Building a successful home based business is simple, but not easy. When you work from home, it’s easy to get too comfortable and get distracted. Staying focused and consistent is important in building your business but can be hard to do when working at home. However, there are a few things you can do to help with this.A Few Tips On How To Build A Successful Home Based Business In 2011The first thing you need to do when working from home is to separate your home life from your business life. This is hard to do for a lot of people but it’s absolutely necessary for your success. Set yourself up somewhere in your house where you can have piece and quiet, and where you have no distractions. When it’s time to work, let your family know that you are not to be bothered. It’s too hard to try and build a home business when you have constant interruptions.You also want to make sure you set your work hours every day, and more importantly stick to them. I get up every single morning at 4:00 a.m. (I know, that’s early!). I work my business every morning from 5-9 a.m. and then I’m done for the day. Now you don’t have to get up early or do the same thing but for me, my family is still asleep so that’s a good time for me to be productive and get my work done. Just make sure when you set your hours that you stick to them no matter what time of day. Staying consistent and on a schedule is really going to help you stay organized and be productive.Lastly, focus on the tasks that are going to make you money. During your work time every day, do the things that are going to grow your business and generate income for you. Usually this is going to be marketing and driving traffic to your website, and returning emails, etc… Don’t spend time on designing your site or your blog, or surfing around on the Internet.Stay focused for those few hours and be productive. I call this my daily IPA’s. Income Producing Activities. For me, it’s article marketing, Ezine advertising, and one or two more tactics. I shut off my phone, minus my email account and just work. Like I said, building a successful home based business is simple, but not easy. Keep these 3 tips in mind and you should be ok.