Work From Home Business - 4 Most Popular And Quickest Ways Start Working From Home
Everyone has been dreaming about working from home for years, and now it’s possible!
But how do you make money if you work from your home? There are actually many ways of doing this.
In this post I’ll show you the four most popular and quickest ways of making money while working at home. You'll be able to choose the one that's most convenient for you, with the least amount of risk involved. We'll also take a look at some companies who can help kick-start your online career.
Amazon Mechanical Turk
Amazon Mechanical Turk is an online marketplace for work that requires human intelligence.
Their slogan is “artificial artificial intelligence”.
That's because the things you'll be doing in this gig will be tasks that are impossible for computers to do, like identifying objects in photos, making human transcriptions and translations, transcribing audio files and categorizing product reviews.
The pay rate is about 2 cents per task and there are thousands of available jobs all the time. Tasks usually take some minutes to complete and you can set your own schedule based on when you have time to do the work.
It's a good place to start, but you're going to need more than that in order to make money from home. You'll need to keep reading…
Fiverr
Fiverr is a marketplace of human services. You can create an account, sell your services and post your job offers for other users to bid on.
Your job offers are usually as short as 2 sentences, so there isn’t much info about them at all (your personal phone number, address and email address are also optional). Your service descriptions are called “gigs”.
You can offer your services as an online freelancer or an on-site freelancer.
As an online freelancer, you can make anything from $5 to $5000.
Some of the most popular gigs on Fiverr include: logo design, website graphics design, banner advertisements, audio editing, eBook creation and medical transcription. As an on-site freelancer you are required to work from home every time you complete a gig and your pay rate may vary from $5 to thousands of dollars per day.
However, it's important to note that Fiverr does not provide information about whether or not the service you're getting has been completed by a real person or an automated system.
At times Fiverr will also “blacklist” gigs that have been performed by robots or using software pre-installed on some devices.
For this reason I wouldn’t recommend using Fiverr as a primary source of income unless you know exactly what you’re getting into.
Udemy
Udemy is similar to Fiverr in that it is a marketplace for freelancing and is very popular.
However, on Udemy you can sell any type of product or service, not just freelancing gigs.
If you have a skill or an area of knowledge that you’d like to teach others about, then this is a great way to do it.
And if you don’t have anything to sell but want to earn money from home as a teacher then that’s also an option. It's easy for users to discover new courses and teachers and provide feedback about the content being offered.
In fact, Udemy has hundreds of top-rated courses on various topics by experts in the field.
This is an easy way to start teaching online, but again you're going to need more than the basics. You'll need to keep reading…
Clickworker
Clickworker is like Amazon Mechanical Turk, but for tasks that require the use of internet technology.
You'll be able to make money by completing work using computers and other electronic devices.
There are over 130 different categories of available work on Clickworker including data entry, data validation, article review and book writing.
In some cases you're required to meet specific qualifications in order to get paid. For example, you need some knowledge about the topic of your book in order to get paid for creating a book about it.
You can also become an English editor, turn text into speech and edit videos and photos. Tasks may take from a few minutes to several hours to complete, depending on the complexity of the job.
Clickworker is great for simple jobs that require proofreading and good English skills. However, if you're looking for something more serious then you'll need to keep reading…
CloudPeeps
CloudPeeps are freelancers in specific fields who work together with an online intermediary, similar to Fiverr or Udemy’s services.
The intermediary is known as a “cloutier” and they are generally found on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.
CloudPeeps is an easy way to start freelancing online because it will help you find jobs, help you create your portfolio and teach you how to market yourself as a freelancer.
The platform also has an online community where you can ask your questions, get support and network with other freelancers in order to find new gigs.
CloudPeeps offers several different levels of membership and you can find the one that’s right for you by reading through their Frequently Asked Questions.
Their lowest level is $10 per month and it includes the ability to post jobs, create a personal profile, view your stats and send messages to other freelance members on the platform.
The higher levels of membership include additional benefits such as being able to sell physical products, sending direct messages to prospects with your business card, creating a business page and using third-party tools like Prefixr for finding clients.
There are usually more than enough gigs available on CloudPeeps as it has a user base of over 2 million members across all levels of membership.
Conclusion
There are tons of ways to make money from home, but you need to know where to look for them. If you’re having trouble finding these legitimate opportunities then I recommend that you join my community on Facebook.
There are thousands of people in there looking for new ways of making money from home and I share new opportunities every day.
Chapter 8: How To Make Money At Home By Selling Products Online
In this chapter I want to share with you the basics of selling physical products online. This is a very common source of side income because it's much easier than selling services online, but it can be very profitable if done right.