There is nothing wrong with running a home-based business. Many people will tell you that it is the best think that they did with their life. However, running a home based business can also cause some issues for people if they do not set themselves up properly. They can let other factors creep in on their business, their business and home life crosses paths and things can spiral out of control.The purpose of this article is to share with you three tips that you should implement to ensure that your home-based business is successful and that it doesn’t impede on your personal life. These tips are easy to implement and they will not cost you a fortune but they could be invaluable to the success of your business going forward. I cannot recommend highly enough that you implement each of these things.Have a separate home-office or workspace- To be truly successful in your business you need to have your own workspace. You need to either have a home office or at least a separate workstation. You cannot do it on the dining table where you may be piling things up like washing or groceries. You need a separate workspace that is just for work. It should be noted that Richard Branson started work from a basement but he had a separate workspace that is just for work.Get a laptop with a wireless internet connection- Sometimes you just need to get out of the house. You should get a laptop with a 3G wireless internet connection so that you can sometimes go down to the local cafe and work from there if you just need to get out of the house. You may also sometimes need to have meetings in a cafe if you do not want potential clients coming to your house.Make sure you have a separate phone line- With your home-based business you should also look at getting a separate phone line for your work calls. This could be a standard phone line or a VoIP service like Skype. There would be nothing worse than one of your children answering the phone when it is an important business call. It does not look good for your credibility. You should get a separate line even if you need to have it sometimes diverting to a voicemail box.There is nothing wrong with starting or running your own home-based business but you need to make sure that you set it up correctly and you separate your business life from your personal life. If you follow the tips that I have mentioned above then this should be easy.