Month: May 2016

Best Home Businesses for People 50+

For the fastest-growing segment of our population, here is a comprehensive guide to starting and running a home-based business in midlife and retirement.

A baby boomer turns fifty every seven seconds, creating what will soon be the largest and most influential senior generation in history. These dynamic seniors have both a desire and a need to continue their working lives past the age when their parents retired.

Boomers have been the primary buyers of more than one million self-employment guides by Paul and Sarah Edwards-and they now have the perfect handbook to take them into the second half of life.

The Best Home Businesses for People 50+ features seventy comprehensive profiles that show how to select, start, run, and build a home-based business suited to the needs, talents, and ideals of the over-fifty generation. Each business listing-for careers ranging in diversity from Makeup Artist to Tax Preparer to Information Broker-addresses the concerns of boomers and seniors, including:

– Businesses that people 50+ can continue working in for 10-15 years.
– Businesses that supplement your retirement income.
– Businesses adaptable to a wide variety of locations.
– Businesses with flexible hours to allow for family, travel, and other priorities.
– Businesses suited to a broad range of health and wellness needs.

Profiles of successful business owners and a treasury of online and easy-to-access resources round out The Best Home Businesses for People 50+ to create an indispensable resource for this new generation of career-oriented seniors.

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Quicken Home & Business 2016 Personal Finance & Budgeting Software

Quicken Home & Business Personal Finance & Budgeting Software organizes your personal and business finances, all in one place. Shows your profit and loss at a glance. Identifies tax-deductible business expenses. Creates Schedule C reports to simplify taxes. Access your personal finance data on the go and make smart money management decisions with free Quicken mobile app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Includes snap & store receipts. Securely imports bank transactions through April 2019. New! Bill Center ­ see, track, and pay your bills all in one place.

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925 Ideas to Help You Save Money, Get Out of Debt and Retire A Millionaire So You Can Leave Your Mark on the World

Devin Thorpe has collected over 150 essays on personal and family finance to help you learn how to be happier with your money, to live more frugally and investment more wisely.

925 Ideas… is an easy and readable guide to help your family find financial peace. Author Devin D. Thorpe explains:

1) how you and your spouse can find agreement on money matters,

2) how to teach your kids about money,

3) how to pay for your children’s college education,

4) how to live like a millionaire (spoiler alert! Frugally)

5) how to come up with $25,000 in a crisis

6) how to make ends meet on one income

7) how to get out of debt and stay out of debt

8) why home ownership should be your family’s top financial priority

9) how to ask your boss for a raise

10) how to use your finances to do more good in the world.

And much more!

Devin D. Thorpe is the author of the highly regarded book, Your Mark on the World and is the founder of the Your Mark on the World center, championing social good. The Your Mark on the World center believes that everyone, no matter their level of income, can give more and do more to make the world a better place. The empowering lessons of 925 Ideas will enable you to leave your mark on the world.

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Home-Based Business For Dummies

Expert tips and advice on starting a home-based business

Starting your own home-based business is a great way to supplement your income in these tough economic times. With thirty percent new and revised material, Home-Based Business For Dummies, 3rd Edition gives you the most current and up-to-date information you need to navigate your way through the whole process.

You’ll get trusted and creative advice on how to start being your own boss, bringing in a steady paycheck, and running a business you’ll enjoy.

  • Complete coverage of legal and financial aspects of a home-based business
  • Effective advertising and promotional strategies that won’t break the bank
  • Tips and information you need to make your business profitable
  • Advice on outfitting and running a home office

Whether you’ve been affected by downsizing in these uncertain times or are just looking to earn some extra cash, Home-Based Business For Dummies, 3rd Edition shows you how to avoid scams and truly start working from home for profit.

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Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content

Finally a go-to guide to creating and publishing the kind of content that will make your business thrive.

Everybody Writes is a go-to guide to attracting and retaining customers through stellar online communication, because in our content-driven world, every one of us is, in fact, a writer.

If you have a web site, you are a publisher. If you are on social media, you are in marketing. And that means that we are all relying on our words to carry our marketing messages. We are all writers.

Yeah, but who cares about writing anymore? In a time-challenged world dominated by short and snappy, by click-bait headlines and Twitter streams and Instagram feeds and gifs and video and Snapchat and YOLO and LOL and #tbt. . . does the idea of focusing on writing seem pedantic and ordinary?

