So You Want to Be a Work-At-Home Mom: A Christian's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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Home Based Blessings is an inspiring guide to work at home success. The book is full of the practical details you need to help make your work-from-home dreams a profitable reality. --Scott Fox, Author of Internet Richaes and e-Riches 2.0

Homebased Blessings helps you follow your heart to discover the home business of your dreams. Along with encouragement and handholding every step of the way, authors Jill Hart and Diana Ennen provide the tools you need to make your venture a success. --Ellen Parlapiano and Pat Cobe, Founders of MompreneursOnline.com

It s so refreshing to see a home business book for moms with a Christ-centered focus including valuable scripture references. Jill and Diana have combined their passion, experience and most importantly their faith to bring all the tools and information to you in one fabulous book for work-at-home success. --Lesley Spencer Pyle, MSc founder, HireMyMom.com and HomeBasedWorkingMoms.com

Product Description

Home-based businesses are estimated to be a $427 billion-a-year industry. In recent studies it was found that as many as 105 million people in North America alone were working at home. Considering this information, it is obvious that home-based businesses can be successful and authors Jill Hart and Diana Ennen will help you succeed with your own.

So You Want to Be a Work-at-Home Mom details all the basics of starting a business in a spiritual, motivational, and comprehensive manner. From deciding what type of business to start to keeping your family and faith first, this helpful tool details every aspect of establishing a business. With proven success tips utilized by the authors and others who own work-at-home businesses, this inspiration approach will provide you with the resources you need to start your own home-based business.

So You Want to Be a Work-at-Home Mom includes:
Detailed information on types of businesses to start
Ideas and assistance for setting up, operating, and marketing your business
Definitions and descriptions of work-at-home terminology and processes
Help for developing your Web site
Explanations of the business nuts and bolts, including bookkeeping, taxes, and more

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City (August 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0834124661
• ISBN-13: 978-0834124660
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #732,349 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book!, September 12, 2009

By	Laurel Fork Farm (WV USA) - See all my reviews

Finally a book for Christian women. This book details all the basics of starting a business in a spiritual, motivational, and comprehensive manner. From deciding what type of business to start to keeping your family and faith first, this helpful tool details every aspect of establishing a business. With proven success tips utilized by the authors and others who own work-at-home businesses, this inspiration approach will provide you with the resources you need to start your own home-based business.

I already own my own business and work at home but I have to tell that there are a lot of ideas that I found useful in this book. Everyone should have a copy to refer to on your book shelf. Great book ladies, keep up the good work!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book for your wife, August 31, 2009

By	Kary Oberbrunner (Dublin, OH) - See all my reviews

Listen up guys.

These authors know their stuff.
And they write from a Biblical worldview.

As men we like to help solve problems.
Guess what?

These ladies are motivated to share the solutions to the problems that your wife might be dealing with.
Jill and Diana share their success stories and the places where they struggled.

This book is full of practical tips which will help women maintain balance in work AND home and woark AT home.
Thanks ladies for sharing your hearts and your wisdom.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Advice for Wanna-be Business Owners, October 20, 2009

By	Alice J. Wisler "from Daniel's House Publica... (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Authors Jill Hart and Diana Ennen have crafted an easy-to-read book for moms wanting to run their own businesses. Whether toying with the idea, or ready to go forth, "So You Want to be a Work-at-Home Mom" offers practical advice, particularly for mothers with small children who need the encouragement and helpful tips on starting a business on the home front. The authors stress the value of praying and seeking God for guidance and how he can be glorified through the work of our hands and hearts. A must-read for any mom who needs support and tried-and-true stories about obtaining her goal of running a business from home while juggling children, the laundry, and all of the obstacles that come her way. Tax preparation, social networking, press releases, and sending out newsletters, are some of the topics included in the chapters. Kudos to Jill and Diana, for a relevant book that coaches and inspires.