Real Experiences Honest Real Work At Home Reviews

Work at Home Alerts

2009-10-20T06:57:00.002-04:00

I personally believe that the internet has opened a door for stay at home Moms who what to work out of their home or people that no longer want to fight traffic to go into the office. However, when this door opened for the honest hard working people, another door opened for the con artist.

It is important that you research any potential work at home job or business opportunity before jumping in with both feet. Is the company on file with the Better Business Bureau? Have you Googled the company name to see what other people are saying about the company?

These are all important questions to ask before investing money into a work at home opportunity. But what if you can’t find anything at the Better Business Bureau or when you Google the company name. Then what?

I have been looking for real honest work at home opportunities for over 5 years now and these are top five signs of scams that I have learned over the years:

First: Do they promise you huge income for no or little work? If the answer is yes, avoid this opportunity. If it sounds too good to be true, it most likely is. Nothing is live is free and there is not get rich quick program out there.

Second: Do they offer you training and tell you no experience is necessary, but offer you a high hourly rate? If so, walk away. A reputable company with pay you based on experience not your willingness to go through training.

Third: Is the company willing to answer your questions? What is the company name? What is the business all about? What product will you be working with? If the company refuses to answer these questions before you invest in the work at home opportunity, walk away. They should be proud of who they are and what they do.

Fourth: If the company offers to send you the program for FREE all you have to do is pay for shipping and handling. Make sure you read the terms and conditions before sending them the $3.99 or $7.99 for shipping and handling. What you are going to find is that you are entering into a contract that will requirement a monthly membership fee that will be charged to your credit card 7 to 14 days after you order the product.

Fifth: OK, we have all seen this last one. The company claims that their product is in high demand and that they can provide you with leads to help you make sales. 9 times out of 10, the leads will not get your anywhere and the product is not as popular as the company claimed.

I believe that there really is a way to find real honest work at home opportunities or a home business, just keep your eyes open and don’t invest without researching first.

New Telephone Scam

2009-10-07T09:08:00.002-04:00

Type: Jury Duty Vishing Scam
Method of Delivery: Phone call from an alleged court officer

Primary Region Effected: Reports from 11 states, including: Florida, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, Oregon, California, Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Hampshire; may spread nationally

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (http://www.fbi.gov/)

Scam Characteristics:

A caller identifies him/herself as an officer of the court and notifies the victim that a warrant has been issued for their arrest for a failure to report for jury duty. If the victim protests they have never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks for a Social Security number and date of birth to verify the victim's identity and cancel the arrest warrant. This fraud is spreading quickly and has been reported in 11 states so far.

Recommended Precautions:

Be Suspicious

These vishing scams (a combination of the words "voice" and "phishing") are designed to get you to provide criminals with your personal and financial information. Most organizations will not ask you to provide your sensitive information during an unsolicited phone call, so any caller that does should immediately send up a red flag.

Never Provide Your Sensitive Information to Unsolicited Callers

Sensitive information includes your Social Security number, your credit card or debit card numbers, your birth date or birthplace, your vehicle registration plate number, and any other information you wish to keep private.

Contact the Court in Question

To determine the legitimacy of the call, contact the court in question at a number that can be found in the phone book, on a phone directory website, or by calling directory assistance.

Sensitive information includes your Social Security number, your credit card or debit card numbers, your birth date or birthplace, your vehicle registration plate number, and any other information you wish to keep private.

Work at Home with Q Trust Inc???

2009-10-07T07:43:00.002-04:00

I received an e-mail from my Step Mother last night asking me to research Q Trust Inc. They offered her a work at home job paying $45 an hour to be a quality assurance operator. She wanted me to research it before she got involved. Here is what I found:

Domain Registration Date Tue Sept 29 22:21:17 GMT 2009 (this is not a good sign)

It looks like another reshipping scam. the victim will provide the scammer enough information to open a purchase account at some business. They then pay with stolen funds or stolen credit card, for perhaps a laptop, and the laptop will be shipped to you.

You think you are suppose to test it and then send it along to the customer. Now the police try to track down who is stealing laptops and you are the only only one that can be found.

Here is how I figured this out (I feel like Monk). There is an identical company out there called Q Trust Inc. The company is called Express Trust Inc. The two web sites are identical the only thing that has changed is the title. Express Trust Inc is reshipping scam according to the BBB. Therefore, I have to conclude that Q Trust Inc is also.

