Spin Your Typing Skills into Cash
If you learned to type in your younger days, youll discover that this is a talent you can now use if youre looking for ways to start a home-based business. Although much of the world is more keyed into the technological advances of the computer age, there is still a demand for someone who can demonstrate that they can type fast and accurately.
Dont worry, getting back into typing is a lot like riding a bike when you haven't done so for a dozen years -- you may be a bit wobbly initially, but once you start moving, the long-forgotten skills will quickly return. In order to get work however, youll need to have some idea of your typing speed. This is something you can do online by taking a test and seeing the results. What's nice about this is that you can take the test, then do some regular typing practice and the retake the test until you bring your typing speed up to what it used to be, or even better.
Once you identify your typing speed, you are able to offer your services as a freelance typist in your own home business. You can use your typing speed to set yourself apart from other freelance typists especially if you have a high accuracy rate at your re-acquired speed! Faster typists have the potential to earn more because they are able to do more work in less time than a slower typist can. An near flawless typist is more likely to get recurring work and thus build up an established client sheet so if you work to improve your skills and can promote yourself as a fast accurate typist, you will improve your chances of finding clients for your business.
If you can add transcription services to your resume, and can budget the funds to acquire transcription equipment (such as foot pedals for transcribing digital files, and a desk unit and pedals for doing tape transcription), you will improve your earning power significantly. Many professionals in the legal and medical field outsource their transcription work to home businesses just like the one you are considering!
In spite of the belief that typing may seem to be an archaic skill, youll be surprised how you can turn this into a viable business with relatively little strain and financial outlay!
About the Author
Chris Dunn manages a medical transcription business that sponsors a site which offers free typing tests. See also: About-Medical-Transcription.com
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