Read a great article in a magazine today about how some folks are really coining it selling all kinds of stuff on eBay, even part timers are doing really well in some niches. Several of these people commented on how it was important to have a good niche (ok thats obvious) but many commented that it was really important to get your listings right so I thought I’d list some of the important aspects: Do the research. You need to study how others have listed their items to work out what it is that catches your eye and makes...
The work from home lifestyle is a dream for many and a reality for some. Sadly the space is targeted by scam artists who prey on the innocent looking for ways to make a little extra (or maybe a whole lot extra) from a home business. At workathomefiles.com we look at many ways to start on genuine work from home businesses. We tend to concentrate on those business activities that are based entirely at home or which are mainly based in and near the home and which do not require formal qualifications.
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Make Money with Videochat
Did you know that you can earn money and plenty of it by helping others with their problems. WeRLive is a Videochat service that connects users with experts in various fields, from astrology to relationships counselling and work at home advisors. If you have an expertise in an area and a minimum of 3 hours per month where you can be available online then this might be for you. You get up to 60% share on what your guests are paying and that can be up to $9.80 per minute! At that rate a 10 minute session gets you...
Starting A Home Business? Start while still Employed!
The majority of us don’t have the funds to just jump from employment to self employment in a single bound. What if the venture fails? How will you keep paying the bills? For most of us starting the new venture on a part-time basis is the answer. You can test your ideas out, maybe build a simple website rather than the flashy one you plan on for later etc. Now this part-time approach requires just as much commitment as the other way and thats where the approach sometimes falls over. We find ourselves juggling family commitments as well as...
Make Money as a Wedding Planner
A friend of mine does very nicely with a wedding planning business she runs from home and she does it while saving thousands of dollars for her clients so naturally she gets lots of referral business from the many happy customers. In fact the word of mouth referrals are so many that she has no advertising costs and all the work she can handle. Does that sound like a successful home business to you? Sure it does and while there are many women in the field it is of course completely open to the males too. All that is...
Work at Home Tips – Staying Organized
You've set up the home office, you know what you want to market and now you just need to get down to business and make some money. So how do you organize all the tasks ahead into your day? One of the most helpful work at home tips to keep you on track is this little organizational one.
Small Business and the Risk Factor
I had to think about it a few times over before writing this post because I don’t want to put a negative vibe your way but I have just been through an experience which rams home the whole “don’t put your eggs in one basket” caveat and I find myself wanting to emphasise its importance. Let me make it clear; any business activity which relies on a status quo is a very vulnerable one!
Easy Money with Squidoo
There’s cash to be made at Squidoo and you can take part in the action. Anybody who has anything to say can be a part of it, write on your favourite topic or even write about products with your affiliate links included. Best of all its absolutely free. A Squidoo webpage, known as a ‘lens’, is real simple to assemble with individual modules for different purposes like text, youtube videos clips, Amazon recommendations and plenty more. Even the on-page advertising is already setup for you and you’ll get 50% of the revenue generated. Put your own affiliate links into...
How to Get More Traffic to your Website
Many if not most small businesses have websites to either display their products or services or to take orders. Just like everybody who has ever built a website they want more visitors because more visitors means more business. There are lots of ways to get traffic to your website but we often tend to concentrate on just a few methods like search engine submissions and pay per click campaigns. Take a look through this list of methods to see how many you are ignoring. I’ll update as I think of them or see any comments with more.
Make Money with Niche Websites – Free eBook
I’ve just read another great free ebook, this time from Caroline Middlebrook who has a blog all about her ongoing efforts to become a successful internet entreprneur and the challenges and thoughts she has on it all. In this well written book, Caroline shares her plan to use the power of wordpress (a free blogging tool used by this site and so many more) to create low maintenance mini websites on niche topics over and over to make money from affiliate sales and other avenues. Her book guides you through the setup of wordpress itself and why she favours...
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