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Inspire is a forward-thinking travel agency that allows agents to dynamically package, offering control and creative freedom in curating their clients’ holidays.

A family-like culture means we know each homeworker personally, fostering a supportive and intimate environment. Inspire has a robust financial model ensuring 100% financial security for agents and clients.

With low joining and monthly costs, and no credit card fees, we make it easy and affordable to start and sustain your business. Agents can earn up to a 90% commission split, with half of your commission paid up front.

With direct contracting and our dual homeworking models that cater to both lead-generated and independent agents, we can maximise your flexibility and income opportunities.

Personal growth and professional success are seamlessly integrated at Inspire, allowing you to enhance your career your own way.

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Inspire announces homeworking rebrand and recruitment drive

The Inspire Group is embarking on a recruitment drive and a rebrand for its homeworkers business. It wants to double its membership by a further 40 homeworkers over the next 12 months. At the same time, the homeworking division is being rebranded Inspire Travel Associates. Managing Director Lisa Henning said: “On the back of the pandemic, with more and more of us working from home, you could say that we have all become homeworkers, and we felt that the title was no longer appropriate.”

The company operates two homeworking models; a traditional homeworking model and a hybrid model, where sales leads are provided.  “Over the last few months we have been building on the strong foundations of our homeworking business, and we are now ready to reach out to the industry and invite others to join us,” Ms Henning added.

Earlier this year The Inspire Group appointed former Business Development Manager at Independent Travel Experts Lorna Hardy as Sales and Recruitment Manager.

Ms Henning continued: “Lorna has extensive experience in travel retailing and a solid track record of working with like-minded travel business owners.”

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10 Ways To Find Work From Home Inspiration

• April 14, 2021

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No matter what industry we work in, inspiration keeps us focused and determined throughout the day. A spark of inspiration can help us overcome obstacles in the workplace, and give us that much-needed boost of encouragement to take on a new challenge.

Inspiration is crucial for day to day work success, but “getting inspired” is much easier said than done when you’re stuck working at home. Remote work typically means fewer interactions with people, a lack of external stimulation, and more time spent in one single place. Not exactly a recipe for creativity and inspiration. So for the new wave of remote workers that has emerged in the last year, this is a totally new challenge: how can we all find some extra work from home inspiration?

The good news is that inspiration is all around you — it just might take a little extra searching to find it. Luckily we’re here to give you some ideas and help you kickstart your search. Read on for 10 ways you can find work from home inspiration if you’re working remotely.

1. Change your environment

Changing locations is one of the first things that most people will tell you when you lack inspiration. This has been a go-to productivity tip for a long time, but it’s even more crucial (although challenging) in a remote work setting. If you’re lucky enough to work in a home or an apartment with multiple rooms, try to sit in different rooms and change your surroundings throughout the day.

And what about if you have limited space? This can be as simple as p ost up at a kitchen barstool, or moving to the dining room table for a little bit. You can get an adjustable standing desk. Many people talk about the benefits of standing desks for your physical health, but they’re great for shifting your mental perspective too. It sounds crazy, but simply changing your view from sitting down to standing up can help you see things in a new light.

2. Learn and explore

You’re never too old to be learning something new. Acquire new skills, gather knowledge about the things you’re interested in. Perhaps not everything you want to learn about will directly be applicable to work, but it can alter your perspective in a positive way. 

Inspiration comes in all shapes and forms, so don’t confine yourself mentally just because you’re confined to your home. It’s okay to let your curiosity get the better of you sometimes — you never know where you may end up.

3. Exercise

One of the simplest solutions to tackling insufficient work from home inspiration is to get up and move. Exercise should — if it’s not already — become part of your daily routine. It improves longevity, cognitive function , boosts confidence, and of course helps inspire you. 

Exercise doesn’t mean that you have to spend hours at the gym pumping iron. Go for a leisurely stroll or a run. Biking is also a great way to get the blood pumping. If you’re into picking up heavy things and setting them back down, then perhaps weightlifting could be more up your alley. In the end, all that matters is that you move around and avoid the sedentary lifestyle.

4. Keep an idea journal

Having a journal where you write down ideas and thoughts can be another solution for the lack of inspiration. At the first glance, the ideas you have written down may not seem like anything to write home about, but it could prove to be useful down the road. 

Revert back to your journal every time you’re mentally stuck and feel the creativity evaporate. You may be surprised just how seemingly unimportant ideas from the past can lead to a potential breakthrough.   You can also use an a note-taking app like Hive Notes to store all of your ideas in one place, share them with others, and even assign next steps as actions with due dates. Your traditional idea journal, taken to the next level.

5. Check out what the leaders in your industry are doing

Don’t shy away from doing a bit of research about what others are doing in your industry. This doesn’t necessarily mean you have to imitate them, but it could be a source for new ideas you haven’t thought about before. 

Wondering where you can find these leaders? Do a quick topic search on Twitter or LinkedIn to see who is currently talking about something you’re interested in. There are also many roundups and resources on the best people to follow in your industry, like our guide to the best project management blogs . Start by Googling “your industry name” + “blogs” or “influencers” and see where that takes you.

