It’s great working at home, being your own boss, but for some people it’s not what they expected.
I’ve heard several people say they get lonely and miss being around work associates; others find it hard to stay disciplined, or they just find working
at home boring. I personally don’t find it to be any of those things myself and love working at home doing medical transcription, but everybody’s different.
Some people are almost forced to work at home, such as disabled people, single moms that can’t afford daycare, or don’t want to put their children in daycare. For these people that didn’t necessarily choose a home career it can be quite depressing.
For those that chose to work at home, and don’t want to change that part of it, often times another problem arises. It can be called, “wearing all the hats syndrome”. Not only do you run a business and play manager, employee, billing clerk, sales person, inventory manager, etc., with a home business, you might find yourself cleaning the house, taking care of the kids, cooking meals,folding clothes, running errands, and paying bills, all during working hours. This problem tends to arise when there is no set work routine. It leaves one feeling overwhelmed
on a daily basis.
To really enjoy a home business and keep yourself sane, it’s necessary to establish business hours and a routine. It’s best to get dressed every day at a
reasonable hour, otherwise you find the whole day’s gone and you’re still in your night clothes. It’s great to be able to do that, it’s just not good to do it. You can bet the doorbell will ring on the days you slack off on this one!
Give yourself a lunch break and try to eat healthy. It’s so easy working from home to walk by the fridge every thirty minutes and get a snack. Soon your body expects to be fed every couple of hours,
just like a newborn. Not a good thing, especially when you start packing on the pounds.
Try to get some fresh air every single day. It’s not good to get out of the house only once or twice a week. When you feel mentally happy and healthy, you will be able to stay sane with a home business.
Remember, working at home can be harder than
working outside the home. It’s all up to you how your business turns out; it’s a lot of responsibility. So, try not to stress yourself unnecessarily.
Use phone time wisely. Enough said…
As far as housework goes, and all that other stuff that messes up your work day, I found something that works and may work for you. I get up and get showered and dressed and then I spend about an hour cleaning the house. I’m usually ready to sit down and start work around nine, but if it’s ten o’clock that’s fine too.
Routine, routine, routine, is the key to being successful and staying sane while working at home.
(c) 2004 - Michele Miller
Medical transcription at home is a wonderful home-based business. Let me show you how to start your own successful medical transcription typing service visit: http://www.medical-transcription-at-home.com
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Getting Typing and Transcription Work
Copyright © 2008 Leva Duell
Do you want to get typing work? Consider transcription.
Transcription can provide you with many hours of typing work. Transcription is simply typing what's dictated.
You don't need to be a medical transcriptionist to provide transcription services. When speaking about transcription, people think about medical transcription.
In addition to medical professionals, a wide range of individuals and organizations outsource transcription services. Your clients may include insurance companies, universities, financial institutions, authors of books, consultants, focus groups and public speakers.
Business transcription does not require any knowledge of medical terminology.
If you are a business transcriptionist, medical transcriptionist, legal transcriptionist, be aware of the growing popularity of digital dictation and transcription. Although the majority of physicians and businesses are still using tapes to record dictation, many are starting to use digital voice recorders.
To provide transcription services, you will need a transcription machine. Transcribers have a headset and foot pedal that allows you to stop and rewind the cassette with your feet while having your hands available for typing.
Traditional audio tape transcription includes standard cassette transcription, micro cassette and mini tape transcription. These are typically referred to as cassette transcription or tape transcription. Until you have a client, you won't know which size cassettes you'll need. Talk to your prospective clients before buying any transcription equipment.
Digital transcription is becoming more popular and can provide you with additional typing work from long-distance clients who are looking for transcriptionists to perform transcription work from home.
Here's how digital dictation and transcription works: Your clients dictate into a handheld digital voice recorder, upload the files from their recorder to their computer with a USB cable, send an email message to a transcriptionist, and attach the digital files.
