Work from home typing jobs are almost all scams. However there are some very rare honest jobs that will offer you work ad pay you accordingly. I have written this article about work from home typing jobs to help people who are curious and making money online. I do this because I too once looked into work from home typing jobs and data entry to make money and suffered greatly in time and money because of it. Hopefully these rules will steer you clear of the traps that I fell into wen I was making my way online.
Rule 1: Never Pay To Apply For An Online Job
Now hopefully this is obvious for most people but it is very easy to be sucked into scams. For example sites that claim to give you everything you want for a small fee have been designed very well to appeal to our emotions and get us into a buying state. Never reason with yourself by saying, "oh it's only $30" because even if you only lose that amount, they also have your contact details and personal information which they can do some pretty sinister things with.
Rule 2: Never Allow Untrusted Sites To Deposit "Test Cheques" In Your Account
Scam sites sometimes ask user's to allow a cheque to be sent to their account. This process will consist of you banking the cheque, keeping a small amount for your time and then sending the rest back from your account. This process can obviously vary but most of the time their cheque will bounce and you will be stuck with a huge fee that you must pay back out of your own pocket.
Rule 3: Limit The Amount Of Personal Information You Give Out When First Joining
Keeping this information to a minimum obviously reduces the potential risk of being scammed by using your personal information. If your going to leave something else at first make sure its your cheque account and social security number, avoid giving these at all costs until your familiar with the site and trust them completely.
Rule 4: Be Wary Of The Ads You Click On
Even the most trusted and respected sites you visit don't have complete control over the ads that are placed on their page. these ads could be and most of the time will be illegitimate and dangerous.
As you can see work from home typing jobs are a dangerous place to look for money. If this is all I have taught you by reading this article then you've learnt something very valuable. Don't let these scams take over the net, the only reason they are there is because many people are being taken in by them. If everyone is educated about these sites, they will cease to make profits and will eventually be weeded out of the internet (well hopefully).
I would of course recommend staying away from work from home typing jobs and if your still considering a career online Internet Marketing would be your best option.
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Work From Home | Work From Home Typing: Important Information
Work From Home Typing:
If your planning on starting work from home typing you'll want to know this. I also wanted to start work from home typing to make some money online. I found out that almost everything out there that offered this type of service was a scam. I'm going to give to you my experiences with data entry and hopefully steer you away from a bloodsucking industry littered with the bones of innocent people like you and me who just want to learn to make some money online.
What To Look Out For:
Work from home typing, online survey's and data entry in general are dangerous places to look when you are searching for money online. For example we will look at some of the promises these sites make. Many sites claim to give as much as $300/day for doing nothing but copying and pasting information into a new document. Now this is pretty obviously untrue, if it were true everyone on the planet would be doing the same thing. So the data entry sites have been getting more clever and started to disguise themselves alot better.
Another thing that typical data entry sites do is have lots of exciting words that play on our desires for wealth and material belongings. They will have enticing pictures of luxury cars, beaches, mansions and other things to make you want their offer enough to pay their fee. Real data entry jobs are never like this, they are very professional and if anything, a little bit boring, just like the true job itself. If you want to know what work from home typing is like, imagine having to write 500 word articles like your back in school and getting paid very little to do it.
Why get paid so little? Because anyone can do it, which means heaps of people are already doing it, which means there is an enormous amount of competition, which equals smalls profits.
What Most Work From Home Typing Site Give You:
Most of the time these sites give you access to (free to access if you can use google) freelance websites like www.elance.com. On these sites people can place bids on work offers placed by people who want to get data entry work outsourced. Thousands of people want these data entry jobs and they all outbid each other til the price is almost unbelievably low. Add to that the fact that people from Asia are willing to do the same work for a much lower cost, your chances of making any money are sorely limited.
If your feeling a bit deflated about this don't worry, I felt the same way before I found Internet Marketing. Internet Marketing is the real way people are making money online, don't get scared off by the name because anyone can do it and it doesn't cost you anything. (Rightly so!) You can find out more about Internet Marketing on my site, I'm giving away a free starter course to help out people who are in the position I used to be in.
I hope this has helped out at least a few people save alot of time and money, work from home typing and data entry in general are not definitely dangerous and should I you should steer clear of it.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Data Entry Exposed: 5 Things You Need To Know
The Truth About Data Entry
If you've ever thought about looking into data entry for an extra source of income, you are like me and this article is for you. I'm going to explain what I discovered about data entry and hopefully convince you to never set foot in the web of lies that is data entry.
Data entry, typing, transcription and all the rest of that garbage are absolutely proposterous. Websites are created by lowlive's targeting mum's who want to be home with their children, people who aren't able to get real jobs because of disabilities and the general public who want to start a career online.