Earn Money with your Internet Connection

2009-10-01T22:12:00.004-04:00

I forgot one of my programs that I got paid for in September. I mad $8.04 using Gomez Peer. Basically I get earn money any time my computer is connected to the Internet.

Sound too good to be true? It's not.

By running the Gomez PEER, you will also help us provide the most realistic picture of Web performance.The Gomez software is completely private and secure and has no noticeable impact on how your computer runs or how much bandwidth you consume.

To be eligible, you must meet certain program requirements, then download and install the Gomez PEER. It's as simple as that.

Gomez is now seeking PEER participants from all over the world to become part of this growing community. No matter whether you're on a dial-up, DSL, Cable, Satellite or ISDN connection, you can take advantage of this opportunity.

Click here to learn more, or apply to become a PEER and let your PC earn some money for a change!

Another Great Month Making Money on the Internet

2009-09-30T07:18:00.003-04:00

Today being the last day of month, I thought I would share my stats for the month so far. Here is how I earned money this month.

Hits4Pay - $26.94 (will be paid to my paypal account around the 25th of October)
Project Payday - $22.50 (received the check yesterday)
Dungeons & Treasures - $10.98 (received via paypal) where else can you get paid to play a video game online. :D
Google Adsense - $145.96 (direct deposited in my bank)
Site Donations - $23.00 Thank you to everyone that donated to keeping this site up.
Clickbank - $26.86 (received the check last week)
ClixSense - $12.08 (will receive check around the 15th of October)
BidVertiser - $19.21 (will be sent to paypal around the 15th of October)
Mylot - $15.96 (this is my favorite, you get paid to post discussions and answer questions. I earnings would be hiring if I had more time, but I spend about 15 minutes a day on this site.)

So in total I earned $292.51. Not bad really. I hope this summary helps somebody else find a legitimate way to earn money on the Internet.

Make Money w/ Postcard Profits?

2009-09-28T08:36:00.002-04:00

My story always starts the same and I am sorry, but this is how I judge what you are looking for.

So I received an e-mails stating that I could make $20,000 a month with postcards! So I checked it out. There was a $4.00 fee for shipping and handling which was worth a 30 day trial of the program. $4.00 is not that bad why not give it try. Here is a copy of the confirmation e-mail that I received.

From: Luke (The Postcard Guy)
Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Subject: Your Postcard Profits Order - Welcome!

Hello WAHJ123,

Congratulations on ordering your free trial of Postcard Profits.

I think you're gonna be very happy you did. Make sure to add my email address to your contact list so you get all the updates.

Your confirmation number is: (confidential)

You should receive your order in 7-10 days.

Thanks again!
Luke Jaten (The Postcard Guy)
P.S. I can't wait to hear your Postcard Profits success story.

Please check the date on his e-mail. I still to this day have not received anything. I am fighting with my bank of the $59.95 monthly charges on my credit card.

I tried to cancel during the 30-day trial, but there was NO contact info ANYWHERE to be found. To make the task more difficult the email address used in the advertising (and in the confirmation emails "Luke@PostcardProfits.com ") is a NON-WORKING email address.

When I finally found their support email address, it did not work either. I think that Luke purposefully makes it virtually impossible to cancel. It doesn't matter whether the course is "good" or not, if it is impossible to cancel.

I would stay as far away from this program as possible.

Earn Money with Copy N Profit - Final Review

2009-09-25T13:04:00.005-04:00

For those of you that have not been following my Copy N Profit articles here are links to my previous posts:

http://www.wahjs123.com/2009/08/click-n-profit-initial-review.html

http://www.wahjs123.com/2009/08/copy-n-profit-helping-people-earn-money.html

http://www.wahjs123.com/2009/09/copy-n-profit-earn-money-on-internet.html

As you can see, I started out quit optimistic about this program. I did everything I told to do and yet 1 month later, only one sale, here is my proof:

I tried multiple products but with no success. The idea of copying what is working for the writer of this program is great, if it worked. The biggest problem I ran into was Google did not accept my keywords and would not run my ads. If Google wouldn't run my ads how was I suppose to make a sale.

I continued running Google ads but went against the advise of Copy N Profit and also advertised on Overture (Yahoo Paid Per Click) just so I could get traffic to my affiliate links. But still not success.

Then I tried the article marketing and the classified ads suggested and I got hits, but no sales. All in all, I have to say this program does not work.

