How to Start a Home-Based Business: Create a Business Plan*Build a Client Base*Make Yourself Indispensable*Create a Fee Structure*Market Your ... Customers Want (Home-Based Business Series) - Softcover

Holtje, Bert; Shelly, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762759461 ISBN 13: 9780762759460

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2009

Synopsis

From the series that has sold more than half a million copies! *Available in October 2009 *Everything you need to set up a home-based business, create a demand for services, and make money Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based business? Of being your own boss? Have you been hesitant to put your business plans into action? With How to Start a Home-Based Business, you have what it takes to do so like a pro, step by step, even in tough economic times. Here are all the necessary tools and success strategies you need to launch and grow a business, whatever your specialty. The authors share their experience on how to: *Define your specialty*Develop a business plan*Estimate start-up costs*Create a fee structure*Build a client base*Find trusted subcontractors and specialists*Stay profitable*Become a sought-after expert *Bid competitively*Establish a daily schedule*Organize your business*Get paid*And more!

About this title

About the Author

Bert Holtje founded James Peter Associates, Inc, in 1970. The firm served as an independent book producer and literary agency, and provided consulting, editorial, and promotional services until it was sold in 2000. JPA represented 87 authors of nonfiction books and placed over six hundred books with major US and world publishers. It also provided extensive direct marketing services to Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill and other book publishers. Bert Holtje is the author of 11 books published by major publishers under his own name and more than 20 others as the collaborator or ghostwriter. He has BS and MA degrees in psychology and marketing. His editorial interests include business, psychology, self-help, science, technology, history, and politics. Bert now provides consulting services to authors, agents and publishers which include ghostwriting, proposal development, manuscript development, and collaboration. He lives in Tenafly, New Jersey.

From the Back Cover

Everything you need to set up a home-based business, create a demand for your services, and make moneyHave you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based business? Of being your own boss? Have you been hesitant to put your business plans into action? For many people in this economy, doing so is more a necessity than an option. With How to Start a Home-Based Business, you can plan out your business step-by-step instead of patching it together in a hurry and taking unnecessary risks. Here are all the necessary tools and success strategies you need to launch and grow your business--whatever your specialty. Bert Holtje and Susan Shelly share their experiences and advice on everything you need to know. Learn how to develop a business plan, estimate your start-up costs, price your services, and stay profitable once you're in business. Read all about getting clients and referrals, outshining the competition, bidding competitively, establishing your daily schedule, organizing your business, getting paid, and much more.Create a business plan Build a client base Make yourself indispensable Create a fee structure Market your companyUnderstand what customers want

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762759461
• ISBN 13: 9780762759460
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176