We all know the advantages of working from home: No beating rush hour traffic, finding a reliable day –care for the kids, nor having to deal with grumpy bosses and jealous co-workers. Welcome to the world of Work from home –an attractive solution to combat all these evils. With the advent of internet, this trend is on the rise. In fact, in UK an estimated 4 million people are working from home.
Here are some ways one can make money online:
Becoming a virtual assistant- Examples of this work are: blog and article writing, translations (with knowledge of a foreign language), data entry, paid products- reviews, email-response handling, and web research etc. Requirements of such jobs: strong internet connection and an account on Skype.The latter helps communication with employers who are in different countries than the contractor.
This job usually requires registration on some good, reliable website which lists above mentioned jobs from employers who want to hire a contractor/virtual assistant (you).You start by making a profile on such a site, appear for the skill tests offered by the site (there are several ranging from US/UK spelling tests , computer-skills tests etc). These tests increase your chances of getting work. List your categories of jobs that interest you. And then patiently apply to jobs that come up. Success will not be immediate: for every job you do get you might have to apply to 20 jobs before that. The key word here is “patience.” Working online is slow to pay off, there is stringent competition and no one makes money overnight. It is also not as easy as it sounds. There are several distractions in working from home and one has to persevere, persist and be patient. There are also a lot of fraudulent websites that are waiting to scam people, so ensure the website is trustworthy. Many freelancers have often complained of being cheated out of their money: this job does involve some trust in both parties: the contractor and employer. Like with all freelance work, there even might be days when you are over taxed with work and others on which you are sitting idle. So such jobs, at least initially, might not be enough to support families as is a common misconception amongst many. It is a great source of extra income and Students looking for work between lectures and bored housewives do find such jobs highly satisfying.
With a tanking US economy, and the world heading to a possible recession, more and more people are turning to the internet for making money. Affiliate marketing (driving traffic to websites through your own), Google ad sense (getting money from advertisements on your site or blog), selling your own products (hard goods as well as downloadable e-goods), e-bay auctioning are some more ways of making money online.
An interesting fact: Did you know that people in China sell “virtual” gold in MMORPG games like World of Warcraft, RuneScape etc to make money in the real life?
Becoming a virtual assistant- Examples of this work are: blog and article writing, translations (with knowledge of a foreign language), data entry, paid products- reviews, email-response handling, and web research etc. Requirements of such jobs: strong internet connection and an account on Skype.The latter helps communication with employers who are in different countries than the contractor.
This job usually requires registration on some good, reliable website which lists above mentioned jobs from employers who want to hire a contractor/virtual assistant (you).You start by making a profile on such a site, appear for the skill tests offered by the site (there are several ranging from US/UK spelling tests , computer-skills tests etc). These tests increase your chances of getting work. List your categories of jobs that interest you. And then patiently apply to jobs that come up. Success will not be immediate: for every job you do get you might have to apply to 20 jobs before that. The key word here is “patience.” Working online is slow to pay off, there is stringent competition and no one makes money overnight. It is also not as easy as it sounds. There are several distractions in working from home and one has to persevere, persist and be patient. There are also a lot of fraudulent websites that are waiting to scam people, so ensure the website is trustworthy. Many freelancers have often complained of being cheated out of their money: this job does involve some trust in both parties: the contractor and employer. Like with all freelance work, there even might be days when you are over taxed with work and others on which you are sitting idle. So such jobs, at least initially, might not be enough to support families as is a common misconception amongst many. It is a great source of extra income and Students looking for work between lectures and bored housewives do find such jobs highly satisfying.
With a tanking US economy, and the world heading to a possible recession, more and more people are turning to the internet for making money. Affiliate marketing (driving traffic to websites through your own), Google ad sense (getting money from advertisements on your site or blog), selling your own products (hard goods as well as downloadable e-goods), e-bay auctioning are some more ways of making money online.
An interesting fact: Did you know that people in China sell “virtual” gold in MMORPG games like World of Warcraft, RuneScape etc to make money in the real life?
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