As you know I contacted Customer Support a number of times, but the answer never changed, give it time it will work. Well I have it over a month and it did not work.

Get Paid to Type with Quicktate

2009-09-21T08:53:00.003-04:00

Quicktate is a revolutionary new service which transcribes your voice mails and personal notes into simple text and delivers them to you via e-mail, text message or an iPhone compatible web widget.

So what does this mean for person trying to work at home? Everything.

You can work at home transcribing these messages and delivering them to the appropriate source. It is free to join.

Here is the letter I received from them when I joined.

Dear Prospective Quicktate Typist,

Quicktate Transcription Job Opportunity

Thank you for your interest in typing for www.iDictate.com and www.Quicktate.com.

Who we are:

We transcribe voicemail messages, memos, letters and other documents. The voicemail message files average 1-2 minutes in length, while the other recordings are typically longer.

What we require:

1. Accurate spelling and punctuation.
2. Typists that know how to follow instructions.
3. Typists that can listen to voice files and accurately type what they hear.
4. Speed. You don't have to be the fastest typist, but you can't be too slow either.
5. Honesty, integrity and reliability.

You can select your own hours that you want to work. You can work as few, or as many hours as you want. During the (US) nights there are fewer files to transcribe, but they still must be transcribed in a timely fashion. If possible, please stay logged in whenever you are at your computer and available to type - even if for just a few minutes at a time- day or night. We are busier during the day. We are open for business 24 hours/ day; 7 days/ week.

Our goal is for the customers to get their transcribed voicemail messages (and other files) almost immediately after we receive the voice file, so that's why we need you to stay logged in as much as possible. In some cases there are deadlines.

If you have another job, or are already an iDictate typist, this would be great "filler" work. You can keep Quicktate open in the background, and when there is a job to be typed, it will just start playing on your speakers. Just type the message, proof your work and click submit. Quicktate files frequently arrive in spikes, and when there's a surge, iDictate files should be put on hold while everyone pays attention to Quicktate.

In order to type for iDictate, you must already have a Quicktate typist account. Even if you don't do much Quicktate typing, we'll still need as many typists logged in to Quicktate as possible. We will review your Quicktate transcriptions to determine your qualifications to type for iDictate. The more Quicktate messages already typed, the easier it will be for us to evaluate your typing skills and assign iDictate jobs (files) to you.

Compensation Summary

Quicktate typists are paid based on the number of words they type, at the rate of 1/4 (one-fourth) US cent per word. So, if you typed 50 words per minute (assuming there were enough jobs to keep you typing for the entire hour), then you would probably earn about $5.00-$7.00 per hour.

Note that Quicktate compensation is not the same as iDictate. While Quicktate pays a quarter cent per word, iDictate pays one-half cent per word. In all cases, accuracy, spelling, punctuation and formatting is important. Do your best.

Again, iDictate Compensation is one-half cent per word. ($0.005/ word)
Quicktate Compensation is one-quarter cent per word. ($0.0025/ word)

Typists are paid by Paypal. The pay periods are: 1st-15th and 16th-end of the month. Typists are paid within 10 days of the end of each pay period.

How to get started to determine if you qualify for the job:

The following must be done in order.

1. Send an e-mail to support@Quicktate.com and tell us a little bit about yourself and tell us that you would like to apply for a job. You may or may not receive a response to this e-mail. Your resume should be pasted into the e-mail, and not be sent as an attachment.

2. Create your typist account. http://typists.Quicktate.com/transcribers/signup (if you have already set up your typist account, please proceed to the next step)
When you create your typist account, you are agreeing to abide by our strict confidentiality requirements and code of ethics. You will also be providing us with references. You should use NON-family members as your references.

3. Then, carefully review and study the Typist Guidelines (twice):
http://iDictate.com/qtguidelines.pdf

4. Next, create a Yahoo Messenger account in the following format:
a. If you are in the US, your Yahoo name must start with your time zone, then your name. For example: EST_bill_smith.
b. If you are outside the US, insert your country name instead of time zone. For example, (if you lived in India): IND_bill_smith.

NOTE: Do not contact us on Yahoo Messenger until you have been hired.

5. Then, go to http://tinyurl.com/Quicktate06 and answer each question, and fill out the form completely. This form should not be filled out until after you have created your typist account and your new Yahoo Messenger account. Click on the voice files (in your language) and type them in the space provided. Time yourself. Then enter how long it took, and be honest! Make sure you follow the instructions from the Guidelines. You must use Firefox or Safari browser. Opera may work too.

