Money From Home - Real Opportunities - Press Article

Money From Home - Real Opportunities

Work at Home opportunities seem to be abounding everywhere. Every day thousands of people are searching the internet looking for work at home opportunities. These searches are not just from stay at home moms as one might think. College students, senior citizens, disabled persons, and even currently employed workers are searching the internet for at home opportunities to make more money. Working from home offers so much flexibility such as the hours worked, no commute time or hassles, and more time with family. With this much interest in an area, it should be obvious that there will be lots of scammers also getting involved. That’s why I started looking at all the work at home offers to see just how many are legitimate. Here’s a few I’ve checked out recently.

Mystery shopper (also called secret shopper). Mystery shoppers go on shopping trips disguised as a typical customer. The purpose is to evaluate a company’s performance based on a checklist provided. Companies employ secret shoppers to keep their managers and employees “on there toes.” When I heard about this opportunity to get paid to shop or eat, I just knew it had to be a scam. What I found was that there are some that are definate scams and there others that are legitimate. Here’s the test. Some are asking for a membership fee and claiming that you can make hundreds of dollars a day. If that’s the case, move on. There are reliable companies offering this service without a fee but not offering hundreds of dollars a day.

Several well known business use secret shoppers. Companies like McDonalds, Texas Roadhouse, Taco Bell, and the Olive garden are just a few who regularly use secret shoppers. Mystery shoppers often evaluate department stores, gas stations, golf courses, grocery stores, clothing stores, hotel, casinos, etc. Yes, most work at home jobs are just scams but mystery shopping can be the exception. Don’t plan on quitting that day job however. Mystery shoppers usually get paid $12-$15 an hour but that’s not exactly a full time income. Just how much shopping can you do in one day? If you like to shop and like to review everything from how friendly a waitress is to if you were asked if you’d like to add an order of fries to your order — even evaluating bathroom cleanliness… mystery shopping just might be for you. The hours and days are flexible. You may not want to take some assignments due to location or other time constraints. My overall opinion is that this is a valid opportunity but remember if they ask for a fee, avoid that one.

eBay. Everywere you go now, you hear someone talking about buying or selling something on eBay. They even have a new franchise that has started up, Sell It on Ebay. It’s a storefont where you can take items in that you want to sell and they do all the work. They post the ad and when it sells, you collect the money less any commission that the eBay store charges. For people that are not afraid of the computer, eBay is very easy to get started with. There is complete online assistance with every piece of it. Last year more than 1 million people reported eBay as their primary or secondary source of income and another 2 million say it is a supplemental source of income. I’ve met people who’ve done well on eBay. I feel confident that this is a very good way to create a profitable business. So what do you sell? Did you hear the story of the young college graduate that started going to all the garage sales and buying every CD and DVD she could find? She then put them on eBay for sale. She made over $1 million in just one year.

Google AdWords. Many of you have probably heard about the book, Google Cash, by Chris Carpenter selling for $49. Chris reveals exactly how he placed tiny classified ads at Google.com and redirected their visitors to high paying affiliate programs — getting paid with PayPal within 24 hours to 2 weeks. You become an online matchmaker. You match up people with problems and direct them to the company with a solution and you get paid commissions from that company for sending them the business. A person looking for a solution to their problems submits a request to a search engine like Google. Let’s say they type in “pet products.” The Google search engine will deliver search results in one of at least two ways. The vast majority of listings are displayed at no cost to the web site owner. But at the very top of the result’s page is a “Sponsored Link” ad and at the far right are also paid for ads.

You might be surprised how easy it is. To get started on Google AdWords, you apply online and give them your $5 and you’re on your way. You can have an ad running in less than an hour. Please understand that the Google Cash or Google AdWords system does take some effort to make it work. There is complete online set up instructions on Google’s web site as well. Also note that this same process works on Yahoo as well. Another source you make want to check out is Perry Marshall’s The Definitive Guide to Google AdWords. When you go to Perry’s site you can sign up for a free home study course. Definitely not a scam and it will take some work. This can be extremely profitable!!

Day trading. Let me start out by saying that I think every person serious about building a business should study the principles of day trading. I don’t mean they should necessarily become a day trader, but there is a lot to be learned by studying this approach to making money, such as how to minimize risk, and how to capitalize on winning opportunities. Day trading requires an enormous amount of discipline and is a good model for the type of discipline required for any business to succeed. The North American Securities Administrators Association says That 70% of day traders lose money. Personally, I don’t think that’s all that horrendous. It’s true of any business that only a small percentage of the people involved are disciplined enough to make the business work.

If you still want to try your hand at day trading, I suggest you check out the free eBook, Forex Freedom first. Within this book you’ll learn such things as how to build confidence while you try out different strategies and fine tune your skills. You will start out will a small amount and compound your profits using a special risk management method. You will use a proven and tested, step-by-step strategy. There is even a way to make money as an affiliate by sending other people to that forex site. This way you can still make money in the market without being a day trader. Other affiliate offers can be found on this blog.

Online Marketing. We’ve all heard those stories about people who go from broke to millionaire in 1-2 years so we know it CAN be done. I always wondered about how those internet marketers got started and how could I get started without getting scammed. I thought about it for a long time and one day I received an email that sparked my interest. There was a copy of an eBook called Perpetual Profits which explained all the concepts of internet marketing. It even discussed how to pick the correct market to go into! It had step-by-step procedures on how to build that web site. Another facet that I found extremely helpful was the fact that they had a forum where I could ask question from others. They would even look at my web site and tell me how to fix it. Once you have the website up, your online marketing possibilities are unlimited. You can do affiliate marketing, you can do advertising, you can select whatever topic interests you and offer that to other people as well. All this training and coaching was FREE. I know that’s hard to believe. If this sounds like something that you want to look into someday, make that day today! It could be what you’re looking for. It was for me!

Here’s to your future,
Karen Kelley is the owner and developer of several web sites. During her career with a major corporation, she struggled with balancing a job and raising a family. Because of a strong interest to find something that could produce an income from home, she embarked on this project. This report is part of a series; to obtain the complete report, http://www.MomsResourceCenter.com/capture-ebook.html

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