Start Your Own Office and Administrative Support Service
eBook - ePub

Start Your Own Office and Administrative Support Service

Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success

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  1. 212 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Start Your Own Office and Administrative Support Service

Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success

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About this book

In today’s new business environment, there are great work-from-home opportunities for office managers, executive assistants, administrative professionals and anyone else with excellent organizational and computer skills. Why fight traffic to go to an office when you can do the same work—perhaps at better pay—from home? Start your own office or administrative support service, offering your word processing, dictation, database management, telephone, communication or other administrative services on a contract basis to companies around the globe. Learn how to turn your business skills into a profitable freelance opportunity: • Write a strong business plan that lays out your path to success • Determine services and policies that maximize profits • Get great deals on the software and equipment your business needs • Hire an excellent staff if your business grows too big for one person • Go above and beyond your competition to attract regular clients Successful entrepreneurs in this field reveal the secrets to growing a highly profitable business. Plus, get websites and contact information for valuable resources in the "Business Support Service National Directory” inside. Leave the drab office behind and strike out on your own in this hot field.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. 1 - Much More than Typing
  4. 2 - Making the Choice
  5. 3 - Plan First
  6. 4 - Business Support Services
  7. 5 - Defining Your Target Market
  8. 6 - Choosing Your Business Location
  9. 7 - Choosing the Right Equipment
  10. 8 - Business Structure
  11. 9 - Start-Up Economics
  12. 10 - Marketing Your Business
  13. 11 - Day-to-Day Operations
  14. 12 - Financial Management
  15. 13 - Human Resources
  16. 14 - Tales from the Trenches
  17. Appendix A - Business Support Resources
  18. Appendix B - IVAA/IAVOA Registered Business Support Service Directory by State
  19. Glossary
  20. Index
  21. Subscribe to Entrepreneur Magazine
  22. Copyright Page