Written for the ever increasing numbers of people choosing to work from home, it is designed to help you turn your home into a thriving and successful business enterprise. Step by step, it explores every detail of furnishing a business, from allocating time, to protecting yourself, to finding customers, in order to achieve the ultimate goal--a successful business. You'll learn what to do, where to go, and who to contact to start and maintain your business, and you'll find answers to questions such as: How can I capitalize on free publicity? What are the benefits of working at home? How can I get started? How do I handle taxes and insurance? and What computer equipment and software should I buy? In addition, each chapter includes a ``tip'' section to help you avoid costly mistakes. Lists 200 businesses that suit the home-based setting, and provides a daily time log and planner as well as samples of forms you are most likely to need.
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Turn your home into a profit center Start, Run, and Profit from Your Own Home-Based Business Second Edition Here is the only hands-on guide you need to set up and operate a profitable an rewarding home-based business. An ideal one-stop reference for the more than 45 million people currently working out of their homes—and the countless others interested in doing the same—the Second Edition of this classic nuts-and-bolts bestseller features thoroughly revised and updated coverage of all recent advances in home-office technology, the flexibility afforded by "virtual officing," and the broad range of unique opportunities available to today’s entrepreneurs. Count on small-business gurus Gregory and Patricia Kishel for practical, step-by-step advice on every aspect of setting up shop at home—from picking the right business and selecting office equipment to presenting a professional image to potential clients and customers. You’ll find out how to:
- Finance and computerize a home-based business
- Prepare marketing, advertising, and promotion programs
- Achieve top-quality customer service to attract and keep business
- Deal with vital tax, insurance, and legal considerations
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GREGORY and PATRICIA KISHEL are MBAs, business consultants, and coauthors of several bestselling books on small business. Gregory is director of the Orange County Small Business Development Center. Patricia is a professor at Cypress College. They live in Coto de Caza, California.
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Home-based businesses, once made nearly extinct by the industrial revolution, are suddenly being called the growth industry of the future. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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- Human Resource Management Made Simple, Third Edition by Alfred York on page 198
- Business Administration by L. Hall on page 188
- Management Consulting 1990-91 (Harvard Business School Career Guide Series) by Harvard Business Review on page 200
- Fort Worth by Rh Value Publishing on page 196
- Business Law (Lawcards) by Routledge-Cavendish on page 184
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- The Perfect Sales Piece: A Complete Do-It-Yourself Guide to Creating Brochures, Catalogs, Fliers, and Pamphlets (Small Business Series) by Robert W. Bly in Front Matter
- Start Your Own Home-Based Business (Wiley Business Basics) by Gregory F. Kishel in Front Matter
- How to Start, Run, and Stay in Business by Gregory F. Kishel in Front Matter
- Start and Succeed in Multilevel Marketing by Gregory F. Kishel in Front Matter
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