Have you been affected by the recent credit crunch? Thousands of people are losing there jobs and numerous pensioners are discovering that their pensions have either fallen drastically or have collapsed altogether. It is increasingly difficult to make ends meet and more and more people are looking for a home based business to supplement their income.
So how easy is it to find a suitable home based business and how do we go about searching for that golden opportunity.
Here are a few home based business suggestions to get you started.
1) We live in the age of information - people crave it, and expect to be able to find it quickly online. If you are able to write about something you have knowledge of or something you are passionate about you can start to make money immediately.
For example if you're interested in dog training, vegetarian cookery, bird watching or any other topic for that matter, then you can apply to sites such as About.com. You can then be employed on a freelance basis and write articles for their site. Another site you could join is Constant Content. Members of Constant Content are always looking for good articles on a variety of different and unusual topics.
2) Writing isn't for everyone so perhaps you would rather be paid to complete a survey. You may be required to offer an opinion on some topic or other, or to state your preference in a particular area of interest. There are numerous sites online that will pay you for this type of service.
3) Jobs are advertised, according to the category, on a site called Elance. If a job being advertised appeals to you, you can bid for it. When you have completed the work you are either paid by the hour or by the job. The jobs that are advertised cover anything from typing up transcripts... to Internet research... to writing articles. This can provide a very convenient way to start a home based business and it will allow you to earn some extra money in the evenings and at weekends.
4) Another type of opportunity can be found on Amazon's "Mechanical Turk" online work marketplace. This is a place essentially for businesses to search for home-workers to do those little jobs computers can't do.
5) If you have a passion for something like fly fishing, healthy recipes, or maybe you are an expert in social networking, why not start your own blog. This can be a fun and enjoyable way of making extra money
Two sites where you can set up your first blog are WordPress and Blogger. Both sites will allow you to set up a blog on their servers which means no cost to you while you are learning the ropes. You can then join affiliate programs like Amazon Associates, ClickBank or commission junction, and add AdSense to your site. Hopefully you will soon start to see money appearing in your PayPal account. Of course there is a lot of hard work required to set this up and keep it ticking over, but the effort will be well rewarded when you home based business starts to make enough money to enable you to give up your full time job
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