Author Jan Melnik, owner of a successful home-based secretarial service, shares her experience and down-to-earth advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based business.
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>From buying the right computer to getting clients and keeping the books, this surveys the basics of conducting a home-based secretarial business. This second edition updates and adds to the details on taxes and accounting, keeping current on the latest secretarial skills in demand which would fit with a home-based business. -- Midwest Book Review
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simply an EXCELLENT reference book!!,
By Erla Charles (oilofjoy@curinfo.an) (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (The Dutch Caribbean)) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Start a Home-Based Secretarial Services Business, Second Edition (Paperback)
Jan's book tells you EVERYTHING you need to know to launch and grow a well organized and well planned secretarial business. It guides you through business organization, assessing personal skills, estimating start-up costs, pricing your services, planning growth, writing your own complete business plan, advertising & promotion, balancing your work life and home life, screening and hiring employees and much, much more. The book also gives you the advantages and drawbacks of operating a home-based business as well as important comments and much needed sound advice from other secretarial services business owners. There are also lots of samples e.g.: sample zoning permit application, sample expense worksheet form, sample balance sheet form, sample start-up office supply inventory, sample brochure, sample press release, sample flyer, and many, many samples more. The only information I miss in this book are internet sites one can access for more information and articles, etc., as well as the fax & e-mail addresses of the contacts mentioned in the appendix (this is the only reason I rated the book 4-stars). I consider this kind of information extremely important in today's world. I am now setting up my own secretarial services business following the guidelines I've found in this book. The book has made the path a lot easier for me because now I know what I have to have (minimum), what I have to do, how I have to do it, where I have to go and how I have to plan. Even though I'm in another country, the book has definitely guided and hinted me in the right direction. I would have gone through a lot of unnecessary struggles without this book. I highly recommend it to anyone thinking of starting a secretarial services business. Everything you need to know about starting and running the business is in this book. Jan, thanks a lot for writing this book. It has become an indispensable and extremely valuable reference tool for me.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very good book, if you want to open a resume production biz.,
By A Customer
This review is from: How to Start a Home-Based Secretarial Services Business, Second Edition (Paperback)
Ms. Melink writes well and includes much information, however it seems geared toward the resume business, vs. a well-rounded secretarial service. The information on what to charge clients is well written and informative.
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