Work-At-Home Success strives to offer practical advise and quality resources
about working at home including assistance to media and press sources looking
for current work-at-home news.
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About WAHS and Leslie Truex aka The Pajama Mama
Debuting January 1998,
Work-At-Home Success was one of the first websites to provide free information
on all aspects of working at home including starting a business, telecommuting,
and avoiding scams and was the first websites to offer legitimate telecommuting
job posts.
One of the aspects that
makes Work-At-Home Success unique to other work-at-home websites is the diverse
work-at-home experience of its founder, Leslie Truex aka The Pajama Mama. She
has successfully worked at home as a telecommuter, online freelance worker, and
home business owner, and is able to offer information and assistance based on
her experience.
Since its first posting
in January 1998, the site has been regularly updated and revamped adding unique
features such as The Cost of Work and International Telecwork information.
Delivered each Friday,
WAHS Jobs & News is Work-At-Home Success' free online newsletter that offers
articles about working at home and marketing, current world news on
telecommuting and home business, recent work-at-home job posts, and scam
alerts.
As the aspects of working at home or online change,
Work-At-Home Success strives to offer up-to-date information and resources in a
straight forward, easy to implement format. It is Leslie's belief that anyone
can work at home if they have desire strong enough to survive frustration and
disappointment, and a commitment to never quit.
About the Founder of Work-At-Home Success
Leslie Truex truly knows how to combine comfort with making a living.
Fordecade she has been working at home often in her pajamas, and helping others do the
same.
Before finding success working at home, she ran into many of the same problems other
work-at-home wannabes encounter. She fell for a variety of scams and schemes. She
invested in a business opportunity that went belly-up weeks after she joined.
She attempted several other business ventures and found she couldn’t motivate herself to
leave her comfort zone and make the businesses work.
But Leslie persevered and eventually found herself working at home not just in one job,
but several. She has telecommuted as a school program coordinator, social worker,
sales woman, and real estate agent. In recent years, she has worked as a
freelance researcher and writer for several Internet companies, as well as a freelance web site
manager.
In 1998, Leslie started sharing her real life experiences and tips to other work-at-home
wannabes through her website Work-At-Home Success. Today the website has over
100,000 visitors a month, and has been recognized by telework and small business
associations as a quality resource for work-at-home information. Leslie’s articles
appear all over the Internet and many more resources quote or mention Leslie’s website
in their articles.
Leslie remains to committed to providing as much information and resources to anyone
who wants to work at home. "I believe any one 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-upwork-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."
Her current home-based income comes from a part-time telecommuting position as an adoption social
worker, her work-at-home information websites, and her home business. Recently she has added public
speaking and upcoming author to her list of credits.
Her book,
The Work-At-Home Success Bible was
published in February 2009 by Adams Media.
Leslie is a guest expert in
Telecommuting,
Home Business and
How to Get what you want in Life at AllExperts.com
Story Angles and Talking Points
Story Angles
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How working at home can save families thousands of dollars.
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Why so many people fail to find legitimate telecommuting jobs and instead become victims of scams.
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Why working at home is the answer to economic hardship suffered by families and business.
Talking Points
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Is it possible to “have it all”?
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How were you able to achieve work-at-home success?
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Why did you decide to leave your job to work from home?
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Who is working at home suited to?
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Can working at home really help people find balance or do they spend too much time working or watching TV?
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Are moms the only group of people looking to work at home?
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How does one get their spouse to support their desire to work at home?
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What are the best jobs for working at home?
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What are the best home businesses for working at home?
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What are the most common scams and how can people avoid them?
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What are the biggest challenges to working from home?
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What steps would someone take to start a business or find a job to do from home?
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How does one start a business or telecommuting job without risking their regular job and income?
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How does someone find the money to get started?
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How much does it cost to work at home?
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What are some of the key benefits to working from home?
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What skills and characteristics are needed to successfully work at home?
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Do people need the formality of a business and marketing plan when starting a home business?
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What should be included in a business plan?
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What are some of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make that can ruin their business or telecommuting career?
News Releases:
Jan. 2007 -
Can Working In your Bathrobe Help You Attain Life Balance? - Leslie Truex, the
Pajama Mama says Yes!
Dec. 2006 -
Work-At-Home Expert is Giving Away a Website!
Nov. 2006 -
Work At Home Success Expo is Coming!
Nov. 2006 -
The Fluvanna Review: The “Pajama Mama”: A Stay-At-Home Working Mom
Nov. 2006 -
New Toolkit Helps People Work From Home
Oct. 2006 -
Free Jobs Online Teleseminar
New Resource Helps Telecommuters Find Legitimate Work-At-Home Jobs (6/2006)
At-Home Jobs Are Easy to Find According to Telecommuting Mom (2005)
Local Mom Can't Afford to Work January 2004 (PDF)
Jobs At Home Now Available 2001 February 2001
Work-At-Home Success in the News
Work-At-Home Success is recognized around the Internet as a reliable resource for
working at home. Here are just a few of the sites and media resources at which WAHS
is listed:
Books/Articles that mention Work-At-Home Success or Leslie Truex:
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Work-At-Home Success is listed as a resource in
"I Love My Life!" by Kristie Tamsevicius
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Work-At-Home Successes Scam Alert page is listed as a resource in
PCMag.com
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Work-At-Home Success is listed as a resource in
Lillie Ammann's "How to Get
Started in a Home-Based Business," part of the Dream Jobs to Go series from
Intellectua.com.
