Become a Virtual Assistant for Virtual Office VA Staffing

February 3, 2012 11 comments by

virtual assistant from homeVirtual Office VA Staffing is a company I see mentioned occasionally hiring people to work from home as administrative/virtual assistants. It appears that the company pays on time and has some happy workers, so I did some more digging on this company so I could write a review and provide some details, and here is what I’ve found.

This company hires within the US and Canada.
The Job
The work you do involves real estate and locating real estate leads. So you are essentially calling people with for sale by owner property for sale, asking them questions about their  property, mortgage, etc. primarily just to confirm that all the info is correct and also for…

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Get Paid to Write For Magazines

February 1, 2012 2 comments by

Get Paid to Write For MagazinesI’ve decided to make a list of some magazines that take article submissions from freelance writers. If you’re lucky enough to get published, you’ll be paid very well for your time and you’ll get to add being published in print to your resume/portfolio. This could possibly help you land better-paying writing work in the future. Also, if you’re a fiction writer, many of the magazines I’ve listed accept fiction short stories! There are a ton of these and I doubt I’ll get through all of them, but what I have below should get you started if this interests you. I’ve tried to make each link go the magazine’s writer submission information rather than just to their…

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Get Paid to “Go Look” for We Go Look

January 31, 2012 12 comments by

Get Paid to Go LookAs far as independent work goes, there’s a lot out there that doesn’t necessarily take place inside the home. You can do mystery shopping, product merchandising, court research, and even sign up to run errands for people. We Go Look is a company that kind of falls under the “errand running” category. You can apply to be something called a “looker” through their website. And as the name implies, “looking” is pretty much what you do.
Some Examples
Let’s say a person from out of state is interested in buying a car in your area that he found…

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Tips For Researching Work at Home Jobs on Forums

January 30, 2012 1 comment by

work-at-home-forumsI want to preface this post by saying (and really it goes without saying) that nothing you read on a public forum should ever be taken as gospel! That said, forums can be a very, very valuable resource for researching some of these work at home jobs. Why? Because sometimes you really do need the feedback of others to determine whether or not something is worthwhile. I always browse forums (usually WAHM and Work Place Like Home) before deciding to review an opportunity here because I like to know what others are saying about a particular job and what kind of experiences they had if they’ve done work for a company.

In addition to browsing forums, you…

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Get Paid to Share Links With Share Magnet

January 27, 2012 26 comments by

 

Get Paid to Share LinksShare Magnet contacted me yesterday about their site, and I’m so glad they did! I have long been a fan of sites like My Likes and Sponsored Tweets where you have the opportunity to get paid for sharing links via social networks. But this site takes that concept and really improves it in my opinion. Advertisers often fail at getting the word out on their own, but word of mouth advertising from the average Joe tends to go pretty far. Think about it — if a friend or family member recommends something to you, you’re usually much more likely to purchase it or try it out than you…

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Get Paid to Tell People They’re Awesome

January 27, 2012 14 comments by

Get Paid to Tell People They're AwesomeYes, you read that right! You can actually get paid to call people and tell them they’re awesome, wonderful, a fantastic person, etc.  This is a job lead I found over at the Smartchicology site the other day (an exceptionally good work at home resource you should check out if you haven’t already), and I also shared the lead here on my job leads board. So what is this? It’s a service called Awesomeness Reminders. People will actually pay this company to have their workers call other people to let them know they’re awesome on a daily or regular basis. I did some checking, and this is a real…

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Get Paid to Try Apps With Elusive Stars

January 26, 2012 3 comments by

Get Paid to Test Apps With Elusive StarsThere is a new company called Elusive Stars that has been around since November of last year. If you sign up with them, you can get paid to test out new apps from various developers on your smartphone. This is just going to be a general overview of the info I’ve been able to gather so far because I have not yet tried this out. Here’s what I know:
What You Do
As stated above, you are testing out apps. Currently, you can sign up if you have an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or an Android device. It is up to the app developers who gets to test what, and for this reason your…

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My Experience With Prizes.org

January 25, 2012 0 comments by

My Experience With Prizes OrgUpdate Nov. 5, 2012 – Prizes.org no longer exists. However, there are similar sites out there you can use if you are interested in crowdsourced contests.

I posted a little while back about Prizes.org and several other similar sites you can use for a chance at some extra money, but at the time I had not actually tried Prizes out. Well, since then I’ve had a chance to really try Prizes so I wanted to share my experience and also give you a little bit more detail on how it works and the money-earning potential it has for you.
How It Works
In short, you create an account and look for different…

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List of Product Testing and Opinion Panels for Major Brands

January 23, 2012 9 comments by

Product Testing for Major BrandsThere are many major name brands that have their own user product testing and opinion panels. People who tend not to trust the typical survey sites are often more secure in signing up with these panels because they are familiar with the brand behind the panel. Also, it’s exciting (for some) to feel like you’re “in the know” when it comes to new products and ideas these brands have in store for the future.
My Experience
I have personally had good and bad experiences with panels like these. I became a member of one panel, I believe it was either through Allure or Glamour magazine, and got a huge box full of Herbal Essence shampoo…

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Free Online Blogging Class!

January 21, 2012 4 comments by

Blogelina Class I know many of you either have or are in the process of starting your own blogs. I love blogging because it’s a hobby that also has the potential to earn you money. The trick is to choose a topic you’re really passionate about and love to write about, and then it won’t even feel like you’re having to work for whatever you do earn. As I’ve mentioned before, for most people it takes a long time to start earning a substantial amount of money with a blog. When I started a year and a half ago, I really didn’t know what I was doing, and it seemed like the more I read about blogging, the more confused I…

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A Review of Clickworker

January 20, 2012 32 comments by

Review of ClickworkerClickworker (a company based out of Germany) will pay you to do short tasks. This is non-phone, and all you need to complete the work is your computer and internet connection. Clickworker appears to be pretty similar to Amazon MTurk and other sites where you log on at your leisure and complete short tasks for pay. I’ve seen a lot of discussion about this site over the past few months and it seems to be becoming fairly popular. Here are some more details on how it works:
Clickworker Pay
The amount you earn will depend on the project you’re working on. In their FAQ, Clickworker says they think…

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