How to Start a Secretarial Service Ebook

Part I. Secretarial Business

Answers To Frequently Asked Questions About Starting Your Secretarial Business

• What services to offer.
• Typical services provided by secretarial services.
• Specialized services you can offer in your secretarial business.
• Skills needed.
• Phone line.
• Offer business support services.
• Making the business legal. (How to register your business. How to get a business license. Where to get more information about obtaining a business license in your state. How to register a fictitious business name.)
• How to choose a name for your secretarial business.
• Equipment needed.
• Business start-up checklist.
• Additional secretarial and administrative services you can offer in your secretarial business.
• A little-known market for transcription work.
• Start-up cost.

• Writers and Publishers.
• The general public, miscellaneous, and occasional work.
• Professionals.
• Organizations.
• Business and industry.
• Academia.
• 6 Basic Markets.

Proven Inside Marketing Strategies from the Pros to Expand Your Secretarial Service in Record Time

• Reveals what marketing methods are most effective to generate clients to start your secretarial service or expand your existing business.
• 24 Ways to Promote Your Secretarial Services.
• 10 Ways to Boost Your Business in Record Time

How to Charge for Your Secretarial Services

• SBA pricing guidelines
• Rate sheet
• Rate calculation sheet
• Letter to clients providing quotes for business transcription
• How to charge for business transcription

• Survey
• Proofreading disclaimer
• Letterhead
• Invoice
• Fax cover sheet

• 6 Promotional Letters

• Agreement for Secretarial Services
• Independent Contractor Agreement

• 3 special occasion postcards for New Year, Thanksgiving, and Halloween.
• 2 special offers for slow times.
• 13 promotional postcards.