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Leslie is interviewed by Patricia L. Fry for
Silicon 2.0!
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Leslie is interviewed in Tech
Living.
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Leslie is interviewed by John Riddle for
Internet Career Resources.
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Work-At-Home Success is listed as a resource in an article at
Information Week
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Work-At-Home Success is listed as a resource at
Eye
On Business and Finance
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Work-At-Home Success is listed as a resource at
McGraw Hill Learning Tools: Sociology
Websites that mention or refer to Work-At-Home Success:
Leslie Truex's Articles
Her Artciles have appeared in ezines and
websites all over the web and are syndicated through Best Syndication. Here are
just a few sites that have featured Leslie's articles:
To get copies of Leslie's articles, visit
LadyPens.
Work and Family Statistics
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Two income families today earn 75% more than their one-income counterparts of a generation
ago BUT have less discretionary income. (Warren and Tyagi,
The Two Income Trap)
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Number of dual income families declined last year (2002) for the first time. However, this
was not a by a choice to have a stay-at-home parent but rather the result of massive layoffs.
(Blanton, Boston Globe 9/23/03)
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Over 10 million moms stay home to raise their children.
(Census Bureau)
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According to the Bureau of Labor, nearly 50% of married women with infants do not work outside the
home.
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189,000 dads stay home full-time to raise children. (Census
Bureau)
Work-At-Home General
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Survey results from the July/August 2006 Working Mother magazine revealed that 75%
of the respondents wanted the ability to work from home.
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In another survey, 80% of the participants claimed telecommuting would make their
lives less stressful (2004 Flexible Working Survey by Netilla Networks)
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Working at home helps protect the environment. Burning just one gallon
of gasoline produces 19.64 pounds of carbon dioxide? Use AT&T’s Carbon
Monoxide calculator to see what you can save by working at home.
http://www.att.com/telework/calculator.html
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In 2004, the number of employed Americans who worked at home any where from 1 day a
year to full-time grew 7.5% to 44.4 million. (ITAC)
Telecommuting
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Employers offering telecommuting increased 22% in 2004 (Lori Rosen, CCH workplace analyst,
HR Networking: Work-Life Benefits)
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The number of employees who telecommuted at least 1 day per month increased from
23.5 million to 24.1 million in 2004. (ITAC)
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Medium sized businesses (100 to 199 employees) showed the greatest increase in
telecommuters - 57%. (ITAC)
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Bureau of Labor and Statistics – In 2001 19.8 million people did some sort of work
from home in their primary job.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/homey.nr0.htm
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ITAC found 28 million people teleworked in 2001 including from home, satellite or
mobile office. http://www.telecommute.org/telework/twa2001.htm
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By 2003, there will be an estimated 137 teleworkers worldwide. (Gartner Group)
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From 1999 to 2000, for example, teleworkers said their productive time increased
about 30 minutes, to a little more than 7 1/2 hours in an 8 hour day, while
office productivity remained unchanged at 6 hours a day.
http://www.att.com/telework/article_library/alltime_high.html
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Employees who telework can save their employers $10,000 each in reduced absenteeism and
job retention costs. http://www.telework.org
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51% of North American Companies allow some from of home-based work (William Olsten Center
for Workforce Strategies).
Home Business
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports there are 18 million home-based businesses.
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Home businesses generate approximately $427 billion a year in revenue (Bureau of
Labor Statistics)
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5% of businesses with $1 million in receipts are home-based
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs194tot.pdf pg XI
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20,000 home based entrepreneurs have grossed more than $1 million a year. (SBA)
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52% of small businesses are home based
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs194tot.pdf
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25% of home businesses provide 100% of owner’s personal income
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs194tot.pdf
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14% of mothers are self-employed up from 2% a decade ago. (Harris Interactive Survey)
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47 million direct sales representatives worldwide grossed sales of $88 billion in 2003 (DSA)
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According to the National Foundation of Women Business Owners (NFWBO), in 1997 home-based,
women-owned businesses in the U.S. number 3.5 million and provide full or part-time employment
for an estimated 14 million people.
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/docs/starting/hometrend.html
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According to Home Business Magazine Online, in 2001 21.8 million homes had income producing
home offices http://www.homebusinessmag.com/4c.html
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89% with household incomes greater than $80,000 have a home office compared to 14% of those
with incomes below $25,000 (Find/SVP). Home Business Magazine Online
http://www.homebusinessmag.com/4c.html
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there are now more than 18.3 million
home based businesses in the United States. (1997)