Kelly Land - Work at Home Mom and Online Jobs Researcher
Online jobs are becoming more and more popular. With the economy causing more and more of us to be without a job, it’s no surprise people are looking for ways to earn from home, including online jobs, freelance work and more. I understand this all too well after losing my on air radio gig in 2002. The radio station I worked for closed it’s doors and there I was with two kids, a mortgage and no paycheck. Sure, my husband had his job – but we were barely making it with BOTH our paychecks, let alone go down to just ONE!
I wondered, could there be real online jobs out there – could I work at home? Or am I going to get scammed over and over in my search for online jobs? What do I even want to do from home and what exactly are online jobs? Do I have the skills to be able to snag the job I want when and if I find it? There are so many questions that cross your mind when you’re faced with the monumental search of finding a work at home job or way to make money from home. I KNOW this. And online jobs resources on the internet today come and go – A LOT. I’ve been around since 1999 – quietly working away at researching online jobs.
So the creation of Money Making Mommy and the hundreds of pages here on the topic of making money, working at home and online jobs. I’ve invested all my heart and soul into this very website (and still do every day!) that you’re looking over – while searching for online jobs for myself, that search become my job! It has become a labor of love. It has seen many designs, many changes – but one thing always stays the same. The online jobs resources I personally provide are free. I try to provide genuine work at home resources. My goal is to help you in some small way, reach your goal of researching work at home and ultimately finding a career from home that fits you! So get pen a paper out – “My Online Jobs Research” – and start hunting. Start by checking Today’s Online Jobs.
My family and I don’t live a life of extravagance. We don’t have a fleet of fancy cars or a great big house. Money still gets tight at times. The goal of this work at home site was never to get rich. It was to help people. People just like me find online jobs with tools for research, info and suggestions that help them ultimately make money. There are online jobs out there for us all.
Like I said before…. I know when I first started looking for work-at-home back in 2002, I was scared. I thought – is this even possible? And when I do find something that I can do from home, will it be a legitimate work at home opportunity, or will it be some kind of get-rich-quick scheme that leaves me with an empty wallet and dashed dreams!
I admit, I did get scammed a few times. Yep. I feel like now it was some kind of initiation into the world of work-at-home. After being taken a few times by these get-rich-quick scheme type offers, I decided to start telling others about what kind of real work at home I was finding out on the internet and what didn’t pan out for me. That way, maybe my experience in the whole online job and work-at-home area could help someone else that was looking for legitimate companies and real jobs. (By the way – the video below is a local news story about me and working at home! This is to show you that I AM a real person! Just in case you were skeptical about that! LOL!)
Searching for online jobs and work at home.
So what is the truth? Is there a work-at-home-job-resource that exists that can actually hire workers and allow them to work out of their homes? Because we’ve all seen the crazy data-entry job websites, haven’t we? OH yes – they make absolutely nonsense employment opportunities. They get you all hyped up thinking, “I have finally found a home based career!” And then what comes next after you read all about this data-entry company’s “legitimate” training and help? You guessed it – they charge a fee. Sorry….we moms are looking for no fee work at home.
I’ve seen so many claims from supposed work-at-home websites that it makes my head spin sometimes. Jobs for moms shouldn’t be that hard to find! After all, we moms are able to multi-task and perform under pressure, right ladies? Many of us have had corporate careers.
Anymore I get really annoyed seeing the sneaky way a lot of “work-at-home-companies” lure people in, get their hopes up, and then at the end of reading all their info it says: Membership Is Only….yep, they are typically asking for some kind of membership fee.
So what makes MoneyMakingMommy.com different? For one, I’m a mom. There…we have that in common. Two….I have researched work at home looking for work myself since 1999. Actually earlier than that because I have always been interested in direct sales and having my own home based business. I started selling Avon at 25. So even 20 years ago, I was technically researching work at home!
So – ok – three, I am trying to make money from home. Just like you. My original goal in 2002 was to make $400 a month from home. Trust me – $400 a month was HUGE in my world back in 2002. Actually, it still is. You see, after I’d work all week at the radio station, which was 30 minutes from my house and get my paycheck. After I paid for all the gas it took to get there and the $100 a week for days care – I had exactly $125 left over. If you took out my lunches at work – We’re down to about $100 a week. So if I could just make $400 a month, I would be making the same amount of money I made each week at the radio station.
So I begin my search for work-from-home-opportunities. These needed to be FREE work at home opportunities. I was now without a job, two kids and we were behind on our mortgage. Not the most financially secure spot to be in for me and my family. So how to work at home? How does this mom figure out how to do this? I researched night and day. Any lead I found, I submitted my telecommuting resume. I approached every company hiring professionally. Even if it was an independent contractor position, I was writing that cover letter, resume and following up.
Lo and behold – I got responses back. They liked my persistence. They liked that I was professional. I was willing to go through training.
Whatever it took to land the job. I wanted a work at home career and I was gonna get it! I ended up working as a chat moderator, a writer and photographer. All great jobs for my situation and my skills. You need to keep this all in mind when you’re researching companies that work from home.
1. Search for jobs every day!
2. Submit a professional resume.
3. Write a genuine cover letter and why you feel you’re right for the job.
4. Be persistent! Follow up! Pick up the phone and CALL!!!
5. Be realistic. If they need someone that can type 65 wpm without mistake and you can’t do that – don’t apply.
OK – so….now, more on why MoneyMakingMommy.com is different. I’m a mom. I need the supplemental income. I researched, applied and worked home jobs. I share all this with you on my site, for FREE. I talk about telecommuting resumes, cover letters, where to search for online work at home….all kinds of information. For you.
