Swagbux

Not only is this blog created to highlight the the opportunities that are real and actually pay you, it is also intended to help you avoid the pitfalls I found trying them out. One such site is Swagbux! I joined that site three days ago. It took me three days to clean up my PC after joining. You'd think I'd have learned by now. Not so. For the sake of my readers I took it for a full test drive. What I ended up with is several ad popups that appeared for no particular reason. They just popped up! Thirteen popups needed to be cleaned out of my machine. Because I have Norton Security Suite I could have payed $100 to have them remove them or do it myself and learn. I did it myself which was much more time consuming. But it was free.
Swagbux wants you to open different web sites and supposedly make money doing so. I don't know if I made anything and I won't go back and check it out. I won't risk my time and I've hopefully saved time for you. You can go ahead and try it but I highly recommend not. Save yourself the grief and time spent to remove it. Move on to one of my recommended sites. Best of luck to you and let me know how it's going!

Actual work at home jobs that Actually pay you enough to replace your salary!

I’ve seen them, you probably have too. You work out of your home, in PJs if you want to and you actually get paid to do so! There are so many opportunities you can pick anything from a customer service associate to a General Manager of a wide range of companies. I highly encourage you to investigate these opportunities and see if you may fit any of the offerings. The hours are sometimes full time or part time. You might replace your salary you make in the office! Exciting stuff for the traditional 8 to 5er. No driving in rush hour traffic, no dress code, no office gossip or personality conflicts! You use far less fuel driving to and from work. Top all that off with grocery delivery and less money spent eating away from home.

I work for me, I am my own boss, and I know the decreased stress when you are working for you. I work in my “break room” kitchen. Sometimes I work in my living room. I might be in my workshop or up in my storage room (usually taking inventory). The stress is not eliminated but there’s no getting called into the bosses office or scheduled lunches or breaks. You decide what you will and won’t do. Often I call quitting time at 4pm, but it’s not unusual for me to start working before dawn just because I feel like it!

That’s pretty much all the fluff for working out of your home. I you research any of these “wonderful” work at home jobs you’ll find there are many drawbacks. Just like any job at your standard “brick and mortar” position you will be required to produce. You might have a specific schedule to work in. You may be required to work into the morning hours, or a specific number of hours. You may not have holidays off. Any number of conciliations for the comfort of your own home work environment may have to be made.

If you have dogs or young children at home and you have to talk to people on the phone you may not qualify for the position. If your neighbors, friends or family do not understand that working from home is actually working you may be asked to do them a favor like run to the post office or pick up their kids from school, etc. “as long as you’re home”. Yes, this has happened to me and many of my business associates as well.

Do your research and think it over. You just might find the perfect position for you. If it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t work out and move on to your next opportunity. Good luck and I hope to hear from those of you who found your future right there in your home! Don’t lose that ambition to say goodbye to your boss!

 Go to the Monster  website. They have lots of work at home jobs listed.

Before the internet

I was reminded recently by an online scam about the days when scams came by mail and phone. Remember the chain mail? Remember the " send $5 to five people and get hundreds of 5 dollars back by mail"? That was a federal crime and who got busted? You! I also remember envelope stuffing.
Well the game was completely changed up since the internet. It not only became global, it became an epidemic!
True, there are lots of reputable jobs out there that do make money for you. The only problem is they're just like any other job. You have to be willing to learn the job and actually work! They aren't your typical 8 to 5 they are sometimes 70 or 80 hr a week jobs to get it done right! The rest are pure garbage!
No, the game hasn't changed, it's just become more accessible!

Frustrated yet?

Frustration is part of the job. Yes you have a job! That job is finding ways to replace or create an income. Only you know your limitations and only you can find ways to remove those limitations! It’s your choice as how to remove your limitations. Whatever you do, do not think any door is permanently closed. I’ve worked with so many people looking for ways to make an income I’ve found more than one thread of attitude that blocks the way to make money, or make more money! It’s; “I can’t do this or that because…………………” This is the greatest cause for failure!

The second cause for failure is; “I don’t make enough money to continue looking”. Or, “I don’t make enough money through this site or that site to continue this idea”. That’s what weeds out the “men from the boys”. On the other hand I suggest two things. Never close a door. Also, just because you don’t create the kind of income you’re looking for immediately is no reason to give up. Just because your quest isn’t what you dreamed it could be yet, your goal must never change if you’re seriously going to pursue your own income!

These are my set of standards for my own income:

Hard work, leave all options open, become recession proof, never work for someone else, once you start gaining any kind of income from anywhere other than working for “the man” don’t stop! Your income is your income; no one is making money off of you!

After making money for “the man” for 35 years I became independent and I will never go back! Between the attitudes of coworkers, feeling unappreciated, supervisors who think they’re better than their staff and constant adjustments to the staff coming down from the powers above I stopped working for them.

I became recession proof! I’m patient with how fast I grow my income. Finally, give back to those who need my help! That was the reason this blog was started in the first place. It makes no money, as I intended to do in the first place!   I give to local volunteer programs, such as our veterans, our reserve fire departments, our local food bank, our local tourism volunteers just to name a few. I also give advice to people who are looking for a way out of drawing a weekly paycheck. That would be this blog. In fact, if I spend any of my money I make sure it goes toward worthy cause.

Midwest housewife now makes more than $7000/month on line!

The story goes like this; A stay at home mom somehow with little training or knowledge of the online world figured out how to make over$7000 a month while keeping the house clean, look after her children and run the household.

Now, I don’t know about you but I find it suspicious how she can handle the full time job of taking care of the family, learning how to make anything online and producing a sales pitch to get you to follow her advice to do the same! All in a day’s work? Highly doubtful.

It’s actually a sales pitch for “Work At Home University”. She supposedly lost her job and couldn’t replace it. So she joined the program claiming to be an auction site. $97 later you can be an Auction List Agent, but you can do the same thing on eBay without the cost. I could go on and on about this scam so I’m going to skip straight to “do your research”. As I’ve said many times before, do not jump blindly into anything.

Look up Work At Home University reviews. Do not pick the advertisements (the first few listings). Go straight to the reviews on all sites you are thinking of joining. I looked it up and found what I figured I’d find.

One of my clues was if she’s making so much money why is she wasting time telling us that we can do the same!? If she was a real person she would be doing nothing but focusing on ALL her responsibilities. The same can be said for the former garbage collectors, the kid from nowhere who is selling you on his opportunity and anything else with the same type of story line.

Good luck in your quest to make online money. Just remember Workathomenoscam.com and Eddy Salomon are to be taken seriously. Your best chance to find online income is through that site!