The Home Office and Small Business Answer Book: Solutions to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Starting and Running Home Offices and Small Businesses (Paperback)

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So you, too, want to join the ranks of the self-employed and start your own business at home or in a small office nearby. How do you choose the right field? Get customers? Price services? Protect property? Raise funds? Concise information on hundreds of basic issues that stem from such questions can be found in the updated second edition of The Home Office and Small Business Answer Book. Janet Attard--a journalist who has operated her own business for two decades and written extensively about the process--presents the essentials in a clear Q&A format divided into logical sections on selecting, starting, maintaining, and growing a business. Included is advice on franchising and multilevel marketing (pros and cons, how to assess); business and marketing plans (why they're needed, what's included); price structuring and financials (hourly vs. per-job billing, estimating expenses); equipment (what's needed, what it costs); marketing (obtaining publicity, placing ads); and much more. There is a wealth of information here, although additional specifics are necessary before many of the larger projects (like creating a business plan) can be fully executed. For that, however, Attard supplies ample resources in the appropriate sections and in six indexes. --Howard Rothman

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"...Janet Attard's Home Office and Small Business Answer Book provides [a] well-thought-out game plan for making that dream a reality. -- Mike Espindle, managing editor, Home Office Computing

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Product Details

• Paperback: 541 pages
• Publisher: Owl Books (NY); 2nd edition (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805064508
• ISBN-13: 978-0805064506
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #84,768 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative, August 12, 2000

By	Merry Schiff (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read Ms. Attard's first book several years ago and heard that she was once again writing an update to this book.

I just received the book and have spent most of a day reading it from cover to cover. She answered most every question I had and all those that I did not even think of asking.

If you are going into your own business this book is a MUST HAVE.