6. Talk to people

Go out and socialize with your peers. Just talking to people can clear your head and make room for a new perspective or an approach to doing things. You may even inquire the people you’re with about the lack of inspiration. Perhaps you can bounce some ideas off of them and see if they offer you any valuable feedback .

If you can’t meet with people in real life, set up a virtual meeting with some coworkers — or even just with a group of friends. Also encourage everyone to turn their cameras on. There’s nothing quite like seeing someone’s face, especially when you’re working from home and rely on Zoom meetings for social interaction.

7. Listen to music while you work

I like to try and drown out the noise of my environment with some quality ambient music. It’s one way to stay concentrated and often leads to new ideas being developed. It may sound weird but music to me is a great source of inspiration, I implore you to give it a shot yourself. 

One thing to take note is if you do end up listening to music, keep it light and avoid songs with lyrics. Most people like to sing along with the song, and I would wager a guess that you might end up singing too. That can actually work adversely and reduce your work from home productivity . Not to mention the chance of the lyrics getting stuck in your head.  

8. Stay clear of distractions 

Stray away from anything that distracts you, especially when it comes to your cell phone and social media pages. They not only lead to reduced productivity, but they may also hamper flow of ideas. 

If you don’t need to use your phone for work related matters, turn it off and put it away. Stay clear of social media as well. Those cat videos your friends share with you can wait. There are so many browser extensions and productivity apps specifically created to help you stay focused and work more efficiently on the computer. They lock out specific websites for a period of time so you’re not tempted to visit them every 5 minutes. Try it out.

9. Be open to new ideas

Don’t be afraid to embrace new ideas. Maybe being stuck in your ways is what caused the decline of inspiration in the first place. When you stay open minded and welcome new ideas and perspectives that were once unreasonable to you, you are creating more opportunities to grow and evolve any project you’re working on. 

One of the best ways to generate new ideas is to host a brainstorming session. Simply open your favorite note-taking app — preferably one with collaborative editing like Hive notes — and encourage your coworkers to brain dump anything that comes to mind. When you put all ideas in one place, and let everyone edit the document in real time, people can build off of each others ideas. You never know where the brainstorm may take you.

10. Don’t forget about yourself

Last but not least – don’t neglect yourself. Oftentimes work and other pressing matters take priority in our lives and we tend to forget ourselves. Take time off and relax. Sometimes sitting down and relaxing or taking a nap may be the fuel that ignites inspiration within. 

This is a guest post written by Uwe Dreissigacker. Uwe is the founder of online invoicing software InvoiceBerry, which offers free invoice templates to businesses. With this tool, small businesses and sole traders can create, send and manage their invoices, quotes and credit notes.

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What support do I get as an Inspire homeworker?

What if I told you that travel homeworking is actually a very social business? You probably wouldn’t believe me… the image of a homeworker is often portrayed as a lonely worker being isolated miles from the head office trying to solve problems on their own.

Well get that image out or your head, as travel homeworking offers a LOT of support.

Building a successful home based travel agency is about understanding the full service nature of the role. From all the excitement of marketing your new business, taking your first bookings, checking in prior to departure, to keeping in touch once the customers have returned, a home based travel agent can wear a lot of hats!

Business Development and Marketing Training

Almost all homeworking models offer work based training, from marketing and business development, to using travel booking systems. Here at Inspire we have a full support team to help you every step of the way with all of these. Our travel homeworkers come from all kinds of backgrounds. We treat each homeworker as an individual and tailor a plan to suit them and their business.

Homeworker support comes in other forms too, let’s explore them:

Support from other travel homeworkers

If there is another homeworker within a short distance of your base, it is well worth catching up every month over a coffee to share experiences of running your own travel business. If you want to do events but feel the cost is too much, partner with another travel homeworker and split the contacts.

Join in company socials

Look out for company socials and sales events and get yourself on the attendee list. Being self-employed in some cases means work nights out are few and far between if you are the only employee! Join in events and not only do you benefit from social time, but also building relationships with the wider support team.

Embrace networking

Networking happens everywhere. From outside the school gates, at sports clubs, on the train… that’s before we even include formal business networking groups such as BNI. Successful networkers don’t just promote their business. They use networking as an opportunity to share ideas, support each other and have social interactions outside of their office and home life.

Build your own support network

Your support network shouldn’t just be work related. Choose a buddy that will always have your back when running your new travel business.  They will be the first one you share your victories with but when you’re having a bad day which we all do, they will be there to pick you up and remind you to push through.  They can be your partner, friend or family member, but choose wisely as they will need to fulfil a number of roles.

As with anything in life, you get out what you put in. Being a home based travel agent is one of the most social and rewarding businesses out there. Accept all the appropriate support on offer and your exciting new travel business should thrive.

Are you ready to set up as travel homeworker? Ivrie Cohen is always happy to chat about homeworking with Inspire on 0161 465 6096. Alternatively you can e-mail him , or  get in touch .

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