| Stocking your home office properly is a step towards | | | | calculator. Everyone's lists will look different depending |
| success. Learn how to stock it the right way. Once | | | | on each individual business so don't expect to have a |
| you have your home office set up and you have the | | | | "standard" shopping list of items. When you go to the |
| main items in order such as your desk, your | | | | store be sure to take all of your lists with you because |
| ergonomically correct office chair and of course your | | | | you never know when you will run into a sale and be |
| computer system you may think that you are ready to | | | | able to get some items from your nice to have list at a |
| go. But wait! What about all of the little details that | | | | discount. |
| keep your office running smoothly? You will need to hit | | | | Remember about some of the little things that you will |
| the closest office supply store and load up on all of the | | | | need. You will want envelopes, and mailing labels to |
| necessary office supplies to keep your home office | | | | send off invoices and estimates and other |
| running. Before you get carried away at your office | | | | correspondence. Be sure to get labels that will fit in |
| supply store, sit down and make a list of the things | | | | your printer. Hi-lighters, erasers, a hole-punch and other |
| that you need. A lot of home offices, particularly start | | | | small items will become invaluable in the future. You will |
| ups, operate on a shoestring budget, so do not go | | | | also want to invest in a filing cabinet and a file system. |
| crazy at the supply store. It is very easy to blow a | | | | Folders and hanging files will help keep you organized |
| couple of hundred dollars on unnecessary supplies. Sit | | | | and more efficient. If you are the type of person that |
| down and look around your office. What do you need | | | | thrives on organization, using an in-out basket will also |
| to function? What would be nice to have? And what | | | | be a time saver for you. |
| is just frivolous? Make three lists, and take them all to | | | | Bigger items that you will need for your business is a |
| the store with you. On the first list, you will likely have | | | | good quality printer (inkjet or laser), a photocopier and |
| things such as computer paper, pens, envelopes, a | | | | a fax machine. You can save money and space by |
| stapler and filing system. On the nice to have list you | | | | purchasing an all in one unit that offers all of these |
| might have things like colored sticky notes, desk | | | | technologies in one machine. This will likely be your |
| calculators etc. Of course it depends on what type of | | | | most valuable office supply because you will be able |
| home business you have. Obviously if you have a | | | | to do so much with it. |
| book-keeping business you will need a desk top | | | | |