Editing Englis1

Editing English

This is an excellent 'business idea' for individuals that have the basic skills with the English language. 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 should 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 type these documents on and a printer, you shouldn't have to invest much money in starting your business. 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.

Resources:

http://www.betteredit.com/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/01/

http://www.simplyenglish.com/

http://www.oleng.com.au/index.php/online-english-service.html

http://www.grammarnow.com/