The Self-Employed Woman's Guide to Launching a Home-Based Business: Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started on the Road to Success [Paperback]

Priscilla Huff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 2002

Step-by-Step Advice on Making Your Home-Business Dreams a Reality
From Priscilla Y. Huff, the leading expert on home businesses for women, The Self-Employed Woman's Guide to Launching a Home-Based Business is your step-by-step resource to getting the business of your dreams up and started in no time. Packed with expert advice and nitty-gritty details about what it takes to run a successful home-based business, this book will show you how to:
·Prepare—physically and mentally—for a new career from home
·Balance work and family time for maximum enjoyment—and minimum stress
·Find and fill out the proper tax, license, and insurance forms
·Handle customers and bring in new business
·Implement creative and effective marketing plans
·Manage your finances and accounting with ease
·And much, much more!
Filled with valuable resources and profiles of successful home-based entrepreneurs, this book answers all your questions about starting an enjoyable and profitable venture.

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Step-by-Step Advice on Making Your Home-Business Dreams a Reality
From Priscilla Y. Huff, the leading expert on home businesses for women, The Self-Employed Woman's Guide to Launching a Home-Based Business is your step-by-step resource to getting the business of your dreams up and started in no time. Packed with expert advice and nitty-gritty details about what it takes to run a successful home-based business, this book will show you how to:
·Prepare?physically and mentally?for a new career from home
·Balance work and family time for maximum enjoyment?and minimum stress
·Find and fill out the proper tax, license, and insurance forms
·Handle customers and bring in new business
·Implement creative and effective marketing plans
·Manage your finances and accounting with ease
·And much, much more!
Filled with valuable resources and profiles of successful home-based entrepreneurs, this book answers all your questions about starting an enjoyable and profitable venture.

About the Author

Priscilla Y. Huff, a former business columnist for iVillage.com, is a regular contributor to Home Business Magazine and other business print and online publications, including BizyMoms.com and eWorkingWomen.com. She lives in Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (July 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761563504
• ISBN-13: 978-0761563501
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,393,350 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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4.0 out of 5 stars Great help!!!, August 22, 2005

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This book was great! It has been a great help for me as I begin to start my own business. This book covers everything from the structure to pitfalls and challlenges you may encounter. I like that the book gives real quotes from actual women that have experienced these situations.