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by Elaine Currie
You have decided to start your own work at home typing business. Money is in short supply, so where do you start?
Identify Your Target
The first thing to do is to identify your potential customers. Don't bother asking big companies for work at home typing, you will be in competition with existing staff and employment agencies. Look around for small businesses, the smaller the better because they won't have support staff. Pick them out from classified ads in local newspapers, flyers and phone directories. Start with tradesmen such as auto mechanics, carpenters, washing machine repairers, plumbers, electricians, general builders, painters and decorators etc. Avoid any business connected with IT, they are almost certain to be keyboard literate.
Business Cards
Get business cards printed. You can get this done free of charge. Make sure that, in addition to your name and contact details, your card states that you offer a typing service. Get as many free business cards as you can, you will need them to hand out to everyone you meet as well as sending them out with mail shots.
Flyers
Have flyers printed. Flyers are very useful: they can be posted in locations where local traders will see them, delivered to targeted businesses and used in mail shots. If you want to hand out flyers or put them on windscreens in a car park, make sure you get whatever permission is needed from the land owner before you start.
Classified Ads
Place ads in any local newspapers, trade journals etc. which offer ad spots within your budget.
Free Ads
Many places such as shops, wholesalers, supermarkets and church halls have notice boards where you can place an ad free of charge. Take advantage of this and remember to return regularly to make sure your ad hasn't been removed or covered over.
Mailing List
Build a database containing the names and addresses of local companies and sole traders.
Brand Yourself
Make yourself a professional looking template with your word processor to use as a letterhead. If you opted for a logo on your business cards, repeat the logo on your business stationery.
Mail Shot
Set up a standard letter to be sent to all the people in your database. The letter should announce the service you are offering and ask the recipient to save your card for future reference. When you get your free business cards, you can do your first mailing shot.
Delivery
If you are able to target groups of companies in small areas, hand delivery of your letters is feasible but don't make the mistake of wasting gallons of fuel for the sake of saving a few pennies on postage.
The small traders will mainly fall into one of two categories: either they will have a computer and do their own typing of invoices, estimates etc or their typing work will be done by their wife, girlfriend or mother. Your want to find traders who don't like doing their own typing work and will be glad of help or whose wife/girlfriend is too busy and wants to get rid of the typing work.
If you get nothing from your first mail shot, don't despair, repeat it after a couple of weeks or a month. You can alternate between sending a flyer or a letter enclosing a business card. In the meantime, continue to add likely candidates to your mailing list. You need your offer of home typing work to be in the right places at the right times. When the plumber splits up from his girlfriend or the electrician's wife has a new baby to cope with, make sure they think of your home typing service. One of the best home typing jobs I had was for a local Private Detective. I just happened to be seeking typing at home work when his wife who had done his typing for years decided she'd had enough ot typing reports about adulterous husbands!
If you are lucky, you might hit a candidate for your services with your first shot and be in business practically overnight. It won't be big business but it will be a start. Give your clients an excellent typing service and chances are they will recommend you to other small traders. Personal recommendation is the most powerful form of advertising anyone could hope for. If you don't score a hit at the first try, keep repeating the mail shots. Make patience and persistence your watch words and you will succeed.
For more articles about working from home go to Work At Home or visit Elaine Currie at Work At Home Directory
To find legitimate work at home typing, visit http://www.startasecretarialbusiness.com
Friday, August 29, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Earn Money at Home - Typing
By Barb Thornback
Are there really typing at home jobs that will enable you to earn an income from home? Here are 5 points to consider.
1. Work at home typing online jobs range from data entry, clerical services, customer services, information processing and ad typing. If you are self motivated and have some experience in typing, then a home typing job could be the right decision for you.
2. Within these main categories the typing work may include setting up and preparing letters, reports and other text documents. Typing addresses or headings on form letters. Answering incoming mail and processing orders.
3. There are also opportunities for typing articles and classified ads. For many companies you get paid a commission when somebody buys the product being advertised from the ad that you typed and placed on the internet. Companies will provide training on how to type the ads and where to place them on the internet.
4. Make sure that you research the companies. Find out how long they have been in business, if you can easily contact them and read some independent reviews.
5. It is important to remember that you will have to work hard to make a good income with typing at home, but like every other job you get out what you put into it and the more experienced you become the easier it will be to earn a substantial income.
Work at home typing jobs can be a great way to earn money online and spend more time with your family as long as you spend some time researching the companies.
Barb Thornback invites you to visit her Ebiz Work From Home Directory where you will find many simple home business ideas to earn money at home.
Check out the Secretarial Business Start Up Kit and find out more about providing secretarial and word processing services from home.
Are there really typing at home jobs that will enable you to earn an income from home? Here are 5 points to consider.
1. Work at home typing online jobs range from data entry, clerical services, customer services, information processing and ad typing. If you are self motivated and have some experience in typing, then a home typing job could be the right decision for you.
2. Within these main categories the typing work may include setting up and preparing letters, reports and other text documents. Typing addresses or headings on form letters. Answering incoming mail and processing orders.
