Home Secretarial Work

Starting a home based secretarial service is a proven way of making money from home. If you are prepared to put in the work and dedication to get your home business up and running your small secretarial business can be a real success. Here are some practical guidelines to getting your home secretarial business going.

Advertising your home based secretarial business

You need to have ready information about your home secretarial business that can be distributed or sent to prospective clients. You can do this within a limited budget if you use the right resources.

• Create your own business card. Decide on a business name that clearly shows the kind of home secretarial work you can provide. Register your name. You will need to design and print business cards that clearly describes your services such as "Fast and Accurate Typing Services". Find out more about how to Make Your Own Business Cards.
• Design a flyer or pamphlet. Create flyers that outline what your secretarial business can do for the prospective client. Use bright colors that get attention but keep the look professional. In addition to describing the kind of home secretarial work you can handle include a brief resume of your skills and experience. Make sure you have a reliable contact number and email address so you can be contacted quickly and easily. Print these flyers or pamphlets on good paper. Find out how to Make a Flyer at home.

Where to look for at home secretarial work

Getting your own work from home typing jobs is not too difficult. You just need to know how and where to look

• Visit local offices in your area. Visit local small businesses within a certain distance of your home. Suggestions include medical offices such as doctors, dentists and therapists. Introduce yourself, outline your business services and leave a couple of flyers or business cards. When the office is overloaded with work or an employee is off they might call you for help.
• Visit brand new businesses with few employees. These are often small businesses or self-employed indviduals who are eager to outsource secretarial and clerical work until they are able to employ their own administrative staff. Get a listing of new businesses in your area and either visit them or send out your information to them.
• Visit businesses with seasonal work flows. Some businesses have definite peak and low periods. These businesses do not want to employ extra permanent staff to deal with the busy periods and would rather outsource this extra work. Target organizations that have definite peak busy times such as college admissions, retail outlets, travel organizations etc.
• Visit local colleges. You can get home secretarial work by putting up a flyer on their bulletin boards advertising your willingness to type manuscripts, papers, projects resumes etc.
• Target local prospects to send your details to. Go throught the Yellow Pages and compile a list of likely businesses to mail your information to. Libraries can also provide you with a current database that you can target by zip code, number of employees, industry etc. Follow up your mailer with a call.

Where to advertise for home secretarial work

• Yellow Pages. Placing an ad in the Yellow Pages is a good way of getting secretarial work from home. Make sure you are listed in the relevant pages, for example Secretarial Services. Having a business name that starts with the letter "A" or a number gives you an advantage in an alphabetical listing.
• Advertise in local publications. You can place ads for home secretarial work in your community newspaper, church magazine, local club's or organization's newsletters.
• Get listed in online directories Get your home secretarial business listed in local business directories on the web. Yahoo Local directory and Google Local Business Center allow you to create a free business listing. Go online and search for the free business directories for your city. For example type "Oregon Local Business Directory" into your search engine and see what comes up. You can also advertise for free on online classified sites like craigslist. Craigslist allows you to advertise your home business under business or professional services in your local area.
• Network. Call former bosses or colleagues and simply explain about your home secretarial work business. Ask them to contact you if they have extra work. Attend local workshops and seminars. Talk about your new home business and hand out your business card to people who provide you with a service such as your hairdresser, plumber, electrician etc.

More about your own home based secretarial business

Pricing your home secretarial work

How to name your business

Register a new business name

Data entry work from home

Creating a home office

If doing secretarial work from home is not the right home based business for you there are many other potentially successful home business ideas and opportunties. Find more home business ideas using the search box below.

Starting your own secretarial home business can be the beginning of a whole new life! With hard work and commitment you can build a profitable and rewarding work from home business.