SeroTalk Tech Chat 42, covers Tips for those wanting to work from home, whether as an independent contractor, or wanting to sell products and services. Topics include: choosing a business, writing a business plan, creating a workspace, avoiding distractions, shopping the competition, startup costs, computer software, office supplies, mentoring, business loans, legitimate government grants, billing, record keeping, taxes, legal concerns, marketing, social networking, building a web site, using Paypal to accept payments, sales, time management, paralysis by analysis, your questions and more!
We welcome Bill and Jenny Sparks, owners and operators of
A few titles U.s. residents can download, or borrow from your local talkingbook library:
Career Comeback: Eight Steps to Getting Back on Your Feet When You're Fired, Laid off, or Your Business Venture Has Failed--and Finding More Job Satisfaction than Ever , DB59630
The Everything Home-Based Business Book: Everything You Need to Know to Start and Run a Successful Home-Based Business, DB66152
The Home Office and Small Business Answer Book: Solutions to the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Starting and Running Home Offices and Small Businesses, DB40470
Life Is a Series of Presentations: Eight Ways to Punch Up Your People Skills at Work, at Home, Anytime, Anywhere, DB58576
Making Self-Employment Work for People with Disabilities, DB56855
One Hundred One Home Office Success Secrets, DB45570
The One-Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business, DB67103
Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life, DB66388
Turn Your Passion into Profit: A Step-by-Step Guide for Turning Any Hobby, Talent, or New Product Idea into a Money-Making Venture!, DB61951
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, DB60317
America's Top One Hundred Jobs for People without a Four-Year Degree: Great Jobs with a Promising Future, DB59966
The Best Home Businesses for People Fifty Plus: Opportunities for People Who Believe the Best Is Yet to Be!, DB60158
But What If I Don't Want to Go to College? A Guide to Success through Alternative Education, DB48568
Careers for Homebodies and Other Independent Souls, DB56180
Job Search Handbook for People with Disabilities, DB58010
One Hundred and One Best Home Businesses, DB56215
Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes, and Stay Out of Trouble!, DB54744
Your Name in Print: A Teen's Guide to Publishing for Fun, Profit, and Academic Success, DB62234
A few Audible.com audio Books on Sales and Marketing include:
Satisfied Customers Tell Three Friends, Angry Customers Tell 3,000 (Unabridged) by Pete Blackshaw
The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
The 4 Hour Work Week (Unabridged) by Timothy Ferriss
FREE: The Future of a Radical Price (Unabridged) by Chris Anderson
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Unabridged) by Stephen R. Covey
The 36 Biggest Mistakes Salespeople Make (Unabridged) by George N. Kahn
The 60 Second Procrastinator by Jeff Davidson
How to Grow When Markets Don't by Adrian Slywotzky, Richard Wise, and Karl Weber
25 Ways to Win with People by John C. Maxwell and Les Parrott
How to Cultivate a Network of Endless Referrals by Bob Burg
101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions by Ron Fry
1001 Ways to Energize Employees by Bob Nelson
10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking by The Princeton Language Institute and Lenny Laskowski
Some useful NLS books include:
Surviving PC Disasters, Mishaps, and Blunders, DB60809
Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home, DB64500
The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging, DB68264
PCs for Dummies, DB66330
PCs: The Missing Manual, DB62256
Computers for Seniors for Dummies, DB68356
while there are grants offered by some businesses and private foundations, all legitimate government grants start at