How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Personal Financial Planning Business
How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Personal Financial Planning Business

Author: Peg Stomierowski

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2011-09-30

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1601383347

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Millions of Americans every year have troubles with their finances. They turn to experts in droves, asking for help in filing their taxes, consolidating their debt, or just planning how they will pay their bills and invest their retirement funds. This book was written for anyone who has ever wanted to dip his or her foot into financial planning but did not know where to start. You will learn the fundamental basics of financial planning, starting with the very process that most planners use to organize their own finances. You will learn how to organize financial statements and to create plans and how to properly manage taxes to great effect. You will learn how to manage basic assets such as cash, savings, home equity, and auto- mobiles. You will learn how to effectively manage credit and how to deal with insurance including life insurance, health insurance, and property insurance. Whether you will be operating out of your home or you are looking to buy or rent office space, this book can help you with a wealth of startup information, from how to form and name your business to deciding if this will be a joint venture or if you would rather work solo. You will learn how to build your business by using low- and no-cost ways to satisfy customers, and also ways to increase sales, have customers refer others to you, and thousands of excellent tips and useful guidelines. This complete manual will arm you with everything you need, including sample business forms; contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations; lists; plans and layouts; and dozens of other valuable, timesaving tools of the trade that no business owner should be without. For all prospective financial planners, this guide will give you a complete walkthrough and timeline of what you need to accomplish to be effective. The companion CD-ROM is included with the print version of this book; however is not available for download with the electronic version. It may be obtained separately by contacting Atlantic Publishing Group at [email protected] Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company presidentâe(tm)s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.

How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Personal Chef Business
How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Personal Chef Business

Author: Carla Rowley

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1601381417

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Book & CD-ROM. According to the U.S. Department of Labor one of the fastest growing segments of the food service business is providing professional personal chef services. Personal chefs can expect to make between $100 and $400 a day every day. Until recently having a chef prepare food for you and your family was considered a luxury for only the wealthy. Today, many individuals and families have discovered that a personal chef service is an affordable, timesaving, and healthy alternative to the stress and time constraints of working to put a wholesome, economical, and tasty meal on the table every night. A personal chef offers a professional service of meal preparation. A client's individual tastes drive the creation of their customised menu. These personalised meals are prepared either in the client s home or your catering kitchen and then packaged, labelled, possibly delivered, and stored in the refrigerator or freezer. Most services include complete grocery shopping, customised menu planning, and storage in oven/microwavable containers. Families in which both spouses work, singles and couples who work long, hard hours, seniors who would rather not or cannot cook anymore, gourmets who love to cook but who do not always have the time, and individuals that have medical conditions, such as wheat/gluten intolerance, milk or other sensitivities, diabetes, or high blood pressure, who require specialised meals will seek your services. This book will not teach you how to cook, although there are some sample menus. What you will learn is all the aspects of starting your business, pricing your products, marketing your business, and conducting your day-to-day business operations. This comprehensive book will show you step-by-step how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful personal chef business. The author has left no stone unturned in explaining the risky business of food service. The book covers the entire process of a personal chef business from start-up to ongoing management in an easy to understand way, pointing out methods to increase your chances of success and showing you how to avoid the common mistakes that can doom a start-up. The companion CD-ROM contains all the forms used in the book in PDF format for easy use, as well as a detailed business plan, which will help you precisely define your business, identify your goals, and serve as your firm's résumé. The basic components include a current and pro forma balance sheet, an income statement, and a cash flow analysis. While providing detailed instructions and examples, the author leads you through finding a location that will bring success (in your home or a rented kitchen), managing and training employees, accounting and bookkeeping procedures, auditing, successful budgeting, and profit planning development, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines. You also will learn how to draw up a winning business plan, how to set up computer systems to save time and money, how to hire and keep a qualified staff, how to generate high profile public relations, and how to keep bringing customers back. In addition, you will become familiar with basic cost control systems, profitable menu planning, successful kitchen management, equipment layout and planning, food safety and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), low cost marketing ideas, and low and no cost ways to satisfy customers and build sales. This book covers everything that many companies pay consultants thousands of dollars for. PCRs, as those in the business are nicknamed, will appreciate this valuable resource and reference it in their daily activities as a source for ready-to-use forms, Web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can be easily applied to their operations.

