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My Experience Working from Home
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I started my adventure in online work that could be done from home several years ago. But unfortunately, I didn’t get serious about it until this year. I started with survey sites and weeded my away through around 80 before I found several legit ones that truly pay. I am sure there are many more but I now don’t have the patience or time to do surveys for all of them.
Along the way I’ve found paid to click sites, paid to view videos, paid to do tasks and paid to “Like” pages on Facebook or post tweets on twitter sites. There’s an entire world out there for micro-workers, as I like to call myself. If you are in the market to be a contractor and have no real employer but yourself and work hard you can make a living working from home online. I must also say, I’ve met some really great people in this business and made friends, have great support and mentors. I would also recommend you get a PayPal account as well as an Alert Pay account. (You can always find me for help anytime on my blog – DreamzComeTrue.) Read More→
What to Wear Tips for the Work-at-Home Mom
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Working from home may come with a lot of benefits, from skipping the daily commute to setting your own hours to spending more time with the kids, but one thing it doesn’t offer is motivation to look your best. At first you might continue with your regular office routine, rising early to shower, dress, and get made up. But over time you will no doubt find yourself starting to slip, until one day you’re out the door to pick up the kids from school in the same pajamas you slept in last night. This is not only bad for your own self-esteem, it can also cause problems in other areas of your life, reducing your work efficiency and leading to problems with interpersonal relationships (your partner may love you, but do you really want to test his resolve by wearing the same sweats all week?). In short, there are many reasons why you should continue to dress like a person who might have to enter the outside world at any moment. And here are just a few ways to keep up your looks.
For starters, you should remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day, and you’ll have to take the same tack with your new wardrobe. If you think that jumping back into your stuffy office attire is the ticket, you should stop and think again. Clearly you don’t need to dress like you’re going to a corporate office because you aren’t. But you also don’t want to get schlumpy and frumpy with sweats and pajamas every day. Instead, you need to find a middle ground with clothing that is comfortable, yet good-looking and that meets the requirements of a stylish, modern mom on the go.
The TRUE Cost of Commuting
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How a Home Based Business Can Benefit From Marketing With a Virtual Assistant
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Finding clients when working as a home based business is usually the number one challenge that these companies face. Finding an economical way to advertise or get the word out about their product or services is sometimes overwhelming.
Many entrepreneurs do not know how to find effective methods of marketing so they frequent farmers markets or trade shows and approach their friends and families to purchase their products. As attending these venues can become costly in money and time, finding another way to promote their operation becomes a top priority.
Traditional methods of advertising can also be costly and limits the area that the message is reaching. So how can they get this information out to their target markets? Working with a Virtual Assistant is a cost effective method to put successful marketing in place. Here’s how: Read More→
An Interview with Holly Reisem Hanna, The Work At Home Woman
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Holly Reisem Hanna is the founder and publisher of The Work At Home Woman. I recently had the privilege to interview Holly and here’s what Holly shared:
How did you get started working from home?
Since the day my daughter was born, I’ve been a stay at home mom. But after 9 months of play dates, mommy and me classes and a dwindling bank account, I felt the urge to make some money and exercise my brain. I looked online for different work at home opportunities, but the majority of my time was spent weeding through scams and sifting through various website to find all of the information that I was looking for – I was left feeling exhausted and defeated.
I had always enjoyed writing and dabbled with the idea of writing the next comedic novel; however I never considered blogging as a career option. I continued to look online for the perfect work at home opportunity when it dawned on me, “I need to create a comprehensive resource where women can find all of the information they need to work at home” and hence The Work at Home Woman was born. Read More→
Winning Business with Elance
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Elance.com is one of the most effective ways for a freelancer to generate business. Unfortunately, many people who create profiles on Elance don’t get the business they would like. There are a number of things freelancers on Elance need to do if they intend to make money working on Elance:
You need to create a winning profile. The first step to winning projects on Elance is to create a great profile. How will bidders know you can provide great services if you aren’t willing to put the same professionalism into your profile? Your profile should have a professional image, preferably a headshot or your company logo. You need to succinctly but fully describe your services in your description. You need to show you are a serious professional, because 80% of clients say a freelancer’s profile is one of the biggest things they take into consideration when making their decision. Read More→
Job Searching Online – Staying Organized
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When you’re actively job searching online, it’s very important to be organized. How many of you have applied at the same company twice without realizing you already did? How about a company contacting you weeks or months later and offering you a position you couldn’t remember applying for? Have you forgotten or lost the employer’s name and contact information? This wouldn’t have happened if you kept proper track of your job searches.