3. There are also opportunities for typing articles and classified ads. For many companies you get paid a commission when somebody buys the product being advertised from the ad that you typed and placed on the internet. Companies will provide training on how to type the ads and where to place them on the internet.
4. Make sure that you research the companies. Find out how long they have been in business, if you can easily contact them and read some independent reviews.
5. It is important to remember that you will have to work hard to make a good income with typing at home, but like every other job you get out what you put into it and the more experienced you become the easier it will be to earn a substantial income.
Work at home typing jobs can be a great way to earn money online and spend more time with your family as long as you spend some time researching the companies.
Barb Thornback invites you to visit her Ebiz Work From Home Directory where you will find many simple home business ideas to earn money at home.
Check out the Secretarial Business Start Up Kit and find out more about providing secretarial and word processing services from home.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Secretarial Services: Follow up with customers
Secretarial Services: Customer Follow up
Follow Up Letter for Past Customers - Why and How to Write It
Following up with your past customers is a proven way to make a lot of extra sales. Learn how to write money-making follow up messages...
Following up with your past customers is a proven way to make a lot of extra sales. You can simply write a promotional offer about one of your other products in the form of a follow up letter, and then send it to your customers email list.
Since your customers have already done business with you and like and trust you, they are more likely to buy something from you again. That's why selling to your previous customers is much easier and more cost effective than gaining new customers.
Email marketing is the easiest, fastest, and most affordable way to follow up with your customers. The cost of sending email letters is zero. You can also automate 95% of your email marketing campaign and follow up system to save a lot of time.
Writing a follow up email letter is not rocket science. Simply explain some of the most important benefits of your product and then provide your customers with a link to your online sales letter to learn more.
All of us receive some promotional emails every now and then. Some of them are very powerful, while others are poorly written and boring. If you save effective email messages that you receive on your computer, soon you'll have a collection of sample killer follow up messages to learn from. Read them carefully to discover their secrets to success, and then use that formula for your own follow up messages.
To your success!
Ladan Lashkari is a respected Internet marketing expert, and the owner of http://www.FreeNewsletterIdeas.com/ where you'll find creative email marketing ideas and helpful resources to start your own highly profitable email marketing campaign.
Note from Leva: Following up with your secretarial clients either by phone, traditional mail or email is very effective. It's a great way to introduce additional secretarial services and get repeat business and referral from your clients.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Secretarial Services: Follow up with customers
Follow Up Letter for Past Customers - Why and How to Write It
Following up with your past customers is a proven way to make a lot of extra sales. Learn how to write money-making follow up messages...
Following up with your past customers is a proven way to make a lot of extra sales. You can simply write a promotional offer about one of your other products in the form of a follow up letter, and then send it to your customers email list.
Since your customers have already done business with you and like and trust you, they are more likely to buy something from you again. That's why selling to your previous customers is much easier and more cost effective than gaining new customers.
Email marketing is the easiest, fastest, and most affordable way to follow up with your customers. The cost of sending email letters is zero. You can also automate 95% of your email marketing campaign and follow up system to save a lot of time.
Writing a follow up email letter is not rocket science. Simply explain some of the most important benefits of your product and then provide your customers with a link to your online sales letter to learn more.
All of us receive some promotional emails every now and then. Some of them are very powerful, while others are poorly written and boring. If you save effective email messages that you receive on your computer, soon you'll have a collection of sample killer follow up messages to learn from. Read them carefully to discover their secrets to success, and then use that formula for your own follow up messages.
To your success!
Ladan Lashkari is a respected Internet marketing expert, and the owner of http://www.FreeNewsletterIdeas.com/ where you'll find creative email marketing ideas and helpful resources to start your own highly profitable email marketing campaign.
Note from Leva: Following up with your secretarial clients either by phone, traditional mail or email is very effective. It's a great way to introduce additional secretarial services and get repeat business and referral from your clients.
Check out the Secretarial Business Start Up Kit and find out more about providing secretarial and word processing services from home.
Following up with your past customers is a proven way to make a lot of extra sales. Learn how to write money-making follow up messages...
Following up with your past customers is a proven way to make a lot of extra sales. You can simply write a promotional offer about one of your other products in the form of a follow up letter, and then send it to your customers email list.
Since your customers have already done business with you and like and trust you, they are more likely to buy something from you again. That's why selling to your previous customers is much easier and more cost effective than gaining new customers.
Email marketing is the easiest, fastest, and most affordable way to follow up with your customers. The cost of sending email letters is zero. You can also automate 95% of your email marketing campaign and follow up system to save a lot of time.
Writing a follow up email letter is not rocket science. Simply explain some of the most important benefits of your product and then provide your customers with a link to your online sales letter to learn more.
All of us receive some promotional emails every now and then. Some of them are very powerful, while others are poorly written and boring. If you save effective email messages that you receive on your computer, soon you'll have a collection of sample killer follow up messages to learn from. Read them carefully to discover their secrets to success, and then use that formula for your own follow up messages.
To your success!
