How To Provide Transcription Services From Home

As promised, I have created a resource for those of you who are looking to provide transcription services from home. Transcription is simply listening to a voice recording and typing what is being said into a document. The finished document is formatted, spell checked and returned to the client.

If you don’t have a long list of skills that you can offer, transcription is a great way to start. It’s not difficult to learn, and not expensive to set yourself up as a transcriptionist. At least that way you’ll have got started with SOMETHING.

The worst thing you can do is say to yourself that you can ONLY do one thing so why bother trying? Don’t get put off because other Virtual Assistants have tons of services on their websites. You can be a specialist in one service and still get tons of work. In fact, sometimes specialising in one niche can land you more clients, because people see you as an EXPERT in one thing.

In a previous blog post, I described how I started my business by ONLY offering transcription services. I could have offered alot of different services but I chose to start out simply and dip my toes in the water first. I quickly got my first client by advertising in the local paper and she gave me alot of ongoing work. It was a great way to gain confidence in working from home, and after that, I started offering more than one service (I wrote about this last week too).

You don’t have to do the same as me, if you don’t want to. If you have more than one skill to offer then you can by all means start out with more than one service on your list. Some Virtual Assistants like to have alot of variety right from the start. That is fine, and actually one of the great things about becoming a Virtual Assistant is that you can design your business exactly how you want. Just don’t get overwhelmed and confused about what to offer. Pick some services which you would enjoy doing and that you’re good at. Then run with them, all the while knowing that you can add more services at any time later on.

Both approaches have worked for me. I got clients when I was offering only one service, and also got clients when I offered lots of services.

Transcription work is something that will always be around even in times of a recession. Clients sometimes try to do things themselves such as organising their own meetings or trying to put together their own Powerpoint presentations. However, transcribing voice recordings into a document is something that clients really shy away from, because they don’t have the right equipment or they cannot type!  This is where you come in.

It’s also a wonderful service to offer in the sense that it’s easy to schedule this type of work around your family commitments. If you have children, you can get your work done early on in the day or late at night when they’re asleep.

For those of you who are interested in providing transcription services from home, I have created an ebook for you. If you visit the following webpage, you will also see that there is a free 20 minute video that you can watch, by entering your name and email address in the box that pops up on the left-hand side:

http://www.transcriptionworkonline.com

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