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Make Money At Home With Your Computer
You’re staring at your computer wondering how to make money online. You know it can be done, but how? The possible ways of making money online are probably about as numerous as the people who have tried them. But there are a few paths that are more likely to lead to success than others.
Here are the best ways to make money online:
Create a blog. Whatever your passion, you can write about it on a blog. This is a format that makes creating your own website informal, and allows you to have a place to drive traffic. It allows you to have a “home page” where people can find you and contact you if you are offering your own product, or if you are selling services.
Affiliate marketing. An affiliate is basically someone who makes money selling other people’s products. You get a commission from purchases made by people who have seen ads or text links on your site or blog. The key to success as an affiliate is actively marketing your product or the page with your affiliate links.
Auction sites. Auction sites such as eBay offer a way to begin making money online. Get started selling junk around the house. Consider buying items wholesale or through a dropshipping service.
Create your own product. By creating your own product, you can have something to sell that is uniquely your own. Many marketers say having their own product was the turning point to finally beginning to make money online.
Selling services. If you have marketable skills you can get started making money online by offering your services on sites like elance.com or guru.com. Some in-demand skills include writing, web design, translation, etc.
These are just a few of the ways people are making money at home with their computer.
Let’s take a more in-depth look at blogging in my next post.
Create Your Own Work At Home Job
Once you begin searching job banks for telecommute jobs, you may become frustrated when doors don’t open for you right away. You may hear from potential employers that they are overwhelmed with responses to their ads. Quite often an ad that specifies that it can be done as a telecommuter receives hundreds of applicants within minutes of first being posted.
For this reason, many companies don’t advertise work at home jobs. That means when you read an ad that doesn’t say it’s a telecommute position, it doesn’t mean the employer is completely opposed to structuring it that way. Some companies are considered “telecommute friendly” even though they may not put that in their ad.
Review job banks for telecommute opportunities. At the same time, approach other companies and propose to them that you work at least part of your hours from home. By doing this, you may find doors will open to you that appeared to be closed. This is one way of creating your own telecommute job. This will require courage and persistence and a refusal to be discouraged when success doesn’t come immediately. Keep trying!
An even simpler way to create your own opportunity is to approach your current employer about working at least part of your hours from home. This depends, of course, on what your current job entails. But it may be worth a try.
Telecommute positions are often offered at very low pay and with little or no benefits, or they may require specialized skills and experience such as transcription. You need to weigh whether a telecommute job is a good option for you if it means a significant pay cut or reduction in benefits, or if you want to invest the time and money necessary to develop marketable skills.
There are many other ways to work from home besides an actual “job”. Read my next post for an introduction to starting your own home-based business.
How To Write Your Work At Home Resume
What do you need to know to write a work-at-home resume? What should you include on a work at home resume that is a little different from a traditional resume?
For one thing, a traditional resume is geared to getting you an interview. For a telecommute job, you may never have an interview, so a work at home resume is geared to getting you the job.
Prepare the best resume you can, just as you would if your goal was an 8-5 job. Remember that you are entering a very competitive arena, and you have to emphasize the traits you have that are suited to working at home. Some of the traits needed are
- ability to work independently and without supervision
- self-motivated
- reliable
- ability to make decisions on your own
- ability to meet deadlines
What have you accomplished in the past that can demonstrate these traits? Also emphasize measurable accomplishments such as:
· an advertising campaign you prepared which increased sales by 15%
· a new program you created that streamlined work flow
The job of any resume is to sell yourself. Besides information about your assets and accomplishments, point out any special office equipment you have at home, or if you have a designated work area. Emphasize experience you have working independently. Tailor each resume to the specific ad you are answering.
The goal is to make yourself stand out among the competition. Make sure you have a polished resume when you answer an ad for a telecommute job.
Answering ads is only one way to find a work at home job. My next post will discuss ways of creating your own work at home job.