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Never has there been a time in human History that it has been so easy to make a freelance income from work you do at home. This blog is dedicated to those that are ready to earn more money in the digital age. It works side by side with the forum at http://www.freelanceonlinework.com/freelance-work-forum/

Work At Home Data Entry

May 13th 2011 00:22


If you are looking for a legitimate home based job, then data entry is the great option. It requires little effort to earn money. Data entry is the process of filling out forms in text or numeric.

You can get to grips with the type of work within an hour and can start earning. The basic requirement for this type of work is that you need to have some basic computer knowledge and ability to access the internet.

Work at home data entry is a guaranteed job that allows you work conveniently on your schedule. You need to finish the data entry work as per the instructions provided by the company hiring you.


The data entry forms being filled by you benefit certain companies and hence they are ready to pay for your work. Your honest opinion influences hundred’s of people and that in turn increases the sales effectively. This is how the money is generated to pay you. This is not like a regular job requiring regular a schedule. You can work at home in your own hours. The more you can do, then the more you can earn.

Most of the companies hiring people for data entry pay twice a month. These companies do not require any experience for starting work generally. However speaking good English and having good spelling would be required. You would be given some training not more than one day by the company hiring you. Online training is the most commonly used by the companies.

Since most of the companies are in tremendous need of data processing assistance to display their products to more customers, there is a never ending supply of data entry work. Therefore work at home data entry job can generate a long term income.

Since there are numerous companies offering data entry jobs, there is a chance of bogus compaines. If any company asks you pay a registration fee in order to get a job, run. Also ensure whether there is any complaints associated with the company.


You can securitize legitimate companies by using the Business Bureau search box. Beware of companies that promise you to be rich overnight without any effort. It doesn't happen with hard work!

Free work at home data entry jobs are available in online. Some sites even allow you post your resume for free. But take care to prepare your resume properly as if you do it for a regular job.
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Real Work At Home Jobs

March 14th 2011 19:58
Real Work At Home Jobs

There are many companies that hire employees to work from their homes. Since numerous real work at home job opportunities are available on the internet, you can search and select the most suitable job for you. However, sorting out the real work at home jobs from the numerous job listing can be a time consuming process. But it is better to spend more time and effort to get a legitimate home based job, then being on the rough end of a scam.

By selecting a real work at home job you can enjoy the flexibility of working conveniently at home and at convenient times for you. You can work as a freelancer or you can join as an employee of a company.

Real work at home jobs include customer service, recruiting, sales, technical, telecommuting or writing. You can start working as a home based agent where you are an employee of a company and provide the required customer service. Another type of real work at home job involves providing administrative and clerical support in the form of a virtual assistant. You can also provide technical or creative services to clients.

If you have knowledge in advanced math or science or in some language, then you can select online tutor jobs. You can also join internet based companies that offer assistance to students in various subjects.

Real work at home jobs allow you earn smart income without compromising your time. You can schedule your work according to your convenience. Part time, full time are available for some home based jobs. You should not be required to spend any initial charges or fees to get a job.

All you need is a computer with internet connection. You would be required to have some basic computer experience.

There are certain home based jobs that require full time work on a proper schedule but provide health insurance, pension, vacation and other benefits as in the case of real job. But you have to takes lot of effort to find such jobs.

If you have sufficient experience and qualification in any job, then you can get such jobs easily and enjoy the fun of working at home and at the same time you can enjoy the benefits of a traditional employee.
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Succeeding At Work In Your Home Office

January 13th 2011 07:54
The Challenge of Working From Home

Setting up your home office has its own distinct set of advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, you need to recognize those before you decide to work from home. The most obvious challenge lies in the fact that you are at the comfort of your own home and it is easy to be deceived by the idea that you are not working. Hence, you can assume a laidback approach at work and achieve less than you normally would when having to attend work at the office.

Finding a balance between work and home life is vital. Most importantly, you need to be able to separate the two. That is the first step that you must take in order to succeed with work from your home office. The most important thing that should drive you to work, even when you are right at home is the delivery of quality work expected of you from your clients. Below are some tips to get yourself motivated and become more successful with work at home.

