Online Scam Survival Guide | There Are Lions

Funny! When you log onto the Internet, there is nothing that indicates that you have just entered an untamed jungle. You don’t hear any roaring lions or other ominous sounds and you don’t see any wild animals that are planning to have you as the main course for dinner but they are out there. They are just in disguise.

There is no particular order that you will meet these dangerous characters but some of the first ones that you are likely to meet are those that I like to think of as the ‘welcoming committee’.

Selling What’s Free

The object of this welcoming committee is to sell you what can be had for free all over the Internet if you know where to look.

Anti-Virus Protection

The first thing that you will be told that you must buy is anti-virus software. Now, there are some very good anti-virus programs out there that are being sold. But if your financial ability is somewhat limited, you really do not have to buy expensive anti-virus programs.

Yes, you must have an anti-virus program on your computer. There isn’t any doubt about that one. The Internet is full of creeps that get their jollies by infecting computers with viruses, worms and Trojans. You don’t want that to happen to you or your computer.

There are those that spend their every waking hour just dreaming up new and insidious ways of making problems for the rest of us. Luckily, there are just as many good folks out there that spend their time figuring out how to keep them from doing it to us.

Two of the best known anti-virus programs out there are Norton and McAfee and both of them are very good programs. Both of them are also rather expensive. McAfee is more expensive than Norton but neither one of them are really cheap and they are certainly not free.

 However, there is also a very good one that is absolutely free. AVG has many anti-virus and other security programs available but they also have a free version. This free version works very well and provides ample protection. You can find this free program at AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus-free-edition/lng/us/tpl/tpl01).

Firewalls

Most computers today come with built-in firewalls. Windows added that feature to XP. It is already on your computer when you bring it home.

Just because you already have a firewall that is sufficient to protect your computer, doesn’t mean that there won’t be members of the welcome-to-the-jungle committee who won’t be trying to sell you one.

You will be told that the one that is on your computer has failed to protect you. You will see these little pop-ups telling you that you need to have your computer scanned.

The scan is, of course, free. The purpose of the scan is to sell you something that you don’t need....usually a firewall, but there are other programs as well.

You already have a firewall and multiple firewalls do not add protection. They actually interfere with each other. You are better off to stick with the firewall that came built into your computer.

Instructional ‘Courses’

There are many very good instructional courses available on the Internet. There are even more instructional courses on the Internet that are totally bogus. They only offer you information that is readily available for free and charge you large sums to provide it to you.

One of the very worst ones that I have seen promises to teach you ‘data entry’. This course has absolutely nothing to do with data entry or data entry work. It ‘teaches’ you to sign up for affiliate programs and place ads in Google Ad Words for those products.

Affiliate marketing can be a very lucrative Internet business. It isn’t learned easily but it is a real Internet business. This program tries to disguise affiliate marketing as data entry solely for the purpose of fooling young stay-at-home-moms, retired people, and others into spending fifty hard-earned bucks on a program that isn’t going to be of any value to them at all if they are looking for a work-at-home job and aren’t prepared or able to put in the hundred plus hours each week that are required to launch a successful affiliate marketing business.

Remember this. Anybody with dollar signs in their eyes, a computer and an Internet connection can advertise instructional programs. Some of these ‘helpful’ folks simply gather information that is readily available on the Internet, package it, write some slick advertising and then sell it to unsuspecting, hardworking newbies who just haven’t learned the ropes yet.

Before you ever sign up for a ‘course’ and pay money for it, do some research about the subject being ‘taught’ first and then ask yourself these questions:

Question #1: Can I find this information for myself?

Question #2: Is this information that I really need?

Question #3: Can this information really help me?

Question #4: Is the information being offered what it appears to be?

Question #5: Is there a guarantee?

Question #6: Will I be required to spend additional money to implement the information?

Question #7: How stiff will the competition be?

Question #8: Does the ‘course’ assume that I have more computer skills than I actually possess?

Question #9: Is the person teaching the course really knowledgeable or well-known?

Question #10: Does the advertisements sound too good to be true?

Disguised Pyramid Schemes

Pyramid schemes have been around since about the time the actual pyramids were built. You’d think that in the intervening few thousand years people would be able to easily recognize a pyramid scheme when they came face to face with one. The people who dream these things up, however, are pretty slick characters. A pyramid scheme never, ever, comes labeled as a pyramid scheme.

