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In tough economic times and with rising unemployment, people are looking to take the bull by the horns and start their own home-based businesses....From GPP's enormously successful “How to Start a Home-Based Business’ series (more than half a million copies sold!), comes the essential guide to starting up a home-based Bookkeeping business.

Event planning continues to be a thriving business area for the motivated entrepreneur. Jill S. Moran is a certified special event professional with twenty-five years of experience in the field and the owner of an award-winning event-planning company. This edition of her popular book includes updated ideas about creating business plans, balancing home and work, building a client base, and a more in-depth discussion on the role of social media in your...

Having passion about a topic is a great reason to start blogging, but there is a lot more to it than that. This book will be able to help potential bloggers by asking the important questions needed to focus the blog. It will also set expectations so there are fewer surprises along the way. Making a blog a success can be a challenge, but it's not out of reach for those who are determined.