Christian Home Based Businesses

Can a Christian Work from Home?

Advertisements for Christian home based businesses abound. The hype is so loud on the internet and elsewhere that I refused to write this page for three years. I didn't want to add to the noise. But in the years since I started this web site, I've watched as people I know spend endless hours and countless dollars following the hype. The end result is inevitable failure. The truth is, the people who are making most of the money are the ones selling false hope.

But there are people earning an income with Christian home based businesses. I know this for a fact because I am one of those who is working a Christian home business. I'm not getting rich. But I am providing a significant portion of our household income through my Christian business.

After months of searching through what seemed like an endless supply of Christian home based businesses I gave up hope and decided that what I was looking for just didn't exist. A couple weeks after my decision to quit "wasting time" looking for something that wasn't out there, I sat down at my computer and gave it one more try.

I told myself that what I needed was a Christian work at home business that could be done over the internet with little investment of money up front. And it couldn't require a lot of technical know-how from me. And I wanted to do something on the web that made a real difference in people's lives... something I could be proud of. And that, unfortunately, isn't true of many Christian home based businesses.

I went to Google and did a couple searches. I clicked on a few things but only found the same old empty promises. But just as I was again ready to quit searching for good, I found a site that talked about a web based business that was a real business... not some get rich quick scheme.

I followed the links and read every word searching for the catch. But there was no catch. I downloaded some free ebooks offered by the site and stayed awake scouring the information. In the days that followed, I talked to my wife, prayed, and researched everything I could find.

The business plan made real sense. It didn't promise quick wealth with little or no effort on my part. I was going to have to do some work.

But it was work I was passionate about. I could really make a difference in people's lives, strengthen churches, and help encourage pastors. And maybe best of all, I could do all that without knowing how to build a web site, learning how to submit my pages to the search engines, or any of that other technical "stuff."

This work at home business allowed me to focus nearly all of my attention on helping people encourage their pastors.

What Is This Christian Home Based Business?

The Christian home based business that I am referring to is the web site you're reading: my-pastor.com. It's not a flashy site - mostly text and a few graphics.

But to me it's a whole lot more. My-pastor.com is the perfect combination of a Christian home based business and my passion to help congregations support their pastors. This perfect combination, believe it or not, pays my house mortgage each month.

And eventually, it will pay all my bills.

What's Your Passion?

So what's your passion? You started reading this page because you have an interest in Christian home based businesses. So what ministry do you love to do? What's your passion? Everyone has special knowledge of something. What can you teach others? What information can you share with others that will make a difference in their lives? What problem can you help others solve? What special knowledge do you have?

• Children with special needs.
• Church finances.
• Marriage.
• Crafts.
• Mechanics.
• Technology.
• Christian dating.
• Parenting.
• Bible study.
• Finding the best Christian college.

That list is only meant to give you an idea of the broad range of information people are searching for every day on the internet. Using the tools I use you can create a web site - a web business - that attracts visitors.

Look at the graphic below. It is an actual screen shot from my web site building tools. It shows how my site ranks at the most popular internet search engine. As you can see, my site is the first site listed when people search for those (and many other) keywords.

What Do You Need to Succeed with This Business?

Some Christian home based businesses claim to be perfect for everyone. Unfortunately, this Christian business may not be for you. Over the years I've discovered that there are three things that are required for a person to be successful at this Christian business.

1. A basic familiarity with the internet.
2. An ability to write clearly at an average level.
3. Motivation to pursue a Christian work at home business.

Of these three requirements, the third is the most important. Motivation can overcome nearly any obstacle.

Do you have a basic understanding of the internet? Can you use email, do searches at Google, and work comfortably with a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.)?

Can you write clearly at an average level? You don't need to be able to write like Chuck Swindoll or C.S. Lewis. But can you communicate clearly so that people can understand?

And most importantly, are you motivated to succeed? Can you persevere when you don't feel like doing the work? Can you fight on when things seem to be working against you?

If you can answer, "Yes," to all three of those questions, then I suggest you look deeper into this Christian internet business.

OK - Tell Me About the Christian Home Based Business Already!

The business model is quite simple, really. You write pages of content about things that people are searching the internet for. When people read your pages they are informed - you help them solve their problem or answer their question. As part of answering their questions and solving their problems, you offer to sell them a product or refer them to someone else's product and receive a commission when they make a purchase. In the end, your visitors receive valuable information and you get rewarded for your time and effort.

There's one catch, though. There are hundreds of web hosts that will help you build a web site for a fee. But almost none of them actually help you get visitors to your page unless you pay extra fees. And a web site without visitors might as well not exist. You might create the best site on the web about Sunday School craft ideas, but if no one reads it you've wasted your time.