It is really easy to get sucked into one of these schemes. You need to understand how they work and be able to spot them for what they are. There are a few ‘buzz’ words that can tip you off:

1. Recruit: “to engage in finding and attracting employees, new members, students, athletes, etc.” That’s one of the definitions of the word according to the dictionary. The use of the word, ‘recruit’ (or any variation) should be a major tip off that the program that is being promoted to you is most likely a pyramid scheme. Some of these schemes can be easily spotted while others are a little harder to identify. Just beware when you see the word, ‘recruit’. There was a scheme that went around awhile back that was sent by unsolicited email that offered an ‘exclusive opportunity’ to earn a boat load of money by recruiting people to sell a device that would provide access to the Internet by television. No, I’m not kidding. This happened and people fell for it.

2. ‘Buy the secret and sell....’ This is a typical pyramid scheme that you will often see. This is another ‘offer’ that arrives in your inbox that you have not solicited. You are offered an ‘exclusive’ opportunity to buy a secret that will allow you to make a hundred thousand dollars a month (no work required) and then you can sell this secret to others for a substantial profit and they will make money for you. These gullible folks will just fill your bank account with beautiful green-backs. Wait! You are the gullible folk they are targeting.

You can believe me when I tell you that there really aren’t a lot of people out there in this world that are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to send you money.

You can also believe that there is no legitimate Internet business that is going to immediately make you hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. You might someday make that kind of money but if you do, it will be after you have put in an incredible amount of time and effort and not because you bought a ‘secret’...there isn’t one.

3. ‘Let others do the work’: This little phrase has pyramid scheme written all over it. The ‘pitch’ is usually for a non-existent product. You will be sent information buy bulk mail that gives you instructions for getting other’s to promote this ‘product’ and all you will have to do is count your millions. Right! Don’t fall for that one.

Disguised MLM

If you are really new to the world of internet business or work-at-home job opportunities, you may not know what MLM means. It means Multi-Level-Marketing. MLM is similar to a pyramid scheme but it isn’t exactly the same.

True pyramid schemes don’t involve the selling of an actual product but MLM is all about selling an actual product.

According to this glossary of Internet terms, “Multilevel Marketing is selling products by using independent distributors and allowing these distributors to build and manage their own sales force by recruiting, motivating, supplying, and training others to sell products. The distributors' compensation includes their own sales and a percentage of the sales of their sales group (downline).

“So,” you say, “that just sounds like a good idea for making money.” Well, it IS a good way for making money. The problem is that it is illegal.

Do you see that tip-off word, ‘recruiting’? The other tip-off that this is a MLM scheme is the phrase, ‘percentage of sales’.

There is nothing illegal about setting up and affiliate program and PAYING a percentage of sales to those who sell your products or services to others. There is nothing illegal about COLLECTING the percentages that are offered by the producers of the products or services. That is simply good business and a more than just common practice in the Internet business world.

The problem arises when you start COLLECTING percentages of sales from people whom you have recruited to sell the product. Then another level is added and it becomes multi-level marketing. Even one additional level is illegal but there are MLM schemes that will have many, MANY layers.

The main Internet banking and money exchange on the Internet is PayPal. PayPal employs full-time personnel to search for and identify MLM schemes. When these schemes are uncovered, the account (and all attached accounts and credit cards) are frozen.

Yes, it is true that sometimes PayPal does misidentify a perfectly legitimate business as a MLM scheme but it doesn’t happen very often and the problem can usually be resolved in just two or three business days. This very thing happened to a friend of mine not long ago. It was resolved but not without him being able to prove that his business was not a MLM scheme.

This does point out the fact, however, that there are those who are looking for illegal MLM schemes. You may think that you are very anonymous on the Internet but when you do business on the Internet you are no longer anonymous.

Beware of Lions

There are a lot of big hungry lions in the Internet jungle. They are looking for easy marks...they love newbies best of all.

Generate Cash Today - Things To Remember

making instant cash is very much possible. Just bear in mind these fewthings.

Remember that even money you earn through the Internet sitting at home is taxable. You are liable to pay your own taxes here. However, there are a very few clients who will look into your taxation needs. These will be the people who will want to retain you long-term. But when you are looking for instant cash methods, no one is going to shoulder the burden of your taxation.

You will need an online bank account. PayPal (http://www.paypal.com/) is the leading online bank today, followed quite distantly by Moneybookers (http://www.moneybookers.com/). Most online jobsites act as payment distributors as well. You can directly order checks from them.

When you are earning for yourself, it is quite easy to get distracted and lose focus. Don’t do that, because when you are working on the Internet through freelance websites, there’s a rating system. One bad rating could jeopardize your future prospects. Your clients know you only through your rating and hence you have to make sure that remains spotless.

Always keep learning. On the Internet, the one who learns the most earns the most. There are new techniques and strategies being developed almost every day and people are making use of them to enhance their prospects. It doesn't take time for anything to become highly competitive on the Internet soon. So, make sure you stay ahead of the competition.