There are several systems you can use to manage and stay organized during your job searching online. Many use spreadsheets created in Excel; use Word or a notebook with handwritten notes which can become messy, unreadable and time consuming. If these are your choices make sure you keep adequate information on them and keep them updated.
First, have all versions of your resumes, cover letters and follow up letters organized in a folder on your computer and have them backed up on a CD, external hard drive or on a web backup system like Mozy.com. You may have to make several folders and sub folders to keep track of all job posting ads from the different companies. It’ll be easier if you had sub folders labeled with the job position details you applied for. For example customer service, article writer and so on. You can copy and paste the job description on Notepad and use this as a reference or reminder of what the job entailed. This is especially helpful when the company takes weeks or months to get back to you. Read More→
Business or a Job?
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by Nancy Kraska
When looking at work at home ideas on any directory, it is important from the beginning to know what you want. Do you want a work at home business or a work at home job?
Let’s examine both. A work at home business is just that: a business. As with any business, a work at home business contains its ups and downs. The best way, I have found, to go about having your own business on the Internet is to have your own website and domain name. Both of which can be had for very little cost. With the website you either design it yourself with various WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) programs or pay someone to design it for you. Whichever you do be advised that your website will constantly undergo changes.
You then will sign up with various affiliate programs on the Internet. The easiest way to find a wide variety is to find a affiliate program directory. There are many such directories on the Internet and are relatively easy to find. Once you find the affiliate program, you sign up as an advertiser. As an advertiser you are agreeing to promote the affiliate site and/or any one of the various programs offered. These offers vary greatly and they cost nothing to join. So be sure and keep some kind of list of the different sites you want to promote on your website.
Once you have established your website and the programs you wish to advertise, it is now time to start promoting your website. You can do this by free advertising on the Internet, advertising offline, or doing a pay-per click advertising on the web. Read More→
5 Tips On Winning The Telecommuting Phone Interview
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by S McIntyre
As a telecommuting job seeker knows finding a work at home job is only one half the battle. Getting a phone interview is one step closer to landing the job.
You really only have one shot at an interview unless the first interview is a preliminary one. Either way you want to get a second interview and here are 5 tips on how you can have a winning interview and secure the position as yours.
1. Preparation – Come prepared for the phone interview. While you can’t have rehearsed answers, you can prepare yourself to what may happen.
The two most common and toughest questions asked are, “Why do you want to work from home?” and “What are your weaknesses?” Be prepared to have an answer for both and practice saying it. Don’t try to memorize or write down your answer because reading it off a paper will sound scripted, robotic and unnatural. Read More→
6 Telecommuting Job Seekers’ Questions and Answers
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by S McIntyre
There are thousands of work at home job seekers searching online for a telecommuting job. There are also common questions asked about telecommuting every day.
Here is a basic guide you can print out and use for your reference.
1. What is telecommuting?
Telecommuting is working offsite in your home office or at a remote location other than your employer’s place of business. You communicate with your employer by telephone, email, fax or instant messenger.
2. What do I need to telecommute?
Each company require different computer hardware specifications. Many prefer desktop PC/Windows over Mac and laptops. Here are some of the basics and what companies may or may not allow:
- Internet connection – DSL is fine, but not satellite
– At least 1Ghz-2Ghz processor, Windows XP or higher, Internet Explorer
6.0 or higher, a minimum of 512MB of RAM, sound card, speaker, antivirus
and spyware protection, firewall
– MS Word, Excel, Adobe Reader etc.
– Other equipment may include fax machine, printer or scanner and a quiet workspace Read More→
CWAHM.com is a dream that God has truly brought to life. I began CWAHM.com in 2000 while learning HTML. I thought it would be a fun hobby and a way to compile all the information I was seeking on working at home. I am a mom of 2 (1 boy, 1 girl), a wife and I do work from home. I accepted Christ as my savior at the age of seven as a Sparky in my church’s AWANA club. I have a Bachelor’s degree from Grace University in Human Development and Family Studies/Bible. I love working from home and I pray that CWAHM will be a blessing in your life as it has been in mine.