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By Elaine
Currie
Intro: I have another article
which tells about starting a work at home typing business which
you should check out as well if you are interested in this in any
way. Some great ideas for starting a typing business, but look at
it as a part-time gig to begin with unless you get lucky and find
the perfect client who wants you at the rates you want to charge.
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 of 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.
There are more home based
business articles - Click
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