Don’t be dejected if you aren't able to earn in bucketfuls right from the start. Most instant cash strategies will pay you small amounts when you start out, but with experience you can start demanding more. As you get more ratings, you enhance your chances and the amount you earn too. Gather ratings as someone would gather experience on their portfolios.

So, go ahead and take the plunge in this online world. There are several pools for you to try out your talents and earning potentials.

Generate Cash Today - Technical Services

If you have some technical talent, there are some great ways to make money out of it.

Any kind of technical knowledge can be brilliantly used on the Internet to make money. If you have knowledge of website designing, for example, you could get work designing websites for other people on the Internet. You could get your clients to pay you as much as $10 to $100 per page you design for them, depending on various factors. Some of these factors are the complexity of the webpage that you are designing for them, the budget of the website, your own knowledge and reputation, etc.

Website designing is just one such technical service that you can provide for a great deal of money. There are several others in the similar categories. Graphics designing is another very lucrative area. Even designing a logo for a company could give you hundreds of dollars. Or, you could provide some animation or videos to a client. There are numerous things that you can do.

So, where do you find all this work? The best places to find them are on the various freelance job sites. Here are a few:-

®    GetAFreelancer (http://www.getafreelancer.com/)

®    ScriptLance (http://www.scriptlance.com/)

®    Guru (http://www.guru.com/)

®    ELance (http://www.elance.com/)

®    oDesk (http://www.odesk.com/)

On these sites, you find work through a bidding system. People who are looking for work make posts here and then you bid on those. Your bid will also mention the time frame you would be completing the job in. You could give samples to increase your chances. The buyers check their bids and the samples and then decide people who fit their bills in the best way.

You could also find clients on social networking sites. Joining a group on sites like Twitter, Facebook, etc. could be a great way of networking with other people with similar skills as you have and make some money. However, the drawback of finding work on these places is that they are not job sites and hence they shouldn't be your primary choice for finding work online.

Generate Cash Today - Website Spinning

Web spinning may be for Spider-Man, but website spinning can make you a really rich man (or woman!)

This is an instant cash method that many people like. It makes good money, doesn't need a terrible lot of effort and is creative as well. However, you need to have a modicum of technical knowledge to begin with. Again, that shouldn't deter you. Even if you don’t have the technical knowledge, you can still hire someone to do things that you aren't comfortable with.

So, what is website spinning actually? This is a method in which people build websites and then sell them over for a profit. The basic purpose of making the website is to be able to sell it later. The profit can be good if the website is good.

Here are a few things that website spinners keep in mind.

®    They book great domain names. In fact, a lot of their talent lies here. They make sure that the domain names are good SEO and that they have good recall value as well.

®    They build short websites. The websites aren't kept too large because then it becomes difficult to flip them. A usual website that is designed for flipping contains no more than 10 pages.

®    The websites are kept rich in content. The content is meant to educate. Once again, the content is high SEO, containing a lot of keywords that people commonly search for.

®    The design and the overall look of the website are kept quite basic. The reason for that is to enable the buyer to tweak the website according to their desires.

The proceeds of the sale depend on how good the website is. The least you could expect for a website of 10 pages is $50, which is not bad for starters. If your website already has some popularity on Google, you could sell it for much higher.

The selling is done on forums. A good place to sell is the Digital Point Forums.

Generate Cash Today - Affiliate Marketing

Understand what affiliate marketing is, learn more about it and unleash its potential on your income.

Affiliate marketing is a very popular concept on the Internet. Basically, it is a way in which you promote someone else’s product on your webpage or blog and earn money for driving people to the advertiser’s website. These people that you send are known as traffic. The payment is usually through a PPC method (not unlike Google AdSense). You are paid per click that you generate on the advertiser’s website link. However, there are other payment models as well, such as PPS (where you are paid per sale) and PPL (where you are paid per lead).

Now, here is a method that can help you earn money even as you sleep. Once you set up the ad and put your promotional campaigns in place, people will automatically keep getting directed to the advertiser’s website, which means you automatically start getting money. This kind of money, which comes in without doing anything constantly, is known as residual income or passive income.

Your basic efforts here are at publicizing your own website or blog so that the affiliate links on them become visible and more people click on them. Your income is directly proportionate to the number of people that you manage to send. You could popularize your website through several other instant cash strategies mentioned here, such as article writing and submission, blogging, etc.

One of the main reasons why affiliate marketing is popular today is because the payment is really long-term. The money just keeps coming if you have done things rightly. Unlike other methods, the payment here comes in, regardless of the amount of effort you put in. A few months of careful planning and implementing can bring in thousands of dollars a month into your coffers. However, this is an instant cash method as well, because the money will start coming almost instantly, usually within the first week itself.

