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Office For One: The Sole Proprietor's Survival Guide Kindle Edition

by Christina Hamlett (Author), Scott Hauge (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition

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It was the best of times: The giddy excitement of launching your first solo business and being your own boss.

It was the worst of times: The stress-inducing panic of realizing there's no one to whom you can delegate all of the marketing, accounting and housekeeping tasks necessary to make that business a success.

"Office For One: The Sole Proprietor's Survival Guide" is an indispensable resource for any entrepreneur who wants to go it alone without getting lonely.

Within these pages, over 30 experts from around the world offer tips and advice on topics such as tuning out the naysayers, maintaining balance and boundaries, handling legalities and financial challenges, courting (and keeping!) clients, marketing on a shoestring budget, networking, cracking the media code, growing a sustainable vision, and addressing rubicons and burnouts.

The Editor: Christina Hamlett is a media relations expert and award-winning author whose credits to date include 30 books, 156 plays, and hundreds of articles and interviews that appear online and in trade publications worldwide. She is also a screenplay consultant (which means she stops lots of really bad movies from coming to theaters near you) and a professional ghostwriter (which does not mean she talks to dead people).

The Contributors: Wendy Anderson, Jeanette Chasworth, John Churchman, Diane Conklin, Magda de Berg, Jan Dunlap, Corine LaFont, Melody Friberg, Isabel Green, Cecelia Haddad, Adrianne Hall, Dianne Harris, Scott G. Hauge, Leanne Hoagland Smith, Mindy Littman Holland, Danny Iny, Anthony Kirlew, Jennifer Martin, Marti Masterson, Lana McAra, Garrett Mehrguth,Deirdre Morhet, Sarah O'Bryan, Joel Peterson, Emilia Rossi, Flo Selfman, Shari Stauch, Christine Till, Michelle Tupy, Matthew Tynan, Steven Tyre, John Leo Weber, Mandy Wildman, Tony Wilkins, and Ben Yennie.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00S5WH53U
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 12, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 732 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 218 pages

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- #42,394 in Entrepreneurship (Books)

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My credits to date include 44 books, 264 plays, and squillions of articles/interviews. I'm also a script consultant for stage and screen, a former theatre actress and director, a gourmet chef, a savvy photographer, and a distance learning instructor.

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C.M. Friberg

Eyes Wide Open!

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2014

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It is said that before you can realize your dreams, you must first wake up. This is especially true when you begin a business as a sole proprietor. That is why I earnestly recommend buying “OFFICE FOR ONE: The Sole Proprietor’s Survival Guide. Starting a business is hard enough. Starting a business and ignoring any potential pitfalls is foolhardy. Christina Hamlett - along with the many astute contributors to this work - provides a necessary dose of reality which any aspiring business owner needs to hear as they walk the path of sole proprietorship. Everything from Trademarks to business loans...press kits to marketing...and tons of online strategies are discussed in this book. This work is a source you will reference throughout your business venture. I highly recommend OFFICE FOR ONE: The Sole Proprietor’s Survival Guide. It will allow you to walk into your dream with your eyes wide open.

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Deborah Carroll, Author

Better Than Attending A Seminar!

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2015

If you're starting a small business there is a great deal of helpful advice out there. But if you're starting the smallest business as a sole proprietor, you're on your own, literally. This book is for you and can be your bible. What Hamlett and the many, many other expert contributors have done is to cover every aspect of beginning and then running your business. The advice is formidable and beautifully written so that it's easily understood. Reading this book is akin to attending a training seminar on running your own shop and being able to attend workshop after helpful workshop all in one location.

The information is plentiful and right on the money. (Pun intended.) From what to say to explain your new idea to friends, family, and associates, to how to react to naysayers to how to develop a business plan, to understanding basic legalities involved, (LLC vs. Sole Proprietorship, Tax EIN, copyright issues, choosing a name, trademarks, domain names, legal issues to avoid, etc. All totally invaluable. Don't miss these chapters, it could save you thousands in legal fees and headaches but you won't need a law degree to understand the advice.) If your business is "virtual," fear not, tons of advice for you is included about how to market online successfully and how to sell securely so shoppers won't hesitate to patronize your business. If you have a brick and mortar plan, or are comparing real to cyber selling, you're covered too, from finding the best location to details about running a shop you may never have considered. Factoring in the expense of constant window cleaning fee? The high cost of anti-shoplifting security. I never would have thought of those. Considering a nomadic life while working online? That's described in detail by a writer who lives in Peru but has traveled extensively throughout her working life.