Ladan Lashkari is a respected Internet marketing expert, and the owner of http://www.FreeNewsletterIdeas.com/ where you'll find creative email marketing ideas and helpful resources to start your own highly profitable email marketing campaign.
Note from Leva: Following up with your secretarial clients either by phone, traditional mail or email is very effective. It's a great way to introduce additional secretarial services and get repeat business and referral from your clients.
Check out the Secretarial Business Start Up Kit and find out more about providing secretarial and word processing services from home.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Secretarial Services - Start Your Own Business
Are you tired of waking up day after day, looking at yourself in the mirror, and realizing that you will never ultimately be happy working for somebody else?
Do you dream about financial freedom and inner happiness that can only result in working for yourself?
By working for yourself you will be improving your state of mind, your allotted personal free time, and essentially gaining control over your financial future.
Now comes the countless hours of research and questions. Where do I begin? What's the best business fit for me? Can I really afford to quit the daily drudgery of the rat-race and be my own boss? How much of an investment will I need to make? Will I succeed?
Well, I know it can all seem a bit overwhelming at first. It truly is a giant leap of faith to take all of your pre-conditioned misconceptions and experience in working for somebody else, and toss it all out the window. But once you understand that you can be the sole architect of your own future, and you take that leap of faith, you will find the stuff that you are really made of. Nobody will limit the extent of how far you can go, except yourself. You WILL be your own boss, and the feast or famine depends entirely on you.
Whatever your personal reasons for wanting to get out of the 9-5 rut you woke up and found yourself stuck in, everybody has dreams that they want to see breathed into fruition. Whether you want to spend more time with your family and friends, cut costs associated with job-related expenses such as travel and work attire, or if you simply work better independently; with the modern-day technology of the internet, and all of the global marketing exposure that it generates, take comfort in the fact that everybody has the power to manifest their own destiny in the 21st century!
That's where the beauty of owning and operating your own home business comes in. Working from home gives you the opportunity to work as much or as little as you wish, and there is no end to how much income you can generate, if you are motivated, and organized.
The first step is to develop an outline of your business plan. Thoroughly research all of your home- based options, and do as much networking as possible by talking to anybody and everybody you encounter. Go over your short-term and long-term goals, and remember, do not be afraid to think BIG! Confidence in yourself is absolutely crucial to becoming a successful entrepreneur. There will always be someone in your life who will try to trample on the garden of your dreams; you must learn to tune out these dream-killers and skeptics with the knowledge that one day you will make them eat their own words, and your dreams will blossom and flourish abundantly if you feed and encourage them!
First of all, you have to have a business idea. Let’s look at some legitimate home business ideas to begin with; let’s get some ideas going here!
Web design, Graphic design, Internet marketing, Secretarial Service, Medical Transcriptionist, Home Parties, (there’s lots of these around and you can definitely make good money if you stick with them), Pet Sitting, Errand Runner, Copywriter, Real Estate, Photographer, Caterer, Furniture Maker, Candle Making, Wedding Consultant, Computer Tuition, Music Lessons, Insurance Agent.
There’s loads more, but as you can see, it is possible to find something you enjoy that can be a great home business. You might have to take some classes to begin with if you don’t have a skill. It depends what you are looking for.
The trick with any home business is to ease your way into one. Keep your regular job while you develop your home business. Start your business part-time and let it build. When it reaches the point where you are making enough money, you can quit your regular job. This way, you won’t be taking risks and depending on a new business to support you right away.
All the above mentioned businesses are relatively low cost start-up businesses. Forget having to invest hundreds of thousands just to start your own business. Some of the most successful businesses were started on a shoe-string, or thereabouts! With a little bit of research and determination, you can definitely realize your dreams of having your own home based business!
Michele Miller is a home-based medical transcriptionist. I highly recommend her book,
The Step-by-Step Guide To Medical Transcription at Home. Visit
http://www.startasecretarialbusiness.com/medical-transcription.
Avoid typing and data entry work scams
Visit http://www.typing-and-data-entry-scams.com/
Looking for legitimate typing work from home?
Do you dream about financial freedom and inner happiness that can only result in working for yourself?
By working for yourself you will be improving your state of mind, your allotted personal free time, and essentially gaining control over your financial future.
Now comes the countless hours of research and questions. Where do I begin? What's the best business fit for me? Can I really afford to quit the daily drudgery of the rat-race and be my own boss? How much of an investment will I need to make? Will I succeed?
Well, I know it can all seem a bit overwhelming at first. It truly is a giant leap of faith to take all of your pre-conditioned misconceptions and experience in working for somebody else, and toss it all out the window. But once you understand that you can be the sole architect of your own future, and you take that leap of faith, you will find the stuff that you are really made of. Nobody will limit the extent of how far you can go, except yourself. You WILL be your own boss, and the feast or famine depends entirely on you.
Whatever your personal reasons for wanting to get out of the 9-5 rut you woke up and found yourself stuck in, everybody has dreams that they want to see breathed into fruition. Whether you want to spend more time with your family and friends, cut costs associated with job-related expenses such as travel and work attire, or if you simply work better independently; with the modern-day technology of the internet, and all of the global marketing exposure that it generates, take comfort in the fact that everybody has the power to manifest their own destiny in the 21st century!
