Do you have everything written down in case something happens to you and your family is left with your online business? I have something on my computer, and have told my sister some things, but I need to get everything more organized.

Here is a free tool that you can use for recording all the information your family will need if you are not able or not around to keep your online business going.

You can pick it up here: TheyNeedToKnow.com

It is a downloadable Word document so you can insert the information you want to give your family. Things like the company name, address and phone number, the names and phone numbers of people you know who would be willing to help your family learn how to continue what you started, names and numbers of business associates, and your web hosting information and so on.

It even tells your family how to make withdrawals from Paypal in case you get regular money into your Paypal account from affiliate sales or whatever.

It’s a good thing to have on hand in a fireproof safe. After all, you want to protect your business, and if something should happen to you, you would want your family to be able to take over and continue earning the residual money you worked so hard for.

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There will be days when nothing seems to go right and you begin to wonder if working at home is worth all the stress. After all, when you have a regular job you can put in your 40 hours and forget about it the rest of the time. You can actually relax on the weekends.

Here are the reasons I continue struggling along even on the difficult days:

• to be home with my kids
• no boss hanging over my shoulder
• I love the work (most of the time)
• it’s up to me how much money I make (don’t have to ask for pay raises)
• independence
• to create residual income so I can take a day off and know that the money is still coming in

But there are many times when it all seems too overwhelming. I have enough work to keep ten people busy for months. That’s when it’s time to outsource.

The best places to find people to help include:

• the local college
• rentacoder.com
• stay-at-home moms who want to work a few hours each day
• elance.com

College students and stay-at-home moms are often willing to work for a fair price. If you live near a college, pin a note up on the job listing bulletin board or contact the office that helps students find local work.

To find moms who would like to work at home ask other people who run their own online business if they know of any, or mention it in a forum for moms (make sure it’s okay with the forum administrator), or post a job on Craigslist.

They don’t necessarily have to live near you. Many people work as virtual assistants and will never meet you in person. You can use Camtasia to teach them what you want them to do and put the files online for them to watch or copy the file to a DVD and mail it to your assistant.

A great benefit of using Camtasia to create a tutorial is that once you record it you don’t have to do it over if you hire someone else. You simply show them the same tutorial.

So if you are feeling overwhelmed, find some help. It could be a nephew or niece, a son or daughter, or someone on the other side of the country.

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