Dan S. Kennedy

Entrepreneur Press

A successful entrepreneur who has influenced one million business owners as an advisor and business coach provides new tactics and strategies to help business owners attract opportunity, increase personal value, and change their lives. Original.

No B.S. Wealth Attraction in the New Economy

Joan M. Kanavich

Roxanne Richardson

How to Sell Health and Beauty Products on eBay (Entrepreneur Pocket Guides)

Preethi Burkholder

Get started with Entrepreneur Magazine's Start-Up Series Balancing the technical components of starting a spa with the aesthetic, this valuable guide provides the tools you need to succeed in this $12.4 billion industry, one of the fastest growing in the United States.

Start Your Own Day Spa and More

Are you ready to free yourself from commuter traffic, office hours and boring writing projects? Then it’s time to take your writing career into your own hands—and start your professional freelance writing business! One of the fastest and least expensive homebased businesses to start, the business of freelance writing lets you turn your writing talent into professional independence—set your own hours, choose your own projects and take charge of your income! This complete guide arms you with all you need to know to not only start your freelance writing business but to make sure it’s a success. Learn how to: • Start your business instantly and for little money • Operate your business using freelance business basics and rules • Choose your writing niche • Use your writing expertise to advertise and find clients • Increase your income by improving your writing skills and expanding your client base Start your freelance writing business today—and begin earning income tomorrow!

Copywriter, Proofreader, Copy Editor, Journalist

Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business and More

Rich Mintzer

Whether you want to start a one-on-one tutoring business from home, an online-based education support program, or manage your own learning facility, our experts cover everything you need to know to launch a business to change lives through education. Learn business basics including how to choose your niche, secure financing, legally establish your business, manage day-to-day operations, and more.

Start Your Own Tutoring and Test Prep Business: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Success

Are you fashion forward? Do you love working with the public? Is it your dream you to own and run your own business? Then it might just be time for you to marry your fashion sense and your business sense with a retail clothing business. The Limited, Banana Republic, The Gap, Urban Outfitters. All of those wildly successful clothing megachains began as small, independent stores. If you're fashion savvy, a clothing store could be your ticket to the top. You don't need any technical know-how. In fact, if you hire right and learn how the market works, you don't even need prior retailing experience- just this step-by-step guide. It gives you the inside scoop, on starting your own retail clothing store, including: Typical start-up expenses for low-end and high-end businesses How to spot trends and take advantage of them before your competitors do The importance of location and how to find the best spot for your store How to find, hire, and train the best employees Common mistakes and pitfalls to avoid Valuable tips on saving money during the start-up process Ways to work more efficiently and effectively Declare your independence from bosses who don't have the know-how or drive that you know you can bring to your work! Like thousands of others, you can be your own boss, decide your own fate, set your own course and succeed by your own wit and courage. If you have the desire to help others look their best in the right clothes, this is the book that will put you on the road to establishing your own clothing empire.

Start Your Own Clothing Store

Are you an advocate of higher education? Do you enjoy teaching others? Are you interested in starting a business that makes money and a positive impact? If so, then you’ll earn high marks in the tutoring and test prep arena! Whether you want to start a one-on-one tutoring business from home, an online-based education support program, or manage your own learning facility, our experts cover everything you need to know. Learn business basics including how to choose your niche, secure financing, legally establish your business, manage day-to-day operations, and more. Gain an understanding of learning approaches, the latest teaching methods, industry technology and tools, and other industry essentials. Plus, round out your startup curriculum with invaluable advice and examples from current business owners! Learn how to: • Match your skill set with your market and their needs • Choose a business environment that works for you • Master effective teaching methods for diverse learning approaches • Write a marketing plan that captures clients and creates referrals • Develop profitable academic relationships • Create a support staff who will help you succeed • Set your fees • Boost profits by expanding your specialty or your business The need for education support is growing rapidly—grab your share of this billion dollar market!

Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success

Start Your Own Tutoring and Test Prep Business

Jason R. Rich

Turn Your Blog into Big Bucks Blog’s are still one of the internet’s fastest-growing phenomena – and one of the best and easiest ways to make money online. Packed with the latest blog tools, tricks, and up-and-coming trends, this fully revised edition teaches you the ins and outs of creating an eye-catching blog that captures millions of eyeballs and reaps huge financial rewards—all within hours and with little to no financial investment! We’ll reveal: The latest forms of blogging including Twitter/micro-blogging, mobile blogging, and video blogging. How you can make money as a YouTube partner and develop a YouTube Channel 10 proven ways to promote your blog How to avoid the most common blogging mistakes Priceless advice from successful bloggers for maximizing profits. How to create new and original content to attract new followers Now you can create your own incredible platform to showcase your thoughts, knowledge, expertise and opinions to millions of web surfers and make money doing it!

Start Your Own Blogging Business, Second Edition

Business grows more complex every day, but budget constraints keep companies from hiring enough skilled people to perform the ever-increasing amounts of administrative work. That's why support services are a booming business. With cost as a driving factor, it makes better business sense to outsource noncore business tasks than to hire full- or part-time employees. Everything from basic word processing and database management to desktop publishing and Web site maintenance can be a business opportunity for you. You can turn your business skills into gold by specializing in one or two services and selling them to many businesses; by offering multiple services to a few preferred customers; or by hiring others to provide whatever skills the market demands. Whatever your goal is to work from home as a loan freelancer or to run a large operation with employees, this guide shows you how to earn a comfortable living. It tells you everything you need to know to start' run and grow your business support service including: Financing your startup costs Identifying clients and generating business Evaluating potential employees Marketing your services Managing your finances There's more, including a section filled with advice from successful business support service owners. Pick up this indispensable guide today and discover how you can break into a growing market using skills and talents you already have.

Start Your Own Business Support Service

"The experts at Entrepreneur help you identify your business goals and discover a "greener" path when it comes to building, launching and running your new business. Our experts take you step by step, from turning your business idea green to developing earth-friendly business and long-term, sustainability plans. Learn the ins and outs of incorporating green policies, products and guidelines and developing environmentally-beneficial relationships no matter what industry you enter."--Publisher description.

Start Your Own Green Business

Liane Cassavoy

Find Cyber Success! Today's billion-dollar e-commerce industry, plug-and-play technology, and savvy web surfers are just few of the reasons why internet-related services are in high demand. There has never been a better time to build your net service business-let us help you get started! Detailing four of today's hottest web service businesses, our experts show you how to take your enthusiasm for the internet and turn it into a lucrative business. Learn step by step how to apply the basics of building a business to your internet specialty, including establishing your business, managing finances, operations, and so much more. Plus, gain an inside edge with insights, tips, and techniques from successful net service CEOs and other industry leaders! Choose from four of today's hottest web services-web design, search engine marketing, new media, blogging Discover your clientele and their needs Build a virtual or traditional office setting and team Create a business brand that gets noticed Write a marketing plan that captures clients and creates referrals Develop profitable partnerships Boost profits by expanding your specialty or your business Gain an edge on all that the internet has to offer-start your net services business today!

Start Your Own Net Services Business

Ciree Linsenman

Offers advice on getting started in the vending machine business, covering how to select products for machines, financing options, finding the best locations, industry trends, and using social media to increase the customer base.

Start Your Own Vending Business 3/E

Charlene Davis

"The senior population is multiplying by the millions! In fact, during the next 25 years, the senior population in America is expected to double--growing faster than the total population in every state. From providing adult daycare or home care to transportation or concierge needs, our experts cover today's most requested services within the 65+ market. Learn, step by step, how to choose the right opportunity for you, legally and financially establish your business, acquire licenses and certifications, set policies and procedures, and much more!"--

Adult Day-Care, Relocation Service, Home-Care, Transportation Service, Concierge, Travel Service

Start Your Own Senior Services Business

Whether you're interested in selling today's hottest fashions or you'd rather start a specialty boutique, such as a children's store, bridal shop, vintage store, consignment shop, or something of your own invention, this book helps you make it big. It gives you the inside scoop on starting a clothing store, including: -How to spot trends and take advantage of them before your competitors do -Valuable, money-saving tips for the startup process -Whether to purchase a franchise or existing business or start your dream store from scratch -How to find, hire, and train the best employees -How to skyrocket your earnings by branding your clothes with your own private label -The pros and cons of having an on-staff personal shopper

