Diana Ennen, a past guest of A Virtual Perception (Episode 29)was kind enough to send me a copy of her newest book: So You Want to Be a Work-At-Home Mom: A Christian’s Guide to Starting a Home Based Business – co-authored by Jill Hart.

I recently had a chance to sit down and read through the book and boy, does it touch on so many different topics a mother that wishes to work from home will need to get her business up and running.  First, I need to preface this by stating, I myself am not a mother. However, being in the virtual assistant industry for almost two years now, I have formed friendships with virtual assistants that are work-at-home mothers. The topics in this book are not only great for those who want to be work-at-home moms, but for other women who wish to build a home based business as well.

Such topics that Jill and Diana cover are choosing a business type, business management, marketing, press releases and more.  Some notable mom-worthy topics include Telephone Basics — how to handle interruptions from your children when you are on the phone. Come on, you know these types of interruptions are bound to happen! While I don’t have any children of the human variety,  interruptions from my cat and dog (my children at the present time) have occurred in the past!

There is one topic that was included in the book that I was very very happy to see. And that topic is Podcasting! Thank you Jill and Diana for including the topic of using Podcasting to market and grow your business in your book. As a podcast producer, I am always thrilled when this topic is included in business books.

For me, the gold in the book are the chapters and topics devoted to working at home with children. Like I said before, I am not a work-at-home mom currently, but if someday I am – knowing what to look forward to and how to handle certain situations that may come up throughout the course of the day (like entertaining a child while working, naptime, sick children, etc.) is a resource like no other.

Overall, the book is a great primer for work-at-home mothers in training. Nice job Diana and Jill. I am going to go pull my high-heels out of the closet now and dress for success! (A reference to Work-At-Home Fashion Tips on page 206 of the book ;) )

To learn more about this book visit: http://www.soyouwanttobeawahm.com