Bringing It Home
A Home Business Start-Up Guide for You and Your Family
by Wendy Priesnitz
 Bringing
It Home presents hundreds of tips on how to research and start a
successful home business and how to run it economically, efficiently and
enjoyably. Stay at home with your children, start a second career with
low overhead, freelance, downshift, or just economize by moving out of a
high-rent office. It will help you learn the most profitable, least
stressful way to operate a business from your home. The book is a
goldmine of ideas and insight. Included is how-to information about
generating business ideas, recognizing opportunities, conducting market
research, writing a Business Plan, designing your home workspace,
setting prices and managing finances, motivating yourself, juggling family and work, establishing a
professional business identity, marketing your product or service, and
much more.
About the Author: Wendy Priesnitz
has been recognized by Who's Who as well as the Association of
Home-Based Business as a pioneer in the home business field. Along with
advising municipalities and other levels of government about the
legalities and benefits of home business, she founded the Home Business
Network in 1985 and helped low income women start their own home
businesses. She has worked at home herself (as a craftsperson, freelance
writer, consultant and coach, editor, social entrepreneur, and
book/magazine publisher) for over forty years. In
addition to having written twelve other books, she edits
Natural Life Magazine,
Life Learning
Magazine,
Child's Play Magazine,
and
Natural Child Magazine. Read more about her
here.
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Table
of Contents
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1. Can I Work At
Home?
- Self-Assessment Techniques
- The Work-At-Home Lifestyle
- The Credibility Gap
- Children and Your Home Business
- Home Office Isolation
- Overworkers Anonymous
- Getting Down to Work
2. What Kind of
Business?
- Identifying and Filling a Need
- Evaluating Your Skills and Interests
- Finding a Business Opportunity
- Business Trends
- Common Home Business Ideas
- Evaluating a Franchise
3. Why Do I Need a Business Plan?
- Separating Emotion From Fact
- Projecting Your Success
- The Issue of Scale
- Business Plan Format
4. Is My Idea a Good One?
- he Feasibility Study
- Identifying Your Market
- Researching Your Market
- Studying Your Competition
- Finding a Market Niche
- Estimating the Market Size
- Sales Forecasting
5. How Do I Find Customers?
- Your Marketing Approach
- Selecting a Business Name
- Your Business Image
- Types of Advertising and Promotion
- Understanding Buyer Behavior
- Getting Free Publicity
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6. Will My Business Make Money?
- Start-Up Costs and Finding Capital
- Operating Expenses
- Recordkeeping
- Income Tax Deductions
- Forecasting Cash Flow
- Setting Your Prices
7. How Do I Make it Legal?
- Types of Business Registration
- Protecting Intellectual Property
- Insurance
- Zoning Bylaws
- Hiring Employees
8. How Do I Find Suppliers?
- Locating Suppliers
- Evaluating Suppliers
- Negotiating Terms
9. Can I Balance Family and Business?
- Setting Priorities and Goals
- Managing Time and Stress
- Organizing Surroundings
- The Work-at-Home Family
10. Can I Stay Employed at Home?
- The History of Telework
- Advantages and Disadvantages
- Management Strategies
- Work-At-Home Schemes and Scams
11. How Do I Design My Workspace?
- Finding the Right Room in My Home
- Lighting, Furniture, Storage, Equipment
- The Healthy Home Office
- The Home-Based Art Studio
12. Unjobbing
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