Digital transcription has many benefits for the transcriptionists. The audio quality is usually much better than tapes. You can move easier and faster to specific places in the dictation and you have more control over the playback speed. You don't have to deal with pick-up and delivery of tapes.
When the medical transcriptionists receive the email, they can open the file and bring it into their computer with specialized software. They can convert the digital file to different formats, but the most popular file format is the "wav" format.
Specialized transcription software and a foot pedal allow the transcriptionist to move through the digital voice file just like you do when transcribing from a tape. After transcribing the files, the transcriptionist emails the finished work back to the client as an attachment.
The foot pedal is connected to your computer through the USB or serial port. A foot pedal that comes with a tape transcriber will not work. You also need an Internet connection, an email account, and a word processing software program such as Microsoft Word that will work with your digital file transcribing system.
Some foot pedals have the ability to convert files recorded on almost every type of digital handheld recorder. This allows you to perform transcription work for many clients, regardless of the type of digital voice recorder they use.
If you are not looking into transcription work, you may miss opportunities to typing work from home on a contract basis.
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Signature/Resource Box
Looking for transcription work from home?
Find out what marketing methods have proven to work
for successful secretarial services and transcription services.
Visit http://www.startasecretarialbusiness.com
Do you want to get typing work? Consider transcription.
Transcription can provide you with many hours of typing work. Transcription is simply typing what's dictated.
You don't need to be a medical transcriptionist to provide transcription services. When speaking about transcription, people think about medical transcription.
In addition to medical professionals, a wide range of individuals and organizations outsource transcription services. Your clients may include insurance companies, universities, financial institutions, authors of books, consultants, focus groups and public speakers.
Business transcription does not require any knowledge of medical terminology.
If you are a business transcriptionist, medical transcriptionist, legal transcriptionist, be aware of the growing popularity of digital dictation and transcription. Although the majority of physicians and businesses are still using tapes to record dictation, many are starting to use digital voice recorders.
To provide transcription services, you will need a transcription machine. Transcribers have a headset and foot pedal that allows you to stop and rewind the cassette with your feet while having your hands available for typing.
Traditional audio tape transcription includes standard cassette transcription, micro cassette and mini tape transcription. These are typically referred to as cassette transcription or tape transcription. Until you have a client, you won't know which size cassettes you'll need. Talk to your prospective clients before buying any transcription equipment.
Digital transcription is becoming more popular and can provide you with additional typing work from long-distance clients who are looking for transcriptionists to perform transcription work from home.
Here's how digital dictation and transcription works: Your clients dictate into a handheld digital voice recorder, upload the files from their recorder to their computer with a USB cable, send an email message to a transcriptionist, and attach the digital files.
Digital transcription has many benefits for the transcriptionists. The audio quality is usually much better than tapes. You can move easier and faster to specific places in the dictation and you have more control over the playback speed. You don't have to deal with pick-up and delivery of tapes.
When the medical transcriptionists receive the email, they can open the file and bring it into their computer with specialized software. They can convert the digital file to different formats, but the most popular file format is the "wav" format.
Specialized transcription software and a foot pedal allow the transcriptionist to move through the digital voice file just like you do when transcribing from a tape. After transcribing the files, the transcriptionist emails the finished work back to the client as an attachment.
The foot pedal is connected to your computer through the USB or serial port. A foot pedal that comes with a tape transcriber will not work. You also need an Internet connection, an email account, and a word processing software program such as Microsoft Word that will work with your digital file transcribing system.
Some foot pedals have the ability to convert files recorded on almost every type of digital handheld recorder. This allows you to perform transcription work for many clients, regardless of the type of digital voice recorder they use.
If you are not looking into transcription work, you may miss opportunities to typing work from home on a contract basis.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Signature/Resource Box
Looking for transcription work from home?
Find out what marketing methods have proven to work
for successful secretarial services and transcription services.
Visit http://www.startasecretarialbusiness.com
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