Best Home Businesses for People 50+

by Edwards, Paul; Edwards, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9781585423804
• ISBN10: 1585423807
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-07
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Paul and Sarah Edwards offer advice on self-employment to millions of people through bestselling guides, radio and television shows, online venues, and their popular newspaper and magazine columns.

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Rest of Your Life . . . Your Way	1	(16)
SERVING BUSINESS CLIENTS
Bookkeeper	17	(4)
Consultant	21	(7)
Desktop Publisher	28	(4)
Editing and Other Editorial Services	32	(6)
Information Broker	38	(6)
Interim or Contract Executive	44	(5)
Mailing List Service	49	(6)
Medical Billing	55	(6)
Medical Coding	61	(5)
Medical Transcription	66	(6)
Secretarial and Office-Support Services	72	(6)
Technical Writer	78	(6)
Virtual Assistant	84	(7)
SERVING BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS
Caretaking	91	(4)
Cleaning Service	95	(6)
Coach	101	(5)
Computer Consultant	106	(5)
Errand Service	111	(5)
Gift Basket Business	116	(5)
Makeup Artist	121	(7)
Mediator	128	(7)
Mobile Notary	135	(3)
Mobile Screen Installation and Repair	138	(5)
Personal Historian and Scrapbooking	143	(5)
Professional Investigator and Security Consultant	148	(8)
Professional Organizer	156	(5)
Restoration Services	161	(5)
Tax Preparer	166	(5)
Writing Coach and Writer	171	(8)
HELPING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
Daily Money Manager	179	(4)
Direct Selling	183	(6)
Doula	189	(5)
Environmental Assessment and Inspection	194	(6)
Elder Care	200	(7)
Estate Sale Services	207	(6)
Facialist/Aesthetician	213	(5)
Family Child Care	218	(6)
Feng Shui Practitioner	224	(5)
Financial Planner	229	(9)
Fitness Trainer/Coach	238	(7)
Professional Gardening and Landscaping	245	(5)
Handyman	250	(6)
Home Inspector	256	(5)
Image Consultant	261	(7)
Personal Chef	268	(4)
Pet Groomer	272	(5)
Pet Taxi Service	277	(5)
Resume Writer	282	(5)
Tutoring	287	(7)
Web Merchant and Auction Trader	294	(6)
Wedding Consultant and Planner	300	(11)
TURNING YOUR HOBBY INTO INCOME
Antiquing	311	(6)
Aromatherapy	317	(6)
Astrologer	323	(5)
Basket Making and Chair Caning	328	(6)
Cake Baking and Decorating	334	(6)
Calligraphy	340	(3)
Candle Making	343	(5)
Ceramics	348	(6)
Chair Making	354	(4)
Dog Walking	358	(4)
Gardening and Growing Flowers, Food, and Herbs	362	(10)
Pet Party Service	372	(5)
Pet-Sitting	377	(5)
Pet Training	382	(5)
Photographer	387	(8)
Quilting	395	(4)
Sewing and Specialty Seamstress	399	(8)
Soap Making	407	(4)
Travel Services	411	(11)
About the Authors	422