Make Money Online

If you are a stay at home mom or work at home mom wannabe who’d like to do more to help your family financially, you have come to the right place. The purpose of this site is to help your find ways to make money online. Help you help your family financially. I’ve discovered there is an entire world out there of mom’s like you and I that want to help our family’s financial situation and still be able to care for our children. Women just like you and I that are making an income while caring for their children. Let me share with you what I’ve found.

There are a lot of ways to make money from home on the internet. It’s not just for surfing anymore. Everything from paid online surveys, mystery shopping, e-bay listing, online focus groups, work at home jobs and affiliate marketing can help you generate money from home.

Work at Home Careers

There are many companies that provide work from home employment opportunities but they are difficult to find sometimes. There is a large range of available types of work at home jobs ranging from customer service and data entry to teaching, transcription and sales positions. The trick is knowing where to look for genuine work from home jobs and how to avoid scams.

Working at home presents some challenges both in it’s requirements to acquire a work at home position as well as the challenges of working with children at home. To assist you in meeting the challenges, I’ve compiled excellent articles from some very knowledgeable writers who know first hand what it takes to meet and overcome those challenges.

Paid Online Surveys

Paid online surveys and product testing are other resource available. Although, it won’t bring in a full time income it can generate some extra cash for you and your family as well as give you the opportunity to have a say in what products become available to the public and try out some new products too. Freebies and samples also benefit you financially - saves a little money here and there and that always helps.

Your Own Online Business

Maybe you’d rather be your own boss? Ever thought about starting your very own online business? Do you have a hobby that could make you money? Given affiliate marketing a thought? Maybe you have and just don’t know where or how to start. Our articles will answer all your questions and get you making money online!

WAHM Jobs

There are two key factors in acquiring WAHM jobs, 1. Finding and getting an online work at home job and 2. Avoiding online scams along the way. Both go hand in hand but let’s tackle these one at a time.

Finding that elusive work at home job:

The trick is knowing where to look for genuine work from home jobs, what they are looking for, how to present yourself to a potential employer you can’t see and how and what you need to land that job. Learning from others who have reached the same goal is extremely.

Work at home job types range from data entry to transcription but the most common is customer service. The jobs listed here are from legitimate companies who routinely hire telecommuters.

Customer Service

Working Solutions - Created in 1996 Working Solutions provides legitimate work-at-home opportunities for those looking for supplemental income, and wanting or needing to work from home.

Work at Home Agent - No investment required. You can even complete training from your home PC through their web-based training certification.

Alpine Access - Is the world’s leading outsourcer of call center services using home-based customer service agents.

Data Entry

Dion Data Services - Located in Des Moines, IA and is dedicated to providing high quality data entry services.

Palm Coast Data (FL only) - Data Entry Home-Keyers. Only residents of the City of Palm Coast, Florida are considered for Off-Site positions.

CPG (Scottsdale AZ only) - Continental Promotion Group offers a work-from-home, contract data entry program. Minimum requirements can be found on the website.

Key For Cash - Straight data entry. You type what you see. May or may not be accepting applications. Visit the site for information on open enrollement.

Mountain West Processing - Employment opportunites: Transcriber, Editior, Coders, Researchers. Visit the site for more information.

Document Coding

On Site E-Discovery - We know people are our greatest assets. We are dedicated to recruiting creative and talented individuals who seek out exciting career challenges. Apply online at the website.

Lighthouse Technologies - A Leader in providing document database design, indexing and data delivery to law firms and corporate counsel around the U.S.

Cypher Contractors – Must have a legal background.

Apex Document Solutions - One of the premier litigation support providers.

Teaching

ETS - ETS employs raters to evaluate essays online. Qualifications listed on website.

Brainfuse - Discover the fun of tutoring.

Transcription

Cyber Secretaries - Cyber Secretaries is looking for Independent Contractors, Free-lance Transcriptionists.

Ubiqus - Several types of transcription.

SALES

E-bay - There are always a few little things around the house that the kids have either outgrown or don’t use anymore that are still in very good to excellent condition. Or if you find your niche in E-bay you could develop your own store on E-bay.

WAHM Business Ideas

There are tons of work at home business. WAHM Business Ideas range from direct sales to creating products or promoting products either physical or digital or even becoming a website owner or blogger. All of which can produce an income while working from home. Here are some ideas and resources you may be interested hopefully help you in your search for an income from home.

Virtual Assistance:
How To Become A VA
Transcription Service

Kid Related:
Face Painting Business
Face Painting Guide
Kids Sports Photography
Santa Letter Business

Blogging/Writing:
How to Profit from a Recipe Blog
Make Money with A Craft Blog
How to Make An Income with A Review Blog

Wish you could communicate better with your baby?

I have, that’s why when I had my kids, I decided teaching my babies sign language was the way to go for me. It has in recent years become very popular not only for parents to teach their own children but as a work at home option as well. Keep reading and you will understand what I’m talking about.

What if you’re little toddler, who wasn’t talking yet, told you he was thirsty and would like some juice? Another scenario…you’re toddler, who isn’t talking yet is crying and screaming and throwing a fit and you have no idea what they want. You get frustrated, wonder again why it was you wanted to become a parent and almost start to cry.

