Guest Post by Tammy Embrich
In today's society work at home opportunities seems to be brimming the net due to the challenging economy recovering struggles.
Unemployment continues to rise and business buildings continue to close. It's no wonder people are scouring the Internet hoping to find their work at home solution.
There are indeed reputable ways to work from home successfully.
What most opportunity searchers don't know is where to look and how to go about obtaining a legitimate work at home opportunity. That's the real clincher. All too often, desperate people are venturing in too fast and getting scammed. They need to do some reading, (including the fine print).
Where and How To Find Legitimate Work at Home Opportunities?
I'm about to give you some useful tips...
With the rising popularity of the many social media networks comes a multitude of advantages and information. Take Twitter and Facebook for example; with the explosion of these two networks...there's enough information to make your head spin.
There are job posters on the social media websites every day. And it's so simple to find them! Take Twitter for example. With Twitter, you use hashtags to find what you're looking for. So if you're looking for a "work at home job" you would type in the various hashtags such as: #wah, #workathome, #jobs, #onlinejobs, #telecommute, #telecommuting, etc.
If you're looking for a "work at home opportunity," it doesn't necessarily need to be a "job." You can type in #wah, #opportunities, #wahopportunities, #makemoneyonline, #onlineopportunities, etc. You can also type in names of work at home companies with the appropriate hashtags.
You can find out more about hashtags at http://hashtags.org/.
The most important thing is to read a person's BIO or profile. If a person is affiliated with a certain company or a certain work at home website that you're interested in, you will need to check them out and their tweets and Facebook postings.
If you find someone on the various social networking sites that you know will benefit you in a work at home opportunity, find out if they have an email posted. Email them with your interest and a resume (if you have one). You will find most companies DO require resumes, and also for some a cover letter.
There's also LinkedIn and MySpace, and various work at home blogs to check out.
One Last Thought - Be open minded when you're looking for any type of money making opportunity. There are many options out there. Just as one example, don't close your mind off from "paid to read" or "paid survey" opportunities. If you work with enough of them, you stand a chance at making a nice amount of cash. There are also tons of affiliate programs and article writing websites to look into.
Don't rule anything out until you've checked it out thoroughly.
Good luck with your search!
Article Written By: Tammy Embrich
Tammy has been successful in the work at home job search industry for many years. She is an Internet marketer, article marketer, and ghostwriter. She offers free job leads for the job seeker, as well as other free resources, work at home articles, tips, and more at http://www.onestopwebemployment.com
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Informative article particularly interested in finding out more about promoting on social media sites.
Hi David and Manendra,
I think social media networks are the most effective today by far for marketing and branding yourself. It has actually taken place of posting in classifieds and posting in article directories.
Manendra...I agree, you need to make sure you fill out your profile properly; that should be the first thing you do. And to make money, writing reviews and articles about the products you are affiliated with and also your website is an ideal way to earning residual income. Thanks for your feedback guys. 🙂
Create an effective social media profile and gathering the people who are interested in the niche and updating them with the latest info in the industry which they are really want to know will helps to build up a power full profile and leads to generate money by sharing the affiliate link and writing reviews on the products which people are interested on. This is one of the best way to generate good income/
Hi,
It is not very educated people who get rich online. You can also learn how to earn some cash!!!
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Thanks for the information about to use Hashtags. I am going to have to start using thoughs. I like how you said not to rule anything out. You can make some extra money taking surveys. I have earned from them myself.
Maketta, I'm glad you are earning from surveys. I've heard many people are doing quite well with them. The main thing with surveys is; don't pay for listings of survey sites, you can always find them for free with doing your own searches.
Internet has made it absolutely easier to reach out to almost anyone including the employers online. Social media is generating much employment than any other business. I agree with your post, facebook and other networking sites have a lot of advertisements through which we can find work quickly and that is legitimate.
Tommy good post. Where and How To Find Legitimate Work at Home Opportunities? This is one of the most frequently asked question by people who wants to make some extra money. But most of the time they get scams. And its really hard to find Legitimate Work at Home Opportunities.
Thanks
Thank both of you for your comments. There are indeed scams everywhere you look on the net today. There are a number of ways to avoid these scams. 😉
James, I followed you on Twitter and will find you on FB too.
It is fine if we start from small opportunities to work online that offer good work though lesser income. Gradually we can target bigger employers in order to earn higher amount of fees. There are infinite opportunities online which can be grabbed easily if we put in minimial input from our side by keeping patience and not ignoring the smallest of chances.
Hi Nick, you brought up some good points. TY 🙂
It's like a brick and mortar job, you work your way up on the net through marketing. With Corporate America, you have to work your way up for promotions and raises.
Hey Ginette, can you share how you make legitimate income from home? I somehow missed your comment. 🙂