Erma Bombeck's humor meets Jean Chatzky's business sense in this practical guide to juggling a home-based business and a family. Who better than the founder of WAHM.com, the highly popular Web site for work-at-home moms, and author of a widely-read column and cartoon about home office life to give effective advice about balancing a career and a family?
In IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE AND A ZOO IN HERE, Cheryl Demas relays helpful and hilarious anecdotes about her own experiences leaving the Jungle (workplace) and entering the Zoo (home office). Readers will discover how to plan based on personal circumstances; avoid scams; set up a workable home office and promote a business; juggle children and work demands; and more. Filled with Cheryl's popular cartoons, this book is every working mother's best friend.
This conversational, supportive guide contains humorous essays and cartoons, combined with practical advice, to create a great resource for women looking to start a home business, as well as for those already working at home.
Topics cover all aspects of the work-at-home lifestyle: choosing a business, making the transition, working with children (and husbands), taking care of yourself, promoting the business, and more.
Author Cheryl Demas is the founder of WAHM.com, and a leading advocate for moms who wish to work-at-home while caring for their children. Demas and WAHM.com have been feature in BusinessWeek, USA Today, Newsweek, Forbes The Chicago Sun Times, and the LA Times, among others.