That's what makes my web host unique. I use a company called, Site Build It. Site build It does much more than just give me a web site. For one reasonable fee they provide all this and much more:

• Complete training guides - both written and video. If you follow the guides, you will have success. The Affiliate Masters Course is one example of Site Build It's free training guides. Click the picture to the right to open the full guide.
• Brainstorm It - a tool that helps you find the perfect topics to write about... topics that people are searching for.
• Email Services.
• The ability to easily create forms for your site so you can ask for input, take surveys, and much more.
• Easily create your own ezine and gather a following. Currently, I have over 1,200 subscribers to my ezine.
• Create an RSS feed with the click of a mouse.
• Daily traffic statistics that show how many people visited which of your pages and where they came from.
• Search engine rankings that show where each of your pages ranks at the four major search engines.
• A forum that gives both help and encouragement.
• A page check utility that tells you exactly how to improve each page so that Google, Yahoo, and the other search engines will give your pages high rankings - meaning more visitors to your site.

And that's just a sampling of what you get with Site Build It.

What's So Special about Site Build It?

Among Christian home based businesses, I believe Site Build It is one of the best. Here are a just a few of the reasons why.

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SBI! makes online Christian home based business success do-able. Anyone can succeed with an all-in-one process, tools, and guidance.

The Action Guide presents a step-by-step process, presented in both written and video formats. All you have to do is follow it. The guide is so well written that the most successful SBI! owners say "all they did was follow the Guide." They don't get sidetracked, or have to guess at what to do next. SBI!'s guided approach helps you reach your goals. I'm no internet genius. I just patiently followed the guide step by step and today I have a Christian home based business that pays my entire mortgage.

SBI! comes with unlimited Customer Support and I must say that it's the best I've ever experienced. And the SBI! Forums complete the picture. They are the most friendly, help-and-be-helped set of e-business forums in the world.

Too many non-SBI! sites start without profits being "built into" the process from DAY 1. It all begins with the right process. Content

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Creating web pages is as simple as riding a bike with training wheels. You don't need to know HTML. The block-by-block builder trains you how to write a page that is both "Search Engine and human effective." It's simple, do-able and most importantly, effective site-building. The block-by-block builder is perfect for beginners, but even many "advanced" users start with this tool. It's an excellent way to break bad habits!

When it's time to create your site's Look and Feel, SBI! provides fully customizable, easy-to-use templates. You can choose and modify a template. And if you're a designer, you can create and upload your own. This page shows some of the styles available.

Fast, reliable, state-of-the-Net Web site hosting is all included with SBI!. You don't have to worry about choosing the right "hosting" features (size, capacity, etc.). Web hosting is included, with no hidden fees or conditions.

To announce your site to Search Engines, you need to submit a specialized file called a "Sitemap XML" file. SBI! does it all automatically, a huge time saver, that enables you to quickly achieve wider distribution and attract more targeted free traffic.

Traffic Stats and Click Analysis help you understand what your visitors like most. Understanding them helps you know what to write about, which in turn leads to more and more business. When I first started My-Pastor.com I envisioned the pastor appreciation section to only be a small part of the overall site. But as I watched the statistics that SBI provides, I realized that people really wanted a lot of information about pastor appreciation. Today, that subject dominates my site.

SBI! includes an easy-to-use form builder with autoresponders. You can build contact forms, surveys, and polls to easily communicate with your visitors. Having these tools all in one place saves time and money.

List-building and e-mail marketing are included (usually these expensive features are bought separately). Sign up visitors to your e-zine subscription list and then mail an issue to them. This repeat exposure builds a stronger bond with your visitors and allows for direct promotions to them. Deeper PREselling = More income.

SBI! has a no-risk, 30-day money back guarantee. It's a risk-free decision that you can make with confidence and peace of mind. Try it for a month and if you don't like it they'll refund your money no questions asked.

Talk to a real person and ask questions before you buy! You can email your questions or use the toll-free phone number. Someone is really waiting to answer your questions.

New tools are added continuously so you can feel secure that you'll always have the most up-to-date site-building and marketing tools. Site Build It has more tools than most Christian home based businesses will ever need!

The SBI! private forums provide friendly, helpful support from other Site Build It! users. Help is available from folks who are in the same place as you. This support gets you over the humps along the way in a stress-free environment. Help is available even for advanced questions. The forums are a business-building support community ready to help you succeed.

Site Build It's mascott is the tortoise. The tortoise approach symbolizes SBI!'s steady-and-sure approach. It's definitely not GRQ (GetRichQuick) and keeps you from getting distracted by false promises or dead-end tools and strategies that end up costing more money. Experienced users will appreciate avoiding time-wasters that don't help you succeed. Think of it as a simple, direct, hype-free path that leads to Christian home based business success.

SiteSell.com was established by Dr. Ken Evoy in 1997. His series of books have helped hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and small businesses. Make Your Content PREsell! and Make Your Words Sell!, formerly books sold by SiteSell, are now free. They are literally the dynamic duo of "Web-writing."

Christian Home Based Businesses Conclusion

This Christian work at home business is not for everyone. But if you are searching through a list of Christian home based businesses I highly recommend you consider Solo Build It. It works for me and I couldn't be happier. I think you'll be more than satisfied as well.

Here are a few links so you can get started researching the incredible world of Solo Build It. In my opinion it is head and shoulders above most other Christian home based businesses.

Why am I telling you this? Yes, I do earn a commission if you purchase Solo Build It. But I truly believe in the product and use it myself. It's what I use to build and maintain this ministry web site.

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