Working for yourself at home is the dream of millions of people. For most, it remains just that - a dream.
I am and always have been one of those dreamers and I'm still working towards the dream. The great thing for me is that I'm getting a lot closer to achieving that elusive independence and hopefully you've been following my progress on the blog.
Anyway, the purpose of this article is to give you some pointers towards the types of paid work you can get to do at home and how to get it. I'm aiming to give you information about sites which I believe to be reputable based on personal experience or the experience of people I trust. Today I'm going to recommend a few sites and as I try out more, I'll write again about other sites I know to be good.
Here are the sites I'll be talking about in this article:
Inbox Dollars
Surveys 4 Income
Real Writing Jobs
Home Job Stop
Hitz4Pay
My Lot
There is a huge variety of industries which pay you to do their work for them. I would divide them into two categories:
1. Companies which pay you for your time online, brain power, experience or just for being there.
2. Companies which pay you to actually make/assemble things for them.
The only one I'm interested in is number one as the second option has so many opportunities for scams and failed payment as well as often requiring significant money up front. My main starting point has always been to keep the startup costs low or preferably non-existent.
Sooo .... Here we go....
Paid surveys - one of the most common types of paid homework. As you trawl the money making "opportunities" available, you keep falling over hundreds of these. I would guide you towards the more established and long lived of these as you could easily end up investing time and effort in one which disappears before payday. The cynic in me suspects that a lot of these pop up, mop up your efforts and cash in without paying you. Then they pop up under another name and do it again. You can spend weeks finding and trying out various survey sites (believe me - I have) only to find out that they don't come close to the hype. You either end up with a few pennies you can't withdraw or with nothing.
One site I'd recommend is Inboxdollars which is a genuine and established site. Inboxdollars provides paid surveys, paid games, paid email reading and various other paid tasks which can add up to a tidy balance. Have a look at the site by clicking below:
To avoid the weeks of work and disappointment, it can pay to join and use a site such as Surveys 4 Income which is a site which provides a load of paid surveys without you having to do all the legwork. The advantage of this site is that it's a one stop shop which saves you a lot of time trying out sites on your own. They do charge a fee to join but I've found that the time saved is well worth it and you can get started straight away.
Copy writing - a number of sites pay people to create adverts for them. This is cost effective for the company as they don't have to run permanent payrolls or offices and yet they can fill their commitments using reliable and conscientious workers - you.
As with surveys, you can either trawl around to find paid copywriting work from several sites or join a site which gathers them in one place for you. There will be a fairly reasonable fee for this service site but in my experience, it's more than worth it as it saves a lot of valuable time and effort and also provides genuine jobs which pay - it may take you a while to find these if you look around independently.
Real Writing Jobs provides a large number of paid writing opportunities for a fee. As with Surveys 4 Income, they make the fee worth it by providing a load of genuine paid jobs in one place so you save time and get started immediately.
Get paid to read emails and Ads - There's a site called hitz4pay which is free to join.
I like this site because they've been around a while and I know they pay up. I also like them because they email me when there is new stuff for me to click. They give you $10 just to sign up and they cost you nothing. Hitz4pay also link you to easy surveys for cash. You get paid through Paypal so it's easy and sweat free. There are a few other sites which do this and I'm currently testing some. I'll let you know which are the good ones.
In addition to Hitz4pay, there is of course one of the best - Clixsense which I've explained in detail in my article which is linked to this blog.
Get paid to join discussions - A site called My Lot pays you to join in forum discussions on topics you're interested in. There's room for all interests here and they pay you by sharing advertising revenue with users. Many people spend hours a week sharing news and views on forums of all sorts and here you can be paid for it. There's the added advantage that, if you want to publicise your website or similar, this is a good place to link to people who might benefit from your site or products.
General
A few sites claim to find a variety of jobs to suit all talents and interests for you and among the best is
Home Job Stop which screens jobs for you and holds a huge number of paying opportunities. You do have to pay a fee for this service but the same advantages apply as with the other sites which I've mentioned above - time saving and genuine leads for you to put your efforts into.
You won't make a fortune from any single one of these types of sites but they really do build up as part of an income string. All you have to do is to join up and keep track of your income strings - eventually you'll have significant amounts rolling in.
I'm sure there are other reputable work at home sites but I haven't checked their reliability yet. I'd rather put a lot of effort into proven sites and a little effort into unproven sites - then when they pay out, I'll work harder with them - and I'll let you know about them.
I hope this article has given you a few ideas which you can act on. Give it a go and that dream of making a good income from home can become a happy reality.
Here's to you!
Des
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