You Can Find Freelance Work In Almost Any Field
freelancer is an opportunities online. In previous
independent contractor. times freelance writers and
Have you been looking for photographers contacted magazine
freelance employment? Are you and book publishers with samples
thinking you have the skills and sent via the mail. Now, you can
discipline to work independently? search the web and find
With a computer, high speed organizations hiring freelancers
internet, phone, fax and skills of all sorts. Freelance writing,
you can work from home in almost editing and proofreading are
any field with companies in valuable services to many
almost any country. Companies businesses. Companies can’t
benefit by working with afford to distribute documents
freelancers or contractors and marketing materials that
because they are not responsible contain errors. An extra pair of
for employment/tax costs. Make eyes help to find errors that
sure your home environment fits could be costly or embarrassing.
with the type of work you want to They need accurate and
do. If you plan to do phone work, professional workers to create
you can’t have sounds of small and polish written materials.
children or dogs barking in your
background. Companies still want There is a wide range of pay. Low
their home workers to appear to paying jobs range from $10 per
be working in the companies’ article to $200 per educational
offices. paper. High paying jobs range
from $600 to $1,000 per article.
Writing/Editing/Proofreading Ghost writing a novel can get you
thousands.
If you’re hoping to find job
listings for writers or freelance Web Developers
photography jobs there are
With technological advances addition to HTML, you should know
telecommuting jobs became C programming, pearl, and good
possible and prevalent. Freelance graphics programs like Photoshop.
opportunities have moved beyond
writing and photography. Other Mystery Shopping
freelance employment areas to
explore include jobs for web Consider also, mystery shopping.
developers. Web developers Mystery shoppers provide
usually offer HTML and businesses with much needed
programming services to create information on customer service
interactive or database driven and help increasing sales. A
websites. Web developers are mystery shopper covertly
programmers and work with web evaluates the cleanliness of a
based code like ASP, .NET, Cold facility, how products are
Fusion, DHTML, Javascript, PHP, placed, the staff’s helpfulness
SQL and more. Web development and and knowledge. It is an
web maintenance are viable opportunity for a business to
freelance jobs ideal for work at improve services and provide
home. training. The shopper provides
detailed reports answering the
“Someone who wants to be a questions posed in guidelines for
developer has to have a good eye, conducting each shop.
think like a programmer and have
some graphic design capabilities. This is not a field in which
If you only know HTML then you you’ll get rich. You may find
won’t get very far and will find steady work if you provide great
that you have a lot of reports, follow job guidelines
limitations to the types of sites exactly and live in an area where
you can build”, says Joey Costa, frequent shops occur. Signing up
owner of The Tek in Cary, NC. In with multiple mystery shopping
service providers should bring restaurants pay $15 to $30 with a
you more frequent mystery meal allowance of $15 - $20.
shopping jobs.
Virtual Assistant
How Much Do Mystery Shopping Jobs
Pay? If your administrative skills are
strong you may consider being a
Mystery Shopping pay rates vary Virtual Assistant. A Virtual
depending on the type of Assistant (VA) supports one or
assignment and establishment. more businesses remotely. Duties
Sometimes it is just may include secretarial work,
reimbursement for money spent meeting and travel planning,
during the shop. You are given a project management and web
set spending limit and are told maintenance. As an independent
if it will be reimbursed. For contractor you’ll decide with
example, you shop an express lube whom you’ll work and how and when
service. Your oil change and lube you’ll work.
will cost $29. You are reimbursed
$29. In another case you shop a Clients are most often small
supermarket, you pay for the job businesses and will hire a
is $11 and up to $6 of your Virtual Administrative Assistant
purchase will be reimbursed. Your to save money. Since you are
total pay for the job is $17. working from home you use your
Shopping auto dealerships, own equipment and the client
property management firms, and incurs not employment costs like
other such establishments often taxes and benefits. You are
pay a rate anywhere from $30 to responsible for your own taxes as
$75. Other examples: retail an independent contractor.
stores pay $10 -$30/shop, fast Virtual assistants can support
food $5-$15/shop, casual dining just about any industry. The ones
hiring VA’s most often include Many refer you to your first
real estate, coaching, financial virtual assistant job. You should
services, accounting and legal. research training providers well
before paying for training.
You can learn how to become a VA
and earn certification through Virtual Assistants usually charge
one of many online training by the hour. Rates range from $25
organizations. These to $50 per hour. Some VA’s work
organizations work with your with clients on a retainer. The
existing skill and teach you how VA is paid up front and the
to create, operate and become client sends work when needed.
successful in your VA business.
About the Author:
Michelle Yanik, is co-owner of Smart Moms, a company committed to being the top online resource for moms who want to earn money from home and find work/life balance. Sign up for our information packed e-newsletter and get a complimentary copy of our e-book, Striking A Balance at http://www.smart-moms-online.com. Read more about working from home at www.smart-moms-online.com.
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