How to prepare for a sideline job

Holding a nine to five office based job is no longer enough for a lot of people these days.  It’s challenging, to say the least.  Especially if you have a family to take care of.  But with careful planning and preparedness, I think anyone is capable of finding the right balance and pulling this off.

I once was an employee while running an online selling site on the side.  From the website, I gathered monthly extra income to fund my little luxuries.  Sure, it was double the work for me most of the time.  But technology is a God send and it helped me manage my two jobs well.

Some of the things I pondered on before I moved forward:
What kind of business do I want?  It shouldn’t necessarily be related to your desk job.  In fact, I would suggest that your business be something that’s related to a hobby or personal interest.
How much time do I want to allocate to my sideline?  It’s important that you ask yourself this question and have a ready answer for it.  Do you do it after 5pm? Only on weekends? Or daily, but on your lunch break?
Do I need someone’s help to run it?  Buyers can be quite demanding.  If they don’t hear from you right away, they can take their business elsewhere.  Determine if you need a second person to help out.
What kind of payments should I accept? If you ask me, it should be any and all. The more flexible you are, the more people can buy from you.
If your business is online-based … do I want to hire somebody to design a website? Or should I use popular social networking platforms such as Facebook or Multiply? You need to think about this because your own website means an added cost to you.
Lastly, and this is a no brainer, how serious am I about having a sideline?  Your time is precious but your customer’s time is far more precious than yours.  Ask yourself if you can really, truly manage.

The key is to choose a business that you like.  If you do this, it will never feel like a burden to you to juggle two jobs at the same time.  In fact, the extra income will surely do you a lot of good.

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