Most small business owners are very busy people who don’t have a lot of extra time on their hands. They will happily outsource some of their daily time-consuming tasks to a telecommuter. One of these time consuming tasks is setting appointments. Appointment setting is a perfect occupation for a telecommuter. The employer doesn’t necessarily need a full-time employee to set his appointments, but at the same time needs someone that is available the majority of business hours in case his clients call in, or to make calls at different times of the day.
A telecommuter is the perfect candidate for this position. As a telecommuting appointment setter you can work with your employer’s schedule. If he needs a few calls made in the morning and then wants you to be available for callbacks in the afternoon, you are there to help. Best of all, you are not limited to just one employer or client. You can easily work as an appointment setter for several business owners at the same time. This will allow you to make a fulltime income while allowing each employer to only pay you for a few hours per day or week.
Setting appointments is something you can easily do from home. All you need is a phone and some way to organize yourself. A computer with Microsoft Outlook, or an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of your clients’ schedules would work well. You could even do this with a good paper calendar at first.
You should have good telephone and written skills to work as an appointment setter. Previous experience as an administrative assistant or secretary is not necessary, but is definitely a plus when it comes to the skills you need and when you are approaching prospective employers or clients. You should also be fairly organized to be able to keep up with multiple appointments for multiple clients each day.
As an appointment setter you will be spending a lot of time both on the phone and on email. You will be checking in with your clients (the small business owners) on a daily basis and then spend the rest of your time contacting their clients, setting up and later confirming appointments. Of course you will also keep your own clients or employers informed of any changes or cancellations throughout the day.
If this is something you are interested in doing, here’s how to start. Determine your hourly rate. You should take the going rate for a task like this in an office setting into consideration and then up it from there. Your employer does not have to provide you with an office, a computer, telephone or any other equipment. You are also most likely going to be an independent contractor, which means he does not have to pay for any of your benefits or taxes. You will be responsible for all this, keep that in mind when determining your rate.
Now it’s time to approach small business owners in your area with what you have to offer and start building a client base. Once you have a few happy clients, word of mouth advertising should start to bring you even more business.
Nell Taliercio is the owner and founder of http://www.TelecommutingMoms.com – which is a leading resource website with work at home jobs and everything a telecommuting mom would need. Come visit us today!
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Friday, June 09, 2006
Work at home jobs leads June 9th
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Web/Database Programmer/Graphic Designer CA
Telemarketing from Home CA
Personal Assistant- PT : childcare/office- you can bring your kids CA
Seeking editor for spiritual (non-religious) book Phoenix
Virtual Speaker Assistants Phoenix
Senior Support / Operations Engineer Ak
Web Programmer Partner Needed Phoenix
Text Op Phoenix
Tele-Commuting Executive sales position. Atlanta
Java Web Developer - 100% Telecommute
WORK FROM HOME COLLECTIONS GA
TELEPHONE SALES PRO'S - EXCELLENT $$$
Web designer needed for social networking portal
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Web/Database Programmer/Graphic Designer CA
Telemarketing from Home CA
Personal Assistant- PT : childcare/office- you can bring your kids CA
Seeking editor for spiritual (non-religious) book Phoenix
Virtual Speaker Assistants Phoenix
Senior Support / Operations Engineer Ak
Web Programmer Partner Needed Phoenix
Text Op Phoenix
Tele-Commuting Executive sales position. Atlanta
Java Web Developer - 100% Telecommute
WORK FROM HOME COLLECTIONS GA
TELEPHONE SALES PRO'S - EXCELLENT $$$
Web designer needed for social networking portal
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Work at home job leads June 8th
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Technology News Researcher
Mortgage Processor
Certified Medical Coder
BOOKKEEPER/FINANCIAL CONTROLLER-PT
Technical Staffing Assistant
Air Reservation Agent (sabre) - TeleCommute Phoenix
SQL Server DBA - Telecommute
Sr. Project Manager - Telecommute
Sr. Implementation Consultant Telecommute
Network Specialist -- telecommute Job CA
Hewlett Packard cancels telecommuting for
Hewlett Packard cancels telecommuting for the major company division. At the moment HP drops telecommuting for one division only. It was a shock for the employees and HR managers: the company was a pioneer of the telecommuting work approach.