How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Personal and Executive Coaching Business
How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Personal and Executive Coaching Business

Author: Kristie Lorette

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1601382278

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In the United States, the average professional coach makes roughly $150 to $200 per hour. It is not uncommon for a seasoned coach to make well over $100,000 per year. If you are good at motivating and inspiring people, a coaching business might be a great choice for you. As a professional coach, you will recognize and define your clients' goals; construct a realistic strategy for achieving your goals; establish a detailed program of actions and activities; identify, manage, and change business improvements; get effective and timely results; monitor your progress and build on your successes: achieve what might seem impossible; and get the rewards and recognition you deserve. If you are investigating opportunities in this type of business, you should begin by reading this book. If you enjoy working With people, this might be the perfect business for you. Keep in mind that this business looks easy, but as with any business, looks can be deceiving. This complete manual Will arm you with everything you need, including sample business forms; contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, opening. and running day-to-day operations; assistance with setting up your office; plans and layouts; and dozens of other valuable, timesaving tools of the trade that no business should be without. You will learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money, meet IRS requirements, generate high-profile public relations and publicity, and implement low-cost internal marketing ideas. You will learn how to build your business by using low- and no-cost ways to satisfy customers, as Well as ways to increase sales and have customers refer others to you.

How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Personal Training Business
How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Personal Training Business

Author: John N. Peragine

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1601381174

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Book & CD-ROM. The manual delivers literally hundreds of innovative ways demonstrated to operate streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance, shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. In addition, you will appreciate this valuable resource and reference in your daily activities and as a source of ready-to-use forms, Web site resources, and operating and cost cutting ideas that can be easily applied to your operation. The Companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan you can use in MS Word (tm).

How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Staffing Service Business
How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Staffing Service Business

Author: Kristie Lorette

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1601382820

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Book & CD-ROM. The median annual salary for someone in the staffing service industry is $29,000 according to the U.S. Department of Labor and as a business owner, you could make even more. The Department also estimates that the staffing industry will grow faster and add more jobs than just about any other industry over the next decade. If you have always yearned for a career where you can really make a difference in someone s life and are thinking of opening a staffing service business, then we have a book that can assist you in taking those first steps and answer all of your questions along the way. Whether you will be operating out of your home or you are looking to buy or rent office space, this book can help you with a wealth of start-up information, from how to form and name your business to deciding if this will be a joint venture or if you would rather work solo. Valuable information on forming a Partnership, LLC, Corporation, or becoming a Sole Proprietor, the four types of business formation, is included, as well as the legal implications of each. A complete list of all of the start-up equipment that you will need is provided, as well as a sample budgeting sheet to allow you to gauge start-up costs. You will learn about potential risks that you take in opening a staffing service and how to minimise your losses. Also include is information on other types of insurance that you will need to have available to contractors that you hire, such as workers compensation, disability, and unemployment insurance. This book will assist in helping you decide whether you will offer temporary staffing services, long-term staffing services, or temp-to-perm staffing services. A list of potential sectors that your business can operate in will help you decide whether to stick to a specific niche or whether you will hire contractors to work in various fields, along with the benefits of operating in both situations and factors to consider such as local supply and demand, your own career experience, and economic feasibility. This complete manual will arm you with everything you need, including sample business forms; contracts; worksheets and check-lists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations; lists; plans and layouts; and dozens of other valuable, time-saving tools of the trade that no business owner should be without. A special chapter on finding qualified contractors and businesses to place your employees in will be included. While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads you through every detail that will bring success. You will learn how to draw up a winning business plan (the companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan you can use in Microsoft Word) and about basic cost control systems, copyright and trademark issues, branding, management, legal concerns, sales and marketing techniques, and pricing formulas.

