You can use your skill to help others that are trying to survive and succeed in this country with the English they have learned so far.
English is one of the hardest languages to learn, and can be very difficult for many to learn well as a second language.
This is especially true for people striving to use proper sentence structure when writing.
When it comes to professional documents and college assignments, it is important that foreigners consult others that can correct the English words and grammar in these documents for them.
Offer a service to edit their English for them; you should be able to charge about $50 for documents of 500-1,000 words, that you would guarantee to return in at least 48 hours.
There are several avenues to choose from where you can offer to help with this type of editing service to the public.
Often time's businesses can use your services for simple advertising, business name choices, and even sometimes the simple spelling of their name choices.
You don't necessarily have to target only foreign speaking people either, there are many people in our own country that have trouble with our very confusing American English language.
Web sites are also plentiful and many are in dire need of help with their writing. You can approach these sites and offer to edit their pages.
If you have experience in accomplishing this task, it is a good idea to give this information to your prospective customers.
You can post your services in various places on campuses. Design a short flyer that advertises your rates and an e-mail address or phone number.
You should find many students that will be happy to find you and your services. You can also check to see if you can advertise in any local newspapers on campus also.
As long as you have a reliable computer that you can create your flyers on and a printer, you shouldn't have to invest much money in starting this business idea.
Your advertising will most likely be the only investment you will need to make.
Using an e-mail program will probably be a good idea to have access to, this way customers documents can be easily sent to you to edit quickly.
In turn you will be able to return their documents quickly and easily too.
You might also check and see if you know anyone else that would like to make some extra money on the side, for those times that you may be swamped with too many documents to edit at times.
It is a good idea to have a back-up plan for those busy times.
You might also want to
build a website
to showcase your services and fees, and to also reach a larger target market if you would like to take on more work, or perhaps even build a service with a number of employees or freelancers working with you.
SimplyEnglish.com
is a good example of an online business using this business idea.
So if you enjoy editing and have good English language skills! , this is one of those small business ideas that will allow you the flexibility to work from home, and make an income doing it too.