That's where the beauty of owning and operating your own home business comes in. Working from home gives you the opportunity to work as much or as little as you wish, and there is no end to how much income you can generate, if you are motivated, and organized.
The first step is to develop an outline of your business plan. Thoroughly research all of your home- based options, and do as much networking as possible by talking to anybody and everybody you encounter. Go over your short-term and long-term goals, and remember, do not be afraid to think BIG! Confidence in yourself is absolutely crucial to becoming a successful entrepreneur. There will always be someone in your life who will try to trample on the garden of your dreams; you must learn to tune out these dream-killers and skeptics with the knowledge that one day you will make them eat their own words, and your dreams will blossom and flourish abundantly if you feed and encourage them!
First of all, you have to have a business idea. Let’s look at some legitimate home business ideas to begin with; let’s get some ideas going here!
Web design, Graphic design, Internet marketing, Secretarial Service, Medical Transcriptionist, Home Parties, (there’s lots of these around and you can definitely make good money if you stick with them), Pet Sitting, Errand Runner, Copywriter, Real Estate, Photographer, Caterer, Furniture Maker, Candle Making, Wedding Consultant, Computer Tuition, Music Lessons, Insurance Agent.
There’s loads more, but as you can see, it is possible to find something you enjoy that can be a great home business. You might have to take some classes to begin with if you don’t have a skill. It depends what you are looking for.
The trick with any home business is to ease your way into one. Keep your regular job while you develop your home business. Start your business part-time and let it build. When it reaches the point where you are making enough money, you can quit your regular job. This way, you won’t be taking risks and depending on a new business to support you right away.
All the above mentioned businesses are relatively low cost start-up businesses. Forget having to invest hundreds of thousands just to start your own business. Some of the most successful businesses were started on a shoe-string, or thereabouts! With a little bit of research and determination, you can definitely realize your dreams of having your own home based business!
Michele Miller is a home-based medical transcriptionist. I highly recommend her book,
The Step-by-Step Guide To Medical Transcription at Home. Visit
http://www.startasecretarialbusiness.com/medical-transcription.
Avoid typing and data entry work scams
Visit http://www.typing-and-data-entry-scams.com/
Looking for legitimate typing work from home?
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Secretarial Services - Save Money On Revisions
How to Save Money on Revisions
by Leva Duell
Copyright © 2005-2008
Apply the tips below to clearly indicate document revisions. When you indicate changes clearly, revisions will be quicker and more accurate, and your secretarial bills will be lower!
Editing a hard copy
· Write or print legibly.
· Make corrections with a red pen. Do not use a blue pen or a pencil. Blue doesn't copy or fax well.
· Place a check mark next to every line that has edits.
· Cross out the wrong word and put the correct one above it with a caret (^).
· If there is not enough room to make the corrections and additions legibly, number them and write them on a separate piece of paper. Clearly indicate where the additions need to be inserted.
· Highlight missing information on the original document.
· When deleting large sections or pages, cross them out.
· When moving large sections or pages, leave the information in the original sequence so the typist can find it. Indicate the beginning and end of the material you are moving. Number the sections and indicate where you want to move the text.
Editing a computer file
Do not make minor edits in a computer file. If you do, the typist will have to compare the revised document with the original word for word. Instead give the typist instructions on what to change. When making changes yourself, use your word processor's highlight tool to mark the changes or change the color of the text.
Make a good impression with error-free documents. While your typist, secretary, or secretarial service will do their best to provide error-free work, always take the time to proofread the document yourself.
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You can reprint this article on your web site if you include this Resource Box:
How to start and run a successful home-based secretarial business and cash in on the high demand for secretarial services.
Visit http://www.startasecretarialservice.com.
by Leva Duell
Copyright © 2005-2008
Apply the tips below to clearly indicate document revisions. When you indicate changes clearly, revisions will be quicker and more accurate, and your secretarial bills will be lower!
Editing a hard copy
· Write or print legibly.
· Make corrections with a red pen. Do not use a blue pen or a pencil. Blue doesn't copy or fax well.
· Place a check mark next to every line that has edits.
· Cross out the wrong word and put the correct one above it with a caret (^).
· If there is not enough room to make the corrections and additions legibly, number them and write them on a separate piece of paper. Clearly indicate where the additions need to be inserted.
· Highlight missing information on the original document.
· When deleting large sections or pages, cross them out.
· When moving large sections or pages, leave the information in the original sequence so the typist can find it. Indicate the beginning and end of the material you are moving. Number the sections and indicate where you want to move the text.
Editing a computer file
Do not make minor edits in a computer file. If you do, the typist will have to compare the revised document with the original word for word. Instead give the typist instructions on what to change. When making changes yourself, use your word processor's highlight tool to mark the changes or change the color of the text.
Make a good impression with error-free documents. While your typist, secretary, or secretarial service will do their best to provide error-free work, always take the time to proofread the document yourself.