How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Web-Based Business
How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Web-Based Business

Author: Beth Williams

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1601381182

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If you want to learn about starting a Web business, how to transform your brick and mortar business to a Web business, or even if you''re simply interested in making money online, this is the book for you. You can operate your Web-based business from home and with very little start up money. The earning potential is limitless. This new book will teach you all you need to know about getting started in your own Web-based business in the minimum amount of time. This book is a comprehensive, detailed study of the business side of Internet retailing. Anyone investigating the opportunities of opening a Web-based business should study this superb manual. You will learn to: *Build your Web-based business through keywords *Generate free advertising *Use search-engine strategies *Market through e-mail *Build Web communities *Find products *Drop ship *Deal with zoning issues *Create your Web site, HTML, graphics programs, domain names, and templates *Use Web hosting, bandwidth, e-mail, shopping carts, and affiliate programs *Develop merchant accounts *Use PayPal, e-checks, search engine submissions, pay per click ads, and co-branding *Make more money through auto-responders, Google and banner advertising *Establish your own eBay storefront, Web-design information, search-engine registration *Be a part of directories *Get real-world examples of successful strategies While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author teaches you how to draw up a winning business plan ( The Companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan you can use in MS Word â,,¢), basic cost control systems, pricing issues, legal concerns, sales and marketing techniques, and pricing formulas. You will learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money, how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff, meet IRS reporting requirements, plan sales, provide customer service, track competitors, do your own bookkeeping, monthly profit and loss statements, media planning, pricing, and copywriting. You will develop the skill to hire and fire employees without incurring lawsuits, motivate workers, apply general management skills, manage and train employees, and generate high profile public relations and publicity. You will have the advantage low cost internal marketing ideas and low and no cost ways to satisfy customers and build sales. Learn how to keep bringing customers back, accomplish accounting, do bookkeeping procedures and auditing, as well as successful budgeting and profit planning development. This manual delivers literally hundreds of innovative ways demonstrated to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance, shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. In addition, you will appreciate this valuable resource and reference in your daily activities and as a source of ready-to-use forms, Web sites, and operating and cost-cutting ideas that can be easily applied to your operation. The companion CD-ROM is included with the print version of this book; however is not available for download with the electronic version. It may be obtained separately by contacting Atlantic Publishing Group at [email protected] Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company presidentâe(tm)s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed. This Atlantic Publishing eBook was professionally written, edited, fact checked, proofed and designed. The print version of this book is 288 pages and you receive exactly the same content. Over the years our books have won dozens of book awards for content, cover design and interior design including the prestigious Benjamin Franklin award for excellence in publishing. We are proud of the high quality of our books and hope you will enjoy this eBook version.

How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service
How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service

Author: Beth Morrow

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1601381441

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Book & CD-ROM. A lot of people believe that they can set up and operate a cleaning business that will reap big profits with a few dollars and some cleaning supplies. The reality is most of these start-ups fail in a couple of months. As with any business, it takes hard work and time to develop a profitable cleaning business. However, armed with the detailed information in this new book, you can have your recession-proof cleaning business up and running quickly. You will learn how to build your client list quickly, properly bid on jobs, organise your schedule, and maximise your time and profits. You will learn everything you need to know BEFORE starting your cleaning business. A cleaning service can be run part- or full-time and can easily be started in your own home. As such, these businesses are one of the fastest growing segments in the service economy. This new book will teach you all you need to know about starting your own cleaning business in the minimum amount of time. Here is the manual you need to cash in on this highly profitable segment of the service industry. This book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business side of cleaning. This superb manual should be studied by anyone investigating the opportunities of opening a cleaning business and will arm you with everything you need, including sample business forms, contracts, worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations, and dozens of other valuable, time-saving tools that no entrepreneur should be without. While providing detailed instructions and examples, the author leads you through finding a location that will bring success (if necessary), buying (and selling) a cleaning service, pricing formulas, sales planning, tracking competitors, bookkeeping, media planning, pricing, copy writing, hiring and firing employees, motivating workers, managing and training employees, accounting procedures, successful budgeting, and profit planning development, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines. By reading this book, you will become knowledgeable about basic cost control systems, Web site plans and diagrams, software and equipment layout and planning, sales and marketing techniques, legal concerns, IRS reporting requirements, customer service, monthly profit and loss statements, tax preparation, public relations, general management skills, low and no cost ways to satisfy customers and build sales, and auditing. In addition, you will learn how to draw up a winning business plan (the Companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan that can be used in Microsoft Word), how to set up computer systems to save time and money, how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff, how to generate high profile public relations, and how to keep bringing clients back. The manual delivers literally hundreds of innovative ways to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance. Shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. In addition owners will appreciate this valuable resource and use it as a reference in their daily activities and as a source for ready-to-use forms, Web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can be easily applied. The Companion CD-ROM contains all the forms in the book, as well as a sample business plan you can adapt for your own use.

