Customer Reviews

The 200 Best Home Businesses: Easy To Start, Fun To Run, Highly Profitable

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I read this book looking for ideas to help supplement by regular income by doing something from home. This was NOT the book for me. Most of the suggestions were totally useless for me and required a lot of skills/education that I don't have and would have to obtain before I started. For example, two of the suggestions are Accountant and Lawyer (!). This would better have been titled as "Careers That Allow You To Work At Home If You Want To." Also, as a side note, the projected earnings about Medical Transcriptionist was WAY overinflated...I am doing that currently, and my mother owns her own business and makes really good money, but not the $40-$60 an hour stated in the book. That's outrageous!

I picked up this book not knowing what to expect and I was very surprised to find a new type of approach.
The author has done a wonderful at holding my attention and I highly recommend it.
I'd also like to recommend that you read Untapped Wealth Discovered. This too is a very smart and refreshing book and the authors have packed lots of vital info into their book.
Both of these books are well priced, very affordable and great motivators for both the interested and serious reader.

This was a good book for anyone who wants basic work at home ideas... but there was nothing original. You could sit at home and figure these jobs out if you go online or brainstorm. Still, it does help and it does have some good ones.

No new information..........can do online reasearch and find same info. Don't waste money unless you are not good at research and want it put in front of you.

Lots of good ideas in this book. Each idea is only given a brief overview but it's a good way to get your own ideas going and they give you resources to find more information. Most of the business ideas were practical and do-able for most people. I liked it!

This book did not help me at all. It was all just alist of ideas of businesses to start(I could have written it) but no concrete advise on how to start. I finally found a business I love! and it was not listed in the book.

It is true that there are few jobs here that you can just buy and turn-key into profit but if that's what you are interested in you should be looking at franchises, not this. This book is about turning a hobby into a business and what hobbies, that you may already have would be profitable. Here are some examples, if you like antiques perhaps an antiques dealer or an auctioneer is a good job you should consider? I have dogs and have been interested in becoming more professional and it';s true she did mention Dog Breeding but I was surprised that she did not mention "designer" dogs where the real money is these days. She seems to be in the ballpark but not making homeruns (hence the 4stars).

I have always recommended to a friend of mine who keeps his car immaculately, that auto detailing was something to consider, and it was true it was here with qualifications, strong eye for detail,typical fees $100-500 per job depending of course on type of car and area, qualifications, a flair for the artistic, equipment needed? Polish, rags, brushes, toothbrushes, paint. Hidden costs? Larger buildings i.e. garage to house the car while you are working. Staff is not required, which is great starting out. And of course the keys to success? Well you work at your pace and during the hours you choose, creativity is the key to keeping the competition at bay and mobile work may be something that will grow (which I think is a great idea, for those of us who can't drive to the Detailing Garage and you work is different every day. Oh yeah, how to advertise? AUto publications, body and car shops, garages, delearships and regioanl coupon books as well as car washes.

I don't know why the other reviews were so negative. I think saying it was obvious is really a cop-out. SOmetimes the obvious needs to be told, otherwise we ignore it.

the ideas are quite common and don't really adapt to today's success ideas... Did not work for me

The author mentions many different alternatives for supplementing
income. These alternatives include review of utility bills for
large entities. The rendering of expert advice is another potential
business. The author mentions concert promotion, consulting
engineering, eBook Publishing, freelance writing, graphic design,
rare book dealerships and seminar services. This acquisition would
help anyone seeking to supplement their current income. It could
be useful for retirees and others on a fixed income.

Much reasearch went into this project, but the content was disappointing, outdated, and totally uninspiring!
The cover (which sold it to me)is good, the idea brilliant, but I'd go back to the drawing board and rev it up a few notches, do much more research, add great images, print on better quality paper, make it appealing for todays' discerning women around the world who would like to have the freedom to work from home, but they need to be INSPIRED!