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Undress for Success: The Naked Truth about Making Money at Home

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Finally a work at home book that's written for the 21st century. So much of the other stuff that's out there is pure junk. This book does as the title suggests, tells the truth.

The three sections of the book deal with home jobs, home businesses, and freelancing (which is really a home business but the authors make it a separate section because in it they cover stuff that only pertains to freelancers like which job boards to use when looking for work, how to document your freelance relationships, how to price your services, etc.).

They cover all kinds of stuff I've never seen in another book like what employers hire home-based staff, what they pay, and how to get a job with them. The give specific instructions for how to convince your boss to let you work from home (and offer other special book-buyer-only samples on their web site at http://undress4.success.com). They lay out what ought to be in a freelance contract and how to make sure you get paid for your work. And they offer a neat way of coming up with web-based business ideas and then show you how to go about figuring out if they make sense.

I was so sick of being taken by work at home scams (which they cover in depth in the book) that I was reluctant to buy yet another book about working from home. So I read who some of the people were that gave jacket endorsements and then I went to their web site and saw that they've been quoted in all kind of legit places like the Harvard Business Review, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and lots of other. I concluded that these guys are the real deal and now, having read the book, I can say I was right.

I liked this book. The title could have been "E-work Options" and I think I would have liked the title better if it had been named as such. Of the 35 chapters in this book 7 of them had the term "e-work" included in their titles. I thought the book was well-written. I thought it could have been organized a bit better - a book with 35 chapters simply cannot be well-organized. It is split into 6 parts, but not well. Parts 5 and 6 only have 1 chapter each. And Part 2 had many chapters.

As I read the book I felt like I was reading a high school research paper written by an honors junior or maybe a senior. I won't say the book is comprehensive, but it does cover a lot of ground. It not only covers working from home as someone else's employee, but also covers self-employment from home, too. It probably would have been a better book if it had limited its scope to either W-2 or self-employment, but not both.

Although in this Internet Age that we live in it is possible to work from home as someone's employee, in reality most employers don't trust letting their workers work at home. And when they do it is usually on an hourly basis where work productivity is fairly easy to monitor. I'm not a fan of virtual assistants (VA). The work those people do is usually worth so much more than what they are paid to do. I always recommend to my SCORE clients to avoid being a VA and instead be an online consultant of some kind. Chapter 14 regarding teaching & tutoring was much more up my alley, but I think the authors were kind of shortsighted. They should have included consulting and coaching in this chapter, too. And Chapter 16 regarding writers was shortsighted, too. Writing as a freelancer is OK. But what about being an infopreneur? Selling information is where it is at today. And creating ebooks and self-publishing is inexpensive and easy now.

So this book has a lot of good content. It could have been better. It could have been made into two books easily. It's definitely worth a read. It's just not a masterpiece. 4 stars!

Delivers even more than expected! In addition to detailed descriptions of actual telework jobs that are interesting and appealing (as opposed to all those MindlessTypingForLittlePay.com types of `jobs' out there), the authors describe how best to format a resume using the most useful keywords so that webcrawlers will be more likely to find it. By adding keywords into the HTML on my small business' website and listing myself on a single social networking site, I was able to move from non-existent on Google's search to items #2 and #3 on page 1 in less than one week! I can't wait to list myself on the freelance sites, so I can see what happens! Thanks so much for all the usable info!!

Undress for Success - The Naked Truth about Making Money at Home by Kate Lister and Tom Harnish is an excellent resource to use when making that important decision.
Working from home is not as easy or glamorous as it may sound. If you`re unemployed, Undress for Success will open the door to discovering the possibilities, pros and cons. A home-based business is not for the unmotivated, the procrastinator or the easily distracted. Chapter 3 is entitled "Expose Yourself - Are You Right for E-Work?" This chapter explores the skills and traits required to successfully work from home. Not only is it necessary for you to be focused, but to also have the support of family and friends. First, is to provide assistance around the house to allow you time to work on your business. Second, you will need their support in leaving you alone in order to be able to get your work done.
Remember the cliché "if it sounds too good to be true..." One very important chapter in the book is devoted to the ever-growing scams in the marketplace. People will often respond to advertisements promising hundreds of dollars in income. As a result of these misleading or false advertisements, you spend more time, effort and money trying to undo the monetary damage as a result of participating in these "too good to be true" schemes. According to the authors, the "ratio of scams to legitimate home-based opportunities is almost 20 to 1." These odds are exactly why Undress for Success is the perfect book to help you steer through the dishonest organizations which exist solely to rip off the unsuspecting consumer.
Not only does Undress for Success attempt to educate the reader on the pros and cons of working from home, it also provides information on various occupations that would do well in a home-based environment. The book covers various careers including teaching, becoming a virtual assistant, or a writer. The author has done a lot of the research on how to go about getting started in e-work as well as providing the reader with additional resources.
Working from home is not for everyone. Undress for Success - The Naked Truth About Making Money at Home is an excellent resource guide for anyone considering doing freelance work.

What jobs suit me? How do I avoid the scams, how do I to get started? Its all there ... everything I wanted to know to get out of my current "shirt and tie" traffic-snarl, nightmare. And its all presented in a fun, easy to read style. Thank you Kate and Tom! Glad I found you on the rack at Border's.

Undress for Success: The Naked Truth about Making Money from Home could be considered a life saver. Smart people who want to work from home usually spend many hours researching the avenue that they want to venture down. Smarter people read Undress for Success because nothing has been missed, overlooked, or exaggerated. It is bottom line truth.

Working from home is the best! It allows you to be flexible in your time and efforts to maximize your success. This book, for example, is a great way to get started. You find your niche, and then figure out the best ways to make money by working from home. Take http://www.ShortTask.com, for example. You can make great $$ by finding one-off projects to do from companies and people looking for things to be done. Give it as shot.

This book is the best, realistic review of work at home businesses! As you'll see in Chapter 4, home business can be very rewarding. Warning for those looking at MLM opportunities though! The promises of old-school MLM and "life-long" residual income are all but dead for the average person. Those in MLM fight constant attrition, downline reps who need constant hand-holding, and in the end you work your tail off for a few hundred or few thousand dollars.

What wasn't discussed in the book was that of "Top Tier" programs which offer immediate leveraged income where one can make $10,000 with just 10 customers or less. This is an honest home business earning opportunity where one can truly replace their corporate salary quickly.

One common objection to Top Tier programs is the start-up costs are "too high". Actually, they are much less expensive than a traditional supplement based MLM. The average start-up cost and monthly auto-ship order for a traditional MLM is about $200. That comes out to $2,500+ a year when you factor in taxes and shipping.

A Top Tier program is usually a one time expense. One time, and you're done.

For more information on Top Tier programs, visit: http://www.urlifedesign.com