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You can reprint this article on your web site if you include this Resource Box:
How to start and run a successful home-based secretarial business and cash in on the high demand for secretarial services.
Visit http://www.startasecretarialservice.com.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Running a Secretarial Business - What Equipment Do You Need?
To provide secretarial services and start a secretarial business, you will need a computer, major word processing program, and a printer.
You don't need a high-end computer for word processing. You can even get a used computer. You'll only need a more powerful system if you want to provide graphic design or web design services.
Most computers come with a word processing program. When providing secretarial and word processing services, I recommend using Microsoft Word because most of your clients will use it.
Many secretarial services start their business with an inkjet printer because inkjets are less expensive than laser printers. A laser printer provides better quality printouts and faster speed. Your clients will expect laser printouts if you provide graphic design or resumes services.
Some clients may want to fax you documents they want typed. You can use your computer to send and receive faxes but you'll only be able to send faxes of documents you have in your computer.
Transcription can be a good profit center for a secretarial service as it can provide you with many hours of typing work. In addition to medical professionals, a wide range of individuals and organizations outsource transcription services. Your transcription clients may include insurance companies, universities, financial institutions, authors, consultants, focus groups and public speakers.
To provide transcription services, you will need a transcription machine. Transcribers have a headset and foot pedal that allows you to stop and rewind the cassette with your feet while having your hands available for typing. Cassettes for traditional tape transcription come in different sizes: mini cassettes, standard cassettes and micro cassettes. Until you have a transcription client, you won't know which size cassettes you'll get. Talk to your prospective clients before buying any transcription equipment.
Digital transcription is becoming more popular. Although the majority of physicians and businesses are still using tapes to record dictation, many are starting to use digital voice recorders.
Transcription machines are available from Sony, Panasonic, Olympus, Lanier, Sanyo, and Dictaphone. Check local and online office supply stores such as Office Depot, OfficeMax and Office Direct.
You can buy new and used transcription machines, computers, and other equipment at a fraction of the cost at eBay.
If you already have a computer, you can start a secretarial business and provide secretarial services and word processing inexpensively. You can start your secretarial business with just a computer and printer and buy additional equipment or software later when a project requires it.
Looking for legitimate typing work at home? Find out how to get home typing jobs and freelance typing work and avoid typing and data entry scams. Visit http://www.typing-and-data-entry-scams.com/
You don't need a high-end computer for word processing. You can even get a used computer. You'll only need a more powerful system if you want to provide graphic design or web design services.
Most computers come with a word processing program. When providing secretarial and word processing services, I recommend using Microsoft Word because most of your clients will use it.
Many secretarial services start their business with an inkjet printer because inkjets are less expensive than laser printers. A laser printer provides better quality printouts and faster speed. Your clients will expect laser printouts if you provide graphic design or resumes services.
Some clients may want to fax you documents they want typed. You can use your computer to send and receive faxes but you'll only be able to send faxes of documents you have in your computer.
Transcription can be a good profit center for a secretarial service as it can provide you with many hours of typing work. In addition to medical professionals, a wide range of individuals and organizations outsource transcription services. Your transcription clients may include insurance companies, universities, financial institutions, authors, consultants, focus groups and public speakers.
To provide transcription services, you will need a transcription machine. Transcribers have a headset and foot pedal that allows you to stop and rewind the cassette with your feet while having your hands available for typing. Cassettes for traditional tape transcription come in different sizes: mini cassettes, standard cassettes and micro cassettes. Until you have a transcription client, you won't know which size cassettes you'll get. Talk to your prospective clients before buying any transcription equipment.
Digital transcription is becoming more popular. Although the majority of physicians and businesses are still using tapes to record dictation, many are starting to use digital voice recorders.
Transcription machines are available from Sony, Panasonic, Olympus, Lanier, Sanyo, and Dictaphone. Check local and online office supply stores such as Office Depot, OfficeMax and Office Direct.
You can buy new and used transcription machines, computers, and other equipment at a fraction of the cost at eBay.
If you already have a computer, you can start a secretarial business and provide secretarial services and word processing inexpensively. You can start your secretarial business with just a computer and printer and buy additional equipment or software later when a project requires it.
Looking for legitimate typing work at home? Find out how to get home typing jobs and freelance typing work and avoid typing and data entry scams. Visit http://www.typing-and-data-entry-scams.com/
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Secretarial Services: Follow up with customers
Follow Up Letter for Past Customers - Why and How to Write It
Following up with your past customers is a proven way to make a lot of extra sales. Learn how to write money-making follow up messages...
Following up with your past customers is a proven way to make a lot of extra sales. You can simply write a promotional offer about one of your other products in the form of a follow up letter, and then send it to your customers email list. Since your customers have already done business with you and like and trust you, they are more likely to buy something from you again. That's why selling to your previous customers is much easier and more cost effective than gaining new customers.
Email marketing is the easiest, fastest, and most affordable way to follow up with your customers. The cost of sending email letters is zero. You can also automate 95% of your email marketing campaign and follow up system to save a lot of time.
