How to Run a Successful Transcription Business from Home

Worried you are working too hard without adequate reward? Looking to work from home and make a good living?

Setting up a transcription, typing or secretarial service could be the solution you have been looking for. There are transcription companies in the UK with a multi-million pound turnover.

But how do you get going? Where do you start? How do you get business?

Common questions include:

“How do I advertise?”  “How much will it cost to set up a business”, “Should I work on a self-employed basis or set up a limited company?”, “How do I go about tendering for work?”, “What equipment do I need”, “What are the legal requirements for transcription”.

The Transcription Society offers all members a guide to help you not only set up a transcription business but also build/expand on an existing home-based transcription business. Suitable for all transcribers, remote assistants, secretaries and typists, it provides an invaluable source of information on both starting out and attracting more work.

You will receive an eBook together with templates covering quotations, invoices, confidentiality undertakings, consultancy contracts, terms and conditions, a business plan and lots more.

ISBN: 978-1-907958-06-9. 72 pages (A4 size), published by Ten-Percent Publishing.

Contents include:

Starting Out
Choosing a Name
Setting the Structure
Setting up a Limited Company
Choosing an Accountant
Registering with the Information Commissioner
Getting Online
How to set up a website
How to Use Google Effectively to Get Your Transcription Company Noticed.
Google AdWords
Hardware to Buy
Generating Business
Marketing – the Basics
Setting your Prices
Turnaround times
Verbatim Transcription – A Guide
How to Approach Companies for Business
Sub-contracting or Employing Staff?
I have a Client, What next?
Tendering for Business
Summary
Free Article for Publishing to your Website
Starting out in digital dictation.
How to get a low cost business bank account
Starting up in business – how to avoid costs

Templates include:

Business Plan Template for Start Up Businesses
Quotation Chart for Transcription Work
Email Quotation Precedent
Marketing Letter
Guide to giving a Quotation
Terms and Conditions
Confidentiality Agreement
Self-Employed Consultant – Contract
Wage Slip
Invoice Template