How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Coffee, Espresso and Tea Shop
How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Coffee, Espresso and Tea Shop

Author: Elizabeth Godsmark

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2014-12-30

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 160138937X

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The revised second edition of How to Open a Financially Successful Coffee, Espresso & Tea Shop is an updated, comprehensive, and detailed guide of specialty coffee and beverage businesses. This superb manual should be read by anyone interested in the opportunity of opening a cafe, tea shop, or coffee kiosk. This complete manual supplies you with everything you need to know, such as sample business forms, leases, and contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations; sample menus; coffee drink recipes; inventory lists; sample floor plans, diagrams, and layouts; and dozens of other valuable, time-saving tools that any coffee entrepreneur should know about. This manual demonstrates hundreds of innovative ways to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance. Shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. In addition, operators will appreciate this valuable resource and reference in their daily activities and as a source of ready-to-use forms, websites, operation and cost-cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that is easily applied to their everyday business.

How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Landscaping, Nursery, Or Lawn Service Business
How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Landscaping, Nursery, Or Lawn Service Business

Author: Lawrence C. Matthews

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1601382286

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Book & CD-ROM. If you enjoy working outdoors and want to incorporate your creativity into your work, operating a small nursery, landscaping, or lawn service may be the perfect business for you. In fact, many operators combine all three of these elements to make an ideal year-round business. This is an ideal home-based business and can be started with just a few thousand pounds. This guide provides readers with an understanding of the basic concepts of starting their own service business. The book offers a comprehensive and detailed study of the business side of the nursery and landscape business. You will learn everything from the initial start-up decisions to working with clients. If you are investigating opportunities in this type of business, you should begin by reading this book. If you enjoy working with people and working outdoors, this may be the perfect business for you. Keep in mind that this business looks easy but, as with any business, looks can be deceiving. This complete manual will arm you with everything you need, including sample business forms; contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations; setting up your office; plans and layouts; and dozens of other valuable, timesaving tools of the trade that no business should be without. While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads you through every detail that will bring success. You will learn how to draw up a winning business plan (the companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan you can use in Microsoft Word) and about choosing a name, equipment, equipment maintenance, selling your other services to your present customers, how to attract and bid on residential and commercial accounts, contracts and billing procedures, advertising, insurance, legal matters, basic cost control systems, market research, getting new clients, tax laws, pricing, leads, sales and marketing techniques, and pricing formulas. You will learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money, how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff, how to manage and train employees, how to generate high profile public relations and publicity, and how to implement low cost internal marketing ideas. You will learn how to build your business by using low and no cost ways to satisfy customers, as well as ways to increase sales and have customers refer others to you. You will learn about basic accounting and bookkeeping procedures, auditing, successful budgeting, and profit planning development, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines. This manual delivers innovative ways to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance. Successful entrepreneurs will appreciate this valuable resource and reference it in their daily activities as a source of ready-to-use forms, Web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can easily be applied to their operations. The companion CD-ROM contains all the forms found in the book, as well as a sample business plan you can adapt for your own use.