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About Work-At-Home Success
Learn about the origin, mission, and policies of
Work-At-Home Success:
History
Work-At-Home Success was first posted on the Internet in
January 1998. Its purpose was to provide free information on all aspects
of working at home including starting a business, telecommuting, and
avoiding scams.
The idea for the site came when the founder, Leslie Truex
was discouraged that more details about how to work at home couldn't be
found. "Success stories always started with the person being in debt,
coming up with a great work-at-home idea and then they weren’t in debt. But what exactly
did they do to get from debt to no debt? What actions did they take? What
did they say and to whom? The details on how to find a way to work at home seemed to be one of life’s great mysteries."
Since its first posting in January 1998, the site has
been regularly updated and revamped. New features include the Cost of Work
page, freebie information, marketing
tips, and work-at-home job search
information.
How
the Founder of Work-At-Home Success
Earns Income from home
Leslie Truex founded Work-At-Home Success in January
1998 making it one of the first work-at-home websites on the Internet
particularly in the area of telecommuting. "I think WAHS was the
first site to post legitimate work-at-home jobs. Back then it was very
hard to find these jobs online and I posted only 1 per week. Today I can
find 100's in a single sitting and I hand-select 10-15 per week."
There are 1000's of
work-at-home websites on the internet. The thing that makes Work-At-Home
Success unique is that the website itself is NOT how Leslie Truex earns
her main income. "Many work-at-home websites on the Internet are run
by people who don't have previous experience working at home. They provide generic
information about working at home and use affiliate programs to earn
income. This is not necessarily bad but, they don't have the experience from which to provide
information to their visitors. I believe this can make a difference in the
quality of information. How can they truly answer questions about
telecommuting if they haven't telecommuted?"
Leslie Truex has diverse
work-at-home experience. She worked from home in business-to-business
sales and in real estate. She has telecommuted as a social worker for
schools and adoption agencies. She has earned
income online freelancing as well as through affiliate programs. She is
the author of Jobs At Home: A complete Guide to Finding or Creating a
Work-At-Home Job which was originally sold in print and is now
available in electronic form.
She also runs a home business opportunity. The above list is her successes, but
during her journey to work-at-home, she fell victim to scams as
well.
"My story is not much different from anyone else's really. I lost
money to scams such as envelop stuffing and tracing programs. I bought
into a business opportunity that went bankrupt weeks after I got my kit. I
attempted several network marketing businesses at which I failed (me, not
the company), and so on."
It was through persistence, determination, and
self-education regarding telecommuting and home businesses, that Leslie was
able to finally achieve her goal. "As the Internet has grown, it has
become easier to find ways to earn income online. At the same time, it's
also harder because it's difficult to evaluate many of the programs.
The number of people losing money to scams or misleading programs is
increasing all the time." It was for this reason that Leslie created
Work-At-Home Success. "I wanted to WAHS to educate and inform people based on
true life experience."
Today, Leslie has several
income streams. She continues to telecommute part-time as an adoption
social worker. She freelances as a website manager for two websites. She
runs several of her own websites generating income from affiliate programs
and her book sales. In 2003 she decided to try a home business opportunity
again. "I was always intrigued by residual income programs. As I
began to think about paying for my kids college and my own retirement, the
appeal grew even more."
When asked about the perception
of home business opportunities, Leslie points to the increasing insecurity
of jobs and how many financial advisors are promoting home business as the
best way to create financial security. "Robert Kiyosaki author of
Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert G. Allen author of Multiple Streams of Income
and even David Bach who writes the Finish Rich books have all recommended
the direct sales industry as an affordable way to earn income from home.
They all say the average person won't develop financial security in a job.
The truth is, a good home business opportunity is a great way to generate
extra income if you don't have a
lot of money or time."
Leslie remains committed to Work-At-Home Success
and to providing as much information and resources to anyone who
wants to work at home for FREE. "I do believe anyone can work
at home, but its not something that will come easy. Sometimes I think
people suspect that I and other work-at-home "experts" are
hiding the list of work-at-home typing jobs. The truth is, there is no
"sign-up work-at-home doing menial work" program. Anyone looking
for fast or easy is not likely to find success at home. Working at home
isn't necessarily hard but it is work. The information needed for you to
work at home is listed on this site. With effort and commitment, I believe anyone
can become a Work-At-Home Success!"
Work-At-Home Success Mission Statement
Work-At-Home Success strives to provide practical
information and resources to anyone wanting to work-at-home.
Work-At-Home Success Privacy
Statement
Work-At-Home Success currently offers an opt-in
newsletter, discussion forum, free classified advertising and on occasion seeks feedback from visitors. Specific
information provided by individual visitors either through the newsletter
sign-up, online surveys, or e-mail contact with Work-At-Home Success is
kept strictly confidential. However, general demographic information about
who visits and utilizes the site will be used to select and attract
advertising. In order to offer the free content and
resources, Work-At-Home Success relies on the financial support of
affiliates and advertisers. These advertisers will be provided with
information such as the number visitors and general demographic data.
Work-At-Home Success will never give away or sell e-mail or other
information about its visitors.
You can use the site and its features (except the opt-in
newsletter, discussion forum and classified ads) without registering. Should
you choose to receive the newsletter, your e-mail information will be used
solely to send you the newsletter. It will not be sold or used for
announcement purposes.
If you chose to use the
discussion forum or classified ads be
aware that others not affiliated with Work-At-Home Success may see your
post and information (such as e-mail address) and use it to contact you.
Work-At-Home Success discourages this but has no control over this.
If you have questions about this statement, please
contact me at success@workathomesuccess.com.
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