Start Your Own Clothing Store And More: Children's, Bridal, Vintage, Consignment

Do you dream of escaping the rat race by becoming the proprietor of your own bed and breakfast inn? The lure of leaving the 9-to5 grind behind to live, work and play in a beautiful home nestled in a resort setting is a powerful one.When you can spend your days puttering about in the kitchen or garden, meeting new people, entertaining guests in a lavish and enviable setting, and collect and income while you’re at it, who wouldn’t leap at the chance? This guide, based on the experiences of scores of successful B&B operators, will tell you everything you need to know to make that dream a reality in an industry that has experienced 15% growth over the last five years. We give you the nitty-gritty, hands-on tasks, tips and tricks to successful B&B innkeeping. Secrets such as: • Finding the right location • Buying property • Licensing • Setting pricing policies • Promoting the business • Hiring good people • Using the internet for marketing Whether you have a spare bedroom or are looking for a small inn, this guide can help you earn a comfortable income by welcoming a steady stream of new friends into your home.

Start Your Own Bed and Breakfast

This second edition reveals how to prepare foundation, federal and corporate grant applications and includes a comprehensive directory of major funders’ contact information. It then offers readers cutting-edge business advice on setting up and registering a grant-seeking business and marketing themselves as savvy grant seekers. It covers current trends in grant seeking, topics that are on the radar of most funders and cutting edge application strategies. It also offers strategies for the online application process: using effective subject lines, searching for funders online and filling online budget forms. It’s divided into four sections: the art of the grant proposal, prospect research, starting and marketing a grant writing business and maximizing one’s chances of winning a grant.

Start Your Own Grant Writing Business

Krista Turner

Go Global…Without Leaving Home! Importing and exporting are trillion-dollar industries – but that doesn’t mean they’re just for big business. In fact, small businesses make up about 96 percent of this field. Get your share of an ever-expanding economy with the essential advice in this top-selling guide. As a successful import/export agent, you can net a healthy six-figure income by matching buyers and sellers from around the globe, right from your own home. This book is loaded with valuable insights and practical advice for tapping into highly lucrative global markets. You’ll learn every aspect of the startup process, including: Choosing the most profitable goods to buy and sell Setting up and maintaining a trade route Using the internet to simplify your transactions How the government can help you find products and customers Essential trade law information to keep your business in compliance How to choose a customs broker The latest government policies Proven methods for finding contacts in the Unites States and abroad Tricks of the trade from successful importers/exporters and hundreds of valuable resources help you become a player in the lucrative world of international exchange.

Start Your Own Import/Export Business, Third Edition

SmartStart Your Business Today! How to Start a Business in Colorado is your road map to avoiding operational, legal and financial pitfalls and breaking through the bureaucratic red tape that often entangles new entrepreneurs. This all-in-one resource goes a step beyond other business how-to books to give you a jump-start on planning for your business. It provides you with: Valuable state-specific sample forms and letters on CD-ROM Mailing addresses, telephone numbers and websites for the federal, state, local and private agencies that will help get your business up and running State population statistics, income and consumption rates, major industry trends and overall business incentives to give you a better picture of doing business in Colorado Checklists, sample forms and a complete sample business plan to assist you with numerous startup details State-specific information on issues like choosing a legal form, selecting a business name, obtaining licenses and permits, registering to pay taxes and knowing your employer responsibilities Federal and state options for financing your new venture Resources, cost information, statistics and regulations have all been updated. That, plus a new easier-to-use layout putting all the state-specific information in one block of chapters, make this your must-have guide to getting your business off the ground.

How to Start a Business in Colorado

Eileen Figure Sandlin

Personal care, newfound energy, and a revitalized appearance remain invaluable commodities among consumers. Learn the ins and outs of starting a successful business in one of today’s hottest industries: salons and day spas. From laying the groundwork and establishing yourself in the marketplace to holding a grand opening and developing service policies, this step-by-step guide takes you from big-picture plans to day-to-day dealings in your new spa and salon. Plus, gain insight, advice, and tips from interviews with practicing hair salon and day spa owners.

Start Your Own Hair Salon and Day Spa

Lynie Arden

Guides readers through the necessary steps to set up and manage an e-business--electronic business--and provides advice on building a Web site, marketing, improving search engine listings, and other related topics.

Entrepreneur Press

Books

Your next favorite book is out there