is to contact Christian business and find out what problems they are solving. You can also find Christian in business who want to make friends and ask them what problems they solve.
Here is a little homework. Go get your copy of the local yellow pages. Pick out 10 different pages and look at the businesses listed in the ads. Write down the business and next to it write down what problems are being solved. As we saw above with the restaurant example it could very well be that more than one problem is being solved. After you have done this for a while you start thinking in the terms of problem solving and you naturally start answering the question how to start a Christian business.
Another source for problem solving ideas is a Christian business directory or a Christian online business directory. Both of these list legitimate Christian businesses and you can do the same exercise to find out what solutions are being offered.
Once you have a problem to solve you must offer good value to your customers. Some people view Christian home businesses in a negative light because they expect more from us than the average business person. They expect we will be more honest and give freer value. Since this is the expectation, this is how we must do business. This is the way I want to do business anyway and I am sure it is the same with you. We are not put on this earth to take advantage of anyone. We are here to spread the Good Word and to find our relationship with our creator.
An internet business is a great way for Christians to make money. Christians blogging for money are solving the problem of a lack of information. By providing information to their readers they are fulfilling the need for knowledge that so many people have. Starting a Christian home based business is not difficult but it does take work and most people really don’t want to do that.
Go get our copy of the local yellow pages. Pick out 10 different pages and look at the businesses listed in the ads. Write down the business and next to it write down what problems are being solved. As we saw above with the restaurant example it could very well be that more than one problem