LFC Article - Legitimate Work At Home Opportunities

Working From Home - Legitimately!

We have all seen the work-from-home schemes blasted all over the internet. "Mom makes $7,589 a month". It is very enticing to the get rich quick audiences, but as any intelligent person can determine, they are mostly scams and pyramid schemes. Work at home scams have become so prevalent that they took consumers for over $30 million in 2006 alone. In the more than 3,000,000 work at home opportunities on the internet, the FTC determined that 95% of those are outright scams and rake in more than $95 million each year. So with a 48 to 1 scam ratio of work at home opportunities, where can a person find that one golden nugget of opportunity? Well you can find them in legitimately established businesses that offer an opportunity that has been proven by past results and reviewed by many of their employees. Here are a few of those opportunities.

Amazon Mechanical Turk
- Now as far as work from home programs go, Amazon Mechanical Turk will not get you rich. However, it should be listed first because it is by far the most legitimate work-from-home and it takes almost no effort to earn cash. Amazon Mechanical Turk is where companies can list small tasks they want completed and you can search through hits to find the right one for you to complete and accept the "HIT". Once you accept the hit, it takes anywhere from one minute to a day to complete and after you submit it, payment is credited almost instantly. You can choose tasks that range anywhere from $.02 to around $20.00. Some tasks are simple such as visiting a website and writing down their contact information to more time consuming tasks such as writing a product review and tasks that require expertise such as translating. Whoever you are, Amazon Mechanical Turk has a task for you and can mean extra money in our pocket.
Leapforce Search Engine Evaluator
- Now if you are looking for something beyond meaningless grinding tasks or for an opportunity to actually make a living from home, Leapforce Search Engine Evaluator is an excellent place to start. You'll be expected to "conduct in depth internet-based research and provide information evaluation for leading companies from around the globe." Leapforce acquires customers and then contracts that works with agents like you for completion. You will actually be able to bill Leapforce for the work that you complete. Search Engine Evaluators "evaluate and improve search engine results for one of the world's largest internet search engine companies." All you have to do is complete an online qualification process and you are hired. It is as simple as that to start earning. You get paid by the hour and your rate can increase. It is not unheard of for their employees to earn $300+ a day.
Website Design -

Ok, I know what you are thinking. You don't know anything about computer programming or coding or even the first thing about programming languages, but I am here to tell you the good news, that doesn't even matter. Wordpress.org (not to be confused with wordpress.com) is simple software that anyone can master. It took me only 3 days to become advanced in wordpress.org software and able to build almost any type of site from scratch. Most website developers charge companies a minimum of $500 for website design if not $2,000+. You should have no problem finding businesses that are willing to pay you $200 for a professional website.

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Freelance writing -

It doesn't matter what your area of expertise is, if you know something about anything, you can be a freelance writer. Most websites don't even require that you have prior experience. Freelance writing can pay you between $10-$25 an article on average. It requires nothing to get started and can be a fulltime job if you are an excellent writer. It is simple to mine for freelance writing jobs. They are everywhere. A simple Google search will return more opportunities than one person has time to write for.

Lionbridge Internet Assessor -
Want to get paid for surfing the internet? Well Lionbridge is where it is at. You simply surf the internet and rate your experience. This is a part-time job that will require between 10-20 hours a week. Just fill out the online application to be approved. It is simple, pays well, and most importantly, legitimate!
Fiverr -
Need a quick five bucks? Fiverr is a website where you can offer useful or strange/weird services for $5. Promote a business on your twitter account, sing a silly song using the buyer's name, create a piece of art, or offer your proofreading skills. Nothing (ahem legal) is off limits! It takes about 1 minute to sign up and one more to post what service you are offering online. Payment is instant and using this site can just be all around fun.
Do what you know and telecommute -
ok so none of these sound like something you want to do. You love what you already do, marketing, customer service, design, sales, etc. Well, more and more business are allowing employees to telecommute. Most skills now don't require you to be physically present at a location each day and companies are seeing the value in allowing employees to telecommute.

If you desire to have the freedom to work from home, there are many genuine opportunities out there, you just have to look. It can be liberating not to do the 9-5 grind as a drone in a cubicle. Work at home programs give you a way to break free from that stigma. Just don't forget, while we all crave overnight success, real success comes from working hard every day whether that is at an office or in the comfort of your own home.

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