Chapter 14 : Make Money With Desktop Publishing

If you’re a creative person and can use a computer well, consider an online business with desktop publishing. This is where you create documents, flyers, brochures, calendars, and advertisements.

All these types of documents are created using a program or two from your computer, so having expensive machinery to create them will not be needed.

There are a lot of people looking for these creative pages for all kinds of uses and don’t know how to create one themselves. If you have some knowledge in this area, you could use it to make money providing them with these creations.

What skills are helpful?

The ability to make your way around a computer and use various types of software programs are some skills you should have. You don’t have to be an artist to be in this business, because everything is done using the computer.

What Tools are needed?

Besides a computer, you should have the following equipment:

  • Desktop publishing software
  • Photo editing software
  • Laser or Color Printer
  • Scanner
  • High Quality printer paper

Make sure you know how to use all the features of your equipment well so you can provide the best quality service for your clients.

How to get started

You should obtain all the necessary equipment to run your business. Decide on a niche to target your marketing efforts to and then create a website to reflect that niche. Your website should provide potential clients with samples of your work to show your expertise in this field.

You could also brush up on your skills by reading any tutorials or guides about the desktop publishing field.

Desktop Publishing can be a very rewarding business for anyone to undertake who loves to achieve creations to make anyone envious. If you are one of those people and you want something that will provide flexibility, this is the business you should check into.

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