Actually, writing matters more now, not less. Our online words are our currency; they tell our customers who we are.

Our writing can make us look smart or it can make us look stupid. It can make us seem fun, or warm, or competent, or trustworthy. But it can also make us seem humdrum or discombobulated or flat-out boring.

That means you’ve got to choose words well, and write with economy and the style and honest empathy for your customers. And it means you put a new value on an often-overlooked skill in content marketing: How to write, and how to tell a true story really, really well. That’s true whether you’re writing a listicle or the words on a Slideshare deck or the words you’re reading right here, right now…

And so being able to communicate well in writing isn’t just nice; it’s necessity. And it’s also the oft-overlooked cornerstone of nearly all our content marketing.

In Everybody Writes, top marketing veteran Ann Handley gives expert guidance and insight into the process and strategy of content creation, production and publishing, with actionable how-to advice designed to get results.

These lessons and rules apply across all of your online assets — like web pages, home page, landing pages, blogs, email, marketing offers, and on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media. Ann deconstructs the strategy and delivers a practical approach to create ridiculously compelling and competent content. It’s designed to be the go-to guide for anyone creating or publishing any kind of online content — whether you’re a big brand or you’re small and solo.

Sections include:

  • How to write better. (Or, for “adult-onset writers”: How to hate writing less.)
  • Easy grammar and usage rules tailored for business in a fun, memorable way. (Enough to keep you looking sharp, but not too much to overwhelm you.)
  • Giving your audience the gift of your true story, told well. Empathy and humanity and inspiration are key here, so the book covers that, too.
  • Best practices for creating credible, trustworthy content steeped in some time-honored rules of solid journalism. Because publishing content and talking directly to your customers is, at its heart, a privilege.
  • “Things Marketers Write”: The fundamentals of 17 specific kinds of content that marketers are often tasked with crafting.
  • Content Tools: The sharpest tools you need to get the job done.

Traditional marketing techniques are no longer enough. Everybody Writes is a field guide for the smartest businesses who know that great content is the key to thriving in this digital world.

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Content Marketing 2016: Influencer, Topics and The Most Important Trends: 2. Advanced Edition

Content Marketing has become a large industry. Almost all Fortune 500 corporations and myriads of SMBs invest billions of US-$ in their Content Marketing strategies. The market reflects this complex ecosystem: a plethora of freelancers, agencies, specialists, consultants and gurus of all kinds have begun to focus on Content Marketing. It is just like with any hyper-growth industry: the primary market drives the secondary market and new value chains emerge on a meta level. Consultants are a typical example, or agencies, congress platforms as well as software developers with their Content Marketing services.

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Contagious: Why Things Catch On

The New York Times bestseller that explains why certain products and ideas become popular. “Jonah Berger knows more about what makes information ‘go viral’ than anyone in the world” (Daniel Gilbert, author of the bestseller Stumbling on Happiness).

What makes things popular? If you said advertising, think again. People don’t listen to advertisements, they listen to their peers. But why do people talk about certain products and ideas more than others? Why are some stories and rumors more infectious? And what makes online content go viral?

Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger has spent the last decade answering these questions. He’s studied why New York Times articles make the paper’s own Most E-mailed list, why products get word of mouth, and how social influence shapes everything from the cars we buy to the clothes we wear to the names we give our children.

In Contagious, Berger reveals the secret science behind word-of-mouth and social transmission. Discover how six basic principles drive all sorts of things to become contagious, from consumer products and policy initiatives to workplace rumors and YouTube videos. Learn how a luxury steakhouse found popularity through the lowly cheesesteak, why anti-drug commercials might have actually increased drug use, and why more than 200 million consumers shared a video about one of the most seemingly boring products there is: a blender.

Contagious provides a set of specific, actionable techniques for helping information spread—for designing messages, advertisements, and content that people will share. Whether you’re a manager at a big company, a small business owner trying to boost awareness, a politician running for office, or a health official trying to get the word out, Contagious will show you how to make your product or idea catch on.

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Digital Minds: 12 Things Every Business Needs to Know About Digital Marketing (2nd Edition)

The progression of the Internet hasn’t slowed down one bit; in fact, it’s only just begun. And with capabilities like visitor tracking, geo-targeting and personalized marketing, the business competition on the digital playing field has become more aggressive than ever. The advancements are rapid; adaptation is vital. And yet, business owners are either too tentative to dive in or want to get started but just don’t know where to begin.