Ok so how do we recognise and stay away from these scams? Here are a few things to watch out for.
1. This may seem obvious but it's a good one, if it sounds too good to be true, then it is! I've seen websites promising me $500/day for copy and pasting into a text box. If if was really as easy as this why isn't everyone on the planet doing it?
2. Secondly, if the website has some sort of limited deal that is "only for customer's who buy today" then it's most likely going to be a scam. Check back in with the site the next day and they will have the exact same thing up there.
3. If the site asks you to pay a fee, then it's a scam. True data entry jobs pay you! You should never pay one of those sites to gain access to "the easiest program ever" or some other empty promise.
4. Another thing that typical data entry sites do is have lots of exciting words and that play on the desires of the customer. They will have pictures of luxury cars, beaches, mansions and other things to make you want their offer enough to pay their fee. Real data entry jobs are never like this, they are very professional and if anything, a little bit boring, just like the true job itself.
5. The final thing I'm going to tell you I hope you already know. If they are saying you hardly have to do anything to make money, it's a lie. People are always searching for some easy, quick fix to their cash problems, but nothing in life is solved that way. It is definitely possibly to start making money online and I'd do as far as to say it becomes easy once you learn it, but it takes work.
I hope this article has turned on a few lightbulbs, I know I would've loved someone to tell me all this when I was contemplating getting into data entry. Luckily I found my way to internet marketing and am finally working from home sitting on my my butt.
If your still interested in making money online I'd suggest looking into internet marketing. Don't get scared off by it, anyone can learn and anyone can make alot of money if they apply themselves. Have a look at my site if you want to see what it's all about. Thanks for reading and I hope you continue to have a great day!
If you've ever thought about looking into data entry for an extra source of income, you are like me and this article is for you. I'm going to explain what I discovered about data entry and hopefully convince you to never set foot in the web of lies that is data entry.
Data entry, typing, transcription and all the rest of that garbage are absolutely proposterous. Websites are created by lowlive's targeting mum's who want to be home with their children, people who aren't able to get real jobs because of disabilities and the general public who want to start a career online.
Ok so how do we recognise and stay away from these scams? Here are a few things to watch out for.
1. This may seem obvious but it's a good one, if it sounds too good to be true, then it is! I've seen websites promising me $500/day for copy and pasting into a text box. If if was really as easy as this why isn't everyone on the planet doing it?
2. Secondly, if the website has some sort of limited deal that is "only for customer's who buy today" then it's most likely going to be a scam. Check back in with the site the next day and they will have the exact same thing up there.
3. If the site asks you to pay a fee, then it's a scam. True data entry jobs pay you! You should never pay one of those sites to gain access to "the easiest program ever" or some other empty promise.
4. Another thing that typical data entry sites do is have lots of exciting words and that play on the desires of the customer. They will have pictures of luxury cars, beaches, mansions and other things to make you want their offer enough to pay their fee. Real data entry jobs are never like this, they are very professional and if anything, a little bit boring, just like the true job itself.
5. The final thing I'm going to tell you I hope you already know. If they are saying you hardly have to do anything to make money, it's a lie. People are always searching for some easy, quick fix to their cash problems, but nothing in life is solved that way. It is definitely possibly to start making money online and I'd do as far as to say it becomes easy once you learn it, but it takes work.
I hope this article has turned on a few lightbulbs, I know I would've loved someone to tell me all this when I was contemplating getting into data entry. Luckily I found my way to internet marketing and am finally working from home sitting on my my butt.
If your still interested in making money online I'd suggest looking into internet marketing. Don't get scared off by it, anyone can learn and anyone can make alot of money if they apply themselves. Have a look at my site if you want to see what it's all about. Thanks for reading and I hope you continue to have a great day!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Make Money Online
So you want to make money online? I know this is a big topic and there are alot of people running around in a maniacal frenzy trying to find ways to make money online. So I thought I'd talk a little about what I've learnt and try and shed some light on two popular methods, data entry and internet marketing.
Data Entry:
Wow, is all I can say about this, data entry is the biggest load of crap I have ever encountered in my life. Literally thousands of people are being scammed everyday by these websites claiming to give instant riches.. for a fee. If you were thinking about getting into data entry to see what it's like, DON'T!
They will take your money and give you a program that is not only much harder than they say it is, it's pretty much impossible to make money with. The only data entry companies that aren't scams offer you a job. This isn't what you want when you are aiming to work for yourself at home. These positions are all full anyway and require previous experience and/or training.
