It all started for me back in the summer of 2008. My family needed more money but I didn't want to find a traditional job. Why? Because I'm painfully shy in real life, and searching for a job is torture to me. I would much rather prefer to work at home from the computer and I was determined to find a way to make that dream a reality. So I searched.
I found so many options. Some of them sounded too good to be true! They promised that I could work from home doing barely nothing and make a few thousand dollars a day! Well obviously those jobs were too good to be true. They were scams. You have to be so careful when looking for a work at home job because you will find many, many scams out there. More on that later, though.
I came across a website called ChaCha where people can call or text questions they have and then workers (from home) will search the internet for the answer and then send it back to the person who asked the question. That sounded easy enough. I made my dad check it out first to make sure it wasn't a scam. He said it was not, and so I signed up. I started working immediately.
I loved it. I got to help people out with their questions and I got to give them my opinions. I got 20 cents for every question that I answered and I averaged about $50 a day. Not too shabby for just searching around on the internet.
Sadly, they lowered their pay this year. I am still signed up with ChaCha, but I don't do work for them. It simply is not worth it anymore. I could work for an hour and make about $2. Yes. $2. That is not worth anyone's time. So the bottom line for ChaCha is this: If you are willing to work for basically nothing or you are absolutely desperate, go ahead and sign up with them. If not, stay away from them. You'll work hard for nothing.
So after I realized ChaCha wasn't working out I had to find something else to do. Which led me to what I do now, which is more exciting than ever. Now I do freelance writing for eHow and Associated Content, I design and sell things on Zazzle, I am a Title Editor for Demand Studios, and I blog. I am earning more money than ever, and more money than I could ever dreamed that I could make working from home!
Look for future blog posts from me where I will show you how to get started with these jobs, how to avoid scams, and what other work from home options are available to you! You can make money! You can work from home! You can be successful!
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Ashlee’s Work From Home Happiness blog is anything and everything you wanted to know about work from home opportunities. I had no idea how many different work from home jobs there are!
ReplyDeleteWhat resonated with me is that Ashlee is also a freelance writer. She gave up her job to pursue freelance writing and never looked back. She now makes a full-time living writing – just like me – and some of her best Pintastic posts are about freelance writing.
Ashlee is also soo helpful! I’ve been emailing her about Tailwind and Pinterest and email marketing and you can tell she takes the time to help others whenever she emails you.
She also has a job board, so if you are interested in picking a side job or extra cash, go there to see what’s available.
Ashlee has a fantastic beginner’s guide to getting started working from home so be sure to check that out.