Discipline Yourself

When at home, there are several responsibilities to look after. Juggling them proves to become more difficult with the addition of work priorities. With several things to attend to, it is easy to compromise your work and make them last in your priorities. However, you need to create a boundary in terms of when you need to work and when you must attend to all these errands at home. Treat yourself professionally, such that you have a specific schedule dedicated for work.

However, you also need to ensure that your obligations at home are not neglected when you focus much of your time at work. The key here is balance.

Come Up With A Plan

The best way to come up with a solid plan concerning your home office and work, break them down into short- and long-term plans. Here is how you should approach either one.

Short-term plans: Before starting your daily work, you need to determine what tasks you need to accomplish. This will allow you to allocate how much time is allowed for each one, so as not to forsake other necessary tasks. If possible, do this daily planning method a week ahead. This will help you determine whether you have enough time to squeeze in other rush tasks. In between doing your tasks, take time to relax. This will provide you enough strength and vitality to finish the rest of the day's tasks.

Long-term plans: Every month, take time to review your business. Examine the possibility of growth and adding up more ideas to help your work at home business thrive and grow. Since the market is continually evolving, you have to evolve with it as well. This is also your opportunity to assess where your business is headed to and what you can do to improve it further.

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Office Setup Essentials

Establishing your own freelance business at home has its own set of hurdles, however it can be an exciting endeavor. You must create your home office where you take care of most of your business needs. This will help you treat your online business professionally as you would normally do with business offline.

To set up a home office that makes working convenient and efficient for you, there are some essential factors that you need to put the home office together. Therefore, you have to secure all the necessary equipment and furniture that help to keep your business running smoothly.

Essentials for Your Home Office Setup

Before you look into the tinier details of your home office setup stage, you need to work on the basics first. Taking care of these basic items will help you in working out the specifics later.

• On which part of the house do you set up your home office? Consider the year-round conditions of that particular area in the house. Make sure that it provides a convenient place for you to attend to business and work essentials.

• Find a quiet place in the house. Setting up your home office away from areas that offer a lot of distraction will help you increase productivity. This is an important consideration if you have young children at home.

• Create a home office business plan. As with anything, it is always best to have a plan so you are able to organize the steps you need to take to get to your goals.

Space Plan

Here is where you should decide which area of the house you will be setting up your home office. The source of potential distraction is definitely one of the biggest factors that could influence your decision. Some of your other considerations must ensure that that particular room get enough light and air, as well as being away from the source of noise. This will enable you to provide a professional environment dedicated for work.

Since you will be spending a maximum amount of your time each day in your home office, make sure it is a place you are comfortable with. If not, then you can spend a substantial amount of time in decorating your home office to make it suitable for working.

Home Office Equipment

Equipment are an essential in your home office in order to operate effectively. Therefore, you need to identify what equipment you will need to have in your home office for your particular type of business after you have decided on an area in your house to setup your home office.

Communication tools such as a PC and Internet Connection are essential. When you are doing business online, having contact with other business people are vital.

One important point regarding your home office is to have a separate phone dedicated for business use, which is separate from your home use. This will help your professional image, as the children are less likely to answer your work phone .

In this digital age, utilize email communication for a more efficient communication system, or consider buying some conference software. The more ways your potential online customer can contact you the better. The Jury is still out as to whether social media can bring in sufficient leads. This is because it's quite time consuming and an adwords campaign may be more productive.

The idea of having more than one medium of communication is to be able to provide the most convenient communication method for your business associates as possible.


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Hi all,

Just a quick post tonight to explain how to add a Twitter share button to your Orble blog. I know some don't see the value of Twitter and some love it, but I honestly believe that Twitter can be a really solid traffic source. There are several main ways to get visitors from Twitter to your site or blog. Most are manual, ie you have to manually promote your blog/site via your tweets or profile. This way of promoting on Twitter requires no donkey work provided you offer valuable information.

If you are a good writer or provide solid content on your blog people love to share it. So instead of expecting Twitter users to manually log into their Twitter, compose a tweet (which can be hard with only 140 characters), then send it to followers make sure you have a one button solution. All my recent posts on Orble have a button to share my post via Twitter and it has increased traffic.

