Top 10 Work From Home Jobs

Finding work online can be a nightmare if you don’t know what you are looking for. Depending on your area of expertise there may be an option for you here. Below you will find 10 of the most popular ways of earning money online.

1. Offer your professional expertise in an online marketplace.

Large companies need people to help describe their projects and this is where small businesses and freelancers come in. As a freelancer you get paid on abase by case basis and bid offers or proposals so the buyers can choose. A good place to start is Elance. They offer a wide range of work ranging from consulting, design, and writing to programming.

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2. Sell photos on stock photography sites.

Selling photos for a living, what could be better? If you have the photography skills and have had some positive feedback from your photos in the past then you should consider uploading an marketing your photos to Fotolia, Shutterstock, Big Stock Photo or Dreamstime.

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4. Or start your own blog network.

Start a blog empire and immerse yourself in the business side of things from attracting investors, hiring and managing employees and advertising. You probably wont be writing content yourself but that’s what employees are for if you can find some good ones.

5. Provide service and support for open source software.

Working independently as a web worker you could start offering software support for Word press for example. This one is for the techies out there and does require a certain amount of experience.

6. Online life coaching.

Time is of the essence in today’s online business world and people don’t want to make time to travel to meet their life coach. A qualification isn’t always necessary for life coaching online making it an attractive and rewarding pursuit. A good reputation is needed however and being a life coach takes a certain person to do the job.

7. Virtually assist other web workers.

Become a virtual assistant and take on the work that freelancers and small business just don’t have time to do. Similar to a real assistant, your tasks could include making travel arrangements and reservations, paying bills to taking phone calls or handling e-mail enquiries. Depending on your expertise it is possible to earn $20 an hour or more as a virtual assistant and all from your home office.

8. Build services atop Amazon Web Services.

AWS is so primitive right no that people are making money by offering services on top of AWS. Essentially you could be making it easier to use Amazon’s scalability web infrastructure.

9. Write reviews for pay or perks.

If you are into blogging then this is an option worth looking into. You get paid to write product reviews on topics such as PC’s, mobile phones and parenting to name a few. As well as being paid hard cash you also have the opportunity to get a free laptop or other freebies for your work. Depending on how you’re financial requirements and whether or not the disclosure rules meet your requirements, this may not be the most viable option.

10. Become a virtual gold farmer.

This one is for Chinese residents and involves acquiring World of Warcraft gold and selling it to gamers all over the world. You can work in a virtual economy and make good money from it.

The above list is designed to give you ideas, try the Home Jobs Directory for more

There are plenty of options to choose from when first starting out working online. You will find here one of the most popular and profitable ways of earning a decent income on the internet, affiliate marketing.

The Basics of Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is essentially promoting someone else’s products. Companies and individuals offer up to a 75% commission of the sale of each product you refer a customer to and they buy the product. Around the world there are affiliates earning six figures from home just by doing this.

The three most basic affiliate programs on the Internet can be placed into the following categories:

• Pay Per Performance
• Pay Per click
• Residual Income Affiliate Marketing Programs

Pay Per Performance
Pay per performance (PPP) affiliate programs are what most companies and online merchant’s likes to use. The companies only pay when the affiliate referral translates into an action and this action can be a sale or lead. A cost is involved for the affiliate in this instance where the affiliate will spend their own money to promote the company's products.

2 sub-categories are contained within PPP affiliate programs:

Pay Per Sale (PPS) The affiliate is paid when a visitor referred by the affiliate makes a purchase.

Pay Per Lead (PPL) PPL is a little different to PPS. The affiliate will be paid a fixed commission whenever a visitor referred by him/her to the merchant's website requests a quote or fills up an online application form.

Pay Per Click (PPC) Affiliate Programs
PPC affiliate programs are the most popular. PPC programs are said to be the easiest way for web publishers to make money from their websites and blogs. Whenever a visitor clicks a banner or text ad displayed on the affiliate's website they are paid a certain amount, this can be $0.05 to $0.50 normally. PPC is typically used by contextual advertising companies like Google AdSense, Yahoo Publisher Networks and others.

Residual Income Affiliate Marketing Programs
In this type of program, the affiliate is compensated for every customer referred to the merchant's website, and is also paid whenever the referred customer returns to that site to buy another product.

Each type of affiliate marketing program has its own advantages and disadvantage leaving the decision to the affiliate as to which one best suits them.