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 - Visit me at Myspace! Are you a Scanner?
• Work-At-Home Tips, Tidbits and Inspiration - Leslie favorite home business ideas
• Work-At-Home Jobs -  20 New Jobs! (double the usual)
• Telecommuting News! - Is Telecommuting right for you?
• Scam Alert - FBI Logs Millionth Zombie Site
• Work-At-Home Opportunities - Affiliate programs, home business and more.
• Marketing and Promotion for your home based business -  Increase your website's conversion rates
• ETC... (Disclaimers, ad policy, subscription information, etc)

I'm over at MySpace now! I thought I was too old for MySpace, but I have discovered people of all ages as well as companies! So come check out The Pajama Mama at Myspace. And if you're a member, let me know!

Are you a scanner? Do you have tons of projects you'd like to complete, places to go and people to see, but never seem to do any of it? That's me. I can barely manage the projects I have and yet I have lists of things I'd like to do (revamp other websites, write a mystery, decorate my home, start a podcast, etc), places I'd like to take my kids to and friends and family I'd to see more often. Most of these things just sit on my list. So I picked up Barbara Sher's book "Refuse to Choose: Use ALL of your interests, passions, and hobbies to create the life and career of your dreams". I have only just started it, but I'm hopeful that by the end, I'll be able to do everything on my list. If you don't know Barbara Sher she also wrote "Wishcraft" and "I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was..." both of which I recommend. She offers great advice and tips, practical steps to make change in your life, and profiles of others who were succeeded in creating their dream life. If, like me, you're overwhelmed with life and all you want to do, I recommend Refuse To Choose.



Have Leslie speak to your group or organization! Leslie is now offering her teleseminars to live groups from Maryland to North Carolina and points in between. Seminar/workshop topics include:

• Online Employment: Finding or Creating a Work-At-Home Job
• Developing a Telecommuting Program to retain and recruit the best employees for your business.
• Online Income - How to turn your Interests into Income Using the Internet!
• Internet Marketing for Small Businesses
• My Name isn't Mommy - Helping moms find balance in their lives.

If your group, association, or organization is looking for informative and practical seminar and workshop presentations, email Leslie for details (website coming shortly).

Have a terrific weekend!
Leslie Truex


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Tips, Tidbits and Inspiration

My Favorite Home Biz Ideas by Leslie Truex

I receive email everyday asking me what the "best" home business option is. The answer is: One that you will do. With that said, I have compiled a small list of home business ideas I like. Of course the list is not exhaustive, and in fact is limited to only those business that can be done 100% and mostly (99.99% of the time) online because that is the criteria I used when I wanted to work at home. If I had to start over today, these are business I would start. In fact, several of these businesses I currently run.

Copywriting: If I had truly understood the copywriting industry; how lucrative it is and how easy it is to get started, I'd be a copywriter today. Every week I find jobs posted online for freelance copywriters to create sales, letters, ads, brochures, articles, web content and more. You don't need an English or Marketing degree to be a copywriter. Pick up books copywriting books by Robert Bly or Dan Kennedy and how to build a copywriting business by Steve Slaunwhite (you can listen to my interview with Steve at WAHS Expo) or Robert Bly. If you are really serious about copywriting, consider AWAI's Six Figure Copywriting Course. Its excellent.

Virtual Assistant: The chances of you getting hired to type at home is virtual nil, unless you are a virtual assistant. VA's are cyber secretaries or administrative assistants who do everything traditional secretaries do except get coffee. They transcribe documents, check email, make appointments, order supplies, post web content, write and/or edit written documents, provide customer service, and a whole lot more. While the number of VA jobs is growing, your best bet for success is to start a VA business. I recommend Nell Talercio's resources on How to Become a VA. You can check out my interview with Nell on becoming a VA at WAHS Expo.

Turning Interests Into Income: One of the fastest, cheapest and easiest ways to earn an income online is to use your knowledge and influence to help others. Do you know about organic gardening in the snow? Create a website and newsletter with information on this. Offer an ebook? Find companies with tools and resources for organic snow gardening to recommend on your site. Use Google's Adsense to earn income through advertisers. When your site is big, offer ad space. The key to success is to have helpful content, credibility, and a marketing plan. I recommend Rosalind Gardner's Super Affiliate Handbook to learn step-by-step how to turn what you know or like to do into cash online.


Network marketing: Nothing seems to strike fear into the hearts of would-be home business owners like the words network marketing. While some of its reputation is earned, a great deal of what people think they know or understand about network marketing is wrong. Slowly, the industry is gaining acceptance. Check out books in the financial section of your books store and odds are you are going to find several by well-known gurus (David Back of Finish Rich, Loral Langemeier or Millionaire Maker, Trump, Janet Switzer of Instant Income) who suggest network marketing or direct sales as a viable, affordable way to make money from home. These opportunities are especially appealing because they allow people to build residual income. With company retirement plans all but eliminated and the future of social security bleak, people need a way to leverage their time and money. Network marketing is the most affordable, family-friendly way of doing that. The key is to choose a reputable company with products and services you like. Further, it should be web friendly. Check out my article on Choosing a Home Business Opportunity for guidelines on selecting a safe, profitable network marketing opportunity as well my article on avoiding biz op deception.


Sell your  skills:  Can you bookkeep, write, design websites, or provide other web friendly services? Just like copywriting and VA services, you can market a skill you have.


Sell Your Stuff: Do you make terrific beaded jewelry? Have you invented the next great-mommy-helper gizmo? Do you know a good deal at a yard sale that can reap rewards with collectors? Besides affiliate programs, auction sites such as eBay has helped millions of people make money at home selling their junk, homemade items, or rare finds. Its easy to get started simply by selling unused or unwanted stuff around you home. If you're looking to grow a healthy income from auctions, I do recommend you read any of the many books available on building a successful auction site business.

Sell other peoples stuff: This is affiliate marketing and is related to turning your interests into income outlined above. If there is a product or service you love, check its site to see if it has an affiliate program. Success online entrepreneurs make their money because they truly love and are passionate about the products or services they sell or recommend. Again, I like Rosalind Gardener's Super Affiliate Handbook for all the information and tools you'll need to be a successful affiliate marketer.





READ FIRST! 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 affiliated 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 Support and Clerical Jobs

Customer Service

Medical Coder

Transcriber of Voice Recording (Seattle)

Office Assistant  (Remote Worker)

Assistant for business author

Computer and Internet Jobs

Graphic design

Web content Manager

Wordpress guru

EXCEL Spreadsheet writing needed ...12 pages (Midtown)


Financial, Bookkeeping and Real Estate Jobs

Bookkeeper - OR


Accountant/Bookkeeper


PR, Marketing, Sales and Fundraising Jobs


Grant writer

Sr. Copywriter


Writing, Art, and Photography Jobs

freelance writers

website content writer

Bloggers


Writer/SME Sought for Educational Content

Freelance writer/researcher (Wisconsin)


Miscellaneous

Spanish Tutors/Teachers

Special Needs Childcare Recruiter - PT/Commission (New York)


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. Please note, the listings below are not jobs (jobs are posted above). These are services that provide work-at-home job announcements. Some are free and others aren't. While you never want to pay a company to hire you, its is okay to invest in a service that can help you find a job. The services below are the ones that I use and know to be reputable.

Telecommuting Job Databases (fee required to access these services)

• 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 (you need to search by keyword to find work-at-home jobs on these 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.

Work-At-Home in the News

Is Telecommuting Right for You?






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

Scam Alert

FBI Logs its Millionth Zombie Address

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