Telecommuting Idea Appointment Setter

M ost small business owners       employer or client. You can        are very busy people who       easily work as an appointment      don’t have a lot of extra      setter for several business        time on their hands. They will        owners at the same time. This      happily outsource some of their       will allow you to make a fulltime  daily time-consuming tasks to a       income while allowing each         telecommuter. One of these time       employer to only pay you for a     consuming tasks is setting            few hours per day or week.         appointments. Appointment setting                                        is a perfect occupation for a         Setting appointments is something  telecommuter. The employer            you can easily do from home. All   doesn’t necessarily need a            you need is a phone and some way   full-time employee to set his         to organize yourself. A computer   appointments, but at the same         with Microsoft Outlook, or an      time needs someone that is            Excel spreadsheet to keep track    available the majority of             of your clients’ schedules would   business hours in case his            work well. You could even do this  clients call in, or to make calls     with a good paper calendar at      at different times of the day.        first.                                                                                                      A telecommuter is the perfect         You should have good telephone     candidate for this position. As a     and written skills to work as an   telecommuting appointment setter      appointment setter. Previous       you can work with your employer’s     experience as an administrative    schedule. If he needs a few calls     assistant or secretary is not      made in the morning and then          necessary, but is definitely a     wants you to be available for         plus when it comes to the skills   callbacks in the afternoon, you       you need and when you are          are there to help. Best of all,       approaching prospective employers  you are not limited to just one       or clients. You should also be     fairly organized to be able to        rate. You should take the going    keep up with multiple                 rate for a task like this in an    appointments for multiple clients     office setting into consideration  each day.                             and then up it from there. Your                                          employer does not have to provide  As an appointment setter you will     you with an office, a computer,    be spending a lot of time both on     telephone or any other equipment.  the phone and on email. You will      You are also most likely going to  be checking in with your clients      be an independent contractor,      (the small business owners) on a      which means he does not have to    daily basis and then spend the        pay for any of your benefits or    rest of your time contacting          taxes. You will be responsible     their clients, setting up and         for all this, keep that in mind    later confirming appointments. Of     when determining your rate.        course you will also keep your                                           own clients or employers informed     Now it’s time to approach small    of any changes or cancellations       business owners in your area with  throughout the day.                   what you have to offer and start                                         building a client base. Once you   If this is something you are          have a few happy clients, word of  interested in doing, here’s how       mouth advertising should start to  to start. Determine your hourly       bring you even more business.      About the Author: 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! Read more articles by: Nell Taliercio This article is distributed by: www.iSnare.com