The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, 3E

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, 3E
Author: Barbara Weltman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2007-07-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101097736

A successful career—at your own front door! For anyone who wants to make extra money, escape the corporate rat race, or just take more pleasure out of working from home, small business guru Barbara Weltman shows readers how to make their dreams come true. Completely updated, this guide explores the ins and outs of seed money, its impact on the home and family, the best business for each individual, and much more. • Features the most current information on everything from Internet businesses to taxes and guerrilla marketing • Includes in-depth resource and web sections, as well as a listing of the 100 best home-based businesses to get into and how

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business
Author: Barbara Weltman
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028638423

Offers advice on starting a home-based business, with chapters on creating a business concept, buying a franchise, turnkey businesses, business plans, insurance, and taxes.

101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, 3rd Edition

101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, 3rd Edition
Author: Priscilla Huff
Publisher: Crown Currency
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2009-11-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 030756925X

Can I be a stay-at-home mom and still earn extra income? Which home business is best for me? Where can I find expert advice on launching my own business? How much will it cost to get started? For nearly two decades, bestselling author and home-based business guru Priscilla Y. Huff has run a successful writing business out of her home while balancing her family life. In fact, this book, now in its third edition, is proof of her success. Her valuable advice on what works—and what doesn't—is available to you. From start-up costs to potential income, this book shows you how to: ·Choose the perfect home-based business from 101 of the best: customer service, arts and crafts, entertainment, computer and high tech, mail order, home-based distributorships and franchises, and many others ·Take the first steps to starting any business ·Find and use valuable resources, including local, state, and federal government sources; business and professional associations; books, Web sites, and other publications ·And much, much more! You'll also find inspiring stories from businesswomen who have achieved success and financial reward. If you've ever dreamed of owning your own business, this book should be your first investment.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Accounting

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Accounting
Author: Lita Epstein
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781592571260

Introduces the basics of accounting, discussing such topics as creating accounting statements, tracking sales, keeping tax records, producing a balance sheet, and maintaining receipts.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting Your Own Business

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting Your Own Business
Author: Ed Paulson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781567615296

Act on your dreams of starting a business with this lighthearted, user-friendly guide that provides expert advice on business planning, financing, legal concerns, and marketing issues--all the information one needs to become his or her own boss. Line drawings.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Etiquette, 2e

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Etiquette, 2e
Author: Mary Mitchell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2000-03-10
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1101222131

You’re no idiot, of course. You know how important it is to handle sticky situations with tact and poise, and that it’s downright rude to talk with your mouth full or slurp your soup. You’re always careful to mind your manners, but when you have to make an introduction or attend a business banquet, you feel like a blundering buffoon. Don’t take your name off the social register just yet! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Etiquette, Second Edition, will show you how to be polished, polite, and professional, whether you’re at home, at work, or at play. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Simple solutions to common dining dilemmas. • Easy-to-follow gift-giving guidelines. • Foolproof ways to prepare a wedding. • Invaluable tips on sports and travel etiquette.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Social Security and Medicare

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Social Security and Medicare
Author: Lita Epstein
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781592575190

Get it while you can ... Complex, ever-changing, and controversial, the future of our current system of Social Security and Medicare is uncertain. This indispensable guide explains the proposed changes and current status of these important social programs. Completely revised to incorporate changes to compensation scales and survivor benefits, and with an expanded section on Medicare and the new drug programs, this book is the most up-to-date overview of Social Security and Medicare currently available. * Revised and updated with the latest 2006 statistics on income scales and cost of living; such Social Security Benefits as survivor benefits and disability payments; tax codes; and more * Completely new chapters on Medicare, the Medicare Drug Programs, and the current political climate and proposed changes * Completely revised section on resources

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books
Author: Harold D. Underdown
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2004
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781592571437

Provides practical and timely advice on writing different types of children's books, working with publishers, understanding the publishing process, the importance of illustrators, and building a career in the field of children's literature. Original. 12,000 first printing.