6. If we like the quality of your work, and your ability to follow instructions you will receive a notice that you have been waitlisted or hired.

7. If we do not like the quality of your work, or you did not follow directions, or your references don't check out, or you have been previously convicted, your application will be rejected.

8. You will be notified when you are hired. Make sure save your typist account username and password.

9. Once you have been hired, add the following contacts to Yahoo Messenger: iDictate3, and iDictate, iDictate5, iDictate6, iDictate7, and iDictate8. Your first point of contact will be iDictate3. Again, do NOT add Yahoo Messenger contacts until you are hired.

10. Set up a Paypal account at www.paypal.com. Log in at http://typists.quicktate.com/ and enter our Paypal e-mail address. This must be entered in order to be paid. Edit your profile and make sure every field is filled in, including all name fields. If your first name is two words (i.e. Mary Beth), connect them with a hyphen or an underscore (Mary_Beth).

11. Be sure to keep Yahoo Messenger open at all times while you are working. You can work any hours you want, however we are busiest during the (US) day. We suggest you stay logged in to Quicktate whenever you are at your computer.

12. When you want to work, you will log in to http://typists.Quicktate.com. Make sure you follow the instructions from the Guidelines and on the screen (regarding # of words to type, what to do if the voice is in a different different language, etc.).

13. If you live in the US, you must click and print Form W-9 http://idictate.com/w9.pdf.

Fill it out and sign it, and then mail it to
iDictate
3053 Fillmore 242,
Finance Dept.,
San Francisco, CA 94123.

This must be completed by one week of being hired. We will need it before you are paid.
Good luck!
Quicktate
www.quicktate.com
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An Actual Work at Home Opportunity

2009-09-17T06:53:00.002-04:00

Back in May I posted about Project Payday. Yesterday I received my month payment notice of $22.50 so I felt that I should share the information again for all of my new readers. Here is the information.

Project Payday, is an actual 'work from home' opportunity. There's no selling, recruiting, advertising, or start up cost. In fact, it's free to start and you'll actually be getting paid for the work you put in and getting paid within literally minutes of starting.

I recommend this work for those looking to make some quick cash without having to invest anything. You will need to complete 3 free offers to gain membership to the site.

Here are the facts about the site:

Simple to use system that anyone can follow
Training Material is short and to the point, only 60 pages.
3 Methods of making money online Training videos walk you through step-by-step setup of each method.

You can get started today at ZERO COST to you. You won't "get rich" but it has a proven way to earn a realistic extra income.

To learn more about Project Payday click here.

Work From Home using your Knowledge

2009-09-16T12:40:00.003-04:00

I found a real cool web site that will pay you for answering other peoples questions. The categories that they are hiring for are as follows:

Legal
Health
Medical
Car
Pet
Veterinarian
Tax
Computers
Electronics
Home Improvement
Home Work
Boat
General

Do you consider yourself an expert in any of those areas? If so, you can apply now to earn money for all of your answers that are accepted!

Stage 1 (new) Experts earn 25% of what a customer is offering for an answer (so if the customer offers $1, then you would be paid 25 cents) and Stage 4 Experts earn up to 50%.

Once you have more than $20 in your account, just request payment and the money is sent to your Pay Pal account on the fourth business day of the month.

How many questions can you answer a day?

HootSuite - Managing your Twitter Account

2009-09-15T13:27:00.002-04:00

HootSuite is The professional Twitter client!

If you manage multiple Twtitter accounts or share your Twittering duties with friends or co-workers, HootSuite's for you. If you're interested in tracking how many people click the links you tweet out, HootSuite can help you.

If you want to pre-schedule your messages or feed your blog to Twitter, they have you covered.

HootSuite is complete free to join and use.

If you use Twitter in order to get traffic to blog or web site or even just to keep friends and family up to day, you have to create a hootsuite account.

To learn more, click here.

Advanced Lead Exchange

2009-09-14T14:20:00.001-04:00

I just received a notification that Advanced Lead Exchange is hiring Call Center Agents to work from home.

Advanced Lead Exchange is a state of the art Virtual Call Center revolutionizing the call center industry through our work from home programs. We are a fast growing company looking to leverage our call center to become the premier provider of services to our partners.
We are always looking for great people to join our team. People who want to make a difference and help us grow our company, not just take calls for someone else's company. We have one of the best work from home packages available that includes:

Guaranteed hours
Pay by the hour with bonus' available
Upside earnings potential for our very best agents
Flexible scheduling
Advanced technology that requires no dedicated phone lines or software packages
Great training program

To learn more click here.