What professional services will you need? An accountant for sure and also an insurance agent but there's more so check out that chapter to learn the places you'll need to spend money in order to make money.

There's even advice from a therapist helping you to understand if you may be cut out for working as a sole proprietor. And, for the time when your business grows beyond your oneness, there's help for you in understanding how and if you should work with interns and how and what to delegate to someone else when you have more than you can handle. If you write, you can blog, and that may also grow your business if you know the right way to utilize that tool. Answers are here for you along with great information on mastering the use of other media.

Figuring out the financials is a must for any business owner. The ins and outs of navigating those waters from finding startup money (using your credit cards not a good idea) to estimating expenses to keeping your personal finance and your business finance separate is described in detail and make the cost of this book and the time (not much, it's a quick read) it takes to read it well worth it.

If inspirational stories from people who have "been there, done that well" will help you, there's plenty of those to help you see lots of regular folks from all walks of life have made this dream of theirs become a reality. Plus, there's lots of ways to "find clients" and these experts share their best tried and true ideas. Speaking of which, there's even advice for doing the best job you can at meetings and even at virtual cocktail parties where you may find some great contacts.

One contributor refers to the "soul centered solopreneurs." This book will instruct and inspire and is a quick read so you won't lose precious working time, which as many contributors attest, is lots of hours on your own, perhaps more than you think, so now's the time to consider turning back if this endeavor isn't for you! But read the book first, it will help you make the decision that's just right for your life.

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Karen Guzman

and finding that business sweet spot where the heart meets the head

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2015

Most of us have had the dream at one point: a business of our own. Close your eyes. Maybe you have a home office, a pot of coffee brewing in the corner of a sunny room, your dog sleeping at your feet.

Or maybe it’s a tiny, charming storefront on Main Street. Customers wave as they pass. The local paper does an article on the “hot” new business in town. You’re a fixture in the community.

Now open your eyes. Please. Order a copy of Editor Christina Hamlett’s new book, Office for One: The Sole Proprietor’s Survival Guide, and come back to the real world. Owning and running a business alone is not always so dreamy. Seriously.

While there are many advice books on starting a business that employees multiple people—thus sharing the stress and burdens—there aren’t too many for entrepreneurs who want to go it alone.

Hamlett’s book fills this gap. Hamlett is a true veteran. A media relations expert and author, she’s penned 30 books, 156 plays, and hundreds of articles and interviews that appear online and in trade publications worldwide. She’s also a screenplay consultant and a ghostwriter.

Office for One includes a broad range of interviews and essays from contributors who straddle the business spectrum, offering insight and inspiration, as well as some well placed warnings.

One contributor likens owning a business to parenting. No other endeavor is more richly rewarding or more heartbreakingly difficult.

In the book’s foreword, Scott G. Hauge, President/Founder of Small Business California, puts it this way: “Are you ready to fail A LOT? Are you ready to make MISTAKES all the time? Are you ready to spend A LOT OF MONEY? Are you ready to MAKE DECISIONS that you've never made before?”

Hague encourages would-be solo entrepreneurs to take a comprehensive view. He writes: “Within these chapters of Office for One, you are provided expert resources, tips and ‘been there/done that’ insights that will not only help you start your own business but will help you evaluate as well whether this is truly the right decision for you, your lifestyle and your financial future.”

In the book, thirty-five essays grouped under fifteen headings address business aspects from the practical to the inspirational—budgeting, marketing, networking, and finding that business sweet spot where the heart meets the head.

Some of the headings include: Thinking Outside the Box at 25 vs. 55, Tuning Out the Naysayers, The Frugal Marketer, Balance and Boundaries, and If You Build It, They May (Or May Not) Come.

As a debut novelist, I particularly enjoyed the marketing, media relations, and networking advice. Hamlett has marketed an awful lot of creative work, so she knows what she’s talking about. To quote the old cliché, “It’s a jungle out there,” and in the deafening digital age, it’s tougher than ever to capture and HOLD the public’s attention. There are strategies to deal with this.

Office For One is a must-read for anyone contemplating going it alone in the business world. Entertaining as well as richly informative, the book is also encouraging. It’s clear that Hamlett and her contributors believe in the power of striking out on your own. But they want you to look before you leap. If you’re still game, then by all means go ahead and leap. Just keep your eyes open along the way.

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