7th in Series: Work from Home taking Online Surveys and other Job Ideas

Making money from home isn't always easy and there are many setbacks, the work can be fun, rewarding and very beneficial to your lifestyle. The hardest part about making money from home for many are finding work, scheduling time and organizing their work projects and drumming up customers. If you can't tackle these main points, you may find working from home isn't worth it. Below are tips to making the most of your at home employment.
Finding work - there are many online opportunities to make money from home. If you have a degree in design, computer fields, mathematics or journalism then finding work shouldn't be too difficult. You can write a resume and distribute it to major companies. In the cover letter make it clear that you want to subcontract work.
If you don't have a degree in a specific area or experience in a lucrative field, then your options narrow somewhat. If you can speak and write English like a native, or if you can translate text from English into another language there are many opportunities on websites like Elance or oDesk. A simple Google search for freelance writing and translation jobs will net you hundreds, if not thousands of opportunities for bid work.
If writing isn't something you would like to do, then consider taking online surveys for money . There are about ten reputable clearing houses for finding legitimate paid surveys . One of them is at http://www.getpaidtotry.com/. Most surveys bring in between $2 to $50 and take between 4 minutes and 30 minutes to complete. Finding the best paid surveys is fairly easy when using a clearinghouse.
Scheduling and Organizing Projects - if you can't schedule your time effectively or organize the work you have completed, you will never know where you are with your projects. You waste huge amounts of time just trying to figure out what needs to be done today, what was completed yesterday and what needs to be done tomorrow. Billing becomes a nightmare. You can't make deadlines and you look unprofessional. Organization and scheduling is one of the most important aspects of working from home. There are schedule templates online, in almost all free email accounts or you can make your own with downloadable templates in Microsoft Word or just use excel. Print your schedule and tape or tack it onto your wall or a surface close to your computer. Refer to your schedule constantly. Mark off projects as they are completed and make adjustments for time as needed. When billing time comes around, just look at your schedule to see what you have completed. It's so much easier this way.
Drumming up Customers - if you decide to subcontract with companies, then you will need as many good references as possible. Most clients will come from word of mouth. Do social networking, go to parties, participate in town hall events and pass out business cards and brochures. It may be embarrassing at first, but going from business to business offering your services and handing out resumes is a great way to get customers.
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