Welcome to WAHS Jobs and News where each week you'll find work-at-home job announcements, articles to inspire and inform, scam alerts, telecommuting trends and much more! 

Contents:

• Notes from Leslie
• Work-At-Home Tips, Tidbits and Inspiration
• Work-At-Home Jobs
• Telecommuting News!
• Work-At-Home Opportunities
• Marketing and Promotion for your home based business
• Scam Alert
• ETC... (Disclaimers, ad policy, subscription information, etc)

SPECIAL GIVEAWAY!!! Work-At-Home Success will be giving a way a website. Yes, I said GIVING AWAY a fully functional website to one person in January. The winner will get the site (all pages), the domain name, and help from me on getting it hosted and running*. This site is a work-at-home job site that has several income options such as affiilaite programs and Google Adsense. To enter the drawing, you simply need to be registered. Visit WAHS-Expo to register now!

I have had some wonderful interviews with Nicole Dean owner of LadyPens and Steve Slaunwhite, copywriter and author of Start and Run A Copywriting Business. These and other interviews will be posted at the WAHS Expo in January.

Mark your calendar for January 2007 for the Work-At-Home Success Expo. So far I've lined up several speakers for the Work-At-Home Success Expo including Ernie Zelinski author of The Joy of Not Working, Steve Slaunwhite author of Start and Run a Copywriting Business, and Nicole Dean of Ladypens and Show Mom the Money. The WAHS Expo will be a free virtual expo to help you learn about working at home and design a plan to make it happen. If you have a business related to working at home, find out how you can promote your products or services at the WAHS Expo!  Learn more here!

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Tips, Tidbits and Inspiration

Basic Guideline to Setting Rates for Your Virtual Assistant Business by India Jordan

I've seen Virtual Assistants' rates range from $15 to $70/hr., depending on the VA's experience, specialty, location, and the project. One of the most common concerns with a new Virtual Assistant faces is what to charge for his/her services. A common mistake made by new Virtual Assistants is underestimating the value of their services. The more specialized your service is, the more you may be able to charge for those services.





Here are some guidelines for setting your rates:

Peek in on your competitors

Visit other Virtual Assistants' websites to see what they are charging for similar or the same services. Look for areas you can improve and perhaps provide a service that they don't. Find your USP (Unique Selling Proposition or Point). In other words, what sets your business apart from others’.

Calculate your expenses Your price should at least cover your expenses.

Expenses can include but are not limited to:
 Your Time (Yes, I said your time)
Office supplies, Equipment, and Software Marketing (Online and Offline)
Rent/Mortgage
Utilities (Electricity, Gas, Telephone, Water, etc)
Taxes Insurance (Business, Health, etc.)
Web Hosting and Web Maintenance
Travel and Transportation
Continuing Education

These are just a few that I can think of off the top of my head. Once you have calculated your expenses, you will have a general idea of what you need to cover them. Of course you don't want to just cover your expenses, but make a profit as well.

Price your services according to your target market

Your target market is another factor to consider before setting your virtual assistance price list. If you target business executives, then naturally you could charge them more than you could college students. Why? Well...college students may be on tight budgets, work part-time, and/or may still be depending on their parents for financial assistance. Business executives are pretty much established and tend to have bigger budgets. Do you catch my drift?

Price your services according to supply and demand

If you provide specialized services and the demand is high but the supply of VAs offering the same services is low, you can charge more for those services. However, if the supply is high, you may want to consider being more competitive with your prices. If you want to lower your prices and still make a profit, you will also want to cut your expenses.

After considering all of the above, it should give you a general idea of how to set your virtual assistance price list. This is just a basic and general guideline so nothing is set in stone. :)


If you're an aspiring Virtual Assistant, claim your free e-report "Virtual Assistant Business: A Basic Guide to Start Your Own" at VirtualAssistantBusiness.com. VirtualAssistantBusiness.com is a resource site for current and aspiring Virtual Assistants. Article Source: http://www.ladypens.com

Want to know where I find these jobs? Get a list of over 100 work-at-home job resources plus a list of online companies that frequently hire in Jobs At Home: A Complete Guide to Finding and Creating a Work-At-Home Job!

To apply to the jobs listed below, please follow the directions posted in the announcement. DO NOT CONTACT WAHS TO APPLY TO A JOB LISTED HERE. Work-At-Home Success is not representing or affiliates with the companies posted here. These jobs are found by Work-At-Home Success or submitted for posting. Further Work-At-Home Success can make no guarantees about the jobs posted. Remember to never pay money to get hired. Please let me know if any job posted below asks for money or is otherwise questionable. Visit WAHS's Scam Alert page to get information on protecting yourself from scams.


