Sunday, July 27, 2008

How to Earn Money from Home - Without Pulling Your Hair

By Monell Honor

Avoiding the problems of the regular commute, working from home is becoming increasingly popular. This does not mean there is a relaxing period ahead when it's a little bit of work and a lot of play because then you will not earn enough.

Try and understand that this job does not have the same feeling of safety that an office job might provide. You can make it a success and be totally independent only if you slog and are disciplined.

Many people who would like to venture into working from home opportunities are often lured by 'make millions in a month' due to their desire to make quick and easy money. Very occasionally these might work; however, they rarely work sufficiently well as the advertising and hype make out.

Surveys and data entry are some of the common ones in this category; both of these do have some that pay out although many do not keep their promises. No one has yet become rich by just sitting around and having a great time at home, punctuating the day with a few surveys or data entry jobs.

You will not be able to sustain yourself with these if you are planning to do it on a regular basis to earn your living. Not all are scams, although many scams are present and anyone wishing to do this must be vigilant and careful.

Writing some articles for others is a very easy way that you can earn money even though you are going to have to possess some reasonable writing skills. However, in the beginning you will usually find that you are writing for people who are selling your efforts on as their own. Even if you work hard, you rarely earn more than for 500 words so try not to expect too much at the beginning.

One of the ways forward is to write for yourself and then turn around and sell them as PLR or public label rights where they are able to be a little more lucrative in the long term. The basic idea is to write a number of maybe ten articles on a certain theme and then sell them to a limited number of people at a reduced price. The math would be like this: if you charged for a set of ten write ups and when sold to 30 other persons, it multiplies to 100's of dollars, making the original worth per article much greater

If you want to earn some really good money from home and keep it dependable and consistent, you are going to have to really work at it. In the beginning it will not be easy, however, once the kinks have been ironed out and the process streamlined, it will be easy. You will also be able to hire a small group of writers yourself eventually to out source your work and at that stage you will be able to make the kind of money you dreamed about.

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