How to Increase Your Freelance Income

Congratulations on getting your first freelance projects! You have been working for a while now, you have great reviews and your job history is filling up, so you obviously now want to start making some more money. How? Here are a few things to think about: You must have realised by now that getting jobs is becoming more and more effortless after every project that you have completed. That is because clients now have proof that you will be able to get the job done in a timely fashion and provide high quality results. So that gives you a certain [...] Continue Reading


Virtual Assistant

Successful business owners, web masters and Internet marketers often just don’t have the time for all the mundane yet essential work required to keep a business or website thriving. You can hire yourself out as a virtual assistant either freelancing (register at any freelance website, or search the business forums, they usually have a services wanted/for sale section) or apply for a permanent position with one company that is more suited to your particular skills. Usually the work advertised in forums is for assisting with building traffic for websites; so you will be expected to submit sites to web directories, [...] Continue Reading


About.com

At www.about.com you can apply to become either a Guide, Topic Writer or Video Producer. Writers and Guides are paid monthly for content produced plus performance related incentives. Video Producers are paid a set fee per video used. Guides Guides create great, informative and accurate content specifically to help About.com’s users in their moment of need. You will work from home at your own pace, with the help and support of the editorial team All applicants must  go through a two-part online orientation and evaluation program, learning about the standards, writing articles and posts, which will be published on a special test site. An editor will [...] Continue Reading


Customer Service Work

To work as a Customer Services Agent from your home, you will need an excellent, professional telephone manner, a quiet and disturbance free place to work (no kids playing, dogs barking, tv noise, etc), a headset and a fast broadband connection (some companies insist on a landline too). You will need the ability to keep a calm, clear head and remain composed under stressful situations.You should also be able to type and hold a conversation at the same time. While experience is not always essential, it will help when you are competing against lots of applicants all looking to get the employment as you. www.skyes.com Hire people from over 20 countries worldwide – [...] Continue Reading


80% Commissions for Talented Writers!

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Introducing Blog Munchies   Blog Munchies is a brand new article store and Blog Management company. To encourage new writers to submit articles for the store they are offering (for a limited time) 80% commission on articles sold by authors who have five or more articles for sale. The 80% on offer will be for life, but only for the next 3 months, at which time the rate will drop to 70%; which is still a great rate considering Constant Content offer 65% and Content Row offer 50%. How Much Will You Earn? How much you earn really depends on you! [...] Continue Reading


Loyalte Pays

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When Lisa asked me to do a guest blog for her fantastic site,  I had to take a lot of time to research a topic that really doesn’t have much to do with what I usually blog about. My blog, http://www.assistingauthors.com  is full of advice to authors, usually self-published on promoting their books and author brands.   Self-published authors have to work very hard to promote their books because there is a lot of competition.  I wanted to find something that would help you, Lisa’s readers, as well as my readers.  After all,  authors need to make money to afford all [...] Continue Reading


To Publish or Not To Publish – The Pu.blish.us Review

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  Publish us is a revenue sharing site that allows writers to post content to the site and be paid according to the amount of views that each article receives. Founded in mid-2011, this site is geared towards writers who are interested in getting their work out while earning money for it at the same time.  Like most other sites, Publish Us is free to register and use.   How It Works Basically, users are paid for each view of any article that they put up on the site. The articles posted are separated into categories, such as business, religion, [...] Continue Reading


Finding Fanbox – A Fanbox review

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Fanbox is a social networking platform that allows its users to create content, sell services, and engage in other activities that allow them to earn money. Fanbox has managed to garner a wide range of reviews – from people enthusiastically loving it to those who hate it. Let’s have a look at the site, and reasons why it would get such a polarised response! How It Works There are several ways that a person can earn money       Producing content – users can make money by producing content. This content is in blog form and includes adding any sort of media, be [...] Continue Reading


For Bloggers, It’s a Zoo Out There! The Zujava.com Review

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Zujava is blogging website which allows users to make their own blogs and pages (known as “leaves”) and to earn revenue generated through from these when readers click on ads embedded in the page. Founded in 2011, this website seems to be quite similar to Squidoo. Zujava is free to join.   How Does It Work? Users are allowed to sign up for an account where they can begin writing. First, however, there is a trail period called the “Petting Zu” where users have to write at least 3 pages, which will then be submitted for review to a site editor [...] Continue Reading


Research For Info Army

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Infoarmy is an innovative website that harnesses the power of crowdsourcing in order to create competitive intelligence reports on a number of different companies. In essence, their aim is to create the largest database of business and marketing information, which is compiled by the “average Joe”.  Infoarmy was launched in June 2012, by Jim Fowler. Fowler is already a noted entrepreneur, having launched Jigsaw, which also used crowd sourcing in order to compile information for business professionals and companies. After selling Jigsaw for $142 million, he has now set his sights on making Infoarmy successful.   How it works   [...] Continue Reading


$100 for your list?!

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Ok, this is going to be a super short post, so don’t make yourself too comfy! Head over to Listverse and read the instructions, there aren’t many – you basically just need to make a list up about anything with a minimum of ten items and 1000 words. Submit your list for review and if they like it you get $100 into your PayPal account! True, apparently. I’m not sure how many $100′s they’re going to be able to pay out, so in the interest of your pocket it’s probably best to get in quick :) There’s also an extra $100 [...] Continue Reading


VoiceBunny – Voice Over Work From Home

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VoiceBunny: Voice talents: sign up free, pick the projects you like, record from your home studio, and get paid, even for auditioning. You set your own rate and VoiceBunny will add on their margin. Payments are made via PayPal or money wire. There is no subscription or hidden fees, and you are not tied to VoiceBunny exclusively. If you intend to make voice over work a full time career, you will need some professional tools of the trade, including: A microphone Computer & High speed internet connection Sound Booth Sound recording equipment Don’t be put off by the expense if this [...] Continue Reading


Self Publishing

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They say everyone has a novel in them, and now it’s easier than ever to release your inner author! Whether you are ready to unleash the next Fifty Shades, The Ultimate Cookery Book, or your Un-missable Photo Book; self publishing is now such a simple process that anyone can do it. CreateSpace Create Space is an Amazon company that provides tools and services which enable the budding literary genius to quickly and easily complete their works and make them available to millions of potential readers. Do-it-yourself and finish fast with tools such as Interior Reviewer, Cover Creator, Preview, and Image Gallery. Instead of waiting [...] Continue Reading


Bubblews Revenue Share

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What is Bubblews? The Bubblews community is a patent pending system that enables our users to enjoy our community (without a cost) and share in the ad revenue growth. In fact our revenue model is simple: We split the ad revenue we make off each post with the author 50/50. You will get paid for every view, comment, like/dislike and social media share that your posts gather. Write Your World. Speak Freely. Join the movement. The time of not sharing revenue with the very people who create your content is OVER! Bubblews. If you are still struggling to find your [...] Continue Reading


WeGoLook Inspectors

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What is WeGoLook.com? WeGoLook.com is an online service that sends inspectors to make a few basic observations about a product, place, or thing, for individuals and businesses who are unavailable to do so for themselves. WeGoLook.com customers are then better informed, can avoid expensive surprises, plus benefit from unbiased opinion without having to travel. Inspectors go look at personal property, real estate and almost anything else from graves to cars. WeGoLook.com hire Inspectors from the U.S, Canada, UK and Australia to go look at stuff for prospective buyers or out-of-town owners. What does a Looker do? As a Looker you add your location and how far you are willing to travel [...] Continue Reading