But the other resources MoneyMakingMommy.com offers are tons of ideas and money making programs. Some money making ideas I’ve tried, I actually blog my experience. Was it a legitimate money making opportunity? Or was it an epic fail? If it sucks, I’m not gonna keep on doing the program, and I’m going to let you know what I think. If it does work and I do make money, I share that as well. Many times I try and give screenshots, but sometimes the money making company doesn’t allow income sharing, so I can’t. But I do my best to share as much as possible. Sometimes I run across a legitimate way to work at home and I just haven’t had the chance to personally try it out. But I share it with you just in case you want to check it out too.
I realize that I’m not sitting here right now offering you 100,000 of potential work at home jobs. I don’t think anyone can do that. If they are saying they can – then I’d roll my eyes. And if they can – they should offer it for free.
What I can tell you is that you can search for a lot of cool work at home companies and home based careers here at MoneyMakingMommy.com absolutely free. I am always posting jobs that can be done online or at home. I am seeing a lot of jobs right now for the following types of positions:
1. Virtual Assistant
2. Ghostwriter
3. Customer Service Rep
4. Article Writer
5. Proofreader
6. Online Tutor
7. Bookkeeper
8. Focus Groups
9. Transcriptionist
..and yes, even data entry jobs!
The only thing I will say up front, is that these jobs are not individually verified by me. If only. I simply can’t do that. It would take the work of MANY people to pull that off. Just one mom working here! But, it is an easy way to see what is out there as far as telecommuting jobs, freelance work and more. And again….it’s free.
So lastly, why come here and research work at home? Why bother? Why stay on this website? Why sign up for my WAHM Wednesday free newsletter? Because I post work at home jobs! When I find something that looks legit and helpful – I post it! I also share a little bit about my life, my family….I want you to know I am a real person. I am JUST like you. I am trying to figure out this world of work at home opportunities and work at home scams. I want answers too. I open up my website to you and my life to you like it’s my front porch. I’m not fake, I’m not rich, I’m not drop dead gorgeous (lol) – I’m just a normal mom at home with her kids and husband trying to survive the economy, survive our credit card debt, our mortgage payment, put groceries on the table. Hey….I’m trying to lose a little weight too – so don’t be surprised if I don’t mention that now and then.
So – this is my help. This is what I have to offer. A site that’s getting close to 400 pages of work at home advice and articles. I also share freebies when I find them. I offer money making opportunities that I’ve tried and that I’ve found.
It’s not perfect, and I’m not perfect – but at least I’m in the ring swinging and fighting. I’ve made a lot friends over the last 10+ years with MoneyMakingMommy.com visitors and subscribers. And now with blogging and Facebook and Twitter — well, it almost seems like I’m back in radio again. I look forward to seeing your comments on what I publish. I hope you’ll share your work at home advice, stories and more.
This site is for all of us. And I am SO happy you’re here.
Online jobs hunting and work at home success to you!!!
A final thought as you look around MoneyMakingMommy and all the online jobs and work at home resources. I am always looking for new, non-scam ways to earn money from home. Whether it’s a freelance job, or a surf and earn program or a genuine work at home employment position. What I research and the online jobs I find, I will post here. NO question about it. Work at home comes in all shapes and sizes. Online jobs don’t necessarily have to be “having a boss”. YOU can be the boss!
I’m a mom too, just like you trying to make ends meet and be able to be home with my kids. I cut coupons and look for bargains – stretching a dollar isn’t a foreign concept to me. I know how you feel right now. You really want to find a genuine work at home job that is satisfying and that helps bring money in the door – and I know those online jobs can seem elusive.
People that are researching work at home and online jobs do it for many reasons – maybe they have a sick child that needs constant care, maybe they have an anxiety disorder that doesn’t allow them to function well outside the home, maybe you’ve just lost your job and trying to find anything to bridge the gap with freelance or part work until you do find something. It doesn’t matter the reason. What you need are real work at home resources. No scams.
There is one person behind the scenes here – and I am doing my best. Take comfort in the fact that I know what it’s like to be scammed, and it sucks. I know what it’s like to have bill collectors call the house and I know what it’s like worry about money. Online jobs are out there – I am living proof of that. And maybe the online jobs I’ve done aren’t glamorous or high paying - but they allowed me to pay my bills and sleep at night.
Each day I post new online jobs – at least a dozen. And I send out a work at home newsletter each week with a dozen (or more) online jobs in it. All free.
May all your work at home dreams come true! – whether it’s your own home business, freelance work or online jobs that fit around your schedule. – Kelly
“Thank you Kelly. After looking over your online jobs section faithfully for 8 months, I landed a work at home job that allows me to use my nursing degree! My family thanks you too!” – Cindy D., Illinois
“I suffer from panic disorder and though medication helps, I feel best at home. I am doing transcription from home and love it. Online jobs that allow you to contribute to your family’s income are out there.” Stacy W., Atlanta
“The idea of research online jobs was daunting. Then I found Money Making Mommy. Thnx!” David F., Denver
“OMG! While researching online jobs for writers here – I landed one! I’m jumping up and down! THANKS!” Felicia M., Orlando
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| Online jobs are not a thing of the future - they are real and available now. Employers are embracing home based employees and allowing "office" jobs to become "online jobs". The virtual world is blending with the brick and mortar world so quickly - I predict online jobs will be the norm within the next 20 years. Training and education for online jobs of all kind should be a priority for those that want to work at home. If ever there were a time to jump on the online jobs band wagon - it's now! |
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