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Work at home job leads June 7th
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Need PHP/ActionScript/MySQL Developer CA
Appointment Setting/Telemarketing FL
Freelance Flash Developer FL
Virtual Customer Support
Freelance Graphic Designer Phoenix
Office management - fun job part time Phoenix
Part-time Cultural Tailoring Production Assistant
Home-Based Researcher Phoenix
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Work at home job leads June 6th
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EXPERIENCED COLD CALLER NEEDED CA
Assistant to Magazine Publisher Denver
Executive Assistant CT
SMS Text AZ
Tech Savvy MarketingAZ
Remote Receptionist AZ
Digital Video Editor/DVD Authoring Expert CA
Entry Level Web Design - Freelance CA
Monday, June 05, 2006
Work at home job leads June 5th
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Director of IT
Marketing Communication Specialist Job Washington DC
Senior Underwriting Consultant - Telecommuting - Raleigh
-Regional Sales Manager-Telecommuting So Ca
Recruiter MD
Product Marketing Manager VA
Monday, May 29, 2006
A freelancer sucess story
Karyn Martin was
cautious about launching her freelance career online, but she soon
got results:
"I remember the days when I dreamed of being a freelancer," she says.
"The word seemed magical to me somehow. Romantic, almost. Now, after
having actually been a freelancer for a while, the scales have been
lifted from my eyes and I have seen the light. You pay for being able
to manipulate your time. You pay by working more, working harder, and
- hopefully - working smarter. But what you get in return is
priceless. Now I can call the shots about when I work, for whom I
work, and how much I make."
One day, Karyn decided she was no longer willing to commute in
smog-laden traffic to sit in a cubicle for eight hours, come home,
eat, sleep, wake up, and then do it all over again. Going through the
same routine, day after day, week after week , only to wake up one day
old and tired - wondering how life might have been if she'd had the
guts to go it alone.
So she decided to become a freelancer - but how would she find work? She
had spent endless hours surfing the 'net, signing up with one
freelance site after another. Yet there was an incredible amount of
competition. She never seemed to win any bids, and was adamant about
not lowering her hourly rate.
"Then I discovered Freelance Work Exchange," she says. "I had heard
"don't pay to work!" repeatedly, and I was too poor to risk getting
scammed, but I took a chance one day when I was flush and sent twenty
bucks to gain access to the Freelance Work Exchange Professional
Edition.
"Since then, I've edited a sales letter, a follow-up letter, an
11-page Web site, and a brochure. I'm 'on call' to do pinch-hit
proofreading for a medical newsletter editor in Florida while he's on
vacation, sick, etc. And I've landed a gig editing a new Canadian
magazine coming out this fall. All this from taking a $20 chance on
Freelance Work Exchange."
Of course, it helped to send prospects a few previous work samples
she'd had the presence of mind to scan and save on disk. Also, since
she has been 'in the business' for more than five years, she has a
fairly good résumé with some experience to back up the claims, along
with a strong list of references.
"For every one of you out there feeling a little discouraged, and
especially for those of you on the verge of throwing in the towel, I'm
here to tell you this. There may not be a Santa Claus, but there is a
place to find work without paying some ridiculous "transaction fee" or
never knowing whether or not the projects are 'fresh' - and even the
name is easy to remember - Freelance Work Exchange."
Be the next work-at-home success story. Click here to get instant access to hundreds of freelance jobs.
Friday, May 26, 2006
Work at home job leads May 26th
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Flash 8/MySQL Programmer - Linux/Apache sysadmin
Flex/ActionScript Developer (100% Telecommute) Chicago
Personal Assistant: Music Production Label
book keeper Birmingham
Web Linkster / Marketer / Link Seeker
Drupal Developer Wanted - Telecommute CA
Appointment Setter/Telemarketer - Work From Home (Part-Time)
Part-time TELEMARKETERS WANTED CA
Web marketing director CO
Sr. P/A - JDE World, RPG/400 - Telecommute Los Angeles
British want to work from home
Changing attitudes, improved house values and new technology could make the daily commute to an office a thing of the past for many British workers, but what effect is this having on the UK housing market?
A YouGov survey has found that 37% of men and 34% of women said they would give up part of their next pay rise if they could work from home, with 1% of men claiming that they would be prepared to drop £10,000 a year to free themselves from the tyranny of having to go into an office.
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A YouGov survey has found that 37% of men and 34% of women said they would give up part of their next pay rise if they could work from home, with 1% of men claiming that they would be prepared to drop £10,000 a year to free themselves from the tyranny of having to go into an office.
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