Administrative and Clerical Jobs

Freelance researchers

Medical Transcription

Administrative Assistant for Investment Advisor (oakland piedmont / montclair)


Medical Transcription

Computer and Internet Jobs





Financial, Bookkeeping and Real Estate Jobs





PR, Marketing, Sales and Fundraising Jobs

Freelance Copy Writer

Grant Writer/Project Manager

Copywriter


Writing, Art, and Photography Jobs

Seeking Indexers  (experience required)

Blog Ghostwriter - Digital Scrap Book


Miscellaneous

Technical Recruiter




Search for more jobs!

Didn't find the job you want above? Here are some of the sites I use to find the above jobs. Most of these sites have 100's more jobs posted. Use the info posted at WAHS Job Search to learn great job search strategies.
 

Telecommuting Job Databases

• Telework Recruiting Work-at-home job database for US, Canada and the UK with over 1000 jobs. Very affordable!
• HomeJobStop has over 100 jobs in clerical, and more in customer service, writing, transcription,  miscellaneous plus 100's of others. Very affordable.
• VirtualAssistants  has 100''s of Secretarial/General jobs plus 100's more in other categories. Little more expensive but offers more jobs.
• Freelance Work Exchange offers over 13,000 jobs in many areas. It offers a 7-day trail for $2.95.
  

Free job search sites 

• CareerBuilder 
• Monster.com 
• Job.com
  
• Yahoo! Hot Jobs
  

• CraigsList.org (Search jobs under the city nearest you. Click on the "telecommute" option in the job search. Search other cities as well.

• NEW.... CrazedList lets you search all of Craigslist on one site! Click on Jobs, and the "telecommute" option. Be sure to fill in something in the keyword list like "telecommute okay".

Work-At-Home in the News

Millions in U.S. now telecommute
More employers are sending the work home


Get more current news on telecommuting at WAHS Telecommuting News Page.

Scam Alert

Federal, State Law Enforcers Complete Bogus Business
Opportunity Sweep

To learn more about scams and how to avoid them, visit WAHS Scam Alert page.

Work At Home Opportunities and Resources

Here are some work-at-home opportunities currently used by visitors of Work-At-Home Success. Please note that Work-At-Home Success does not guarantee or endorse any of the opportunities here unless otherwise stated. These opportunities are offered to you as a resources. It is up to you to research companies and find the best opportunity for you. For more information on protecting yourself, please visit WAHS's Scam Alert

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Marketing Tips

I've Started My Own Online Business...Now What? by Sonia Colon

People ask me this question all the time! The "Now What" part is what grabs my attention. There is so much more than just having an online presence. Just because you have a web site does not mean your work is done. You need to constantly promote, promote, and promote it some more.

Is like that old saying "opportunity will not coming knocking at your door, you need to look for it". The same thing basically applies to your online presence success. You need to practically advertise your online business every day. It is well known that it will take at least seven visits to your site by the same visitor to perhaps make a sale. Ask yourself these questions:

*What are you doing to keep that visitor coming back?

*Why should someone spend their hard earned money on your product?

- Do you offer great customer service?

- Do you offer discounts and or specials?

*What makes your products unique?

*When you do have an order, do you follow up?

*Do you have a testimonial page on your site?

*Do you offer a money back guarantee?

*Is it safe to order at your site?

*Is your site pleasant to visit? In other words, do the colors compliment each other?

*Is your site easy to navigate?

*Do your images download fast? This makes a big difference on whether your visitors will stay, let alone return!

Answer these questions and you'll be surprised with the results. If you've answered YES to all of them, congratulations you're on the right track. Keep in mind that you need to constantly advertise both online and off to get the word out about your online business. Also, having your own EZINE is a great marketing tool. Work on it and see for yourself. If you tackle these small but very important areas of your online business, you should have a better chance to keeping your visitors coming back and turning them into potential customers, which translate into SUCCESS!

About the Author: Sonia Colon is owner of a successful online specialty giftstore "Jimson Products" visit: http://www.jimsonproducts.com for a wonderful display. Get Your Own FREE Mall: http://www.telebay.com/shopping1/mallopp.html

Article Source: www.ladypens.com

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* WEBSITE GIVEAWAY
Website hosting and domain is paid through June 21, 2007. There will be no charges for transferring ownership. At the end of the hosting period, the winner can continue to host the site at SiteSell and pay the hosting and domain renewal of $299 or transfer the site to a new host (lower cost hosting is available). The winner can transfer the site to a new host at anytime before the renewal date at his/her own expense.

Leslie will provide limited assistance in using the current website template, uploading to SiteSell, and using other SiteSell features.  Some knowledge of HTML will be helpful, but not required.

Leslie Truex and WAHS cannot guarantee that the winner will make money from the site. Success at earning income will depend on the new owner signing up for appropriate affiliate programs and implementing an effective marketing strategy.