Generate Cash Today - eBooks

eBooks, when used rightly, could be a wonderful way to earn online

When the Internet first became popular, it was looked upon mostly as a portal for information and communication. The information part was actually very poignant, because people didn't have such a splendid method of finding what they wanted whenever they wanted. This impression of the Internet persists even today. Even today, the Internet is an information superhighway and people with an astute mind are making the most of it in various ways.

One of the most significant ways is through creating and selling eBooks. EBooks, or electronic books, are books filled with information on one particular subject. It covers a part of that subject, and is generally (but not always) a self-help guide. Well, those are the ones that make the most money and hence are the most popular, anyway.

The concept is simple. Take something that people are searching for information on, and create an eBook about it. Write in a simple, crisp manner in a language that even a layperson can understand. When you have the eBook ready, promote it over the Internet. There are various ways to do that – make a webpage, create a sales page, advertise through affiliates, promote the eBook on social networking websites, etc. The more you make your eBook popular, the more people will want to have it.

Now, there are two ways in which you can make money out of your eBooks. You could either sell them directly for money, or you could use them to sell a bigger product. When you do the latter, you may not even charge for your eBook. The concept of giving away is very much real on the Internet, and it does attract a lot of interested people to buy bigger products.

So, what can you write the eBook on? Think about anything you know that you think people might like to know about. It could be about anything – about how to clean glass windows the right way or about how to look for mortgage providers for your new nest. The idea is to teach, and to make money out of that teaching.

Generate Cash Today - Teach

 

Teach something you know. That could make you rich

One of the most enjoyable ways to earn money online is by selling some skill that you are good at.

Can you teach a language or show how to fix a clogged drain? Just pick up a digital camera and shoot yourself doing your thing. Then upload it onto YouTube. Circulate the link to everyone you know and also place it on related forums. Then build a simple specialized website with more such learning videos. Arrange to give access only to viewers who pay a small fee via credit card or PayPal. Place the link to this website on your free YouTube videos.

As your videos gain thousands of hits, your website will be visited by more subscribers and you can begin to earn money. You can also create eBooks on your particular subject and sell them on that website.

Place a lot of related links to similar websites that may be useful to your members. You may think this may take viewers away from your webpage. But subscribers appreciate this kind of honesty and help and they will keep coming back to you.

This way you keep doing what you love, and the world pays you for it. Setting up a webpage or blog free of cost (Blogger.com), monitoring traffic (Sitemeter.com) and creating eBooks (eBook Pro) are easily done by using any of the hundreds of tools available on the Internet.

By working at home, you have the advantage of using your home premises, utilities and fixtures with no extra shop costs. You can set up a small studio to teach an art skill like sculpting or making candles or even simple handmade cards. There are thousands of YouTube videos teaching music and dance.

Find your niche and go for it. It will take a little time to build up your business, but if you do something special, it will spread virally via YouTube and you can then capitalize on your success.

Generate Cash Today - Article Writing

If you have the talent, article writing could make you really popular and very rich as well!

Do you love writing? Have you always dreamed of writing a bestseller novel? Well, most successful novelists also had a day job. Here’s a day job that can keep you in the writing field that you love so much and also pay you a decent salary, so that you can still have time left over for your blockbuster novel!

Anyone with a good grasp of the English language can write a few paragraphs of original content. It is even easier to just read a given article and rewrite it. And that is pretty much the job description for one of the most lucrative jobs on the Internet today.

With thousands of new websites being set up every hour, webmasters are in constant need of new content for their webpages. Sometimes a number of websites are developed by spinning the same content into several articles. Most buyers of articles pay between one to two dollars for rewriting an article of 300-500 words. This task can be done in fifteen to thirty minutes depending on your language skills and typing speed.

It is important to write original content – say it all in your own words – as most buyers check for duplication by using  copy-detection software like Copyscape and Plagium. If you just cut and paste from some other websites, that will show up on Copyscape and you will lose your assignment and get negative reviews from the buyer.

Proofread your article thoroughly before submitting it, using Spell Check if you use Word. Even if you aren't familiar with a topic like say acne or money management or health topics, some time spent browsing relevant websites can give you enough information to write a 500 word article.

That’s the charm of freelance writing online. Your general knowledge improves vastly with the articles you research and write everyday. That will surely help your creative writing too, and pave the way for that blockbuster novel someday!

Check out Odesk.com, Elance.com and Getafreelancer.com and sign up with the one you like. Payments are through PayPal and other international systems.

Generate Cash Today - Mechanical Turk

An introduction to the Mechanical Turk… Read on.

Ever wondered how you could make some extra dollars in your spare hours? Mechanical Turk offers you just that.

