95 Best Home Businesses of the 90's reviewed for the Noughties - [41-50]
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41. Medical Transcription Service
Many medical specialists record their patient notes on dictation equipment. This dictation then needs to be transcribed into written notes for access by insurance companies, government agencies and the medical centre or hospital. Medical Transcriptionists can access the digital dictation recordings via phone lines and then type them up at home.
Relevancy in the Naughties
While this home business has a very high demand and technology is making it much easier to become involved with, I think that technology will also be its downfall. Voice Recognition software is gaining momentum as a successful option to outsourcing this work and will possibly take this home business completely of the radar within the next 5 years.
Expected Lifespan
<5 years.
42. Meeting Planner
A meeting planner is hired by many businesses to organise and facilitate their meetings. Conferences, events, conventions etc are all created and overseen by the meeting planner.
Relevancy in the Naughties
Demand is growing for this business entrepreneur who can make light work of any event. Businesses are realising the expense of having unexperienced staff run their events and are more likely to outsource than waste precious resources.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
43. Multimedia Production
This home based business allows a person with interests in digital media to create, publish and even retail their multimedia productions. Children's CD learning activities and online multimedia experiences are some of the ways this business can be operated.
Relevancy in the Naughties
The demand for high quality multimedia productions continues to grow and will do so indefinitely. There are probably more ideas than there are people able to publish them so this home business will steadily grow.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
44. Newsletter Publisher
A newsletter publisher may either contract to a range of businesses designing and publishing their business newsletters or they may create their own offering advertising to generate a revenue stream.
Relevancy in the Naughties
While most newsletters in the 90's were printed on paper the Noughties has seen, and will continue to see, email newsletters become a greater vehicle for success. And, even as software becomes easier to use and more prevalent businesses will require people to compile and even distribute these newsletters well into the future.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
45. Private Investigator
Private investigators are being sourced for many types of investigative work these days including tracking missing persons, performing pre-marital checks, pre-employment screening and chasing white collar fraud. Much of this type of work can be performed via a home office.
Relevancy in the Naughties
Society is becoming less and less trusting of each other so the growth rate and requirement of this home based business should continue to grow.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
46. Professional Organiser
A professional organiser is someone who can step into our lives and de-clutter them from our diaries and appointments, to the way we operate within our own homes and workspaces. They can even help sort out schedules and find spaces in our schedules to incorporate some of our hobbies, more family time and physical exercise.
Relevancy in the Naughties
While our lifestyles continue to speed up and we feel like we are constantly struggling with projects that get never get started (let alone finished!) this home business professional will become more and more necessary to help us balance our lives.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
47. Professional Practice Consultant
A Practice Consultant is someone who can consult professionals such as lawyers, dentists, doctors and chiropractors on their business side of their practice. This then frees the professional to specialise in their area of expertise knowing that the business end can work properly and they are up to date with their management techniques.
Relevancy in the Naughties
Many professionals are realising that they can't do both things well. They need consultants to offer advice and see changes implemented within their practices so they can get on and do what they do best. This is a growing need for professional people.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
48. Public Relations Specialist
A PR specialists helps companies build their brand by actively engaging the business through newspaper and magazine ediorials, TV interviews, PR community campaigns and radio spots. They produce press releases and news kits that will elevate the company's profile.
Relevancy in the Naughties
This area should continue to grow throughout the Noughties but the increase may not be staggering. Those PR specialists with great networks and the ability to perform well will do well but most businesses are not willing to just hire specialists without results - which can be hard to achieve in a very competitive market.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
49. Real Estate Appraiser
This home business professional is able to give clients an appraisal on the value of their real estate for insurance, increased borrowings on equity and damage assessment purposes.
Relevancy in the Naughties
This is not really a booming area but it does have its cyclical ups and downs depending on the shape of the economy. However, it does offer good business security as people will always need to know the value of their homes etc. It will interesting to see what changes technologies such as online local valuation reports and such do to this home based business.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
50. Resume Writing Service
A resume writer can design and write resumes for anybody but particularly focusing on the more professional category of employee.
Relevancy in the Naughties
People offering this service grew astronomically when PC's and design software became prevalent in the late 80's and early 90's. While this software and printing options becomes cheaper the need for this business is reducing as many people are willing to design their own and do a fairly reasonable job at it.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely but shrinking.
Tomorrow we will review the next ten from [51-60].
If you want more specific knowledge of setup costs, educational prerequisites and experience required then try reading the book - The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century
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