Free Data Entry Surfing Jobs

2009-09-14T09:55:00.001-04:00

MagazinesNetwork.com is a leading Internet media company managing ad placements on behalf of a wide range of online magazines and entertainment sites. You can view the current magazines.

http://www.creditcardsmagazine.com
http://www.gamingmagazine.com
http://www.gossipmagazine.com
http://www.jokesmagazine.com
http://www.casinomagazine.com

These Positions Require Strong data entry, computer and Internet skills with exposure to the Graphics Industry.

Duties will include, updating and maintaining content for multiple online magazines. ImageReady 2.0 or Fireworks will be required, all other software will be supplied. Strong "proofing" skills will be an asset.

Please DO NOT send attachments as they will NOT be opened. Send your resume and cover letter as a text file only. Resumes in text file format should be emailed,

Attention to: Trish Raviolos, HumanResources@MagazinesNetwork.com

More information on Dungeons and Treasures

2009-09-10T15:47:00.002-04:00

I has come to my attention that I have not provided enough information about Dungeons and Treasures and people are confused about how you earn money playing a game online. So here are the answers to the questions I am getting:

What do I do first after joining?

The first thing you should do is read the first step page, it explains everything about starting your adventure.

When does the game start and end?

Each adventure lasts one month. There is a meter at the top of each page that tells you how much longer the adventure is going to last.

How do I win real money on Dungeons and Treasures?

The site has several ways to win money : dungeons, contests, bonus games, temple, sponsoring, weapon sale, chests to open.

If you are interested in earning money playing games I would recommend this site. To learn more or to join click here.

Get Paid to Play a Game Online

2009-09-09T07:39:00.004-04:00

This is a screen shot of my account!

I have been playing Dungeons & Treasures now for about two weeks. Unfortunately, I came in with only a week left in August and I only won .70 cents for the month. September however is going much better. I won a tournament which gave me star points which can used to by more game time, jackpot chances and more chances to win gold.

Dungeons & Treasures is the only real site I have ever found that allows you to earn money for playing a video game online. If you like playing video games or just want a fun way to earn a little bit of extra money, this is the site for you.

If you are interested in earning money playing games I would recommend this site. To learn more or to join click here.

Copy N Profit Earn Money on the Internet Review

2009-09-08T13:16:00.002-04:00

So I am on day 18 of my experiment with Copy N Profit.

Even though I started out quite optimistic about Copy N Profit, that optimism is beginning to fade. On day 18 now and I still only have the one sale. I am getting a lot of clicks and a lot of impressions on my ads, but I am just not getting sales.

I sent another e-mail to their support team and once again they responded rather quickly, unfortunately it said the same thing the last one said. Be patient and the sales will come. I just don't think that is true. I allowed myself $100 for advertising for testing this system and I have already spend $80 of it for only one sale of $26.

I started the article marketing this weekend, which is free and I will let everyone know how it turns it.

So the big question, is Copy N Profit a program where you can earn a stable income from home. I am starting to have my doubts, but I am not done testing the program yet. I will post further updates as I have them.

Michanical Turk - Earn Money From Home

2009-09-02T07:04:00.002-04:00

I use Mechanical Turk's to earn extra money.

Basically companies need you to complete tasks that their computers can not complete and they pay you for completing these tasking. Everything is done 100% online and it is FREE to join. You do not have to spend a dime to start working on Mechanical Turk's and the web site is run by Amazon, so you know you will get paid.

HIT stands for Human Intelligence Task. These are tasks that people are willing to pay you to complete.

For example a HIT might ask:

"Is there a pizza parlour in this photograph?"

A computer can not answer that question but a human can. Typically these tasks are extraordinarily difficult for computers, but simple for humans to answer. Each task is explained in full before you accept it.

Then someone reviews your work and your account is credited. You can either have them send you a check, make a direct deposit or add the money to your Amazon account. Give it try and happy earning! Click Here

Dungeons & Treasures - Get Paid to Play a Game

2009-08-27T08:00:00.004-04:00

Dungeons & Treasures and is an online D&D game that pays you to play their game. Basically you explorer Dungeons, fight monsters and collect gold. At the end of the month your gold is converted into cash. There is a $10 minimum payout.