This website is owned by Amazon, the online marketing giant. Mturk.com displays thousands of HITs (Human Intelligence Tasks) on its pages. These tasks range from simple to complex and the payment for doing them also ranges from a few cents upto even tens of dollars. The simpler tasks can involve taking a survey or writing a few paragraphs on a given subject or commenting on a particular forum. The more complex ones can require some web design or writing entire reports or doing some market research. There are also audio transcription jobs that can fetch you a few dollars for transcribing 5-10 minutes long audio clips into text.

Mturk is a great way to train up for more specialized online jobs. If you start writing a few 100 or 200 word articles here, you can gain the skills and confidence to take up larger freelance writing assignments on sites like ODesk, Elance and GetAFreelancer, which we will discuss in the next chapters.

If you get the hang of audio transcription and become reasonably accurate and fast enough, you can eventually move on to fulltime medical or legal transcription which are high paying fields. You have to train up for these specialized areas, but Mechanical Turk gives you a good start with simple tasks.

Within a few hours or days, your work is checked and payment is credited to your Mturk account. The trick is to be on the lookout for high paying tasks, where for example you earn a couple of dollars for a survey which takes only a few minutes. Or writing a 400 word article on Tourism in Iceland which earns you 3 dollars! Even if you are not familiar with the topic, you can quickly read up on the Net and make a fairly decent and factual presentation. After all that’s what many journalists and media writers are doing today!

Payments are made by checks in local currency (for certain countries) or transferred to your bank account, or you can use the money in your account to purchase goods from Amazon.com.

A good way to get started on thousands of easy tasks and train up for bigger things to come! Don’t let a spare hour go to waste. Become a Turker today. And don’t forget to browse a good Turker forum for the latest buzz and loads of good and useful advice.

Generate Cash Today - Google’s AdSense

Google AdSense is the online moneymaker’s biggest tool. Learn how you can make it yours as well.

One of the most popular advertising programs on the Internet is Google’s Adsense. Almost any website you open today has those ‘Ads by Google’ placed at the left or right or bottom of the page. Sometimes they are even bang in the center. Every time you click on such an ad, that webmaster is paid a small amount  by the advertiser, through Google’s AdSense. Every day millions of dollars are being paid out on AdSense clicks through billions of page views. This makes Google’s AdSense the most popular Pay per Click (PPC) program in the world today.

 The payment per click can range from a few cents to even ten or twenty dollars. Niche content relevant to certain specialized keywords can pay very highly. But merely setting up a website with these high paying keywords and placing AdSense ads on it isn't going to work. The site has to contain information that is valuable to the reader. Only then will it generate enough traffic and genuine ad clicks. If you click on your own ads or ask your friends to deliberately click to benefit you, AdSense admin will knock off the ads from your webpage faster than you can say ‘click fraud’!

So it is wise to set up a website or blog based on a subject you like, which is also commercially viable – there have to be some advertisers who would like to place their ads on your pages. Adsense bots will scan your webpages everyday and then place ads relevant to your content.

 You can use blogger.com to set up a simple blog in three easy steps. Then read up on your subject and write original content. Make sure you mention the keywords relevant to your content. Then generate traffic to your website by emailing your blog link to your friends and ask them to pass it on. Place the link on your friends’ websites too and also take part in forums connected to your topic.

Use a traffic monitoring website like www.Sitemeter.com to check on how much page views and hits you get every day. Your AdSense account page will also tell you how many clicks have been made and how much you have earned. You can receive your payment by various methods as explained on your account page. AdSense also has good advice on how to place the ads for maximum profitability.

So get started with your blog or website and power it up with Google AdSense!

Generate Cash Today - Instant Money

 Generating instant money – everyone’s dream, some people’s achievement. Can it really be done by all?

There are thousands of websites and eBooks that tell you can earn thousands of dollars a day by working online, if you will only buy their eBooks with the magic formula for just 49.99 dollars or so! How much of this is true? There are a lot of scams which spout some lame gibberish once they have relieved you of some hard earned money. Those who fall for such tricks only have themselves to blame. There no shortcuts to riches online.  It’s just like real life, where you work hard and sensibly and earn your daily bread.  

Just as in real life, you have to use the skills that you have and also keep acquiring new ones. Just as in a real-time job, you have to work a certain number of hours a day to earn your online living. And just as in real life, only those workers who study their job well, steer clear of fraudsters and work hard and skillfully will do well and earn a sizeable income online. 

The next chapters will take a hard look at the various ways you can earn money online for every hour of work that you put in. There are millions of people all over the world who are already working on these online jobs from the comfort of their homes. You can be your own boss, decide how many hours you want to work and get paid through international systems like PayPal or even by check in your own local currency. 

