Do you have an eagle eye for catching spelling and grammatical errors? If so, maybe becoming an online proofreader is your calling. Because proofreading requires a highly detail-oriented personality, proofreaders are in high demand, particularly for online businesses. And because you can proofread from anywhere, it’s an excellent ... Read More
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How This Accountant Ditched the Cube and Became a Productivity Blogger
Carrie Smith Nicholson is the founder of carefulcents.com where she works as a financial influencer and productivity blogger. Using her past experience as a small business accountant, she helps burned out business owners get more done in less time. Her business strategies and productivity tips have been featured in Inc. Magazine, ... Read More
How to Work From Home as a Voice Actor
Voice acting is the art of reading a script and using your voice to bring that script to life by acting or creating a character, which is then referred to as a voice-over. Voice actors are also often called voice over talents and voice artists. You probably hear voice acting every day, but may not realize it. Voice actors can be ... Read More
How to Be Fairly Paid as a Freelancer
By Yohana Petrovic Has the siren call of the flexibility and autonomy of a freelancer’s life gotten to you? If it has, and if you have already ventured into those rough but exciting waters that make up a freelancer’s journey, you now know how easy it is to underbid yourself just so that you can get a contract – just so that you ... Read More
Tips To Becoming A Successful Freelance Writer
So you like to write, and you’ve been hearing so much about people quitting their day jobs and making a living off of freelancing. Why can’t you be one as well? You already know you can write and that you love doing it, so what’s stopping you? There’s nothing to stop you from taking the plunge. You can even make the transition ... Read More
How This Digital Media Entrepreneur Helps Moms Grow Their Businesses
Nicole Orozco is an award-winning digital media entrepreneur at Nicole Digital Media. She creates brand identity designs and designs and markets websites for women and mom entrepreneurs. She is also the chief resource curator at Mompreneur Media assuring that her tribe of mompreneurs gets the information and support they need to ... Read More
How This Mom Joined the World of Freelance Copywriting
Mindy McHorse had always loved writing, but when she went off to college she decided to take a more traditional career route and focused on pre-med. After obtaining her Master's Degree in Public Health and landing a cushy job in project management, she felt like something was missing from her life. As fate would have it, writing made ... Read More
Blog Your Way into the Writing Business
Are you trying to break into the writing business without doing a bunch of free work? Blogging can be an excellent place to start. Monetizing your blog may be one way to create recurring and diversified revenue over the long term. But an easier way to start making money fast is by ghostwriting blog posts for successful ... Read More
Top 10 Writing Websites for Freelancing Work-at-Home Women
Freelance writers often work-from-home, as opposed to paying for office space. Women who choose this career path may want the flexibility of being able to work on their own schedule in order to balance family responsibilities. These writing websites can help you find the gig you want, hone your presentation and land your next at ... Read More
Laws That Every Freelancer Should Know
For informational purposes only. Consult your attorney for your individual situation. Anyone who has done the self-employment shuffle will agree that this manner of earning an income is a mixed bag, just like most other jobs. There are certainly some major benefits to working for yourself; you can skip the commute, you get to be ... Read More
How Freelance Writers Can Obtain Higher Paying Clients
Anyone who is an online writer always wonders in the back of their mind how they can obtain higher paying clients. We all hear of people making $100 and more for simple blog posts, yet it can seem almost impossible to achieve these rates if you are not going about things the right way. Many times freelance writers become ... Read More
The Perks of Being an Independent Contractor
The independent contractor tends to get a bad rap -- most people believe that they would prefer to be hired on as a W2 employee. In spite of this, a large majority of home-based jobs will require that you apply as an independent contractor. But is this such a bad thing? While there are a few negatives, there are plenty of ... Read More