Heres how:

Add This For Twitter


Go to Addthis and you are presented with 3 questions and a confirmation:

1) Select Your Service

I answered website which works fine with Orble

2) Select Your Button Style

I chose the third one down, which shows Twitter/Facebook icons

Twitter Facebook Blog Share


3) Analystics

I chose no, just give me the button

4) You're done with a block that says "Get Your Button"

Once you see this, just copy what's in the rectangular box to the left. Save it somewhere convenient. Every time you post a blog post paste this code at the end with before the text and after it

Twitter Facebook Source


It really is that simple, and whenever a Twitter or Facebook user enjoys one of your posts they can share it with friends with only 2 clicks.

I hope this has helped, please feel free to contact me if you require extra info

Chris

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Freelance Online Forum is now online

March 16th 2010 22:33
After much deliberation I have finally created a forum for freelancers. I had always intended to create a forum here on Orble, however, the script is no longer available. So I have bought webspace and registered a domain name. I have also uploaded forum software to the domain.

Freelance Online Work Forum
Freelance Poll


Now I am getting advice on what sort of information people who freelance are requesting. I have had several queries but I would prefer to get information my followers need to move forward.

Anyway, please could you let me know what you would like here: Forum Poll


and feel free to advertise your services here:
Advertise your services here

All the Best

Chris

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Given the recent recession and tough financial times I have decided to launch a forum for connecting Employers with Freelance Workers. This service will be hosted on my FreelanceOnlineWork.com blog and will be free for all users.
This discussion board will contain sections for Employers to post Freelance Vacancies and sections for Freelance workers to post links to their Website or Business Card.
There will be sections for the following freelancers:

**Freelance Writers
**Freelance Article Writers
**Freelance Copy Writers
**Freelance Graphic Designers
**Freelance Programmers
**Freelance Data entry jobs

Please let me know if you would like me to include any further freelance opportunities, as it will be easier to add them while I am setting up the forum, instead of after it is launched.

Thank-you for taking the time to read and please feel free to comment

All The Best

Chris


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I am delighted to be given the chance to expand this blog, I have been a reader for a long time and I hope that I can build on Lynne Smythe's success. I have always found her writing very good and she has always been approachable.

My aim is to develop this blog from a freelance writer's blog, to a blog that helps all freelancers. I will also cut down on the external linking to other writing sites, because after all an Orble blog should be an entity in itself, and not just a bookmarking opportunity.

Please feel free to offer any freelance related feedback.

All The Best

Chris

PS Heres a PLR article that I think somes up a freelancer

"" Everyday hundreds, thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people decide to investigate the idea of working from home or starting their very own home-based business. They have heard of others that have done so who have been very successful...maybe even wildly successful at it.

Some of these people are very computer savvy individuals. They may even have the ability to build their own webpages. They certainly know the ins and outs of operating a computer. Others aren’t all that computer savvy but they think they have a great idea for an Internet business and are sure that they can find a way to follow their dream.

The Internet really is the great equalizer. The level of formal education that a budding Internet entrepreneur has doesn’t seem to have much bearing on the degree of success that they can achieve on the Internet or how much of a failure they can become. There are those who have reached dizzying heights of success who never finished high school and those who have hit rock bottom who have multiple college degrees.

The commonalities of those who succeed in either working from home or running a home-based business are:

They are all self-starters.

They have a positive attitude.

They are willing to learn.

They develop the necessary survival skills....it really is a jungle out there.

If you are considering starting, or have already started working from home or a home-based business, you are obviously a self-starter.

You wouldn’t have even considered such a venture if you didn’t have a positive attitude.

You are apparently willing to learn, you are reading this book.

The world of Internet business is the electronic equivalent of a jungle. In words made famous in “The Wizard of Oz”, “There are lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” Survival and success aren’t based on education. They are both based upon the mastering of survival skills. ""
Freelance Online Work -New Author
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Wordpress VS. TypePad?

January 7th 2009 22:39


My Bike Diva blog is one year old this month. I have it hosted on the free Wordpress.com site. I would like to be able to add Google ads, and other paid ads to the site. But I would have to upgrade to Wordpress.org and find a site to host it for me.