Writing a follow up email letter is not rocket science. Simply explain some of the most important benefits of your product and then provide your customers with a link to your online sales letter to learn more. All of us receive some promotional emails every now and then. Some of them are very powerful, while others are poorly written and boring. If you save effective email messages that you receive on your computer, soon you'll have a collection of sample killer follow up messages to learn from. Read them carefully to discover their secrets to success, and then use that formula for your own follow up messages.
To your success! Ladan Lashkari is a respected Internet marketing expert, and the owner of http://www.FreeNewsletterIdeas.com/ where you'll find creative email marketing ideas and helpful resources to start your own highly profitable email marketing campaign.
Note from Leva: Following up with your clients is very effective for secretarial services. It is the easiest way to get more secretarial work and get referrals. You can talk to your clients on the phone, send them a letter or postcards or send them emails.
Following up with your past customers is a proven way to make a lot of extra sales. Learn how to write money-making follow up messages...
Following up with your past customers is a proven way to make a lot of extra sales. You can simply write a promotional offer about one of your other products in the form of a follow up letter, and then send it to your customers email list. Since your customers have already done business with you and like and trust you, they are more likely to buy something from you again. That's why selling to your previous customers is much easier and more cost effective than gaining new customers.
Email marketing is the easiest, fastest, and most affordable way to follow up with your customers. The cost of sending email letters is zero. You can also automate 95% of your email marketing campaign and follow up system to save a lot of time.
Writing a follow up email letter is not rocket science. Simply explain some of the most important benefits of your product and then provide your customers with a link to your online sales letter to learn more. All of us receive some promotional emails every now and then. Some of them are very powerful, while others are poorly written and boring. If you save effective email messages that you receive on your computer, soon you'll have a collection of sample killer follow up messages to learn from. Read them carefully to discover their secrets to success, and then use that formula for your own follow up messages.
To your success! Ladan Lashkari is a respected Internet marketing expert, and the owner of http://www.FreeNewsletterIdeas.com/ where you'll find creative email marketing ideas and helpful resources to start your own highly profitable email marketing campaign.
Note from Leva: Following up with your clients is very effective for secretarial services. It is the easiest way to get more secretarial work and get referrals. You can talk to your clients on the phone, send them a letter or postcards or send them emails.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Turn Typing Skills Into Cash
Turning Keyboarding Skills Into Cash!
Most with excellent keyboarding skills wonder if it is possible to use this talent in a home business venture. Unfortunately, many would be entrepreneurs often fall prey to the misleading ads on and off-line recruiting work at home typist. Most of these ads are blatant scams.
The companies behind these ads are basically selling outdated information, manuals, or a list of potential customers.
Fortunately, many legitimate ways exist to use your keyboarding skills in a home based venture.
Here is a list of the top ten work at home jobs you might consider. These ideas rely heavily on using your keyboarding skills along with knowledge in other specialized areas you may already possess.
Accounting/Bookkeeping Service - Involves preparing financial records, payroll and invoicing for small business owners.
Bulk Mailing Service - Involves handling mass marketing mail for your clients.
Desktop Publishing - Providing printing services for clients.
Graphic Service - Producing professionally designed logos and brochures for clients.
Manuscript Typist - You can start your service by offering to type manuscripts for authors or college students.
Resume Typist - to type new resumes for your clients or edit and retype outdated resumes.
Secretarial Service - Your services might include typing, writing letters and mailing. Or transcription, basic bookkeeping, dictation, and other office support services for small business owners.
Transcription Service - You might decide to specialize in legal, business, or medical transcribing.
Tax Preparation - You might specialize in tax preparation for individuals or small business owners.
Newsletter Publishing People like to stay up to date on the latest news in their field or technological advances. You might decide to write and publish a newsletter in a highly focused area. All easily accomplished with basic keyboarding skills, a computer, word processing software, and an Internet connection.
All the work at home ideas listed will require at least a basic desktop computer that delivers fast performance. A CD and DVD drive are mandatory in these modern times to keep your business in step with the technological advances.
The ability to burn CDs is essential. Of course you will need the basic software, a laser printer, a good word processing program, database and high quality graphics, accounting/bookkeeping programs. A dedicated fax machine and line are essential.
You will also need a dedicated business telephone line if you want to appear professional. This will also boost your credibility when dealing with clients over the telephone.
Also, check licensing requirements in your home state. Contact your local Small Business Administration office. They provide free information on starting a business.
by B Lee (C ) - BB Lee is the editor and publisher of SmallBizBits News. Subscribe now and receive several free ebooks and fun software programs. http://www.smallbizbitsnews.com/ (note from publisher - this web site is no longer available)
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Most with excellent keyboarding skills wonder if it is possible to use this talent in a home business venture. Unfortunately, many would be entrepreneurs often fall prey to the misleading ads on and off-line recruiting work at home typist. Most of these ads are blatant scams.
The companies behind these ads are basically selling outdated information, manuals, or a list of potential customers.
