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Love the posts! - 2bz2sleep


Posted: May 14, 2013

I absolutely love seeing the posts of all the MTs obtaining their own clients!!! Please do not sell yourself short in pricing. It sells all of us short. It is very expensive to obtain and keep these, so do your homework and please do not accept work less than 11-12 cpls 60 cpl. If you will need to hire MTsto help you, you will need to charge more to pay for their salaries and QA'ing their work not to mention paying for dictatation system costs. You will also have to pay for any help out of your own pocket way before the client pays you.

I have taken over a few accounts, where the physicians state they get work much cheaper, but I have almost gone into bankrupcy or declined accounts because it costs me to work instead of making a profit.

Good going girls! Congrats!

HUH - madenosense

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I sure hope your clients dont see your immaturity with "cell pnone speak. Also, your post makes NO sense. You went into bankrupcty? Hmm, I for one would be leery of your business.

You need to re-read the post. It made perfect - sense to me and where did..sm

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you see the word bankruptcy in her post?

You need to re-read. It was in there. - nm

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???? - 2bz2sleep

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I was congratulating others on their initiative on landing their own accounts.

Me bankrupt? Hardly. I make over $84,000 per year, not as much as I used to but enough to keep me open for business.

Explaining.... sm - 2bz2sleep

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Clarification:

I am very glad to see several MTs have landed their own clients. Congrats! Way to go!

In a response to other posts and experience, do not sell yourself short in doing so. I have several clients who tell me they paid their last transcriptionist 6-8 cpl. Why they would work for this low is beyond my comprehension, especially when you figure in costs and responsibilities that go with this. I could and would never work for this low amount. It cannot be done and underbids everybody else, forcing our wages even lower.

In response to the poster suggesting 10 cpl, that is too low, especially if the account is large enough to require hiring help, whom you will have to pay at least 8 cpl, and then completely edit 100% to voice behind them, which is very expensive. Add in costs of dictation capture, platforms, setup, etc.

I just wanted to say it is nice to read such positive posts. That was it.


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