Resources for Work From Home Jobs

http://www.wahm.com/forum/
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/
http://www.whydowork.com/forums/
http://www.workfromhomeboard.com/

A lot of "Stay at Home Mom" or "Work at Home Mom" websites & blogs have a lot of resources even if you aren't a mom.  Check out these forums; I've been browsing the first one for at least an hour and am currently investigating half a dozen leads. In fact, forums are my favorite place to find leads for "jobs," advice, tips, etc. Why? They have the benefit of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of different people all coming together to discuss a common interest. They are invaluable resources!

Later this month I'll try to put together a list of resources (forums, indexes, blogs, etc.) for people looking to make money online. Also, I have two new jobs/opportunities for you:

Text121

Adult SMS/MMS

Text121Chat offers a range of red hot Adult SMS Chat services.  We’re one of the industry’s biggest interactive media and adult phone operator service providers, specialising in interactive media, adult SMS Chat and specialised SMS adult messaging services worldwide.

(Ripped directly from the website here)

Basically it's like phone sex... via text. They pay you $0.06 per text with a minimum of 2000 texts monthly. I just had my application with them accepted and will be starting training soon so I will keep you updated!

The other one is Key For Cash

Here at KeyForCash, we pay you for your typing skills and you can work as much as you want, whenever you want.
Our easy-to-use data entry system lets you earn money from the convenience and comfort of your own home.

(Website here )

They have you take 3 Evaluations to test your typing speed and accuracy before they consider you for "hire." I just finished the evaluations tonight (98th percentile, #winning) and will be waiting to hear back from them to see if they hire me and what it's like. So, we'll see what happens!

Microworkers: Part 2

Alright so it's been a week since I first talked about Microworkers. And, to be honest, it MIGHT be legit. And we (I) may never know. Why? Look at this.

The story of this picture: not long after I did my initial review of Microworkers, I realized that in order to get paid you had to make at least $9. So I was like, well, I'm bored, let's do a few more. I did 12 tasks total, 10 got accepted (more on that in a bit) and I made over $9. All is well, right? Well no. Because you have to have made $9 PLUS a fee. Which, IMO, is ridiculous and I'm prettymadbro. But [I guess] that's really my mistake for not realizing it.

Additionally, if I got paid for all the tasks I completed, I would have made enough. But 2 of my tasks got denied. They were Craigslist Ads: you copy some text, paste it onto Craigs and create an ad. The text for the ads were obviously really spammy -- broken english and stuff leading to clicking on a link for some pyramid scheme scam. But I figured, whatever, I don't really care, I'm getting paid a dollar to click a couple times. But 2 of my tasks got denied for payment. Why?

 

 I love the question mark at the end. Like the employer doesn't know why the post was flagged & removed, or what that even means

Not sure what I was supposed to do if it got flagged. Because it was guaranteed to get flagged. I guess I could have reposted it over and over again but that's a lot more than the simple task I signed up for. *sigh*

So, is Microworkers legit/worth it? Probably, if you're picky about what tasks you do and don't mind 6% of your earnings going poof for fees.

I guess I'll go try and make that last 10 cents so I can get my money >.>

WINNERS

Okay so I just got home from vaca and before I do anything else, here are the winners of the Gift Card Giveaway

100th Follower:


Kyle Griffin

(I can't find a link to your blog in your profile so if you want comment here and I'll add it in)

Random Commenter: 

Lucky Commenter #14 is


JayPower

go check out his blog here!

How to Claim your Gift Card?

The easiest way to do this is to either comment with your email address or if you don't want your email on the internets then you can email it to me at tripperella@hotmail.com

Congrats to the winners! I have a lot of work to do first, but I'll catch up on all your blogs later tonight and hopefully have the follow-up review to Microworkers up late tonight or early tomorrow morning. 

<3 you guys :3 

Quick Tips for Bloggers

Hey guys this is just a quick update with Blog tips. I'm working on the second part of the mTurk review but for now here are some tips.

1. Index your blog in search engines. This will make sure your blog shows up on searches.
Bing: http://www.bing.com/webmaster/SubmitSitePage.aspx
Google: http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
Yahoo: http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit

2. Interact with other bloggers. Search for blogs you're interested, leave comments, and follow them! You want to get your blog's name and url out there as much as you can. If you leave a comment on a popular blog, there's a chance others will see your comment, click on your profile, and find your blog!

3. Join forums and websites that relate to your blog's topic, or forums for promoting your website. Post a link in your signature, and be active on the forums. Make sure that your blog's address is in EVERY site you have a profile on. Here are a couple links:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/
http://forum.bloggertricks.com/

4. Post! This is especially important in the beginning. If you don't post for a long time, people who come across your blog will assume it's inactive and won't bother following or commenting. This is huge.

5. On a related note, make sure the content of your blog is quality. Don't make one-sentence posts, or posts that are just a Youtube Video. People can find that stuff anywhere -- make the blog worthwhile for people to read!

That's it for now! What tips would you guys give to new bloggers? Let me know if I missed anything!