My grand plan for being a freelance writer is to start a Diva Blog network. But instead of switching over to Wordpress.org, I'm thinking about signing up with TypePad.

Just wondering if anyone prefers one site over the other? TypePad offers a 14 day free trial, so I'll probably sign up with them, and see how I like their blogging software.

Diva Domain Names
With my long term writing goals in mind, I just purchased the following domain names today. None of these sites are active at the moment, so I'm not providing links to the URL's at the present time. A couple of my first choices for domain names were already taken, so I decided to get these domain names while they are still available.

Run Diva
Tea Diva
Writing Diva
Conspiracy Diva
Horror Diva
Craft Diva
Cuisine Diva
Backyard Diva

I'll probably start the Run Diva site first. It will be pretty similar to my Bike Diva site, but with a focus on running and walking events, rather than cycling events.

I'll let you know how my progress goes for these other sites, and post up the links when the sites go live.

Take care,
Lynn Smythe
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PR Newswire for Freelance Writers

November 7th 2008 21:00

PR Newswire for Journalists
If you are a freelance writer or journalist, you should definitely check out the PR Newswire website. Go to their main page, then click on the PR Newswire for Journalists link, on the top left menu bar.

I registered with the site around one month ago, and setup my profile to have press releases, related to my topics of interest, sent directly to my email address. I'm using information from the press releases to write posts to the Bike Diva, Charity Mile and Charity Fitness Events blogs.

Create Opportunity
Another fantastic feature of PR Newswire, is the ability to setup media search campaigns, if you are looking for specific information. I setup two separate campaigns within the past few weeks for my two main areas of interest.

Herbs & Spices Campaign
One campaign was a request for information and news related to herbs & spices, along with a request for review copies of herb cookbooks and samples of herb related merchandise.

So far my herb campaign has resulted in receiving review copies of the books Field Guide to Herbs and Spices by Aliza Green, and The Flavor Bible by Karen Page & Andrew Dornenburg. I have also received a box of Truvia, nature's calorie-free sweetener, to sample. I will be writing reviews of the two books for the Suite101 website - I am the Herbs & Spices Feature Writer for Suite101. And I will be reviewing Truvia for my I Love Herbs blog, right here on the Orble blog network.

Cycling & Fitness Campaign
I also created an opportunity for my other main interest - cycling and fitness. I requested information on cycling and fitness news and events, along with samples of cycling related books and equipment. Here are the results of that campaign so far:

1. Hydrapak - 2 hydration packs and a gelbot water bottle
2. Oakley - sport performance eyewear
3. ZICO - case of 3 flavors of pure coconut water
4. VE2 - package of VE2 Energy Gum
5. Nexcare - 5 boxes of waterproof sports bandages and tapes
6. Vital Action - 4 flavors of their sports performance water
7. Detour - 10 varieties of their sports activity protein bars
8. YogaFit - yoga DVD for Cyclists
9. EKHO - WM108 and WM128 heart rate monitors and Bee Fit pedometer
10. Dr. Jeff Spencer’s bookTurn it Up! How to Perform at Your Highest Level for a Lifetime
11. Todd Crandell’s book Racing for Recovery: From Addict to Ironman and DVD Addict: Racing for Recovery, The Todd Crandell Story
12. Tom & Jerry Caraccioli’s book Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.
13. Expresso Fitness - I’ll be traveling to a local gym to try out their upright stationery bike.

I will be sampling and reviewing all of these products during the next few weeks. Then I will write reviews and articles on all the products for the various sites I write for.

PR Newswire has many more features available than what I'm detailing in this post. I'm just mentioning the services that I find most helpful.

Take care,
Lynn Smythe

P.S. Let me know if you know of any sites that are similar to PR Newswire, and I'll check them out ASAP. I would also like to hear from other writers that are using PR Newswire.
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Article Marketing with Videos

October 16th 2008 15:17

Everyone knows that submitting articles to article directories is a great way to get high quality links and traffic to your website. But what about reworking your article into a video?

You'll need to have a way to create an audio for your video; and, then create the video content. Using your preferred method for creating the article, you will read your article. Then it's quite easy to use Microsoft Power Point to create template slides and you can use Windows Movie Maker to put the audio and template slides all together.

