Can anyone suggest me any source of income which I can earn by working at home?

Owen · #1 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008, 03:54 AM

Hello, everyone I just want to ask that, can I earn anything by sitting at home, as I just had left the job because of my transfer issues. I don’t want to shift from here and thus thought of doing something at home for earning. I know a bit of the incomes from the web but have never been into anything of this kind. Please give your suggestions. Thanks in advance.

James · #2 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008, 08:00 AM

Here is the frank and honest answer. Depending on your skills and knowledge anything is possible. But, in the real world you will find that even the most successful people earning a good living from their web activities took several months, most several years, learning enough and developing enough business to make a living at it.

There are a multitude of sites that are very close to, if not fully, being scams. They promise the moon, but primarily they are after your money. They are selling their ebooks or whatever.

Read Lisa's site, 2createawebsite.com, and listen to her sound advice. If you can maintain enough income from a 9-5 somewhere or somehow support yourself while learning, internet income can be good. If you have marketing and writing skills it can come easier. But it is real work just like anything else.

In the end it is great and those who are successful wouldn't trade it for anything. I hope you will take to heart what I have written. It is sound advice.

lisa · #3 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008, 11:20 AM

James is right, of course you can but you just have to keep your expectations in check. It takes time to learn everything you need to know to make money, whether you want to be an affiliate like (refer other products from your site and get paid a commission) or sell your own products. No matter what you choose to do you need to learn about building a site or blog and then getting enough traffic to make money.

As James said, marketing and writing are 2 very important skills that will help you along the way because how you communicate is immensely important.

So if you just remain realistic and figure what route you want to take (affiliate marketing, selling a product, etc.), be prepared to learn and understand this will take time.... yes you can do it.

Do you have any specific questions about how to make money? In other words are you looking to start a website or were you just looking for some kind of job that will pay you for work? The latter is often hard to find. I know a lot of people looking for data entry type stuff to do from their home online. You have to be careful with those because there's usually a catch and it's never that cut and dry.

So that's why I recommend the website route. You have complete control over your destiny and you can make much more in the long run.

khawk · #4 (**permalink**) 08-27-2008, 10:07 AM

Since you said earning money while sitting at home, i will presume you mean a job. Having business online requires a lot of work as stated earlier and it has to be something you are passionate about or know something about.

As far as working from home, you can try www.liveops.com. i had signed up with them a few years ago. it's like customer service using your computer and phone for different companies. they were always sending me job options, however, it locked me down, like jobs do and i have to be free to build my business. it's basically a job at home, so that is good.

i heard american airlines and hilton reservations hires people to take reservations from home.

hope this helps

kim

Levi · #5 (**permalink**) 08-27-2008, 04:23 PM

Hey Owen,

I recently came across this new opportunity. Very good system and awesome information.

Check it out:
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Hope this helps.

I'm also curious to hear from others that are having success with a specific program.

Good luck.

lisa · #6 (**permalink**) 08-27-2008, 07:30 PM

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Levi · #7 (**permalink**) 08-27-2008, 07:47 PM

No worries, affiliate link or no affiliate link, check the system out. Very good information.

jbzcc · #8 (**permalink**) 08-31-2008, 03:05 PM

Hi
There are some companies looking for people to work from home like customer service jobs.

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