I have been playing at Dungeons & Treasures for about two weeks now. Each night before I go to bed, I explorer my 1 Dungeon of the day and collect gold. There is also a Treasure Hunt Bonus that is available to me every day. I think my favorite is the Chest Room which you get to play by collecting keys in the dungeon or finding a key during the treasure hunt. They also have monthly contest which can help you truly rack in the gold. I actually find the game to be a lot of fun and I am earning money too. What could be better.

I will find out what the conversion rate for August is some time next week and I will post more information about the program at the time.

If you are interested in earning money playing games I would recommend this site. To learn more or to join click here.

Earn Money with Twitter - Its Free

2009-08-26T08:53:00.003-04:00

You can earn money with twitter by using a web site called Magpie. Basically you signed up for Twitter. Then you go to be-a-magpie.com and open an account don't worry it is free. Make sure you give them a valid e-mail address and home or business address. Then set how often you would like Magpie to use your Twitter account.

Basically it is like AdSense for your Twitter account. Advertisers will pay you to allow them to display messages on your Twitter account. I have mine setup so every 4th post, an advertise will post a message on my Twitter account. Payment is determined by how many followers you have and how often you post.

So I guess my post earlier this month about whether you can make money with Twitter has been answered.

At-Home Telephone Data Collectors - Free Work at Home

2009-08-25T08:57:00.002-04:00

I was helping my step-mother look for a more stable position and I came across Westat Home. It sounds like the perfect opportunity to work at home.

Westat home-based professionals not only save time and money on commuting, but they also have the opportunity to work in a comfortable setting while earning money and professional skills.

Who is Westat:

WESTAT, headquartered in Rockville, MD, near Washington, DC, is an employee-owned social science survey research corporation. We conduct nationwide surveys on subjects that include education, health, transportation and environmental issues. Since 1961,we have provided research and related services to agencies of the U.S. Government and to a broad range of institutional and business clients.

They offer the following benefits:

Flexible work schedules
Choose from a selection of days and times
Great work environment (your own home!)
Paid training
Bonus programs
Absolutely no sales or setting appointments for sales calls (no telemarketing)
No commute
No expensive work wardrobe
No traffic jams

Requirements:
Ability to establish rapport, follow a script as a conversation, and complete survey with caller.
Quiet home work environment during scheduled work and training hours.
A reliable personal computer
A subscription to a dependable, high speed Internet Service Provider
Ability to be on the Internet (Cable or DSL) and on a landline telephone at the same time.
A corded telephone with a hands-free, corded headset (no cordless phones or cell phones).
Strong interpersonal skills
A professional and articulate phone voice
Moderate computer skills
Required to pass a federally mandated personal background check
Ability to work a minimum of 16 hours of work a week - preferably evening and/or weekend hours.

For further information and to apply go to:
http://www.westat.com/athome

Copy N Profit Helping People Earn Money on the Internet

2009-08-24T07:02:00.003-04:00

So I am on day 6 of my experiment with Copy N Profit. I have to tell you, I was starting to wonder about the validity of the program.

Starting on Friday Google just stopped displaying my ads. If your ads are not displayed you don't make money. Google kept on telling me that my ads were a 1/10 and not relevant to the page content. This was very confusing to me since I copied the ads directly from the Copy N Profit program and they are suppose to work wonders. Saturday was the same thing. When I contact technical support this is what I was told:

"Hello Adele,

If you are not getting any impressions, please be patient, you are in line with other advertisers and you have to wait your turn. If you want, you can do a landing page and then you won’t have to wait. Also, make sure you have funded your google account and that all of your campaigns are active!"

So I went in and checked to make sure that I had set everything up correctly. To my surprise I had not. I made the changes and then on Sunday, the click started to come through again. I actually maxed out my $5.00 a day limit and made another sale. We will see how today goes.

Again my testing is not over, but if something like this happens to you using the program, I wanted to say don't get discouraged it is apparently normal. Hopefully, I will make more sales today. I will keep everyone informed of my progress.

If you are interested in trying the program yourself click here.

Copy N Profit - Initial Review

2009-08-20T08:23:00.002-04:00

As many of you know I hate affiliate marketing programs. As a general rule you pay anywhere from $29.99 to $129.00 to gain access to the site that tells you to first go to clickbank and open an account, now go to Google or Yahoo and open an account, now pick a product and start advertising. This does not work for the average person. What product do you pick, what are the keywords, what do all those numbers mean. So when I received an email the other day asking me to research and investigate Copy N Profit I had the dreaded feeling again.

