More 101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women [Paperback]

Priscilla Huff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 25, 1998

All New Business Ideas for Enterprising Women Who Want to Work at Home
With the right entrepreneurial spirit and know-how, you can join the millions of enterprising women who run their own businesses from home. Bestselling author and home-based business expert Priscilla Y. Huff guides you through the basics of starting your own business, from choosing the job that's right for you to writing a business plan. She then presents 101 innovative home-based opportunities centered on the hottest emerging business trends — health care, the environment, computers, personal services, food, and more!
Packed with ideas, tips, and hints, this informative resource provides advice on:
·Assessing the real start-up costs and potential income for each job
·Finding invaluable sources — from professional organizations and publications to Web sites
·Choosing the right experts to help you with your business
·Finding the tools, training, and skills you need to succeed
·Learning how to price your market
·Creating effective publicity and marketing, including Internet advertising
A home-based business can give you the flexibility, extra income, creativity, and independence you crave — this book gives you the resources to make your business venture a success!

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All New Business Ideas for Enterprising Women Who Want to Work at Home
With the right entrepreneurial spirit and know-how, you can join the millions of enterprising women who run their own businesses from home. Bestselling author and home-based business expert Priscilla Y. Huff guides you through the basics of starting your own business, from choosing the job that's right for you to writing a business plan. She then presents 101 innovative home-based opportunities centered on the hottest emerging business trends — health care, the environment, computers, personal services, food, and more!
Packed with ideas, tips, and hints, this informative resource provides advice on:
·Assessing the real start-up costs and potential income for each job
·Finding invaluable sources — from professional organizations and publications to Web sites
·Choosing the right experts to help you with your business
·Finding the tools, training, and skills you need to succeed
·Learning how to price your market
·Creating effective publicity and marketing, including Internet advertising
A home-based business can give you the flexibility, extra income, creativity, and independence you crave — this book gives you the resources to make your business venture a success!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (March 25, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761512691
• ISBN-13: 978-0761512691
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,567,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Priscilla Y. Huff is a freelance business writer/author of the best-selling101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, 3rd ed.; A Self-Employed Woman's Guide to Launching a Home-Based Business and other related books, specializing in topics about small and home-based businesses and women's entrepreneurship. Her latest book, Make Your Business Survive and Thrive!: 100+ Proven Marketing Methods to Help You Beat the Odds and Build a Successful Small or Home-Based Enterprise, was released in December, 2006, by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
For the past twenty years, she has written numerous articles and columns on these subjects for such print publications as Home Business Magazine (HomeBusinessMag.com) where she is a regular feature writer and interviewer; and others (feature writer), such as Home Business Journal, Income Opportunities, Small Business Opportunities, Pennsylvania Magazine, MizBiz, and has been quoted in Forbes, the New York Times, the Savannah Business Journal and additional major print, radio, and TV media.
She was a former home business expert and columnist for iVillage.com and wwwBizyMoms.com and currently is one for Home-Based Working Moms, www.HBWM.com, and SmallBizpreneur's Network, www.smallbizpreneurs.com. She has also contributed regularly to Corel Corporation's OfficeCommunity.com; Fortune Small Business (online) www.fsb.com; HomeStore.com; WomensForum.com; WomensEnews.org; www.MomsBusinessMagazine.com; www.BlueSuitMom; www.Committment.com/ www.SmallBusinessAdvocate.com; and other business and Web and print publications. Her business, LITTLE HOUSE Writing & Publishing, offers business information, consulting and research services, as well as e-books and other publications. Her future web site: www.PYHuff.com; and new blog: EntrepreneurshipYourWay.

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77 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a cool book, October 15, 1998

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This is a really interesting book, although some of the businesses are kind of far-fetched (bison breeder???) but the ideas are cool. I would reccomend this more as a guide to side careers, most of them are risky or take a lot of time to get off the ground. Also most of them seem to be based around larger cities' needs.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Practical Book!, August 17, 2001

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I think this is a great book!! Another reviewer said that the Bison breeding wasn't very feasible. On my country bike rides I pass a house that has bison. I never could figure out why they had them? Now I know.

Many of these suggestions you will see listed online but there's something about being able to hold the book in your hands and dream about all of the wonderful things you could do. You can dream small or large. For example if you have an extra room in your home or an outside attached room you could contact artist's and sell their work on commission from your own gallery. I really like that idea.

If you've always dreamed about being your own boss while staying at home this is the book for you. Start slow and steady. Just take on what you can handle. Do you have a washing machine and dryer? You could wash people's laundry. I'd never thought of that idea but I know in India this is quite common. I don't want to give away too many ideas. I just love this book. When I first got it I thought this would be one of those books I look at and decide to auction off. Nope. This one's a keeper!

I really loved that you don't have to have advanced degrees to go into business for yourself. Don't let people discourage you from earning a decent income on your own using your own brain power.

21 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed it!, August 17, 2001

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If you're a person who's been searching online for a "real" home based business this is the book for you. I was delightfully surprised to see some of the idea's I've had rolling around in my head on paper. It's a totally different experience to take the book with you and read it as opposed to looking at a computer screen.

One suggestion I've never seen before was to have your own art gallery in a room in your home. Of course if your home looks like Martha Stewart's that's no problem. The author suggests signing the artists to contracts so that you both make money when the art sells. I think that's a wonderful idea. Of course if you're not really keen on the idea of having strangers tour your back bedroom you could rent a small office space and advertise, advertise, advertise.

Another idea I really loved was running a doggie day care center!! To those who are strictly business minded these ideas may sound far fetched but to those of us who long to break out of the mold these ideas light a fire to our creativity. One more business suggestion I thought was interesting is the laundry service. Even if you don't have a washer and dryer you could pick up people's laundry and drive it to the laundrymat. I know I've tried to bribe people to do my own laundry!!

All in all this book is a worth while read.