I’m often asked to provide information on working from home as if I could pull out a one page “how to” sheet that would detail everything I do, how I do it, what works and what doesn’t.

I think many people think it’s a matter of sitting down, spitting out a couple’a hundred words and then spending the remainder of my day basking in the sun on the deck with a mommy martini and a good book.

It doesn’t work like that – Although it would be nice if it did – at least one day a week.

Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do – but it’s definitely not for everyone. Sure, I’m able to work from home – work my hours around the schedules of my family, but there are many weeks that I work WAY over 40 hours.

There’s nothing about working from home that is “part-time” and there is certainly nothing “easy” about it.

When reviewing my stats, I see many people arrive here looking for easy jobs like data entry – that’s fine if that’s your thing, but that’s not what I do.

I am often asked how to tell a legitimate work at home offer versus a scam – in a nutshell, if you are signing up or applying for a job and it gets to a point where it asks for your credit card – It’s A Scam!

I have never, EVER paid money to make money. Unless you count the hosting fees, custom template designs and the occasional membership for forums I participate in.

If you are looking for data entry jobs – you could start here with a list of companies who hire telecommuters for this sort of thing.

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In a recent conversation with my boyfriends son, I shared with him my opinion on working online versus working in our local area.

Justin is going to college in August to pursue an education in IT – so given the topic of “technology” – I felt the door was open to share with him ideas on how to make money while he was attending school.

When it comes to the internet, your audience and customer base is global, not just local. We don’t have to be so concerned about the potential customers in our town, county or even state for that matter and we can rest assured there are many times we can rest easier knowing we are making money while sleeping – but that’s another topic for another day.

More and more people, especially in areas hit hard by growing or high, but stable unemployment rates, American freelancers are finding more and more work abroad.

As the U.S. economy slowly climbs back to health, American freelancers are finding themselves working for companies overseas in what’s being called reverse outsourcing. Executives at companies like oDesk say they’re seeing more corporations and small businesses from the U.K., Australia, China, Pakistan, and India turn to the U.S. freelance market.

oDesk has reported the number of international companies that hire U.S. workers jump from 1,429 in February 2009 to 4,285 in February 2010.

The latest reports indicate the average oDesk employee makes $17.60 per hour. Not bad at all really – when you consider you can work in your pajamas, from home, no commute and high prices of gas are no longer a concern.

oDesk offers a great business model for employers and contractors. Their unique approach guarantees that an hour billed is an hour worked, and guarantees to contractors that an hour worked is an hour paid.

Get Hired on oDesk Today

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Finding the perfect blogging or social media job can be like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.

Here are some of the online sources I think you should be checking out if you’re wanting to start working as a professional or paid blogger.

Blogs

Problogger Job Board – Quite possibly the most famous ‘blogger’ I know has a board especially made for posting blogger jobs.

Freelance Writing Gigs – A freelance writing community and writing jobs resource.

Job Listing Sites

Craigslist – a free listing site that you can set to jobs category and even allows you to choose what location you want to look for a blogging job in. Be wary of scams, though, because they abound here.

I Want Media – A great resource that pulls all the social media job listings from Craigslist into one tidy location.

Job Aggregators

Indeed – Compiles jobs from from different job resources. Simply plug in your keyword (example “blogger”) and results galore.

SimplyHired – Another job aggregator that allows you to search for blogging jobs via use of a custom search box.

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