This book begins by presenting a basic introduction to the Internet, coupled with e-business success stories. It then offers guidance for choosing among Internet business ideas, based on your own goals and interests. Advice is offered on getting started, developing a site, promoting a business, email marketing, using banner advertising, media relations, and staying current.

Kimball covers 55 of today's hottest home-based businesses, all under $5,000 in startup costs. This book guides you into the thriving home-based industry, revealing unique opportunities, outlining vital business basics, sharing industry need-to-knows, and more.

Home-based businesses are a common starting point for many entrepreneurs. Find out how to make that dream become a reality from those who already made it happen. In in-depth profiles, this book provides practical information on what it takes to get started, develop a saleable product, organize a company, market your goods, manage the finances and handle staffing.

Working from home has its advantages: no dress code, no office hours, and no daily commute. The disadvantages? Many home business owners were never taught how to organize an office, create a business plan, or market themselves or their product. Landers offers a humorous but instructive guide for home business owners who want to build a successful business.

In tough economic times, conventional jobs can be hard to find. A home-based business could be the answer for many people. "Making Money from Home" compares the cost of working outside the home with the benefits of working from home. It provides readers with the tools they need to run a successful home business, such as time management advice, details on the foundations of a solid business, tips on marketing goods and services, legal issues to consider, and information on how to use the Internet effectively and how to create a business plan.

Shirley George Frazier provides business owners with hints for marketing success, no matter the industry. Frazier's approach is applying nontraditional strategies on a local basis to produce the groundswell and word-of-mouth reputation that a new business needs. She covers pulling Internet strategies and traditional advertising into the mix, providing marketing ideas to solo and small business owners and to those who aspire to be entrepreneurs.

You know you can't start a business on a wish and a prayer-- but here are some businesses that don't take much more, and may not involve a bank loan at all. Get some ideas, a realistic business start-up play, and advice you need to pursue your dream of being your own boss.

This handbook is for entrepreneurs wishing to start a small business from home, emphasizing legal set-up and compliance, marketing and sales strategies and creating an effective online presence. A CD-ROM has been included that contains many of the important forms and tools you'll need to start your own home-based business.

More and more women want to work from home, earning money while spending more time with their children and taking control of their lives. This book shows women how to find the job that best fits their needs; set up a home office; get organized and schedule your daily business tasks; avoid distractions such as kids, food, and television; and more.