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Thanks to the World Wide Web and the ever-increasing spread of mobile technology, there’s no shortage of people who are trying to start businesses from home. And they’re not all looking to set up businesses from home as a temporary measure, hoping to get a big office or other work premises sometime in the near future. A lot of people are looking to set up home-based businesses that they can actually run from the comfort of their home in the long term!
A lot of people think that a food business is one of the business types that you would still be hard-pressed to keep at home. While a brick-and-mortar store or restaurant is still the most popular way of going about a food business, a home-based one is definitely possible. Here are a few of the things you need to think about if you want to take on such an endeavor.
Regulations
So let’s say you’ve been baking cakes from your own unique recipe for years, and people love them so much that they’ve successfully convinced you to build a business from the back of them. If you’re looking to keep baking those cakes at home, you need to ensure your kitchen meets state regulations and requirement – because it needs to be certified as a commercial kitchen!
Use the Internet to research the necessary requirements to have your home properly certified for commercial food business in your state.
The professional image
Selling your food requires you to have a professional image. It doesn’t matter if your workday consists of you not getting out of your pajamas and making the food you plan to sell while you half-pay attention to Netflix: you need your business to look polished and established. One of the key ways to do this is with a business website (which we’ll get to in a minute).
You’ll also need to think carefully about your branding, packaging, and networking tactics. Proper engagement in these important business fields will help you project an image of true professionalism. Packaging is an especially important one, as people pay a lot of attention to the packaging when they’re deciding whether or not to buy food! Consider something simple, customizable, and effective, such as a stand up pouch.
Taking it online
It’s not an absolute necessity for you to have a website for your business, especially if you’re keeping things very local and small-scale. But even then a website should be considered. After all, more people check out food companies online before buying their products than you might think. That’s why you need to focus on professional web development – especially if you’re planning on selling the food online! If you want to make things easier, you can actually look into online marketplace solutions tailored for food selling.
Digital marketing is also a key part of succeeding in this business, especially because there are so many other products out there vying for the attention of the public. Consider working with a digital marketing agency that specializes in the food industry, or even taking to the likes of YouTube to create a web video series detailing your product.
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