Start Your Own Home Business In No Time

Start Your Own Home Business In No Time is for readers who want to start a small business but don't have time to waste. The author, Carol Anne Carroll, walks the reader through starting a small business step-by-step using easy-to-follow to-do lists - from deciding what type of company and writing a business plan to financing, finding customers, and handling issues like licenses, taxes, and accounting.

Carol Anne Carroll runs a highly successful one-woman writing business from her home office in Northern California. With clients ranging from individuals to large corporations, she specializes in writing effectively—and teaching others to do the same. Her published works include hundreds of articles and more than a dozen courses, as well as business and marketing materials. For more information, please visit her website, www.carolannecarroll.com.

Introduction-Welcome to a Better Wayof Living and Working!
Who Should Read This Book
How This Book Is Organized
How the Information Is Organized
The Small Business Troubleshooting Toolkit
Basic Tools and Special Elements
Recommendations for Using This Book
Getting Ready
Exposing Myths of Self-Employment
Calculating the Costs and Risks of a Nine-to-Five Job
Calculating the Costs and Risks of Self-Employment
Considering the Risks
Assessing the Costs
Summary
Assessing Your Home-Business Readiness
Understanding the Basics: True or False
The Questions
The Results
Ten Questions to Assess Your Home Business Potential
The Questions
Assessing Your Responses
Evaluating Your Overall Score
Summary
Creating Your Business Plan
What, Where, When, and How
Eliminating the Biggest Obstacles
Review Your Employment Contract
Clear Up Outstanding Legal Issues
Calculate the Cost of Health Insurance
Overcome Your Inexperience
Determine that Your Business "Fits" As a Home Business
Studying Relevant Planning and Development Restrictions
Making Sure That Your Family Is On Board
Creating the Framework of Your Business Plan
Business Plan Form
Introduction/Overview and Goals
Outlining the Basics
Business Overview
Creating Your Marketing Plan
Describing the Physical Logistics of Your Business
Planning the Financials of Your Business
Describing Your Assumptions and "What Ifs"
Summary
Creating Your Business Plan
The Money Pages
Creating Your Budget Spreadsheet
Setting Up the Spreadsheet Columns
Setting Up the Spreadsheet Rows
Planning for Budget Items As Outlined in the Business Plan Form
Introduction/Overview
The Basics
Business Overview
Marketing
Logistics
Financials and Assumptions, Expansion, and Exits
Accounting for Expenses As Listed in Schedule C
Listing Gross Receipts, Returns, and Costs of Goods Sold
Costs of Advertising and Car/Truck Expenses
Accounting for Commissions, Fees, Contract Labor, and Depreciation
Budgeting for Insurance Costs
Planning for Costs of Interest and Legal and Professional Services
Budgeting for Office Expenses
Accounting for Pension and Retirement Expenses
Accounting for Rent/Lease, Repair, Maintenance Expenses, and Other Necessary Supplies
Budgeting Taxes and Licenses and Travel Expenses
Listing Utilities, Wages, and Other Expenses
Planning for Estimated Tax Payments and Other Expenses Not Included in the Form
Reviewing a Sample Business Budget Form
Planning Your Incoming Funds: Where Will the Money Come From?
Developing a Pricing Structure
Trimming Back Expenses
Planning Necessary Savings
Pursuing Other Sources of Funding
Small Business Administration and Local Government Agencies
Banks
Home Equity Loans
A Caution About Credit Cards
Relatives and Friends
Summary
Setting Up Your Records and Preparing to Open for Business
Setting Up Basic Records
Important Electronic Records
Must-Have Hard-Copy Records
How Long Should I Keep These Records?
Setting Up Your Office Space
Summary
Getting Technology You Really Need (and Only What You Need)
Meeting the Technology Needs of Your Business
What Do You Really Need?
Take Inventory
Purchasing Technology for Your Business
Choosing the Right Antivirus and Firewall Software
Designing and Maintaining a Business Website
Choosing the Type of Website for Your Business
Deciding on a Site Design
Summary
Putting Your Plan to Work
Marketing for the Real World
Understanding Real Marketing
The Marketing Cycle: A Typical Story
Slow Frying Fish: Understanding that Marketing Takes Time
Marketing You and Your Business
Announcing Your Business
Tried and True Marketing Techniques
Marketing on a Budget
How Much Marketing Is Enough?
Using Professionals to Help You Market Your Business
Finding Professionals to Hone Written Marketing Materials
Using Pros to Craft Your Web Presence
Summary
Avoiding Expensive Mistakes
Making Financial Forecasting Work for Your Home Business
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