Fortunately, many legitimate ways exist to use your keyboarding skills in a home based venture.
Here is a list of the top ten work at home jobs you might consider. These ideas rely heavily on using your keyboarding skills along with knowledge in other specialized areas you may already possess.
Accounting/Bookkeeping Service - Involves preparing financial records, payroll and invoicing for small business owners.
Bulk Mailing Service - Involves handling mass marketing mail for your clients.
Desktop Publishing - Providing printing services for clients.
Graphic Service - Producing professionally designed logos and brochures for clients.
Manuscript Typist - You can start your service by offering to type manuscripts for authors or college students.
Resume Typist - to type new resumes for your clients or edit and retype outdated resumes.
Secretarial Service - Your services might include typing, writing letters and mailing. Or transcription, basic bookkeeping, dictation, and other office support services for small business owners.
Transcription Service - You might decide to specialize in legal, business, or medical transcribing.
Tax Preparation - You might specialize in tax preparation for individuals or small business owners.
Newsletter Publishing People like to stay up to date on the latest news in their field or technological advances. You might decide to write and publish a newsletter in a highly focused area. All easily accomplished with basic keyboarding skills, a computer, word processing software, and an Internet connection.
All the work at home ideas listed will require at least a basic desktop computer that delivers fast performance. A CD and DVD drive are mandatory in these modern times to keep your business in step with the technological advances.
The ability to burn CDs is essential. Of course you will need the basic software, a laser printer, a good word processing program, database and high quality graphics, accounting/bookkeeping programs. A dedicated fax machine and line are essential.
You will also need a dedicated business telephone line if you want to appear professional. This will also boost your credibility when dealing with clients over the telephone.
Also, check licensing requirements in your home state. Contact your local Small Business Administration office. They provide free information on starting a business.
by B Lee (C ) - BB Lee is the editor and publisher of SmallBizBits News. Subscribe now and receive several free ebooks and fun software programs. http://www.smallbizbitsnews.com/ (note from publisher - this web site is no longer available)
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Looking for legitimate typing work at home? Get a roadmap for success from successful secretarial services and avoid typing and data entry scams. Visit http://www.typing-and-data-entry-scams.com/
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Freelance secretarial services
secretarial service - freelance work
Looking For Freelance Work? Here are several ways to find freelance work, work at home and at home jobs.
- Make money with freelance writing.
- Make money with photography.
- Start an Internet business.
- Ebay is the greatest money-making opportunity in history. Don't miss out. Click here to find out how to make money with eBay. http://www.startasecretarialbusiness.com/home-businesses/ebay.html
- Ask your employer for an at home job. Your employer already knows you and knows your experience and skills.
- Start your own business. Look for a home based business that matches your skills, experience, and interests. This is the best way to create at home jobs
Here's more resources for freelance, telecommuting, telework, off-site work, and work at home:
Find freelance work or a home based business that's right for you. Analyze your skill, experience, and interests. For example, if you have typing skills, consider starting a home based secretarial business.
If you are interested in starting a legitimate home based business, explore our other legitimate home based businesses.
Looking for typing work at home? Start a secretarial business. The Secretarial-Business-in-a-Box provides instant tools you need to start and run a successful secretarial service. Free articles and business start-up newsletter at http://www.startasecretarialbusiness.com/.
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Looking for legitimate typing work at home?
Get a roadmap for success from successful secretarial services
and avoid typing and data entry scams.
Visit http://www.typing-and-data-entry-scams.com
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Secretarial Services Telecommuting
Is Telecommuting Right For You?
By Mark Flavin
Telecommuting is defined as working from the comforts of your own home, for an employer who is situated many miles away. Everything can be done via your computer, and communication is facilitated via phone calls, emails, fax messages and other means made possible by modern technology.
Much like any other job, you have to seek out vacancies, and often, you would have to apply for the position. You may be subjected to some requirements before you could be admitted.
There are many kinds of telecommuting opportunities. Here are some of them:
1. Working as a digital secretary. You will be tasked to do what a normal secretary would do. The difference is that you won’t have to report to a work place, and yes, you won’t have to prepare coffee for your boss. Everything that would require your care and attention, and every work that is covered by your job description, can be sent via email or fax machine. You just have to convey to your employer what is needed to be conveyed, and submit what are needed to be submitted, through digital methods.
Note from Leva: Click here for more information about providing home-based secretarial services and virtual assistant services.
2. Medical transcription. This is an emerging field in telecommuting. You would have to transcribe some audio files that would be sent by your employer. These audio files are recorded by doctors and other medical professionals, and they need them in hard copy, i.e. written form. The job pays around $0.04 to $0.15 per line, which isn’t bad considering that all you’ll have to do is to write down what you will get to hear. One audio file can be as long as 15 pages, which is equivalent to an hour or an hour and half work. Being a medical transcriptionist requires familiarity with medical terms, however. There are some medical transcription courses available, both online and offline. Some of them last for 30 hours. Others for 6 months.
Note from Leva: Check out Michele's information about providing medical transcription from home.