Remember, today’s world is a socially networked world. The Net has put a lot of knowledge at your fingertips. Even if you feel you don’t have formal degrees and training, if you have the will, you can learn fast. You can use your grasp of English, your ability to use the Internet and your social circle of friends to develop your skills. And then you can quickly start earning in a lot of different areas. 

100 Work At Home Benefits

This blog will give you 100 work at home triggers. These work at home

benefits will motivate you to start your own home business and stop relying

a low paying, unstable jobs for your source of income. It will end your

procrastination and fear of starting your own home business.

1) Working from home may give you the emotion of being appreciated. You

can do your home business in between getting dressed.

2) Having a home income stream can make you feel accomplished. You

could do your work at home business in between watering the plants.

3) Starting a home business might give you the sensation of being

adaptable. You can run your job at home in between clearing the table.

4) Working in your pajamas could make you experience amusement. You

could promote you home based business in between dusting the furniture.

5) Running a home based business would give you the trait of being

appreciative. You can administer your work from home in between cooking

a meal.

6) Having a profession at your address should allow you the feature of

being authoritative. You could operate your freelancing from home in

between putting away groceries.

7) Working for yourself shall give you the characteristic of being balanced.

You can advertise your self employed business in between taking a

shower.

8) Not driving to work can give you the attribute of being blessed. You

could manage your home business in between washing the dishes.

9) Beginning a business at home will allow you the benefit of being calm .

You can work your work at home business between taking a bath.

10) Being an commissioned affiliate from home may give you the emotion

of being capable. You could handle your job at home in between doing a

hobby.

11) Being your own home boss can make you feel cheerful. You can do

you home based business during putting on make up.

12) Working full time from home might give you the sensation of being

clear. You could make your work from home in between eating breakfast.

13) Running a business from you house could make you experience being

comfortable. You can run your freelancing from home in between leaning a

new skill.

14) Running a business out of your living room would give you the trait of

being competitive. You could promote your self employed business in

between unloading the dishwasher.

15) Doing a job from home should allow you the feature of being

composed. You can administer your home business in between enjoying

the weather.

16) Having a career at your house shall give you the characteristic of being

confident. You could operate your work at home business in between

mowing the yard.

17) Doing work on your home computer can give you the attribute of being

coordinated. You can advertise your job at home in between fixing your

hair.

18) Doing work from your house will allow you the benefit of being

courageous. You could manage you home based business in between

going to church.

19) Working out of your bedroom may give you the emotion of being crafty.

You can work your work from home in between social networking.

20) Not having a repetitive schedule can make you feel creative. You could

handle your freelancing from home in between hanging up clothes.

21) Having a home based career might give you the sensation of being

credible. You can do your self employed business in between going on

vacation.

22) Making money from your home phone could let you experience

decisiveness. You could make your home business in between drying the

dishes.

23) Working for others at home would give you the trait of being dedicated.

You can run your work at home business in between going out to dinner.

24) Doing work at your kitchen table should allow you the feature of being

disciplined. You could promote your job at home in between landscaping

your yard.

25) Being self employed shall give you the characteristic of being

dependable. You can administer you home based business in between

shaving your face.

26) Doing a occupation from your residence can give you the attribute of

being detailed. You could operate your work from home in between taking

classes.

27) Being a home business owner will allow you the benefit of being

determined. You can advertise your freelancing from home in between

cleaning your bedroom.

28) Working for yourself may give you the emotion of being devoted. You

could manage your self employed business in between playing video

games.

29) Not getting dressed for work can make you feel delighted. You can

work your home business in between taking care of the pets.

30) Having a business start up at home might give you the sensation of

being driven. You could handle your work at home business in between

going to the doctor.

31) Working in sweats could make you experience enjoyment. You can do

your job at home in between raking the leaves.

32) Freelancing form home would give you the trait of being educated. You

could make you home based business in between putting on pajamas.

33) Having a job at home should allow you the feature of being efficient.

You can run your work from home in between eating lunch.

34) Having a home office shall give you the characteristic of being

energetic . You could promote your freelancing from home in between

taking out the trash.

35) Making money from your residence can give you the attribute of being

energized. You can administer your self employed business in between

doing home work.

36) Working on your home laptop will allow you the benefit of being eager.

You could operate your home business in between visiting friends/family.

37) Being your own CEO may give you the emotion of being enthusiastic.

You can advertise your work at home business in between washing the

windows.

38) Starting a digital publish business can make you feel entertained. You

could manage your job at home in between making the bed.

39) Working from your cottage might give you the sensation of being

excited. You can work you home based business in between watching the

kids.

40) Not dealing with co workers could make you experience being

exclusive. You could handle your work from home in between picking up

the house.

41) Making money from home would give you the trait of being faithful. You

can do your freelancing from home in between eating dinner.

