2. Table of Contents
The Evolution of Work 3
How to Work Smarter 4
Part Time Work 6
Can You Write? 8
Market Yourself 10
Run an in-home daycare 12
Transcriptionist 13
Conclusion 14
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3. The Evolution of Work
Throughout the ages men and women have searched for ways to ease the
burden of work in their lives. From building homes and skyscrapers, to
doing laundry by hand, there has been a steady improvement in the working
conditions and the working methods used by humanity.
People used to spend their entire days hunting, foraging, planting, preparing
and working from dusk till dawn simply in order to have food and a roof over
their heads. It may seem as though you do the same thing today, but you’d
be wrong.
No longer must we hunt down our own food, dress it and preserve it through
long winter months in order to stay alive. With the touch of a button our
laundry is washed and dried and even made to smell terrific. We’re working
with our brains instead of our brawn, for the most part, and it’s improved
our lives.
It no longer takes months or even years to travel from one place to
another. We can fly or drive or take trains, buses, and don’t forget the
cruise ships.
Which brings me to another point: with the invention of so many things to
make our lives easier, we have been given the gift of leisure time. We’re
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4. free to travel, to paint, read, and entertain, to do pretty much anything we
want to do with our time when we’re not working.
Since now that we’re working smarter, doesn’t it make sense that we should
also be able to work from the comfort of our own home rather than spending
our lives in a cubicle farm? Of course it does, and I’m going to show you
how!
How to Work Smarter
Working smarter and not harder and being able to do so from home is
something everyone can learn to do, especially if you truly have a strong
desire to work from home or you’re working for your own business. Here are
some quick tips to help you work smarter:
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5. Make a schedule and keep it. Once you have a schedule, you can
see where your time is going to be spent.
Make a list. If you have a tangible list of things you must do, then
you’re more apt to accomplish what you need to do. Plus, checking
things off your list will give you an incredible boost!
Break big projects down. If you break them down into manageable
pieces, you’re more likely to be able to tackle them
Use a timer if you need to. A timer can help you keep better track
of your time and help keep you focused on the task at hand.
Create a good work environment. Close your door to shut out
noise, turn off your phone if that’s possible. Make sure you can
concentrate on what needs to be done.
By using these tips, you can make your time at home working as productive
as possible so that you don’t waste time and can use the rest of your time
for the important things—like your children and family. After all, work is
important but there are other things that trump work.
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6. Part Time Jobs
I don’t think anyone would turn down a job that was part time work for full
time pay, but where can you actually find a reliable income for working half
the time?
If you look on the Internet, claims abound from people promising to hook
you up with full time wages for barely working. One thing you should
remember when reading these claims is that if it sounds too good to be true,
then it probably is. A word of caution when you’re searching online for
work—buyer beware. There are many unscrupulous people out there who
will take your money and not give you anything of value in return.
Having said that, there are incredible opportunities online that cannot be
found anywhere else. There are people making millions of dollars a year by
working online and you can follow in their footsteps. Working from home
has never been easier and more accessible to people wanting to do so.
There are many websites that promise what this website promises. Earn
thousands a day with only a few hours or work and he’ll show you how to do
it for a onetime payment of $97. I’m not saying it’s not possible, I’m simply
saying that you should be wary of someone who claims this and offers no
proof.
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7. I can show you how to make money online by creating different income
streams using separate ways to do so. If you want to work online, here’s
some tips that will help you get up and running quickly. You’ll spend more
time initially, getting things set up, but once it’s running you can sit back
and watch the money roll in.
There are some things you need to do before you jump right into making
money online.
First, you must decide just what it is that you want to do. Take a look at
where your strengths lie, what you’re interested in, what talents you have
and what you can do with them.
You’ll need a computer, Internet access, and the ability to take payments
online from a service such as Paypal or credit cards. You’ll need a website,
so you should look for cheap domains to purchase that will host your
Internet venture, if that’s the direction you’re going to take your business.
There are ways to make money online without owning a website and I’ll talk
more about those methods in a minute.
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8. Can You Write?
An eBook is short for Electronic Book, it’s created on a computer and sold
digitally to customers. It does not pass through editors and publishers who
all take a portion of the profits from the author. If you can write and are an
expert on something, you can write an eBook and sell it online. An Ebook
has distinct advantages over a regular book in that you can place hyperlinks
into an eBook that will direct customers to websites where you may be
selling products relating to that particular eBook. In this way you make
money once on your eBook sells and then again when your customers pay
you a visit on your website.
You can place Affiliate Links in your book. An Affiliate link is where your
customer clicks and is taken to a place like Amazon or another website
selling products. When they purchase products from these links, you the
author, are given a portion of the sale.
If you enjoy writing, you may wish to try your hand at writing a blog. The
subject can be anything of interest to you, and you can place ads targeted to
your audience on your blog. When items are bought by your readers
through those links, you make money. Ka-ching!
If you can write, you can make money online.
Let’s say you enjoy Pot Bellied Pigs. You’re an expert on Pot Bellied Pigs.