3. Legal transcription. Much like medical transcription, only, you would have to transcribe audio files sent in my practicing attorneys. You’d need some basic knowledge of legal terms for this one. And there are likewise legal transcription courses available online and offline.
Note from Leva: Find out how to start a secretarial service and provide business transcription and legal transcription (if you have legal experience).
4. Help desk representative. You will be briefed about the employer’s products or services, and you will be tasked to accept calls at home and answer the customers’ needs on behalf of your employer. Some would require you to answer via your phone line. Others employ VoIP over the internet.
5. Collection agent. You would have to make calls for and on behalf of the employer to attempt to collect debts that have become due and demandable.
There are other opportunities that are available under telecommuting. The common denominator among them is that you will be paid by the hour, compared to freelancing where you will be paid for every delivery and where the fee is pegged per project.
When looking for open positions, it is best to consult with appropriate website in the World Wide Web. The best of these websites is www.craigslist.com, an online classified section filled with thousands and thousands of job opportunities. What differs this from other similar websites like www.hotjobs.com and www.jobstreet.com is that every ad has a designation about whether or not it is a telecommuting position. This would make your search narrower and more precise.
Personally, however, I feel that there is only so much you could earn via telecommuting. Remember that your earning potential is determined by how much you work, hence, your earnings are pretty much set per day. Rare are the times when you could earn more than what you have signed up for.
Mark Flavin is an online marketing expert. Mark specialises in website traffic generation, affiliate program promotion & email marketing. You can find out his secrets for free at http://www.markflavin.com/ Mark recommends The Business Professional for increasing your profits online - http://www.markflavin.com/business.html
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Looking for legitimate typing work at home? Get a roadmap for success from successful secretarial services and avoid typing and data entry scams. Visit http://www.typing-and-data-entry-scams.com/
By Mark Flavin
Telecommuting is defined as working from the comforts of your own home, for an employer who is situated many miles away. Everything can be done via your computer, and communication is facilitated via phone calls, emails, fax messages and other means made possible by modern technology.
Much like any other job, you have to seek out vacancies, and often, you would have to apply for the position. You may be subjected to some requirements before you could be admitted.
There are many kinds of telecommuting opportunities. Here are some of them:
1. Working as a digital secretary. You will be tasked to do what a normal secretary would do. The difference is that you won’t have to report to a work place, and yes, you won’t have to prepare coffee for your boss. Everything that would require your care and attention, and every work that is covered by your job description, can be sent via email or fax machine. You just have to convey to your employer what is needed to be conveyed, and submit what are needed to be submitted, through digital methods.
Note from Leva: Click here for more information about providing home-based secretarial services and virtual assistant services.
2. Medical transcription. This is an emerging field in telecommuting. You would have to transcribe some audio files that would be sent by your employer. These audio files are recorded by doctors and other medical professionals, and they need them in hard copy, i.e. written form. The job pays around $0.04 to $0.15 per line, which isn’t bad considering that all you’ll have to do is to write down what you will get to hear. One audio file can be as long as 15 pages, which is equivalent to an hour or an hour and half work. Being a medical transcriptionist requires familiarity with medical terms, however. There are some medical transcription courses available, both online and offline. Some of them last for 30 hours. Others for 6 months.
Note from Leva: Check out Michele's information about providing medical transcription from home.
3. Legal transcription. Much like medical transcription, only, you would have to transcribe audio files sent in my practicing attorneys. You’d need some basic knowledge of legal terms for this one. And there are likewise legal transcription courses available online and offline.
Note from Leva: Find out how to start a secretarial service and provide business transcription and legal transcription (if you have legal experience).
4. Help desk representative. You will be briefed about the employer’s products or services, and you will be tasked to accept calls at home and answer the customers’ needs on behalf of your employer. Some would require you to answer via your phone line. Others employ VoIP over the internet.
5. Collection agent. You would have to make calls for and on behalf of the employer to attempt to collect debts that have become due and demandable.
There are other opportunities that are available under telecommuting. The common denominator among them is that you will be paid by the hour, compared to freelancing where you will be paid for every delivery and where the fee is pegged per project.
When looking for open positions, it is best to consult with appropriate website in the World Wide Web. The best of these websites is www.craigslist.com, an online classified section filled with thousands and thousands of job opportunities. What differs this from other similar websites like www.hotjobs.com and www.jobstreet.com is that every ad has a designation about whether or not it is a telecommuting position. This would make your search narrower and more precise.
Personally, however, I feel that there is only so much you could earn via telecommuting. Remember that your earning potential is determined by how much you work, hence, your earnings are pretty much set per day. Rare are the times when you could earn more than what you have signed up for.
Mark Flavin is an online marketing expert. Mark specialises in website traffic generation, affiliate program promotion & email marketing. You can find out his secrets for free at http://www.markflavin.com/ Mark recommends The Business Professional for increasing your profits online - http://www.markflavin.com/business.html
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Looking for legitimate typing work at home? Get a roadmap for success from successful secretarial services and avoid typing and data entry scams. Visit http://www.typing-and-data-entry-scams.com/
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