You want to create at least 3 to 5 slides with key bullet points in your article. When you create your slide make sure to save them as a picture file like "jpeg" so that you can import them into Windows Movie Maker and build your video.

Now you're ready to start submitting your video to video submission websites. Everyone is aware of Youtube.com but did you know that there are hundreds of other sites like GoFish.com, Revver.com, Sharkle.com, etc?

If you have a blog, after you have uploaded your article video to YouTube, you can copy the video code into the code section of your blog. Next you can copy your written article and post that in the view section of your blog. Then you hit the publish button and that's it!

Last but not least, now you can take your audio file that you created and turn it into a podcast.

Tip offered by Susan Gilbert, AME's Search Engine Marketing Expert and Web 2.0 company owner, http://www.JoomlaJump.com, which provides Social Networking websites and services.

Reprinted from "The Book Marketing Expert newsletter," a free ezine offering book promotion and publicity tips and techniques. Really Long Link
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Do You Twitter?

August 8th 2008 19:24
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Twitter Logo

TWITTER
Is anyone else signed up with Twitter? Twitter is yet another social networking site. I didn't really know too much about Twitter until I started getting emails from a few friends and writing contacts that mentioned they use Twitter all the time.

ANOTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE
Initially I was a bit reluctant to sign up for Twitter. I already belong to a TON of social networking sites and I don't even have enough time to keep up with all of them. So I didn't really see the need to sign up for yet another site that I would hardly ever use.

In addition to being a freelance writer, I am also a cycling nut. The latest company to sponsor me is Freestyle Watches. They said I had to sign up for a Twitter account so we could keep in touch with each other. So a few days ago I signed up for a Twitter account - http://twitter.com/thebikediva.

LET'S TRADE TWITTER LINKS
If you have a Twitter account, add your link to your Twitter page and I'll check it out. My Twitter page is located at http://twitter.com/thebikediva.

Let the Twittering begin!!!

Take care,
Lynn
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Add Your Blog to Blog Burst

July 23rd 2008 17:06
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Blog Burst Logo

BLOG BURST
Anyone that has a blog should consider registering it with the Blog Burst site. It is free to list as many blogs as you would like. Your blog has to be setup for full RSS feeds, not just a summary of each post you make to your blog.

I have my Bike Diva site, which is a Wordpress.com blog, registered with the Blog Burst site. I have been getting a good amount of traffic to Bike Diva coming through my link with Blog Burst.

MEDIA EXPOSURE FOR YOUR BLOG
BlogBurst places blogs on nearly 100 top-tier news and media sites including Reuters, USA Today, Gannett, McGraw-Hill, Fox News and more.

I just checked my Bike Diva stats on the Blog Burst site earlier today. Here are a few of my Bike Diva posts that have been picked up in the last few weeks by other sites:

Reuters - Bike Diva Future
Chicago Sun Times - Bike Diva Biking Articles
Computer Shopper - Go Pro Digital Cameras
Livestrong - Century Ride Tips for New Cyclists

If you have a blog, list at Blog Burst, and see an increase in traffic to your site. It's also cool to brag to your friends that Reuters, and other popular online sites, have picked up your news feed!

Take care,
Lynn AKA the Bike Diva
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My Personal Blog

April 24th 2008 17:01
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Freelance Writer Lynn Smythe

My Writing Website
I used to have my own domain name setup for my personal webpage. I could never really figure out the ftp file uploading and always struggled to keep the site updated. I decided to setup a free site on Blogger to keep track of all my writing projects.

The site is located at: Freelance Writer Lynn Smythe.

RSS Feeds
I write for quite a few online sites, so I placed RSS feeds of the 5 latest articles for most of the sites on the main page. I still need to setup a page with my resume of print publication articles.

More Links
I don't think I'm going to keep a resume of all my online publications on the site. They currently number in the hundreds - information overload. Guess I should add links for each site I've had articles published on: Suite101, Associated Content and Helium are the main ones.

Your Site
Do you have a personal website setup to keep track of all your online and print publications? Please share the link to your site and I'll check it out when I get a chance.

Take care,
Lynn
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