The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money: How to Create the Business That's Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have [Paperback]

Liz Folger (Author)

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Publication Date: April 23, 1997

Today many moms would choose to stay home and raise their children if they felt they had a choice. The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money is a highly informative resource that provides working women with the tools and the encouragement needed to balance the difficult tasks of maintaining a successful family, earning a supplemental income, and developing a profitable business. From self-analysis to creating a business plan, she provides sound advice for overcoming such barriers as avoiding scams, dealing with the fear that stems from uncertainty, and acquiring the needed start-up capital.The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money also includes profiles in the second half of the book that offer great business ideas for moms in nearly every field of interest. Some examples include: Desktop Publisher, Accountant, Craftsmaker, Transcriptionist, Massage Therapist, and Word Processor. This comprehensive guide helps stay-at-home moms effectively deal with managing a family, a house, a business, and it illustrates creative ways to integrate work and family life successfully.About the AuthorLiz Folger works at home running two successful businesses while raising her two daughters. Also a freelance writer, she enjoys writing on parenting issues and has established her own website called Bizy Moms at: /http://www.bizymoms.com. She currently resides in Northern California and conducts seminars for moms who wish to work at home.

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Today many moms would choose to stay home and raise their children if they felt they had a choice. The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money is a highly informative resource that provides working women with the tools and the encouragement needed to balance the difficult tasks of maintaining a successful family, earning a supplemental income, and developing a profitable business. From self-analysis to creating a business plan, she provides sound advice for overcoming such barriers as avoiding scams, dealing with the fear that stems from uncertainty, and acquiring the needed start-up capital.The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money also includes profiles in the second half of the book that offer great business ideas for moms in nearly every field of interest. Some examples include: Desktop Publisher, Accountant, Craftsmaker, Transcriptionist, Massage Therapist, and Word Processor. This comprehensive guide helps stay-at-home moms effectively deal with managing a family, a house, a business, and it illustrates creative ways to integrate work and family life successfully.About the AuthorLiz Folger works at home running two successful businesses while raising her two daughters. Also a freelance writer, she enjoys writing on parenting issues and has established her own website called Bizy Moms at: /http://www.bizymoms.com. She currently resides in Northern California and conducts seminars for moms who wish to work at home.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles (April 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761507930
• ISBN-13: 978-0761507932
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,317,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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129 of 133 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Chicken soup for the soul is better, April 10, 2000

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This review is from: The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money from Home, Revised 2nd Edition: Choosing the Business That's Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have (Paperback)

This book is more about feel good stories of people who started a business and they liked what they were doing. If you liked Chicken Soup for the Soul, you will probably like this. I was looking for a book to give some ideas of what good businesses someone could do part-time and make some extra money. These stories covered various set up costs and barely gave an idea of what is needed. The book basically sums up to be: Find out what you like and make a plan. If you already figured that out, don't buy the book.

77 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Way Too Vague to Be Beneficial, October 26, 2005

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This review is from: The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money from Home, Revised 2nd Edition: Choosing the Business That's Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have (Paperback)

The profiles contained within this book are enjoyable reads, but the information is simply not comprehensive enough to be of real value.
For instance, a proofreader is profiled - she proofreads manuscripts for major publishing houses, including bestsellers. The odds of landing this type of work, unless you have an "in" (you used to be in publishing, for instance) are nearly impossible. While it's understandable that the author wants to sound optimistic, the simplicity of some of her advice is misleading.
Another woman profiled is an attorney, who obviously has the contacts from her working days that bring her work to do at home, as well as the ability to offer a service that is in demand. The average SAHM doesn't have a law degree, and can't just run out and get one.
The truth is, if you don't have work experience or a formidable skill that somehow make you in-demand, this book will do you no good. If you do have the experience or skill, then what you need is a book on marketing your services...simply posting flyers, as suggested in the book, is not going to lead you to 30,50, 80K a year!
If you just want to make money while you're home with your child, but have no real skills or experience, then try selling on ebay or having merchandise parties in your home. If it were so easy for people to make tens of thousands out of their homes every year, everybody would be doing it.

63 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very little info of what is needed to start a business, September 15, 2002

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Robert D. Bahe (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money from Home, Revised 2nd Edition: Choosing the Business That's Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have (Paperback)

Very little info of what is needed to start a business. This book basically told stories of people who started a business and how they liked what they were doing. More on the lines of Chicken Soup for the Soul. The stories covered various set up costs but hardly gave any ideas of what is needed to start a business.