So I took my usual steps, first lets Google Copy N Profit and see what everyone else has to say about. To my surprise and amazement there was nothing bad about Copy N Profit. I am sure if you search long enough you will be able to find something bad about them, but I am pretty good at these searches and there was nothing! OK I am surprised.

Step two, I e-mailed their customer service department and asked a question. I have to tell you the truth, I rarely get a response when I do this. I was surprised again. Within an hour of e-mail their customer service department I had a response. Now my curiosity has been peeked, I purchased the program.

I have been working with the program for two days. I can not tell you whether it works because two days is not long enough to be able to make that judgment.

Have I made a sale, I guess that is the important question and the answer is yes, 1 for $26 which required that I spend $1.72 on PPC (Pay Per Click). You will not able to just copy and paste and walk away. There is tweaking involved but the videos explain what to look for and how to adjust.

As I said earlier, most programs give you no training or instructions. I was pleasantly surprised by Copy N Profit, they have a huge instructional video library that can explains affiliate marketing in a way that anyone can understand the concept and process.

To test this I played the first video for my 5 year old daughter. Then afterwards I asked her “what is mommy trying to do?” She got a serious look on her face and said “You are selling something that someone made and then they give you money”. In a nutshell yes that is a true statement.

I have also contact their customer support team twice since purchasing the program, not trying to be a pain, but I had questions and felt that I was doing something wrong. Each time they got back to me within 30 minutes (please note this was during the day, I am pretty sure you will not get that type of response at night). Very impressive.

One of the best things about the program is that it doesn’t just offer you PPC as an option of marketing the product that you choose. They also cover classified posting and article marketing which are both free ways of getting your link out there. So you don’t have to spend more money, although these methods take longer which is why I choose to do the PPC so I could report back to my readers quicker.

My testing is not over, I will continue using the program for the next two weeks (probably longer since it is working) and report back my findings. I actually called my husband last night and told him I think I finally found a real program that will allow me to earn money from the internet.

If you are interested in trying the program yourself click here.

Easy Home Businesses You Can Start

2009-08-18T14:45:00.003-04:00

When thinking about working at home or starting a home business the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is working on the Internet. I would like to talk today about other options.

Working at home offline.

There are many options and the jobs still give you the flexibility of being your own boss and earning an income. These are the ideas that I have found to work at home.

Tutor/Private Instructor

Do you play a musical instrument? Are you expert at math, English, a foreign language, writing, accounting, yoga, meditation? Any area of expertise that you possess can be shared with others for a fee, and usually a half hour session is sufficient. Would you rather teach four or five half hour sessions at $25 each (that's two and a half hours of work) or spend fourteen hours taking phone center calls in your home? If you are good at it, you love it. Turn that love into profit.

Professional Organizer

Organization skills are a talent that a lot of people are lacking. You can make very good money by taking a look at messy closets or kitchens of people and redoing them so they look nice and are easy to maintain. If have an OCD kind of personality and if you thrives on making order out of chaos, this could be your thing. To get started I would go to a site like Vista Print where you can get 250 free business cards and start posting them at the grocery store or other common areas and see if you get interest, you would be amazed by what people will pay for.

Local Travel Guide

Do you live in a tourist city? Do you enjoy hunting, fishing or hiking? If so, you have a special skills and you can rent yourself out as a guide and do what you love at the same time. Walking tours are popular in historic areas, and you don't need anything but initiative to get started hosting them.

Pet Sitting/Dog Walker

If you love animals, this job can be a lot of fun for you. Post an ad in the paper and see what kind of interest you get. As a pet lover and someone that works long hours, I am very grateful to anyone that can help keep my best friends fed, walked and happy.

Personal Chef

If you love to cook, you might well have a future as a personal chef. Because a personal chef generally cooks in the client's kitchen, you don't have to worry about whether your own kitchen meets local standards for hygiene and safety. Many personal chefs spend an afternoon cooking for the entire week, then freeze and label the meals, that way you don't have to work at one client site for an entire week.

Tech Writer

Lots of technical writing is outsourced. If you are the sort of person who can describe in plain English how to do things or assemble things or understand and use software, you can pick up technical writing work at www.elance.com or www.guru.com.

