An Online Home Based Business Idea

An inexpensive online business idea is one that provides information to others. There are alot of areas that can come to mind that people will go online looking for information about. From landscaping to diapering, the ideas are pretty limitless.

How about starting an Online Dating Information service, for example? You can get started by creating your own website and writing articles and reviews about other online dating services.

Your website could include niche pages for different areas on dating, such as senior dating service, and categories like success stories, advice by relationship experts, where to go on first dates, etc...

Check out online dating services, such as Perfect Match , eHarmony, and Yahoo Personals to get different ideas, and to compare information and services they provide.

You can provide information and resources for those online seeking out information about meeting others. You can choose whether or not to actually become a business that actually does matching for singles, or more of an informative and resource type of site that offers links to dating services.

Freelance Book Reviewers Wanted

Publishers Weekly, the international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling, seeks freelance book reviewers with expertise in the following categories:


Fiction

Nonfiction

Audio Books

Religion

Children's/Young Adult





If interested in working for Publisher's Weekly send a short e-mail query that states your expertise and specific interests. Paste your resume and major clips into the body of the email. The subject line should consist only of one or more of the above categories.


The e-mail address is:

pwreviewers@reedbusiness.com

They ask you not to include attachments as they will be deleted.

Read The Publisher's Weekly's Freelance Book Reviewer Opportunity here, and Check out their website too. Good Luck!

Eight Ways to Save $100

I read an interesting article today about simple things you can do to potentially save $100 or more. I am always excited to hear of ways to save money, especially these days with as and grocery prices going up and up.

The ideas from the article are all good, but I think some will work better than others for people. Read them, see if any sound good to you, and give them a try!

Tip #1. Wash With Cold Water. This should have little impact on how clean your clothes get since washing machines and detergents have advanced enough that only the dirtiest and greasiest clothes now need a hot wash to get clean.

While a hot wash/cold rinse setting will cost about $100 to $150 a year if you do a load of laundry a day, the same number of load as with a cold wash/cold rinse setting will cost about $10 a year.

That's $100 in savings, and can be much more if you have children and do frequent wash loads. Best of all, it takes a split second to turn the knob on your washing machine to receive this savings.

Tip #2. Drink More Water If you drink at least three glasses of water everyday, you will cut back on the other more expensive drinks you like to have (for me, pepsi...bad, I know)and that in turn will save you some money (plus it is great for your health.) If you can cut out three drinks a week that usually cost $1, you have saved over $150 a year for the minute or so it takes to fill three glasses of water each day.

Tip #3. Compare Prices. It's easy to go Online and comparison shop for things like Auto and Home Insurance. If you take a few minutes, you might find a better deal than what you are paying now. You can also compare prices on major purchases with sites like PriceGrabber or Shopping.com

Tip #4. Use Coupons. Cut out only those for the products that you already use and will purchase again and don't bother with any others. It only takes $2 each week in coupon savings to save more than $100 a year. When you think of all the coupons that go beyond groceries (pizza, oil change, haircut, etc.) it should be easy to save much more than this with little time or effort.

Tip #5. Start Haggling. According to this article, virtually all the services you currently pay for are negotiable, including your cable TV, gym membership, phone bill and Internet service. While asking for a better deal may not work with all of these all of the time, you will get a discount a lot more times than you probably imagine.

All it takes is a 10-minute call to each service. If you can negotiate a $10 a month discount on each, that comes to $480 a year in savings for a few phone calls.

Tip #6. Get a Lower Credit Card Rate. Make a call to your credit card company if you currently carry a balance on your credit card.

Many people don't realize that all it takes to lower your credit card interest rate in many cases is a simple phone call asking. A 2002 study found that over half the people who had good credit and called their credit card company to get a better interest rate were able to do so with the average person reducing the rate by one-third.

Tip #7. Sell Stuff Go through closets and your garage and get all the stuff you have stored but will probably never use again. Sell it on eBay or Craigslist, and you could probably make much more than the $100--and declutter your home atthe same time!

