Chapter One - Getting Started· Benefits to having your own home based business· Roadblocks to Success. Identifying and planning around your strengths and weaknesses

Lifestyle-specific benefits to having your own business and suggestions on which expenses may be considered tax deductible.

Self evaluation tools to help you take inventory of your personal strengths, and where to find resources to shore up your weaknesses.

Ask an accountant, or 'wing it' and maybe miss some valuable deductions. Even a good accountant may miss some deductions because he or she is unfamiliar with this business.

Not sure of what resources and attributes are needed. Waste time and money by not focusing on your strengths and by spending time doing things that you may not be well suited to do.

Save money by taking all legitimate deductions. Also save by providing information that will help your accountant set up the books.

Save time by identifying areas that will benefit from training or seeking help.

Chapter Two - Planning your success· Business Plan· Legal structure· On or Off Premise?· Insurance· Marketing· Accounting

Business planning. Step by step guide to planning your success.

How to protect yourself and your assets from individual and governmental attack. Examples of business legal structures and strengths and weaknesses of each. You should still consult with an attorney, but will be better prepared and spend less of their time and your money.

Step by step, lifestyle specific market planning guide. Determine who your target market is and how to attract them.

Accounting primer to help you understand business accounting principles in simple language. Gives you the ability to make better decisions when working with an accountant.

Start without a plan, or hire a planner to help you with the process.

'If you fail to plan, plan to fail'.

Unwittingly leave yourself and your family exposed or consult with an attorney - at $200 per hour.

As you can imagine, there are many techniques and issues that are specific to this business. You may hire a marketing consultant who knows little about the lifestyle, and who may steer you towards ineffective methods because they also make commissions on advertising.

Save dozens of hours and thousands of dollars finding and using the right planner and planning process for your unique business.

This chapter alone will pay for the workbook several times over.

Chapter Three - The Lady Suzanne Lifestyles Team· Mission Statement· Standards of quality and behavior· Finding a location· How to avoid unwanted attention

Practical guide on how to set up and run your club for maximum profitability and minimum problems. Use our mission statement as it is, or as a guide for yours.

Running your business without a mission statement and standards makes you susceptible to making decisions that are not in line with your goals.

Both you and your patrons have a sense of stability and direction.

Save 8 hours.

Chapter Four - Running your business· Enlisting Help· Conducting Seminars· The Social· Hospitality Suite (after hours)· Negotiation· Conflict resolution

Party planning. How to decorate the room, choose the food and play the music to ensure that your patrons have an enjoyable experience.

Party theme ideas and sample flyers.

Party Checklist. List of all the supplies and incidentals you will need to run your party.

Mixer games. Ideas to help your patrons be more relaxed and successful, which will keep them coming back.

Trial and error. Make up rules after you have an unexpected problem. Take the time and effort to figure everything out on your own.

Develop your own list over the next few months, as you realize that you don't have the things you need, when you need them.

You can and will come up with ideas on your own, but we give you a head start on successful parties.

Be well prepared, professional and efficient.

Save 25 hours over the first 3 months.

Chapter Five - Training patrons and helpers· Couples Seminar· Singles Seminar· Co-hosts

Training guide for your patrons, helpers (and yourself).

Don't have a seminar for new people (bad idea), or come up with your own by trial and error.Take the time to come up with a guide, or worse, have not guide at all.

Save 25 hours researching and preparing your seminar.

Sample Signs

Sample Forms

Membership applicationSingle's applicationSingle's questionnaire

Make up your own or pay to have them done.

Save 8 - 10 hours developing forms.

Sample Legal Documents

Sample LLC form to use as a guide for developing your own. You can, and should, still seek legal advice, but this will help you to be better prepared, saving time and money.

Have an attorney draw one up from scratch.

By having a guide to get you started, you will save between $500 and $750.