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I am now a stay at home mom and would like to find something to do in my spare time while the kids are in school.
Finding A Legitimate Home Business or Job
Hi Leslie,
I am now a stay at home mom and would like to find something to do in my spare time while the kids are in school. I also want it to be legitimate. A few years back there was a business that you could do at home selling greeting cards, gifts, etc. Is there anything along those lines still out there? I want to be able to do this mainly from home and not have to travel around due to that I have to be here when the kids get out of school. on the other hand I am also looking for either typing/data entry or billing. I am not having much success in finding any information unless I have to pay out a lot of money to end up at a dead end. I don't have alot to pay out for start up and then have it be a dead end. I can not afford to waste money. I am willing to pay out start up cost if in fact it is legitimate and working. Can you help. - Ginger Warnick
Hi Ginger, Before I go into to more detail on your answer, there are a few issues I should clarify to help insure your success whatever you decide. There are many great businesses and jobs that can be done at home. What many fail to understand though is that working at home in a business or job takes a great deal of work. The idea of earning a good income during nap time or while Oprah is on is false. Everyone I know who is successfully working at home spends a great deal of time and energy on a daily basis to make it happen. If you are looking for some easy online sign-up-get-paid program, you are bound to be disappointed and risk being scammed. However, if you understand that any work-at-home endeavor requires consistent effort, your chances of success increase significantly.
If you are looking for a home business in the area of gifts or greeting cards, I recommend starting your search at the Direct Selling Association http://www.dsa.org/directory/index.cfm? fuseaction=show_CompanyResults. Members of the DSA are reviewed for a full year before membership is granted. Further, members must adhere to a strict code of ethics. While most of these companies use a party plan or person-to-person selling strategy, some may allow sales online or through eBay. Any company that you find, you will want to research.
· Verify any claims it makes such as being in the Better Business Bureau or featured in on television. · Find out the refund policy, the longer the better. You will want at least 30 days but longer is better as it takes time to fully learn and implement a business. · Check with fraud alerts to make sure there are no suits against the company. The Federal Trade Commission is a good place to check. Here is an alert I found about a Greeting Card Business: Greeting Card Business Opportunities Fraudulently Marketed by Florida Companies http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/04/greetingcards.htm · Make sure you review the compensation plan and understand the "system" by which you will be expected to build a business. Sometimes, in effort to get you signed up, the person you contact about joining will leave out important details. In my experience, most bad reports on home businesses found on the internet have less to do with the company and more to do with enrollers failing to fully disclose important information. · Most importantly, whatever business you decide to join, develop a business and marketing plan. Most businesses fail because people don't do the things that need to be done to be successful. Marketing is more than posting an ad or a flyer. Its a daily part of the job.
As far as typing and data entry, I am finding more and more small and medium size businesses are outsourcing many of their clerical services. However, work-at-home jobs are like any other job in that employers are looking for qualified employees. Do you know how fast you can type without errors? Have you done data entry before? Further, many of the these companies allow people to work from home but are looking for employees that live in their area. A good place to look for these jobs is at Craigslist.org http://www.craigslist.org in your area. Craigslist makes it easy. Just choose "jobs" and then click the "Telecommute" box for work-at-home jobs in your area.
There are several online companies that are taking on customer service and clerical workers in a freelance capacity. This work is quite competitive and may or may not be regular depending on your specific skills. My favorite resource for work-at-home jobs and companies that are frequently hiring is Virtual Assistants www.virtualassistants.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/c.cgi/wahsuccess_ad. Its not free and there is no guarantee you'll find work. But its one of the best online databases of work-at-home jobs.
Its important to remember, you never want to pay money to get hired to a job. A home business can cost you money but no legitimate employers charge to hire people. That doesn't mean you won't spend money in a job search but you can't buy a job.
The best way to successfully earn income from home in business or job is to learn all you can about home business or telecommuting through books or online information resources, research any opportunity you find interesting, make a detail business and marketing plan, and then work that plan every day
======================================= Ask WAHS Leslie is Leslie Truex a stay and work-at-home mom who has been helping people work at home since 1998 with her web site http://www.workathomesuccess.com. She is also the author of Jobs At Home: A Complete Guide to Finding a Work-At-Home Job. Ask WAHMS Leslie is a weekly column. You can submit a question to Ask WAHS Leslie by emailing href="mailto:success@workathomesuccess.com?subject=AskWAHSLeslie">
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