Event Planner

Planning weddings, graduations, anniversaries, corporate celebrations, and community events requires an aptitude for organization, detail, and thinking on your feet. If you have these skills consider an event planner business. Once you are able to successfully plan a few major events, word or mouth will get you a steady stream of clients.

Concierge/Personal

There is not enough time in the day. Ask anyone they will agree. Why not rent yourself out to take care of those tasks that professionals, couples and families don't have the time for. Typical you will be asked to make travel arrangements, party arrangements, picking up laundry, go shopping or even just run to the post office. Finding a few really good clients can keep you in work indefinitely.

Just Starting Out with Work at Home

2009-08-14T11:41:00.002-04:00

The Most Popular Home Jobs are:

1. Running a home-based business (these would be programs that you have to purchase)
2. Computer work
3. Data entry
4. Word processing
5. Telephone research/sales
6. Customer services
7. Proof reader
8. Market research

If you are going to work from home you need good a reliable mobile, land line, fax, email and instant messaging program. That way if any one of these services fail you can still communicate. Technology has made working from home a much more realistic option for many people. If you’re self-employed or starting your own business, working from home is also a good way of reducing your overheads.

It becomes more difficult if you are trying to break into the work from home job market as people tend to guard their positions fiercely once they have them. There are always plenty of advertisements, both on and off the Internet, for people to work from home but the majority of these are scams.

Generally, if the company you are applying to requests money (and you are applying as a employee and not business owner) beware!

Here are the Top Three Homeworking Scams to Avoid

1. You send off your registration fee to receive details about earning a good income from homeworking. In return you receive a letter instructing you to put an advert in your local shop or paper, asking people to send you a registration fee!

A similar online version of this are e-books which promise to reveal the secret of 'how to get rich quick' - the 'secret' then turns out to be instructions on how to resell copies of the e-book you've purchased!

2. You answer an advertisement for a position, such as a freelance proofreader. With the application is a piece of text for you to correct any mistakes. On submitting you will be then be sent an Information Pack, which you are charged for and then you find out the information is ready available on the Internet for free.

3. You apply for a position doing simple assembly work at home, such as: greeting cards, toys or crafts, and are asked to pay up-front for materials. The materials will be worth much less than you've paid,and often the assembly work you complete will be rejected and returned to you as 'sub-standard' and of course you will receive no payments.

There are, plenty of valid jobs you can do from home, you just need to be careful when first starting out. Working from home can bring huge benefits, allowing you to balance your family and work time, work more productively and reduce day to day stresses.

Internet Marketing Conference from Stores Online.com

2009-08-12T12:55:00.003-04:00

So I receive 2 free tickets in the mail last month for a Conference on Internet Marketing. Since I have been running this blog for 3 years now, I thought this would be a great opportunity for me see if I am doing something wrong, so I called and registered.

The package that I received said the conference would cover Internet Marketing and getting top ranks on Google, Yahoo and Bing. OK I am interested, plus I get a free lunch and an MP3 Player, I am in, lets do it!

The conference was last Wednesday. I showed up about 30 minutes early as they requested. I was personally greeted by someone that I would consider having an overbearing personality. Then I went in and had a seat.

After the room was full, the same man stepped up to the front of the stage and said "If the only reason you are here is for the free MP3 Player go to the back of the room and get it and leave, I don't want you here wasting my time". I have to tell you the truth I was half tempted to stand up and leave, I was not getting the warm and fuzzy from this person.

Of course nobody budged. Then he held up a $10 bill and said "Who wants this $10's" everyone just sat around staring at each other but again nobody moved. Then he went off about how you should always take any opportunity that you have to make money even if it is taking money from a stranger.

He then explained what Stores Online does and how there was 3 day Internet Marketing Seminar that would begin this weekend and if I registered and paid for it today, it would only cost $59 instead of the $200 he would normally charge. This continued for about 2 hours. Just things that I would consider to be stupid antics to get peoples attention.

So now I have been sitting there for 2 hours, I am starving because we were suppose to be feed lunch and had not yet and he handed out a survey form and read each line and explained to me what to write "Where is says name, write you name now!", "Where it says email address, write your e-mail address now!" and on and on.

The entire conference was a sales pitch, they did not give any useful information, they didn't even explain what Internet marketing is. The entire thing was a waste of my time and I never got lunch or the MP3 player because I ended up just leaving after the "Where it says ...., Write....". It put me over the top, I couldn't stay any longer.

So if you have received an invitation to the free conference from Stores Online, just be aware of what you are walking into before you get there.