Directory for Home Business

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Home Business Directory is no doubt something of great importance as it is intended to provide all kind of necessary information to a person who is interested in home business. All aspiring home business owners should get to know about the possible business structures, different business plans, about home business loans, about taxes and insurance requirements of a home business, from the Home Business Directory. Home Business Directory is needed to be the ultimate Guidebook for the people who are going to start Home Business.

But the most surprising fact is that, there exists no such Directory, which is specifically made for Home Business. Home Business Owners, who are getting ready for the business, start up or, who have already running a successful home business are compelled to consult the general Business Directory. General Business Directory gives information which are useful for all kind of business whether it is small or large, home based or not. The Home Business Owners have to take the pain to find their requisite material from this general business directory.

The most popular Business Directory around the world is no doubt, the Yellow Pages.Yellow Pages are available in almost every country of the world. Yellow Pages Business Directory actually refers to a telephone directory for business, which is arranged according to the category of products and services. This business directory is generally printed on yellow colored paper in contrast to the non-commercial information containing directories printed on white paper. Now, in this age of Internet the term “Yellow Pages†is also used to mean the online business directories.

The name and the conception of “Yellow Pages†came from U.S.A a century back. In U.S.A all the business directories are called “Yellow Pages†that is the term “Yellow Pages†refers to the category but in some countries it is a registered name for a particular business directory.
Generally “Yellow pages†business directories are published once in a year. “Yellow Pages†are generally circulated among people for free. The publishers of “Yellow Pages†earn their revenue from the businessman who gives advertisement in “Yellow Pagesâ€. Extra money is charged for larger font size and other special features. Some publishers give the businessman the option of printing their advertisement on a white background to differentiate them from other advertisements. So, for this part the color of the paper is white and this is termed as “White knock outâ€.

In India, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) used to have the main authority to publish Yellow Pages Business Directory till the liberalization of the telecommunication sector. Now, Indiacom Limited is the official publisher of Yellow Pages Business Directory for the cities Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Gurgaon, Baroda and other 32 cities of India. The Yellow Pages Business Directory, which is published by TATA, is called Infomedia Yellow Pages. In Uttaranchal the main business directory is Century Yellow Pages.

Nowadays, online business directories have become much more popular than yellow pages. Because the Yellow Pages mainly contain only the telephone numbers and addresses of various business enterprises which can be useful for the start up businesses and other established business; but the Online Business Directories offer various business ideas, business plans, information about business taxes, business loans, business insurance along with the addresses and contact numbers of significant business enterprises. For this reason, the aspiring Home Business Owners are now found to rely on the Online Business directories to gather knowledge about different types of Home Based Business and to get the answers to their business related queries. One can surf the Internet, search for business directories and can easily get access to innumerable business directories giving information on business in general or on any specific business.

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