Small Business Boomers

Small Business “retirement” idea - Home Typing Service

by Jean on March 10th, 2008

Mary Emma Allen, over at Home Biz Notes, recently answered a reader’s question about starting a home typing business. I’m assuming the question was about word process on computers, not typewriters. Reminds me of the old Selectric typewriters with the balls you could replace for different fonts…. Back in the 80s, when I had small children, I had a word processing service, using an old Wang standalone word processor. When I started it up, it sounded like the propellers on an airplane revving up.

As with any type of home business, you have to know about the business stuff and the marketing stuff as well as the typing/word processing. It’s easy to say, “I’m going to start a business. I know this field, or this type of work.” It’s not so easy to figure out how to bill customers, deal with the ones who don’t pay, market your product or service, and keep changing your marketing to attract new customers when the old ones stop using your services.Jim had a great post last week about a guy who learned a lesson about starting a business for his kids. Learn about the business stuff and the marketing stuff before you start that retirement business.

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