One of the best jobs on the Internet just has to be ghostwriting. There’s a lot to like about this invisible career…no commuting, setting your own schedule, developing your own client list, developing your own creativity and getting paid for it, not having to “Dress For Success everyday.”
To some of you, this might sound like the perfect job straight from Heaven. Sometimes it is. Along with the benefits listed above, there’s a few negatives you have to deal with from time to time, like disappointed customers, clients changing the subject matter when the job is almost finished, those who will contest the payment with PayPal after you’ve submitted the finished product.
While all those glowing benefits will make you feel good and add to your bank account, the negatives can bring you down faster than a rock tossed off a cliff. Part of being a successful Ghostwriter is developing a positive mindset and good business practices based on impeccable customer service.
In the best of cases, disagreements will happen and most can be solved with a calm manner and strong customer service. Offer to rewrite the product and get a new list of requirements or improvements from your client. If a solution is not possible, the best remedy is to return the payment and cross that client off your list. Do not badmouth that ex-client on forums. Just move on to your next project.
Developing a ghostwriting mindset, however, is an entirely different thing. Without one, you will not be happy or that productive with your ghostwriting career. Sure, it is a worldwide dream of writing for customers on the computer in your bedroom and telling your boss goodbye. I had the same dream for years. (more…)
It’s painful… to have a website and be sitting there waiting for people to find you and consider the stuff you have to offer there. The process of waiting can be shortened with extensive search engine optimization done to the website. This process involves working some articles into the website, tweaking the META tags of each and every one of the pages, researching on the keywords related to your industry that you think your potential customers or clients will or might use to find your website, exchanging links with others in the industry and doing some social networking.
SEO is essential to every website on the Internet
Sounds like a lot of work? Well, I won’t kid you. It’s a lot of work and some people give up simply because it takes too long. But this is the way internet marketing works. If you’re expecting a magical climb towards the top, you’re in for a sordid find. SEO is good and it’s essential to every single website; and it’s a constant thing too. You don’t stop when you get to the top. There’s monitoring work to do, researching, and changing the pages and home page time and again to make sure it appears ‘active’. Spiders don’t like ‘dead’ things, you see. (more…)
In order to succeed, business owners realize that they have to promote their business. Often times, they need to find creative ways to accomplish this. One way that is being used more and more is blogging. It is a wonderful way to get the word out about your business without spending thousands of dollars on advertising. One of the first things that you should do before you start to blog is determine who is going to be your target audience.
The next thing to remember is that there are certain guidelines that you should follow to be sure you target the audience that your business needs.
Be as clear as possible
What you include in your blog is critical to your business. Be as clear and concise as possible. Do not clutter it with useless facts or blurbs; it will only take away form the subject. You want your readers to focus on the products and services that you provide, not on anything else. (more…)
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Being a mother, a housewife and a work at home parent at the same time can be blissfully fulfilling. We’re reaping the rewards of having the best of both worlds…i.e., earning an income and contributing to the sustenance of the family while being there with our children and watching them grow up. It’s the kind of immeasurable sense of fulfillment that no other types of careers can ever emulate.
But….
….if you’re not careful, reaping the rewards of having the best of both worlds can turn around, rear its ugly head and chomp off a huge chunk of your thigh! (Oh. Hang on….that ain’t such a bad idea after all). The thing is that there’s always a good and bad about everything….now, we all agree on that one. Now, when one is working from home and caring for the kids at the same time, you’re not only facing double the advantages but you’re going to be facing double the STRESS as well! Don’t ever forget that, ok, all you moms out there who are just like me.
Therefore, I found this particular website very useful….http://2work-at-home.com. Needless to say, the website is designed for mothers AND fathers who choose to be greedy and yank the whole cake off the table and decide to work from home. From freelance jobs like freelance writing jobs, freelance web designing jobs, freelance admin jobs, or home based businesses, they list a lot of stuff there and most of the things found on this website, as proven by the number of years that I have been safely using them, are legitimate and real.
Well, if you’re trying to find work as a freelance writer, you might want to hop on over for a quick lookie!
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