Tip #8. Refinance Your Home. While refinancing is a bit more complicated than the other saving methods and will take a bit more time to complete all the necessary work, the amount saved per year is huge and thus well worth the effort.

Remember --- To make the savings last, you need to set the money aside that you save after completing the above tasks. Save this money in a separate account so it doesn't get spent on other things!

Related Posts on Saving Money:

Oprah,Suze Orman,and a Woman's Saving Financial Plan

Training Management Software For Entrepreneurs

There are a lot of entrepreneurs that have started businesses that have grown, prospered and become very successful. As a result, these entrepreneurs may find it necessary to hire employees as their business grows.

If you are in the enviable position of having a growing successful business, you might want to check out some training management software that can help you manage the training of your new employees. By having a training management system in place, you can make sure your employees have have the the training needed to help them do their jobs efficiently and safely. And can free up some time for you to deal with one of the many tasks running your own business will require!

Jewelry Company Seeks Web Writer

A Web-based pearl jewelry company is seeking a fulltime writer to assist in Web content development, blog writing/management, articles and press releases.

The responsibilities would include posting to their corporate blog and managing a separate blog that will be genre specific. The genre-specific blog will require self-starting abilities and knowledge of blogging platforms.

Web content development will consist of product descriptions and articles that will be published on the Web site or affiliate network of Web sites.


You would also be responsible for managing the press room, coming up with release ideas, and optimizing the releases.

Full time compensation is $15 per hour (annual increases), plus health benefits, plus annual bonuses!

If interested, you would need to email your resume and samples of your work.

Check out this Jewelry Company's Telecommuting opportunity here, and good luck!

Virtual Assistant For Insurance Company

This is a part time position that requires outbound calling to Insurance customers.

Basically, you will place outbound calls to help existing customers who MUST purchase homeowners insurance in the next 30 days. You ask if they are interested in a quote -if yes, you transfer them to a licensed representative from a Fortune 500 company.

You must have at least 2 yrs of college and solid experience making high volume outbound calls. In order to work remotely, your PC will need to meet certain
requirements. There is onsite training required, but it is paid. After training is completed, you can work from home.

Part timers must work a minimum of 4 hours per day and a minimum of 20 hours per week. Pay is $12-$15 an hour with bonuses.

NRT Insurance Agency is a national agency located in Waltham, MA. They are expanding their call center operations to offer remote working for customer service agents.

If interested, email your resume to theresa.lavoie@nrtinsurance.com, and be sure to include your email address on your resume.

Check out their website to learn more about NRT Insurance Company


Thanks to Rat Race Rebellion for posting this opportunity.

Work At Home With Customer Service Based Company

Customer Loyalty Concepts is a company that was actually started to provide home based opportunities for people wanting to earn an income from home. The company's focus is on building a customer relationship, not fast paced sales.

You must be at least 18 years old and have a social security number or work permit number. If hired, you would be an employee, not an independent contractor. The company is looking for self-motivated and flexible employees that can do evening dialing between the hours of 5pm to 9pm. (Although scheduling is flexible and you can work daytime hours as well)

There is paid training of $8/hour for seven hours of Internet based training (the training is done in daytime hours and takes appx. 3 weeks)), and after training is completed, pay will range between $8/hr. to $12/hr.

You can work from 12-40 hours a week, after training is completed. Payment is made every other week either by check or direct deposit to your account.

I have read that Customer Loyalty Concepts (CLC) hires on an "as need" basis, and so persistence is important if you are not hired right away but want to work for the company.

When you go to the CLC site, you will be ale to check out all the requirements needed for this work at home job, and if you want to apply, you just need to send an email to get started.

Direct Marketing

My husband and I spent the better part of last week compiling marketing material for his business. Not what I'd call fun, but very important for his business. Part of the process was getting lists for mailing the material. Since I didn't know too much about direct marketing lists, and the best ways to get them and use them, I had to do some research on the computer. I found some useful information on how to find a list broker who in turn can help us figure out the best lists to use for our mailings.

So, I guess this week we will be trying to actually get these materials mailed out..wish us luck, lol. It would be so nice to be able to afford to pay someone else to do this work....ah well, maybe one day.