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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

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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.

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.

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.

Has your search for a home business led you to claims like these?

MAKE MONEY WHILE YOU SLEEP!!!!
I MAKE $10,000 A WEEK WATCHING SOAP OPERAS!!!!

Or, on the other end of the spectrum, home business experts will tell you that to be successful, you must sacrifice everything for the sake of your business, and concentrate all your energy on the business. Do this or you're doomed to failure. "There must be some middle ground", you think, "something for a woman who wants to stay home with her children, but still make some money."

If this describes your search, the "Stay at Home Moms' Guide to Making Money - How to Create the Business That's Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have" by Liz Folger is what you've been looking for. This book is written for the woman who puts her children first, and is dedicated to her role as mother, but would still like to work from home. Liz Folger guides you through the process of finding a business, getting started, and dealing with the challenges of combining business and family. She then goes on to profile 29 moms and their home businesses. Reading these profiles is like sitting down for coffee and a chat with a girlfriend. The moms are honest about the mistakes they've made along the way, and they also tell how they manage to "do it all."

No, it's not easy, and it's not for everyone. But if you're thinking about working from home while raising your own children, "The Stay at Home Moms' Guide to Making Money" is an excellent place to start.

Cheryl Demas, editor
WAHM - The Newsletter and Online Magazine for Work at Home Moms

The Stay-At-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money is a great resource for mothers who desire to make money at home. Liz Folger effectively addresses the unique needs of stay-at-home mothers and their ability to run home businesses. This book highlights the reality of working at home, warns of potential home business scams and lays out the basic elements necessary for moms to earn money from home. Moms will be especially enlightened by the individual interviews with home-working mothers, which illustrate how they started, their earning potential and their recommendations for other moms. Review by: Tina Champagne-Egge Executive Director Association of Enterprising Mothers

I have to say that this book has excellent advice for all moms, including those with college educations. I personally have a degree with a double major in math and computer science, and I worked as an engineer for over 10 years (away from home.) I found the advice in Liz's book very helpful. I have since chosen to pursue a different career for my home-based business, but I also know many engineers, doctors, lawyers, etc. who are working at home ... many of these professional women were also interviewed in Liz's book. Whether you wish to bring your current career home or make some changes, if you want to work at home, the advice in this book will help you.

I recently purchased Liz Folger's book "The Stay at Home Mom's Guide to Making Money" from Amazon.com. It's the second book that I've bought on the home based business subject. Since then I have read several more books. "The Stay at Home Mom's Guide to Making Money" book did what the others promised, yet couldn't. I read the whole book in two days! I am not a mommy yet, but am planning to be soon. I am looking into home businesses now, so I can be prepared when I have children. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a home business, but now my husband and I are thinking of starting our own home based computer consulting business. I would like to thank Liz Folger for putting out such an informative and thought provoking book. It really makes you think about the real reasons to get into a home-based business and the realities that you are likely to face. Of all the books that I have read, "The Stay at Home Mom's Guide to Making Money" was the only one with an actual BUSINESS PLAN! Liz Folger also encourages family values - where nowadays they aren't much "valued". She and the moms profiled show that through hard work and perseverance, one can have it all -Husband, children, career, self-esteem, confidence, and most of all happiness. I will always look out for new books authored by Liz Folger. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to start a home business.

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.

"The Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money" is clearly the most comprehensive book of its kind! Liz Folger shares interviews of successful home-biz moms from all walks of life...from the computer-oriented and creative, to the handy and the helpful. There is something in this book for every mom who wants to expand beyond the world of packing lunches and doing laundry.

You will explore possibilities you never knew existed...and Liz will show you how to make them realities. In no time, you'll be collecting checks from your new endeavor. All you need is this book and a willingness to try.

"The Stay-at-Home Moms Guide to Making Money" is a must for all moms who want to remain at home and yet accomplish, strive and achieve.

I highly recommend Liz Folger's book. Good luck along all the avenues it takes you!!

This is a great book for someone who would like to start working out of their home. You do not have to be a "Mom" to reas, understand and use this book. Liz Folger does dirrect her book at woman who are mothers, but because of the way Ms Folger has written her book, it is very easy to scrim passed all the Mom information . There are some great tips on how to get started, the does, the don'ts and the scams as well as website addresses for a variety of related subjects. There is also an entire section in the book devoted to Home bussiness ideas . This has profiles of people who have started a bussiness and tips on How To start your own bussiness. The book is easy reading for anyone.