You know how to breed them, what they eat, how to handle their health
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9. issues and just where to tickle them to make them giggle. You are The
Potbellied Pig Whisperer.
Write articles about Pot Bellied Pigs and submit them to an article directory
like Article Dashboard, or an Ezine. Within your article on Pot Bellied Pig
Nutrition, you can insert hyperlinks to your webpage where you sell All
Natural Pot Bellied Pig Food. People come to the article directory searching
for pieces to place on their websites. Someone chooses your article and it’s
spread to all the visitors to that particular website. People begin to visit your
website and start buying the things you have to sell. They sign up for your
free Pot Bellied Pig Newsletter, and join your Pot Bellied Pig Lovers
Membership group, at a price of course. You are making money various
ways and it all started because you love Pot Bellied Pigs and you wrote an
article about it.
Your marketing goes on and on as long as your article is available on the
directory.
Keep writing articles and keep your name out there as an expert in your
particular niche. It won’t happen overnight, but the money WILL come.
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10. Market Yourself
There are numerous ways to make money through Internet Marketing.
What you’re going to need is a product to sell, whether it be a physical
product or a digital product of information.
Let’s say you create ceramic Faeries, in all shapes and colors. Some are
happy some are sad and a few are just plain creepy looking. Now you want
to make money off your Faeries. You will need to market them.
You’ll need a website, a sales page, pictures of your Faerie inventory and
your prices. Setting up a domain, an account with paypal and then
advertising your wares in various places is all well and good, but what if no
one comes to visit your site? You have no traffic. You need traffic.
Market yourself. Put your name out there as THE person to see for ceramic
Faeries. Put in keywords, the words that search engines look for people are
searching for things online, all through your website. Visit other sites that
are Faerie related. Trade links with them, foster a relationship in Faerie
forums and brand your name. Advertise through Google or other web
pages. Bring in the customers.
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11. Make Money on Ebay
There is a special place called eBay, where all the used clothing, the
Steppenwolf cd’s people got tired of, recycled bridesmaids gowns, eBooks on
how to get rock hard abs without moving off the couch and all the odd toys
from the island of misfit toys come to be sold at auction to the highest
bidder~~and people are making a killing there.
If you have something you would like to sell, something you don’t need any
longer, you can put it up for sale on Ebay. Set up a free account, browse
the categories’ they offer to get an idea of what’s for sale and then either
buy something or put something up for sale yourself. For a small fee, you
can add pictures to your listing and create your own sales page to bring in
customers. If you have a large inventory of things, like…oh, say Pot Bellied
Pigs or Ceramic Faeries, you can have an online eBay store to sell your stock
of the these items. The benefits of online store far outweigh the cost and
time and problems associated with having a traditional brick-and-mortar
store. If you don’t want to have an online store, then an auction is the way
to go.
You can customize your auctions on eBay for three days or an entire week,
depending upon how much exposure you want and how fast you’d like it to
go. Set a reserve price for your product, so that someone can simply pay
that price, end the auction and go home with your product. Ebay is an
excellent way to make money online.
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12. Run an In-Home Daycare !
This is not for the faint of heart—or for anyone who doesn’t adore children.
Everyone knows that children can try a person’s patience and unless you are
a person who loves children and has immense reservoirs of patience—you
should not try this at home.
Many mothers are eschewing the workplace to stay home with their own
children. This puts an enormous strain on a family’s finances, going from
two incomes down to one, especially after adding another mouth to feed to
the mix.
Stay at home moms are opting to run day cares in their own homes.
Before you start taking in random children from the neighborhood, you must
contact your local licensing agency to find out about the laws governing in-
home daycares. Some states will allow you to watch another family
member’s child or children without becoming licensed. Others require that
you take classes in cpr, nutrition, and pass a background check.
Make sure you also check with your homeowners insurance to see what they
offer in the way of coverage. You will need insurance for your at home
business venture.
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13. Transcription—Medical or Other
There are a growing number of businesses that hire at-home
transcriptionists to work for them. The benefits for them is that you are not
an hourly employee and therefore are not eligible for health benefits, sick
days or vacation.
The benefit for you is that you get to work from home!
You can find many business’s online that are looking for qualified
transcriptionists, or you can go to your local clinics, dental offices, dental
offices and chiropractors to see if they are looking for transcriptionists. This
will take some legwork, but you may be surprised at your results.
Note: make sure you’re an excellent typist before you give this one a shot.
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14. Conclusion
Everyone is chasing the almighty dollar in hopes of catching it so they won’t
have to keep slaving away in a cubicle or in a factory. As a whole, we’re
working smarter but we can still do much better in our pursuit of a full time
income while working from home.
There are a great number of ways to make money working at home and I’ll
recap them here for you, as well as add a few more that we didn’t talk
about:
Affiliate Marketing
Ebay
Craigslist
Article Directories
Writing eBooks
Blogs
Google Adsense
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15. In Home Day Care
Once you learn the ropes, your potential for bringing in income is unlimited.
First you need to understand how each system works, talk to people on
forums where money is being made, ask questions and do your best to learn
and soon you’ll be making that full time income with only part time work.
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