Work from home

Seriously?! you could make at least 4k USD a month from scratch and you dont even have to leave the luxary of your own home? That is some serious money by the way. Sounds too good to be true? Well, I have done some research on home based jobs and it turns out that the Philippines is not a virgin to web/online based businesses or outsourcing services that usually requires just your standard laptop and a fast internet connection. Some requires extra important accesories such as, a headset with a microphone and a webcam for a far more complex type of work. But the big bucks comes with an extra big responsibility. Technically you are on your own, true, it has its perks, but juggling between deadlines for multiple articles (if you are, lets say an online content editor or a contributing writer using SEO (Search Engine Optimization)) and other priorities could become a handful, especially if you have it only as a part-time job, so all the other responsibilites could be in jeopardy if you do not know how to manage your time well. In addition, we all know, that deadlines kill creativity and hamper productivity, so if you have a natural flair in writing about almost anything, and would want to become a home based content writer and is comfortable with beating the deadlines, take it as your epiphany, your niche, be a writer.

On a less extreme note, if you cant handle the deadlines and you have at least some knowledge on the internet. Affiliate marketing using Search Engine Optimization might be the best for you. Its all over the web, its in youtube, social networking sites, its everywhere. If you were lured by an ad you see on youtube and you clicked on it? and you were directed to some advertising website endorsing a product, that's when the money comes trickling in for an affiliate marketer. If you have a website, that's great too,(if you do have a website you probably know all about SEO already but blog works well too), you would use SEO to boost and generate traffic on your website, some even have real time sophisticated software for you to use in campaigning the products of your publishers and you could track the status of your online business as well, and just watch it(profits) increase incrementally.

If you have previous experience as a call centre agent, you could just be doing the same thing on your own home. With a good headset with mic and a VOIP/Skype account, you could be working as a call centre agent on a graveyard shift for offshore clients or an english tutor for koreans (very common) and the pay is not bad at all,some companies offer a $3 an hour for a 40 hours/week pay scheme, it varies.

Life is simpler with technology and complicated at the same time, imagine the paradox on that.



Interested much? check out the popular jobsites (jobstreet and jobsdb) filter your search to home based and see what interests you.

The writer's new best friend: Blogging

What started out as an online information delivery system for companies to use as documentation and recording of minutes of company meetings, tables and indexes now opened a wide array of information source for practically every individual that has some knowledge over the internet. Over time, both professional and aspiring writers have seen the potential of having their works reach millions of readers over limitless boundaries through online blogging. Since its early inception, writers have decidedly put their pens down for a more somewhat demanding form of writing. Equipped with only a regular pc or a standard laptop and a reliable internet connection source, writers can express their way to putting up personal blogs for their articles, commentaries and passages to practically making money online for their works. Some writers I know, does a little affiliate marketing on the side using Search Engine Optimization (SEO) where ads are placed on their personal website or blog from publishers and other advertisers, these are but some of the ways to optimize profit online just to name a few. This evidently means that “blogging” helps writers expand and explore their horizons to cater to their own specific needs as well as benefit both the reader and the writer in more ways than one. Given its complexity, not all writers plunge up into the marketing scene. Various written materials reflect the personalities and interests of writers coming from different backgrounds and Social Orientation.

A blog is like a blank canvass. It means nothing without content, passion and drive. That is why successful writers/bloggers gets the most views and hits on their blog because they always have something interesting to write about. No amount of commendations from followers can top a writer who speaks his mind and effectively translate it into writing. Everything a struggling newbie writer should know to effectively get their point across to their readers depends on the quality of the content material. Another good thing about having a blog is that you can take “personalizing” content to a whole new level. Sky is the limit. You may just think your article is not good enough without putting in pictures, graphics and videos that may also help deliver your message and boost more reader views. Whatever a writer plans to achieve in making use of blogs, it, in a way garners respect from readers and more often than not encourages direct and sometimes strong responses citing another advantage the good ol’ blog brings in itself-Interactive Blogs. For writers to receive some form of feedback from readers and “followers” it can only mean one thing. The fact that they were able to produce arguments, give writers self-worth. Writers make use of forums and chat-boxes to reach out to what their followers and readers have to say, encouraging them to provide their opinion on matters specific to an argument about a particular article or just an “out of the blue” comment. Interactive blogs lead to another controversial yet interesting take on “social networking”. This way, writers usually make use of other peoples experiences to relate and provide depth on his writing, hence, better the material. Blogging is considered a valuable tool for writers to inspire readers, promote themselves as noble writers in their own right and become true artists with the help of cyber-technology making blogs the writer’s new best friend.