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Never Keep All Your Eggs In One Basket...

All I Want To Do Is Telecommute......

We are going to learn about developing offline skills to succeed online and how to work at home through telecommunication, and just how do you find a telecommuting home job anyway?

I have come very far in the two years that I have started to learn all about the internet. I remember when I had no idea how to even download a file, let alone start a website.

But I knew I wanted to make money and I knew that what I learned in the real world will help me online. Now I am knew that although I am only 34, and don't have those years of experience that you hear everyone talking about, and most of my past jobs dealt with customer service, and telemarketing. Boy was I wrong...

Those were the perfect job skills I needed to start online. I already knew how to interact with my customers, I already knew what words and phrases help you to sell, so I was on a roll. You see there is something that I have learned from my mother and this stays with me always. Never Keep All Your Eggs In One Basket...

Obviously she did not originate this phrase but she wanted me to know to always have a back up career. You never know what may happen in the future and you have to be prepared for change. My mother is a nurse. She went to school to become a dietician. After doing this for 15 years, she decided to become a nurse, her lifelong dream. In the meantime while going to nursing school, she also become a licensed real estate agent. Hey, great commissions..

While she has been involved in nursing for over 10 years now, she always knows that if tomorrow arrives and for some reason she is no longer a nurse, she can pick up where she left off in real estate. So she won't fret about " oh where can I work at now" She already has Plan B in her back pocket. So while we all want our own business online. Until you are at that point, you may want to freshen up your offline skills. Just in Case.. You Never Stop Learning... Just Keep Growing... Plan B So do you have a back up plan??

Learn as much as you can about careers that interest you so you can use that to expand on your career now. For instance, Over the past few months, I am getting very experienced in software and script installation. I enjoy installing those hard cgi, perl, php, and scripts for mysql databases. Do you think I am not going to add software installation to my resume for next year..

Of course I am.

Never think that you need to have ten million degrees in order to list it as a job skill. Of course they are obviously the jobs that you need licenses and degrees for but you know what I mean

Offer a Service for the Busy Consumer We all have limited time these days. Why not start a service oriented business? My ad coop is a service type business. There are so many services you can offer to people..

Web Design Web Hosting ( Become a Reseller) Marketing and Promotion Search Engine Optimizing The list goes on and on. Find what you love to do and get it started online.

Elena Fawkner from A Home Based Business Online has a great site with tons of ideas on what businesses you can start at home. http://www.ahbbo.com/ideas.html Before you start any service or develop a product, remember these questions:

Who will buy my product?
Why should they buy my product?
How will they buy my product?
What is my target audience ( who am I trying to market the product towards)?
Is this a product to be purchased on emotions or will people buy my product regardless ( hype vs. non hype)? ( More on this subject at a later date)

I Just Want to Work at Home, Where are all the Jobs??

For those of you who like myself, love to find work at home jobs to supplement your income or for a full time career, I have a great list of sites, and ezines that will help you find a work at home career. But please remember, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. If they ask for a fee, steer clear. When you go on job interviews, do they ask you for money upfront?? So why shell out money just because the job is online. Make sure the contact information is clear and precise.

Check out their credentials with Better Business Bureau http://www.bbb.com to make sure no complaints haven't been filed with the company. Don't be afraid to ask for references. Ask around, it will save you the hassle later on. Here are some websites that offer telecommuting jobs. See which one may be right for you. This is by far a very short list of sites compared to what's out there, but as I find more sites, I will list them every week for you.

Intrep
http://intrep.com

http://telecommuting.about.com/library/blfindingwork.htm

My Mommy Biz http://www.mymommybiz.com/telecommute/

WAHM Fest http://www.wahmfest.org/telecom.html

Live Ops http://liveops.com

Here is a discussion list for those who work for Live Ops or are interested in working with Live Ops http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VSRs

Workaholics 4 Hire Telecommuting Jobs Database http://www.workaholics4hire.com/database.htm

Dot Com Mommies
http://www.dotcommommies.com

Mommy's Place.net http://www.mommysplace.net/companies.html

Out Source 2000 http://outsource2000.com

National Work at Home Employment Center http://www.workathomeincome.com/

Flip Dog.com ( Job Database)
http://flipdog.com

Hot Jobs
http://hotjobs.com

Monster.com
http://monster.com

New Work at Home Jobs.com   http://www.newathomejobs.com/

Home Job Stop
http://www.homejobstop.com

Ezines Dot Com Mommies Work at Home Jobs join-dotcommommies@relay.netatlantic.com

TelecommutingUSA.com
http://TelecommutingUSA.com

Legit Work at Home Ezine
http://www.legitworkathome.com/

Money Making Mommy
http://moneymakingmommy.com