Palm Beach County's Finest Will Be Celebrating 13 Years in Business March 7 2018 [TeamBynes]

It's that time of year again. What time of year are you talking about, you're probably asking yourself. Well, this March 7, Bynes Transcript and Typing Services will toasting to another successful year working as a home based office support service. It's 13 years to be exact.

What makes this celebration so special is the fact that we're a virtual office supporter for small businesses. As I wrote above, we're a home based operation and have clients all over the world that run and maintain their back office tasks. Some of these tasks include, but not limited to are:

• General transcription
• Contact management
• Billing and Invoicing
• Customer Service
• Word Processing

 Start up businesses are the easiest to market to when we started out. [We thought] We soon discovered that getting potential clients to understand the concept of working on a project remotely was a task in and of itself. Just the mere fact of someone or a team of people working for a company in a different location ironically scared people off as opposed to attracting them for future business. UNBELIEVABLE.

I can remember a conversation clearly as if it happened yesterday. It was 2006, and I was in a post office, collecting mail. I was wearing a business T-shrt that said something to the effect of Virtual Office Support, contact us today....or something like that. A gentleman in line looked at my shirt and said, "What the hell is virtual support?" Laughing to myself, I said, "Virtual support or virtual office support is working with a client performing back office tasks from another location," or something like that. I vaguely remember word for word. Anyway, the guy continued to say, "I don't get it. You mean to tell me that if I needed a secretary to help me with some office work, that she could do it from her office?" I was like,"Yep." The guy was like, "Get the hell out of here. Impossible."

Boy, did we have our work cut out for us. We really did. Then, something astonishing happened....in a short amount of time after we decided to form our company, the concept of working remotely was catching on. People were signing on all over the country to have an independent contractor take on their clerical projects while working from a different location. So, we continued to market our products and services and within the following year, we landed a few clients.

According to the website, The Workplace Analytics, and based on the latest statistics on the work-at-home/telework population in the U.S. based on an analysis of 2005-2015 American Community Survey...

 Regular work-at-home, among the non-self-employed population, has grown by 115% since 2005, nearly 10x faster than the rest of the workforce.

And on the website, Gallup.com...

Thirty-seven percent of U.S. workers say they have worked from home, up slightly from 30% last decade but four times greater than the 9% found in 1995.

 Keep in mind that this can easily include workers who chose to work from home as a small business. 

Anyway, I just wanted to point out that we [Bynes Transcript and Typing Service] was onto something huge in 2005 and bit off a piece of the pie.

HAPPY 13 YEARS TEAM BYNES!! 

 

The Pros and Cons of Working as a Transcriber

Working in a transcription company can be a rewarding experience especially if you have the desire to pursue transcribing as a career. However, it's not all sunshine and daisies in this field. Just like any other job, transcription has its pros and cons.

Before you decide on working as a transcriber, be sure to weigh out the pros and cons. If you think that the pros outweigh the cons, then that's a positive signal for you to engage in this career. Here are some of the pros and cons of working in a transcription company:

Pros

• Can be therapeutic
• Not difficult once you know what you're doing
• Work at home in your own time
• You don't need to spend a lot to start working
• You can actually earn enough just by doing this kind of work
• You can learn a lot from the recordings you are asked to transcribe

Cons

• Can be tedious
• Have to possess self-discipline as you juggle home and work demands
• Deal with people who doesn't respect your work time
• Face the computer for a long period of time

The transcription job is not for everyone. Only those with passion for transcribing can survive in this career. This work can be a daunting task, but once you get used to it,  the rewards are fulfilling. You'll be able to enjoy it and become better in doing it.

Your turn

We'd like to hear from you! What are some pros and cons about working in the transcription industry? Leave your comments please.

Meet Our New Bookkeeper - Bynes Transcript and Typing Services

Hello guys! I hope everyone is having a good day. Here at The Perfect Transcriptionist, we only want to give

you useful and insightful information that can help you further your career in the transcription arena or we give you a snippet of what it's like working in a transcription company like Bynes Transcript & Typing Services.

So for this post, we'd like to introduce to you our new bookkeeper Roxanie and what role she plays in our company. First, we'll be defining what a bookkeeper is to give you a clue on what she does and how she impacts the overall success of the company.

A financial bookkeeper's main role is to keep an official track of the company spending so when it comes to filing accounts there is an accurate trail of all the outgoings. In order to perform better at this job, one must be highly organized and also great with numbers. 

So there you have it. An overall description of what a bookkeeper is. But what does she usually do? In our company, Roxanie is responsible for maintaining our financial records which includes but not limited to accounts receivables, accounts payables, bank reconciliation, and tax preparation for the company's accountants. Generally she performs general accounting duties. She maintains complete sets of financial records, keep track of accounts, and verify accuracy of procedures used for recording financial transactions.

To be a bookkeeper, one needs to be well-organized, thorough and careful since they deal with large sums of money. And we sure are fortunate to have a bookkeeper like Roxanie who passes all these criteria.   

Say hello to Roxanie
She's over on Yammer