42) Working part time from home should allow you the feature of being

focused. You could make your self employed business in between texting

someone.

43) Having a home store shall give you the characteristic of being fulfilled.

You can run your home business in between saying your prayers.

44) Not having a supervisor can give you the attribute of being fun. You

could promote your work at home business in between stretching.

45) Working in your shorts will allow you the benefit of being goal oriented.

You can administer your job at home in between playing with the kids.

46) Not having a boss may give you the emotion of being grateful. You

could operate your home based business in between having a conversation

with someone.

47) Working from your estate can make you feel being happy. You can

advertise your work from home in between celebrating a birthday.

48) Getting checks in the mail might give you the sensation of being a hardworker.

You could manage your freelancing from home in between

vacuuming the carpet.

49) Not having a manager could make you experience hopefulness. You

can work your self employed business in between going to the bank.

50) Working out of your basement would give you the trait of being

impressive. You could handle your home business in between checking

your email.

51) Promoting products from home should allow you the feature of being

independent. You can do your work at home business in between reading a

magazine.

52) Working out of your garage shall give you the characteristic of being

insightful. You could make your job at home in between cleaning the

appliances.

53) Providing a home based service can give you the attribute of being

inspired . You can run you home based business in between going to

college.

54) Starting a business in your garage will allow you the benefit of being

intelligent. You could promote your work from home in between

jogging/running.

55) Setting up a home franchise may give you the emotion of being

interested. You can administer your freelancing from home in between

picking up the kids.

56) Doing work from your coffee table can make you feel involved. You

could operate your self employed business in between cleaning the

bathroom.

57) Getting wealthy at home might give you the sensation of being joy. You

can advertise your home business in between celebrating a holiday.

58) Having no income limit could make you experience being liveliness.

You could manage your work at home business in between cleaning out

refrigerator.

59) Not working overtime would give you the trait of being lucky. You can

work your job at home in between doing after school activities.

60) Starting a home retail business should allow you the feature of being

logical. You could handle you home based business in between lifting

weights.

61) Not buying a office shall give you the characteristic of being

manageable. You can do your work from home in between talking on the

phone.

62) Publicizing your business from home can give you the attribute of being

motivated. You could make your freelancing from home in between making

some coffee.

63) Working while sitting on your couch will allow you the benefit of being

objective. You can run your self employed business in between cleaning

the living room.

64) Not taking orders from others may give you the emotion of being open minded.

You could promote your home business in between brushing your

teeth.

65) Starting a business with your internet phone can make you feel being

organized. You can administer your work at home business in between

getting the mail.

66) Paying yourself what you deserve might give you the sensation of

being optimistic. You could operate your job at home in between having an

appointment.

67) Making profits from your own place could make you experience

passion. You can advertise you home based business in between organize

the closets.

68) Getting paid at home would give you the trait of being peaceful. You

could manage your work from home in between baking some food.

69) Making sales from your cell phone should allow you the feature of

being persistent. You can work your freelancing from home in between

washing the car.

70) Not having a real job shall give you the characteristic of being pleased.

You could handle your self employed business in between playing a game.

71) Advertising your business from home can give you the attribute of

being persuasive. You can do your home business in between sleeping.

72) Starting a home based service will allow you the benefit of being

positive. You could make your work at home business in between ironing

the clothes.

73) Being the business owner may give you the emotion of being prepared.

You can run your job at home in between watching a movie.

74) Stating a home internet business can make you feel productive. You

could promote you home based business in between taking a nap.

75) Making money form you homestead might give you the sensation of

being professional. You can administer your work from home in between

watering the garden.

76) Getting orders at home could make you experience being proud. You

could operate your freelancing from home in between doing exercises.

77) Starting a business at your own crib would give you the trait of being

rejuvenated. You can advertise your self employed business in between

planting the flowers.

78) Making a living at home should allow you the feature of being relaxed.

You could manage your home business in between reading a book.

79) Earning income from where you live shall give you the characteristic of

being reliable. You can work your work at home business in between

decorating the house.

80) Creating a shop out of your house is can give you the attribute of being

resourceful. You could handle your job at home in between having a party.

81) Writing your own paycheck will allow you the benefit of relief. You can

do you home based business in between playing with your pet.

82) Working in your underwear may give you the emotion of being

responsible . You could make your work from home in between voluntary

for a charity.

83) Getting rich at home can make you feel satisfaction. You can run your

freelancing from home in between going shopping.

84) Working from your condo might give you the sensation of being safe.

You could promote your self employed business in between fixing the car.

85) Not having a uniform could make you experience being secure. You

can administer your home business in between pulling the weeds.

86) Accepting credit cards from home would give you the trait of being self

controlled. You could operate your work at home business in between

organizing the garage.