Internet Marketing:
I admit data entry was the first place I looked to start making money online, but I wasn't led down the horribly frustrating, expensive and depressing tunnel of death that is data entry. I instead discovered Internet Marketing (IM). Alot of you might have heard about it and thought like I did that "it's for people who know what they're doing", wow was I wrong. Internet marketing can be done by anyone. Yes, even if your as dense as me and are as knowledgeable of the internet as a tree to flying (nice analogy..). So lets run as fast as we can from data entry and have a look at internet marketing!
I'll give you a basic rundown of what Internet Marketing is, what the average Internet Marketer does and how it makes money.
Internet Marketing is basically promoting products. Now don't let that scare you if you don't have your own product, neither do I and nether do most people who do this. That's because businesses place their products on affiliate websites which can then be promoted and sold by affiliates to earn a commission. One of the largest affiliate sites is called Clickbank (www.clickbank.com). Take a look there and you can see how it all works.
So far what we know: We promote products and earn a commission to make money online. How do we get the commission for a sale and how do we promote something?
How do we get a commision?
Well an affiliate is given a special link from the affiliate website, such as clickbank, this is what you use to make money online. When ever a internet surfer clicks on this link and buys a product from the website, you get a commission which goes straight into your paypal account or sent to you buy cheque. How much? It depends on the company, but it can be up to 75%, which is a huge amount considering how many people are willing to buy. There are people making over $50,000+ a month. These are the pro's, although it is possible for anyone to do this with time. Most people are making a couple of thousand a month or more, but it depends how much work your willing to put into it.
How do we promote something?
You might be thinking, well that's all well and good but I know nothing about selling products, who would trust me? Well that's what I thought until I found Wealthy Affiliate University. This is an amazing place. It takes you by the hand and uncovers everything and I mean everything you need to make money online. It doesn't matter how much or how little you know, you can start now and start making money online today.
Internet marketing is the best way to make money online and Wealthy Affiliate University. is the best place to start. Oh and I've just heard that they're giving away another great product free if you join today. It's called Who Loves Money.
Hope I see you on the other side, just send me a message on the forum!
Data Entry:
Wow, is all I can say about this, data entry is the biggest load of crap I have ever encountered in my life. Literally thousands of people are being scammed everyday by these websites claiming to give instant riches.. for a fee. If you were thinking about getting into data entry to see what it's like, DON'T!
They will take your money and give you a program that is not only much harder than they say it is, it's pretty much impossible to make money with. The only data entry companies that aren't scams offer you a job. This isn't what you want when you are aiming to work for yourself at home. These positions are all full anyway and require previous experience and/or training.
Internet Marketing:
I admit data entry was the first place I looked to start making money online, but I wasn't led down the horribly frustrating, expensive and depressing tunnel of death that is data entry. I instead discovered Internet Marketing (IM). Alot of you might have heard about it and thought like I did that "it's for people who know what they're doing", wow was I wrong. Internet marketing can be done by anyone. Yes, even if your as dense as me and are as knowledgeable of the internet as a tree to flying (nice analogy..). So lets run as fast as we can from data entry and have a look at internet marketing!
I'll give you a basic rundown of what Internet Marketing is, what the average Internet Marketer does and how it makes money.
Internet Marketing is basically promoting products. Now don't let that scare you if you don't have your own product, neither do I and nether do most people who do this. That's because businesses place their products on affiliate websites which can then be promoted and sold by affiliates to earn a commission. One of the largest affiliate sites is called Clickbank (www.clickbank.com). Take a look there and you can see how it all works.
So far what we know: We promote products and earn a commission to make money online. How do we get the commission for a sale and how do we promote something?
How do we get a commision?
Well an affiliate is given a special link from the affiliate website, such as clickbank, this is what you use to make money online. When ever a internet surfer clicks on this link and buys a product from the website, you get a commission which goes straight into your paypal account or sent to you buy cheque. How much? It depends on the company, but it can be up to 75%, which is a huge amount considering how many people are willing to buy. There are people making over $50,000+ a month. These are the pro's, although it is possible for anyone to do this with time. Most people are making a couple of thousand a month or more, but it depends how much work your willing to put into it.
How do we promote something?
You might be thinking, well that's all well and good but I know nothing about selling products, who would trust me? Well that's what I thought until I found Wealthy Affiliate University. This is an amazing place. It takes you by the hand and uncovers everything and I mean everything you need to make money online. It doesn't matter how much or how little you know, you can start now and start making money online today.
Internet marketing is the best way to make money online and Wealthy Affiliate University. is the best place to start. Oh and I've just heard that they're giving away another great product free if you join today. It's called Who Loves Money.
Hope I see you on the other side, just send me a message on the forum!
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