How to Earn a Legitimate Living Working from Home

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There are many ways to earn a legitimate living working from home, whether you are a stay-at-home parent with small children or you just like the solitude. Take the first step today to find employment you enjoy and make it a success. These ideas also work well if you seek extra income.

Steps

1. Assess your strengths and talents. Hidden somewhere within you is the skill or skills that transfer well to proficiencies needed by employers.
2. Write down ideas as they come to you. Mull over the suggestions you have given yourself.
3. Think about the probabilities of success for each idea. There are many ideas that sound great at first, but you may have difficulty making them come about due to various issues.
4. Push forward with the best of these ideas. Success awaits and it all depends on your creativity and knowledge. Some websites can help you find your niche.
   • Writing for pay is a wonderful option. You can write fiction in the form of short stories. Non-fiction opportunities are available to write how-to manuals for products or reports that need statistical data transformed into readable text.
   • Short-lived administrative support tasks are listed for people who can use a computer with no problem and research the Internet to find what they need.
   • People who are talented in arts and crafts can find the answers to their search when someone places an ad for a project needing their particular skill set.
   • An old standby for moms has been selling cosmetics from home. This job can often be achieved with website assistance. Avon and Mary Kay Cosmetics offer easy access to a representative's site.
5. Create a spreadsheet to track the opportunities that come up and try to group them as to your interest and abilities. The websites mentioned above have a variety of employment needs.
   • List those that interest you with the name of the company, contact information and the job information they provide.
   • Get on any mailing lists that look interesting. You can always unsubscribe if you don't like them.
   • Refer back to those that have jobs you like.

Tips

• Keep an open mind and explore your options. It costs nothing but time to request information and form your own opinion.
• Start the job of your choice and add to it if you wish you had gone in another direction. You are most likely capable of tackling two areas of interest.

Warnings

• Beware of work from home sites that request money for information.

Things You'll Need

• Internet Access

Related wikiHows

• How to Earn Extra Income as a Working Mom

Sources and Citations

• http://www.genuinejobs.com/
• http://www.best-homebiz.com/
• http://shop.avon.com/shop/default.aspx?newdept=&s=AV_GGL_BR&c=iProspect&otc=avon_exact&bnd=&ym_mid=&ym_rid=
• http://www.marykay.com/default.aspx?pid=mk

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