6 Professional Businesses You Can Start from Home
© Leigh Butler

Need some help finding a work at home career? Leigh Butler highlights 6 work at home business ideas. Anyone looking to work at home can find some inspiration with these professional home business ideas.

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1. Consultant
Being a consultant requires you to have specialized knowledge and experience in a particular area. This knowledge and experience must be in demand. Some Consultants charge by the project or by the hour, $50 to $300 per hour. Other Consultants charge by retainer.

2. Web-Site Designer
Web-Site Designers create web sites for clients. As a Website-Designer you must decide if you want to just design the website for the client or design the website and maintain it for the client. Web-Site Designers generally charge by the project or by the hour, $30 to $120 per hour. Retainers or lump sums are usually charged for ongoing and large projects.

3. Speaker (Workshops/Seminars)
Speakers travel around the country or abroad if necessary presenting information of interest to clients/customers. Whatever the topic, clients/customers must be willing to pay to learn the information. Charges and compensation will differ greatly depending upon meeting space rental fees, the length of your workshop/seminar, your clients/customers (corporate vs. individuals), etc.

4. Tax Accountant (Tax Service)
You can open your own tax service without being a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Tax services such as H & R Block and Jackson Hewitt offer tax classes in anticipation of hiring some of their students during tax season. These classes along with other regular tax classes should provide you with a good foundation in tax regulations and give you the knowledge necessary to open a tax service.

Tax Accountants usually charge by the hour, $40 to $120. Accountants who specialize in particular tax areas get paid more. Set rates are sometimes charged for repeat customers.

5. Grant Writer
To become a successful Grant Writer it takes great skill. This skill is developed over time. Most people develop the ability to grant write by working for a nonprofit organization. However, there are many seminars and workshops that can teach you how to write successful grants. One of the more renown is presented by The Grantsmanship Center, http://www.tgci.com.

Once you begin to deliver proposals that win grants you will become in demand with nonprofit organizations that are always looking for successful Grant Writers. The majority of your clients will be nonprofit organizations.

Charges and compensation differs greatly and are dependent on the project. Normally, Grant Writers get paid $40-$70 per hour. For larger projects a set fee can be charged based on an estimation of how much time it will take to complete the project. Sometimes Grant Writers are paid on commission. They are paid a percentage of the grant if they win it.

6. Freelance Writer
Freelance Writers write articles for magazines, newspapers, newsletters, websites, etc. In order to become a Freelance Writer you have to be able to produce publishable work and sell it consistently to periodicals.

Compensation varies depending on the project. Most periodicals pay preset rates for freelance submissions. Freelancers may also be paid by the hour for projects.

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