The Work From Home Blog

Seemile is a new education marketplace where you can upload voice or video files of your lectures. You can set your own price and upon anyone purchasing it you will get paid, minus some commission which is kept by the site.
The site is still very new and obviously this is not an opportunity that will appeal to everyone but if you are able to teach a topic it could be worth giving the site a try.

If you enjoy writing, and you are looking for a way to make some money from home, one option is to provide guest posts for blogs. Blog authors are often looking for guest writers and in return, guest posters can either promote their own blogs or in some cases, receive financial compensation for their efforts. Here are ten blogs which offer payment for guest posts:

You the Designer

Pays up to $150 per Photoshop or Illustrator tutorial that is accepted.

SitePoint

SitePoint strives to be at the forefront of new ideas, emerging challenges, and cutting-edge technology on the Web.

Smashing Magazine

Leading web design magazine. I am not sure how much they pay but if you can write articles good enough to be accepted here then it is worth doing just for the traffic and recognition alone. Read more…

An article on Mashable points out a study which shows that publishers who produce video content are able to monetize them at a rate that is about 3 times higher then money earned on other types of content. The study also found that this will only happen while there is a scarcity of video content. In other words you need to jump in now before everyone starts doing it in order to make the most money. So I have decided to put this article together about how to make money with your videos. Read more…

Updated June 24 2010. Interested in an even bigger list of online writing jobs? Take a look at Real Writing Jobs

Even if you are not a professional writer, you can still make money from your writing. As long as you know where to look, you can find opportunities to earn money. I have listed some methods and links to get you started.

Get paid to write blog posts or articles
You can write exclusive articles, submit them at these sites and get paid for each one.

• Families.com – Pays $4 per blog post and you also get 5% of the revenue your blog makes.
• Constant-content – Get paid for each of your articles that gets sold and you can also earn 5% commission on sales made by people you refer to the site.
• Oboulo Get paid $10/essay or presentation that gets accepted onto the site.
• Daily Article Sell unique articles at a price you specify. You are paid when someone purchases it.

Get paid by performance of your article – Revenue Sharing
Submit your articles to these sites and you will get a cut of the revenue your article generates on their site.

• Bukisa – Share your knowledge and get paid
• Triond – Publish writing, poetry, video, content, music and get paid
• Associated Content
• Ehow.com – Write instructions on any topic and get paid depending on how popular your article is.
• HubPages
• Squidoo
• Suite 101
• Xomba – You will have to sign up for adsense in order to earn revenue here.
• Thisisby – You can even earn money by commenting. No longer around
• Pakt – Write tutorials on any topic.

Bid on freelance writing jobs
This may sound intimidating for the average person but there are many freelance jobs that are not looking for top of the line professional writing skills but rather someone who can produce a set of keyword rich articles fast and inexpensively.
Some freelance sites are:

• Elance.com
• Freelance Writing Gigs
• Guru.com

Sponsored posts on your own blog
You can join the below sites and find opportunities to post about a product or service on your blog and get paid for it. Some people feel this drags the quality of your blog down and I tend to agree but nonetheless there is money to be made here.

• Pay Per Post Get paid between $5 and $20 per sponsored post, depending largely on your Google PR rank and which country you are blogging from. Maximum 3 posts per day and it’s getting very hard to find available posting opportunities, they get snapped up immediately.
• Sponsoredreviews – Prompt paying, great company. Advertisers are a bit more selective and pay attention to your site stats.
• – I didn’t find as many posting opportunities here but every now and then something does come along.

Got a job as a blogger/writer

• Lifetips hiring freelance writers to write tips on a range of topics.
• ProBlogger Job Boards You can find many blogging jobs here.

This article was written especially for the Problogger group writing project.

These are just some ideas on how to sell more with your direct sales business. If you have more ideas I would love to hear them so please leave them in the comments.

1) Set up a stall at craft shows and fairs
2) Hold more parties where people can buy your products
3) Always carry a product sample with you and work it into conversations with everyone you talk to
4) Fundraisers
5) Always follow up with your past customers. Read more…

Tutoring students online is one option when thinking about working from home. There are many web sites which either hire tutors or let tutors promote their services. Each site differs in their requirements. I have tried to sort out the below links, starting from the ones which need the least qualifications right up to the hardest ones. Many of the opportunities are available to any country in the world.

No qualifications needed:
idapted.com – English Language Tutors. You can choose your own hours, Read more…

Westat is a leading research corporation in the US. They have ongoing opportunities to work from home as Telephone Data Collectors (US only).

The work
You will be calling people on the phone asking them to complete surveys, reading from a script.

The hours
You need to work a minimum of 15 hours per week in uninterrupted 3 hour blocks. Night and weekend work is available. Read more…

What is it?

This is how it works: Users search for an answer to a question either at a search engine or via a text message to the company. This question then get passed to an available operator (ie. yourself). You research the question, find the answer and send it to the client with your computer.

The good and the bad

The great thing with this type of work is that you can usually set your own hours and work from anywhere as long as you have an internet connection. You don’t have to sit still for hours, Read more…

Please note that at the time of the writing this is position is not available to US or Australian residents.

What is it?
An Internet Assessor rates resources on the internet based on various criteria. This basically means you will be visiting a list of links provided by the company and giving the sites on that list a rating. Read more…