Review: Good book but title is misleading
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
This is a generally good book by author Seth Asare. There are a number of pros to this book. I was able to read it thoroughly from cover to cover in just a few hours time, and the book itself is well-written and shows a generally excellent command of the English language and of the grammar. The large print makes it easy on the eyes, and the stock graphics are presented in a manner which merges well with the text itself. The book is quite easy to read, flows well, and it is easy to understand the concepts being presented, particularly in the first half of the book.On the downside, I'll be a bit more specific. Some of the references are a bit outdated (from keys in the book, likely was written before FB went public). It's still very good despite this. The biggest con to this book is that there are no specific details on making money itself on the internet, leading me to feel that the title is misleading. I'm sure there are a number of ways to actually make money online, but there are few mentions of companies that would assist with this goal mentioned, other than ClickBank.However, there's an upside even to this negativity. Mr. Asare helps the reader, through a list of questions on various things, to think about what they are doing and where they are going. Just in talking about setting up a website, he brings up a number of important points to consider, listed as a series of questions that anyone intending to start an online business really needs to think about in-depth.Mr. Asare spends quite a bit of time on search engine optimization, or SEO, and related subject matter, such as pay-per-click advertising. This may be helpful to people who want to know more about how it works, but for an internet entrepreneur, it's a bit of an information overload on doing it yourself. Once again, though, Mr. Asare manages to pull off a hat trick, by bringing up a number of questions you need to consider in this respect.On the social networking aspect, Mr. Asare is quite thorough in how to set up accounts, but his writing rather falls apart at this point, particularly on Facebook. There is a great deal of information on how to set up a Facebook account, but very little information on how to use it to make money.Overall, I give the book four stars. It's got a number of extremely good points in it's favor, but the title itself is misleading and the content shows little to nothing in how to actually make money by working from home. In order to live up to the title, I'd expect to see a more comprehensive list of actual companies that allow people to work from home and how to apply to work with them. Three stars for serious effort on Mr. Asare's part to help readers think about various things that are important and a fourth for all the positives (comfortable print size, easy to read, good command of language and grammer). One star deducted for the misleading title and lack of content that matches the title.