Which scenario would you rather be in?

Believe it or not, that first scenario can happen and is happening around the country. Teaching sign language to hearing babies is getting more and more media attention. Because of this there is a need for instructors who can teach parents this new form of communication.

Have you ever thought about starting a business where you could work with babies and or parents? Can you imagine how rewarding a business teaching sign language classes to parents would be? You could have parents calling you up the first time their little one signed to them, thanking you for providing such an incredible service. Word of mouth is a wonderful way to get the word out about your business. You have one or two very satisfied customers and they will tell a lot of future customers to sign up for your classes.

Diane Ryan, the founder of kindersigns has over 20 years of experience in speech/language pathology, and if you choose, you can have Diane give you the one on one help to get your own Kindersigns business going. And before you think that learning sign language just sounds too hard think again. It will only take you a few hours to learn the signs you need to teach this program. You won’t be teaching babies complicated sentences…remember, they are just babies and they will just be using one or two words to get across what they need.

Kindersigns is one of the oldest and most respected baby sign language opportunity available. Click here to learn more about the Kindersigns Career Kit .

 

Even if you don’t think teaching sign language to parents is the way to go. I really encourage you to learn more about the benefits sign language can give your baby.

Launching Your Mompreneur Business

So you are ready to take the next step! Here is some information to help you with that next step as well as a few after that.

Here are a few different ways moms can creat their own businesses:

You can start from scratch, try an online business, there are hundreds of network marketing opportunites, business opportunites, affiliate marketing, etc.

“But with a little creativity and brainstorming, you’ll be able to come up with an idea that suits you. And be sure to remember this: No matter what type of business you decide to start, make sure you have a passion for it, as it will undoubtedly become a big part of your life as you travel the road to business success.”–Entrepreneur.com, July 17, 2006

Know the steps you need to get started with:
Create a business plan.
Get a business license (if your state requires one)
Get a seller’s permit
Find out if you need a zoing permit
Get a tax ID number
File for a dba (doing business as) name
Find a mentor (that’s an easy one, check out Mom Masterminds, that’s where I found my mentor(s). (Moms just like you and me!)

The above information was taken from Launching Your Mompreneur Business, Entreprenuer.com, July 17, 2006. The entire article can be found here at Entrepreneur.com

Moms, Be A Guide for About.com and Earn an Income from Home

The website, About.com has a list of available topics they are looking for guides on. There are a lot of available topics but these ones stood out to me and bit about their topic descriptions:

Stay at home moms: QUALIFICATIONS: The Stay at Home Moms Guide will be a mom, ideally with very young children at home, who has decided to leave the outside work force and stay home or one who has not worked outside the home. The guide will be an excellent writer and communicator, have a friendly authoritative voice, be consistently able to produce concise and relevant content, possess a basic understanding of Internet use and website navigation, keep current with the latest news, issues and events related to moms who stay home to raise their children.

PRIMARY AUDIENCE: The primary audience for About.com’s Stay at Home Mom content is a mom who is currently at home raising her children. The site should answer her questions about her role in the world, how to feel good about what she is doing, share ideas and inspiration about staying home to raise children and provide help on how to live on one income.

Visit the site for more information and topics.

work at home moms: QUALIFICATIONS: The Work at Home Mom guide will be someone with professional experience as a mom who works from her home, either part time or full time, has a successful business and a happy family. Ideal backgrounds include a mom who started her own home-based business or one who works for a large company out of her home office. The guide will be able to discuss all aspects of working from home, from time mangagement to child care when you work at home to what makes an ideal home-office arrangement. The guide will be an excellent writer and communicator, have a friendly, authoritative voice, be able to translate her expertise into relevant content, consistently produce concise and accurate copy, possess a basic understanding of Internet use and website navigation, foster a robust community, keep current with the latest news, issues and events related to working at home.

PRIMARY AUDIENCE: The primary audience for this site is other moms who work from home.

TOPICS TO COVER: Setting Up a Home Office–Essential Equipment, How to Establish Your Business, Finances 101, Legal Issues

Time Management & Organization–When and how to start your day, What are your business hours, How to turn work off and home on

Parenting Issues–Caring for Your Kids When You Work at Home–In house caregiver or not? At what age do you no longer need babysitting for them? How to establish work rules when your kids are around; Making time to attend school events; When your child is too sick for school

Momprenuers–Who works at home and why? What are the pros and cons of working at home? Can you run a successful business from home? What are the best types of businesses to run from home? What companies employ moms to work from home? Do work-at-home moms give their kids an advantage? Can you make it working part time?

Interested? Review the guide compensation for more information.  Sounds like a great opportunity. 

Continue Your WAH Job Search

Sometimes it’s really hard to figure out what the best option is for you. It takes research, some soul searching and finally a desire to really work from home. So, I just wanted to take few minutes to encourage you to continue on in your search. I’ve been there and know it can be difficult and even disheartening at times. But persevere and you will find what is right for you.

If you are having trouble locating a work at home job consider maybe becoming your own boss. It’s not as hard as you may think, there is an endless aray of great business ideas out there just waiting to be found.

So dust yourself off and get back to searching and researching and continue reaching for your goal of working from home.