In the 2nd edition of WSI’s Digital Minds, we provide a map (literally!) that’s designed to help professionals navigate through the complexities of the digital marketing realm. Fourteen of WSI’s thought-leaders explore how online strategies like web design, marketing automation, eCommerce, SEO, reputation management, email marketing and more have been shaped by online consumers and their mobile device du jour! By evolving alongside the growing trends, your brand will be equipped to leave the competition far behind.

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Marketing: Twitter: The Top 100 Best Ways To Market Your Business & The Top 100 Best Ways To Use Twitter To Make Money: 2 in 1 Box Set: Marketing & Twitter … Sales On Social Media Twitter & More)

2 Books in 1: Marketing Book & Twitter Book!

Discover The Best Strategies For Making Money With Marketing!

In this book you will discover an incredible variety of strategies, ideas and techniques that you can utilize in order to be wildly successful with your marketing efforts! Don’t Waste Your Time Trying To Figure Out Marketing On Your Own! Do What The Pro’s Do In Order To Dominate! Without a solid marketing plan and strategy in place you are setting yourself up for massive failure. The business world is extremely competitive, so be sure that you are doing things the right way! Be prepared to learn just how easy it can be to bring in qualified customers right to your doorstep. Life is so much better when you are using your time and money wisely and effectively! Whether you need just a few tips or want a full-fledged plan of action, this is the book that will help you greatly increase your sales potential! Be prepared to learn the strategies that the most profitable companies and small businesses in the world use!

Here Is A Preview Of What You’ll Discover…

  • The Best Marketing Strategies That Give Great Results
  • How To Utilize Social Media To Promote Yourself & Make Money
  • The Best Ways To Brand & Promote Your Business
  • How To Determine & Target Your Ideal Customers
  • The Most Effective Ways To Advertise Your Business
  • A Step By Step Walkthrough For Making Your Own Personalized Marketing Strategy Plan
  • Sales Secrets That Will Allow You To Capitalize On Your Marketing Successes
  • Much, much more!

Discover How To Easily Market & Make Money With Twitter!

In this book you will discover an incredible variety of strategies, programs and techniques that you can utilize in order to be wildly successful with Twitter!

Don’t Waste Your Time Trying To Figure Twitter Out On Your Own! Do What The Pro’s Do In Order To Dominate! Twitter is a social media power house and has the potential to put your ideas and products in front of thousands upon thousands of people! Be prepared to learn just how easy it is to master twitter, gain followers and automate the entire process. Life is so much better when you are using one of the most powerful social media tools to your advantage! Whether you need just a few tips or want a full-fledged plan of action, this is the book that will help you greatly increase your followers and overall success with Twitter!

Here Is A Preview Of What You’ll Discover…

  • Just How Unbelievably Powerful Twitter Is And How To Use It To Your Advantage
  • How To Optimize Your Account To Be Appealing And Informative
  • How To Create The Perfectly Structured Tweet
  • The Best Ways To Engage Your Audience With Compelling And Interesting Tweets
  • How To Use Multiple Accounts To Drive Traffic And Boost Sales
  • The Best Third Party Programs To Really Make The Most Out Of Twitter
  • How To Market And Make Money With Twitter
  • Much, much more!

What are you waiting for? If you are still reading this you are obviously motivated to get all the benefits this book has to offer. Stop thinking and take ACTION.

 

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Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0: How to Stand Out from the Crowd and Tap Into the Hidden Job Market using Social Media and 999 other Tactics Today

The latest strategies for job hunters revealed in this revised and updated edition

This new Third Edition features the latest job-hunting strategies for the Information Age. You’ll discover key techniques to reach hiring managers at the employers you want to work for most. New chapters integrate using social media and social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and ZoomInfo in your job search, along with case studies from successful guerrilla job hunters that detail what works in today’s hyper competitive job market with commentary from America’s top recruiters.

  • Present your skills in creative new ways that stand out in today’s hyper-competitive job market
  • Employ little-known search engine optimization tricks used by top headhunters
  • Integrated web site updated bi-weekly to remain state-of-the-moment
  • Part of the Guerrilla Marketing Series, the bestselling marketing book series

The job search process has changed drastically in the past few years. Turn these changes to your advantage and make your search successful with Guerilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0.

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