The Self Employment Survival Guide

Anyone who opts for self-employment quickly learns that succeeding as your own boss is no walk in the park. While professional freedom has many, many joys, it also involves significant risks. If you’re considering self-employment, or you’re already self-employed, The Self-Employment Survival Guide: Proven Strategies to Succeed as Your Own Boss alerts you to the challenges involved and provides proven strategies for surmounting these obstacles and succeeding. You’ll also learn what you need to put in place before taking the leap to being your own boss to help assure your success. Working for yourself offers personal freedoms and rewards, but the road can curve or travel uphill at times. Here, Jeanne Yocum shares eight key behaviors that impede success and provides proven solutions for the various obstacles that might cross your path, including unreasonable client demands, slow payers, unexpected client defections, daily schedules, health and financial planning, and the feelings of isolation that can sometimes accompany working on your own. Unlike many books that provide only a rose-colored view of self-employment, this book gives a full, realistic view of what being your own boss is actually like. By learning about the ups and downs that come with being in charge of your own livelihood, you will be better able to handle the demands of self-employment and succeed on your own terms.

THE SELF EMPLOYMENT SURVIVAL MANUAL: How To Start & Operate a One- Person Business Successfully explains how anyone can attain financial success & peace of mind operating a one-person business. The book addresses the dilemma of those who have been "downsized" out of a job & those who have always dreamed of being their own boss. The book emphasizes doing the work you love for maximum profit. It helps individuals to discover the work they are best suited for & then teaches them how to get started & organized, get & keep customers, how to price work, handle complaints & all other aspects of small business operation. THE SELF EMPLOYMENT SURVIVAL MANUAL includes a glossary & an index. In a casual & easy-to-read style, the writer describes details of successes & failures. These are valuable lessons for anyone desiring self employment. Author A. William Benitez, with over 30 years of operating businesses, wrote this book from first-hand experience. Anyone wanting to start & succeed in a small business will find this book an easy read & an excellent reference. Soft cover $18.95 plus $3.00 P & H from: A. William Benitez Publishing, 201 W. Stassney, Suite 203B, Austin, TX 78745; 800-887-4017; fax 512-292-1778.

Survival Skills for Freelancers will help you achieve freelance success, and get more enjoyment from self-employment. Through a combination of personal anecdotes, practical advice and tales from the freelance community, it busts the myths about solo working and takes an honest look at the reality of freelance life. Discover how to survive and thrive as a freelancer - without neglecting your mental health and wellbeing. THE CASE FOR FREELANCE LIFE The freelance dream is often portrayed as: Earning good money doing the thing you love+working where you like+working how you like+working when you like Why does no one tell us just how relentless the business end of freelance life can be?! There are 2 million freelancers in the UK alone. Yet 20% of self-employed businesses don't make it through the first year, and 60% don't survive beyond five years. Those are scary stats! Yes, working alone can be damn hard. But going into self-employment with your eyes wide open gives you the best chance of success. Survival Skills for Freelancers shares an honest and realistic view of self-employment, to help you rock the socks off freelance life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sarah Townsend has spent the past 20 years as a freelance marketing copywriter. She built a successful freelance career with very little guidance - but you don't have to. In Survival Skills for Freelancers she shares the secrets and surprises she's learnt from self-employment: both the things that worked AND the things that didn't. She guides you through the highs and lows all freelancers face - from isolation, uncertainty and self-doubt to knowing what to charge, when to ask for help, and when to say no. These tried and tested strategies are based on her own experience, backed up by research, resources and quotes from the freelance community. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING "I've been freelancing for over 15 years and I wish I'd read this book on day one. Every page is packed with practical advice and hard-won wisdom. Get it!" Tom Albrighton Author, Copywriting Made Simple "A brilliantly relatable and comprehensive guide that holds your hand with compassion and humour through the rocky yet undeniably exciting world of self-employment." Louise Goss Founder of The Homeworker "Genuinely useful advice, delivered in an honest, charming and witty style, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing. An essential read whether you're a new or established freelancer." Steve Morgan Author, Anti-Sell "An honest and human perspective of 20 years of freelance experience. This book is like having your own personal business mentor." Anna Gunning Copywriter and speaker "Before you take the leap into self-employment, spend your first few pounds on this book. It'll make every subsequent pound and hour better spent." Matthew Knight Founder, Leapers WHAT'S INCLUDED Survival Skills for Freelancers covers issues such as: the fundamentals of freelancing three strategies to deal with isolation knowing your worth - and what to charge trusting your instinct, and learning to say no achieving balance and avoiding burnout the importance of investing in your business the qualities that help you survive and thrive as a freelancer

For anyone contemplating starting a small business with potential sales of a few thousand dollars up to the two million level, and for those who currently run their own businesses, this is the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide available. "

If you're anything like a typical self-employed person you'll know the challenges that come with being your own boss and also being a one-person-business. The good news is that, within this book, you'll learn some simple and down-to-earth ways for making your life easier. This includes things like: getting more done, winning more customers, keeping customers happy (and making sure you get paid), reducing stress, having more control and maybe even having a day off without feeling guilty. Overall you'll learn how to fight and often win the many battles that come your way when running yourself as a small business. However, this is no rags-to-riches story. The point of this book is to share the things that the author has learned with the aim of helping you to a greater level of success too, whether that's in financial terms, independence, time or just being able to do things in the way you like to do them. Real advice, on real issues from a real business owner is vital for any business success... and sanity. And that's why this book is a great place to start.

The most comprehensive and up-to-date guide available on running a small business in Canada.

Every year thousands of people like you decide to make the move to independent consultancy, and next year hundreds of them will go crawling back to the security of paid employment. The problem is simple: to succeed at most jobs you have to be good at what you do; to succeed as an independent consultant you also have to be good at everything else all those people you used to work with did as well. The Independent Consultant's Survival Guide is for people who are serious about becoming a successful independent consultant. It provides advice from people who've been there and survived long enough to tell the tale. Rather than being a book about how to consult, The Independent Consultant's Survival Guide is about how to be a consultant. Filled with examples from people who've been incredibly successful, some who make a living and some who failed, it distills advice and experience into a useful text, covering how to get started, marketing yourself, developing the business and more. If you want to make it through your first year, see your business prosper and grow and don't want to have to go back and get another job working for somebody else, then this book will be an invaluable resource.

The most comprehensive and up-to-date guide available on running a small business in Canada.