Okay, let's face it... We have seen a lot of adverts with those earn $250 or $500 a day by just doing data entry. But are these real? Or another sort of scam in order to lure people to buy a software or the job itself.
With the many years I have been into freelancing, I have my own share of scams left and right. One thing I have realized, it is all about risks!
My first job was being a data encoder. Yes, I start small. The job was typing captchas. It was a simple task, all you need to do is just encode a set of letters and numbers and that's it. I am paid around $10 for every 1,000 captchas I encoded correctly. I need to log-in right into the client's software. But the bad thing about it though, I don't have direct contact with the client. Someone else is in between. The person who manages the encoders (who were working at home).
I trusted her, and had my first ever $100 earnings in one week. Beat that! That was 3 years ago, which is kinda big for me. It started like May and ended around August within same year. It stopped because all the encoders were not paid. The middle person said, we will wait till we get paid, etc.. Then, all of a sudden... That person stopped communicating with us.
The hanging question is? Around 100 data encoders at that time, it came to my mind...maybe that middle man ran away with the money and just disappear.
My first taste of being scam, or was I scammed? Indeed there are data entry jobs that are for real and do pay big or small. But one thing I always put to mind, I wouldn't pay for something just to get a job.
All the data entry jobs I have were all found right on net through a local online classifieds, Craigslist and different bidding sites.
Earning $1,000 for a data entry job? Possible? Of course, if you have tons and tons of clients to do data entry who do pay.
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Monday, December 8, 2008
Homebased Jobs right on Craigslist
I came across to Craigslist on a bidding site. A service buyer was looking for someone to do some postings on Craigslist. When I was looking on the site, there are many service buyers who are looking for someone to do the same task.
I was intrigued ofcourse, to my curiousity...I search Craigslist on the net and found the url for it. It was an online classifieds. Which is similar to an online classifieds based locally in my place. I was having a look around and saw the job listings. I went to the writing/editing jobs and found many posts there looking for writers.
I applied, with nothing but my college degree and an experience in data entry. That's it! Of all the companies, entrepreneurs I have submitted my resume to--one responded and liked my sample eventually hired me as his writer.
I became a writer that day (that was about 3 years ago). Earning my first salary through that writing job was so darn cool!
Craigslist? What about it? Craigslist is somewhat a localized online classifieds. You can have your very own Craigslist of your own locality, city, or country. The choices of homebased jobs are endless.
I tried my luck once, I am from the Philippines, I applied for a writing job for a company based in Texas. I found his ad right on US Craigslist particularly Texas. I never thought he was going to reply to my application and hired me as a writer. He even told me, he was glad that I applied to his posting.
You can go beyond your locality or country, in order to get a homebased job. I just tried my luck that day and ofcourse, there were many qualified individuals who are native English speakers who were more deserving to have that job yet I have beaten them all, and got the position. Not bad knowing that I am a full-blooded Filipino residing in the Philippines.
Try your luck as well. Go to Craigslist.org, choose the country, then city you want to search for homebased jobs and start applying.
Here are most of the homebased jobs you can find in Craigslist:
1. Appointment Setter
2. Virtual Assistant (an online secretary)
3. Homebased Call Center Agent (inbound/outbound)
4. Web programmer
5. Web developer
6. Graphic designer
7. Data Encoder/Typist
Most of these jobs are paid on a per hour basis especially when you are going to US Craigslist. Others will be on a per month basis, 40 hours a week-- the usual style you can found on Philippines Craiglist.
The choices are endless and are within your reach. Start looking for your first homebased job now right on Craigslist!
I was intrigued ofcourse, to my curiousity...I search Craigslist on the net and found the url for it. It was an online classifieds. Which is similar to an online classifieds based locally in my place. I was having a look around and saw the job listings. I went to the writing/editing jobs and found many posts there looking for writers.
I applied, with nothing but my college degree and an experience in data entry. That's it! Of all the companies, entrepreneurs I have submitted my resume to--one responded and liked my sample eventually hired me as his writer.
I became a writer that day (that was about 3 years ago). Earning my first salary through that writing job was so darn cool!
Craigslist? What about it? Craigslist is somewhat a localized online classifieds. You can have your very own Craigslist of your own locality, city, or country. The choices of homebased jobs are endless.
I tried my luck once, I am from the Philippines, I applied for a writing job for a company based in Texas. I found his ad right on US Craigslist particularly Texas. I never thought he was going to reply to my application and hired me as a writer. He even told me, he was glad that I applied to his posting.
You can go beyond your locality or country, in order to get a homebased job. I just tried my luck that day and ofcourse, there were many qualified individuals who are native English speakers who were more deserving to have that job yet I have beaten them all, and got the position. Not bad knowing that I am a full-blooded Filipino residing in the Philippines.
Try your luck as well. Go to Craigslist.org, choose the country, then city you want to search for homebased jobs and start applying.
Here are most of the homebased jobs you can find in Craigslist:
1. Appointment Setter
2. Virtual Assistant (an online secretary)
3. Homebased Call Center Agent (inbound/outbound)
4. Web programmer
5. Web developer
6. Graphic designer
7. Data Encoder/Typist
Most of these jobs are paid on a per hour basis especially when you are going to US Craigslist. Others will be on a per month basis, 40 hours a week-- the usual style you can found on Philippines Craiglist.
The choices are endless and are within your reach. Start looking for your first homebased job now right on Craigslist!
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