The Work From Home Blog

If you enjoy revenue share sites such as Squidoo you may like Pakt. Pakt is a collaborative learning site where you can answer questions, write tutorials or mentor people. The site pays a percentage of the advertising revenue your tutorials generate. The site accepts tutorials on just about any topic from how to make yogurt to helping your dog get through a thunderstorm.

Intention Based Shipping or peer to peer shipping is a fairly new concept, a new way of shipping anything from letters to furniture. Basically how it works is: if you are traveling anywhere in your car or truck there is usually some free space in your boot or back seat. Fill that space up with a few things that need to be delivered to the location you are heading to and earn a few extra dollars.

This type of service Read more…

This is just a quick update about a new network launching – AddsYou. It is a social publishing network that pays you for content. It is currently handing out alpha invites (there is about 80 left). If you want to get in early and represent your niche you better get in fast. Thanks to @Blissfulfun for the info.

Becoming an online psychic is certainly not everybody’s cup of tea but for those who enjoy it, it is a choice that is very well suited to working from home. It usually involves doing Tarot Readings and giving advice either (most often) via the phone or by email, online chat or even video in some cases.

Where to offer psychic readings and find customers
On most sites getting started is simply a matter of registering and filling in your profile information. Once this is done you can concentrate on promotion and trying to gain new customers.
LivePersons
BuddySchool
Bitwine Read more…

If reading is your passion and you are wondering how you can turn this into an income, writing book reviews might be something to consider. Although it is not necessarily an easy field to get started in, it is possible if you are persistent. Naturally before you get started it is advisable to look up guides and tutorials on how to write a good book review. Writing a few free book reviews on sites such as amazon.com to have some samples of your work is also a good idea.

Many magazines pay for content and book reviews. To find paying sites 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…

Many people who are trying to get a home business off the ground feel that creating a web site is confusing and possibly quiet expensive. As well as the prohibitive cost it can also be a fairly lengthy process. Whether you choose to have your site professionally designed or take on the learning curve required to learn how to build a web site, it can take longer then you are willing to have to wait.

It doesn’t have to be this way however and even if you have limited web site design knowledge to build your own web site and can not afford a web designer there are still options available. One service that is quiet good value for money is the “Build It Yourself” service offered at buildyoursite.com (take their service for a free test drive here ). Create your own web site with the site builder that comes with over 4,000 industry specific templates. You can use them “as is” or customize them to your needs without having to be an expert. Also included is a domain name and hosting for just $9.99/month which is a pretty good deal.

With the design and hosting out of the way it leaves you (and your money) free to concentrate on marketing your business and new web site.

I was planning to make a post about online marketplaces to sell your handmade art and craft items but I came across these two posts from At Home Mom Blog which I think do a fantastic job of summing up just about every place on the web. If you like to create crafty things and are wondering how to go about selling them then check out the following two posts, you won’t be disappointed.
Where to sell your crafts online part I

Where to sell your Crafts online part II

This is just a very quick post today, it is school holidays here so I don’t have a lot of time to post until next Monday.
Below are a few alternate sites to Craigslist (free classifieds) which you may not have heard of.

Kijiji – called Gumtree in some countries, run by Ebay
ClickaPost
Zikbay.com

There are many more good ones out there no doubt. Do you have any favorites?

Updated June 24 2010.

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.