87) Earning cash while at your pad should allow you the feature of being

self-assured. You can advertise your job at home in between planning a

vacation.

88) Not renting a building shall give you the characteristic of being self aware.

You could manage you home based business in between surfing

the web.

89) Working from your own desk can give you the attribute of being self directed.

You can work your work from home in between studying a

subject.

90) Making money from your property will allow you the benefit of being

self-starting. You could handle your freelancing from home in between

listening to music.

91) Marketing your business from home may give you the emotion of being

sensible. You can do your self employed business in between changing the

car oil.

92) Being the business president can make you feel being skillful. You

could make your home business in between watching the tv.

93) Earning revenue from your apartment might give you the sensation of

being successful. You can run your work at home business in between

washing your hair.

94) Stating a home mail order business could make you experience being

triumphant. You could promote your job at home in between reading to

your kids.

95) Customers shopping from you home would give you the trait of being

thankful. You can administer you home based business in between being

romantic with someone.

96) Being a work at home professional should allow you the feature of

being thrilled. You could operate your work from home in between having

company over.

97) Opening business from your dwelling shall give you the characteristic of

being talented . You can advertise your freelancing from home in between

writing out the bills.

98) Making a factory out of your home can give you the attribute of being

unique. You could manage your self employed business in between getting

gas.

99) Selling your knowledge from home will allow you the benefit of being

versatile. You can work your home business in between cleaning the

outside of the house.

100) Owning a home company may give you the emotion of being wanted.

You could handle your work at home business in between making

reservations.

Guerrilla Methods: How to Save Money and Spend Less Than Your Competitors

Oh, the dreaded ‘B’ word! No, not THAT ‘B’ word I’m talking about the BUDGET ‘B’ word. The formula for determining profit is a really simple one and the one that all budgets are based upon. Income – Expenses = Profit.

It isn't complicated and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that there are two ways to improve your profit; (1) increase income or (2) decrease expenses. If you can figure out how to both simultaneously, please let me know how.

It would be really nice if we could just crank up the burners and make more money, wouldn't it? Unfortunately increasing income is much harder than decreasing expenses when it comes to improving your bottom line.

Fortunately, working at home comes with some built in savings right up front. You don’t have to buy that expensive gasoline to get to and from work. You don’t have to keep your working wardrobe up to date.

You can eat a PBJ sandwich for lunch in your own kitchen. And all of these are good money-saving things that just come with the territory when you work at home.

There are, however, some other measures that you can take to help decrease your work at home expenses. Here are some money saving ideas:

• Idea #1: Don’t buy every piece of software that comes down the pike. Most of us who work at home are software junkies. We LOVE software….all kinds of software…and before we know it we have software on top of software and more software than we need or even can use.

• Idea #2: Don’t buy bigger programs than you need. Often programs that help us accomplish the necessary tasks are offered in various sizes. You might be planning on having a hundred employees next year but you don’t need software to manage a hundred employees this year. You can always upgrade when the time comes. Today you need to save the bucks and go with only what you need today.

• Idea #3: Don’t spend unnecessary advertising dollars. So many times new entrepreneurs will start out running PPC advertising with absolute abandon. They will choose every single key word and phrase possible and then let the PPC advertisements run 24/7. This is a huge waste of advertising dollars.
  
  You need to learn to read the statistics that are provided to you by search engines and gear your advertisements to only appear in search results under very controlled circumstances and only during specific hours. It isn’t hard to run up a PPC bill of several thousand dollars in a very short period of time and not make a single sale in the process.

• Idea #4: Take full advantage of free advertising to build your business and your credibility. There are free ways to advertise that are almost as effective as PPC advertising and paid-for advertising in E-zines and newsletters. Some of these free advertising methods are:

1. Write E-books and articles and submit them to E-book repositories and article banks for others to use free of charge. 

2. Post to blogs and forums that are related to the products and services that you sell. You post above a signature that includes your name and your website address.

3. A banner exchange with another website owner who promotes products and services that are complimentary to the products and services you sell is yet another method of free advertising.

4. Build a long and impressive opt-in list. Email advertising is free but you need the recipient’s permission to send advertising emails.

5. Learn to make your email advertisements viral. There are a great many techniques that can be used to encourage the recipients of your advertising emails to share them with friends and family.

• Idea #5: Sign up with a good flat-rate long distance telephone service. The internet is a worldwide place of business and it isn’t hard to run up a long distance bill of several thousand dollars pretty quickly. A flat-rate long distance telephone service can save you a lot of money over time.

The bottom line here is to remember the formula for determining profit; Income – Expenses = Profit.

It’s great to increase income when you can but you can always find ways to decrease expenses if you look for them. When you spend less, you make more and that will blow your competitors away!