Work at Home Jobs and Tips for Success
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I was shocked to find that wahm.com is completely different and has turned into a mommy website. In fact, I clicked on the jobs area and it simply redirected me to the main page. Perhaps they are under construction? This was very disappointing as I used to use the website to find work at home contract jobs. Perhaps I will start listing them here again as I search for a new contract for myself.
What are you doing now that the site has changed?
I have a little secret! I’ve been investing in my future by buying everything under the sun with my credit/debit card. I have a STASH card that I use on just about everything that will take VISA or MasterCard. While getting pennies in stocks doesn’t seem like much, you can bet that it does add up. And not only do you get a small reward in stocks for shopping using the card, you can also play the market or create your own IRA for your future.
Why not? Even if you’re already saving money, you’re still bringing in the change for your future by buying things you normally do anyway. Many of the large companies are already supported by STASH, but if they’re not then you get to put your money into a global fund and buy stocks of whatever you see fit. It’s pretty cool.
One of the features I love about STASH is that you can partition your funds so that you have a rainy day or budget area where you can save for future things but not move it into a savings account. I know when banks were forced to charge people for reaching into their savings account I got burned so many times because I was putting too much away and then having emergencies. I think you can only move money 5 times in a regular savings account (an obvious example of too much government control!) but here you aren’t moving money around, you’re just making it so it isn’t seen. Don’t ask me how they do it. I think of it as it being a partition whereas a savings account might be a second hard drive without retaining the data on the first drive. Because that is how I think in my geekmom fashion.
They’ll also teach you a bit about investing so you’re not making the same mistakes over and over again. There are investing goals where they figure if you’ve been paying attention to their “classes” that you might move on to the next level of info. It’s really fun.
So if you want to save for your future without putting a lot of effort into it, signup for STASH. I don’t have a referral code, I just like it so much that you should check it out. Oh yeah, and normal investing tax laws still apply. :/ Yeah, no way around that one. lol
Hey, it’s geekmom. I’ve been working from home since the 90s under the name geekmom doing projects such as writing and editing, web development, graphics, creating content, and even moderating video games. The possibilities are endless, you just need to tune into my podcast every week to find out how you can work from home like I do.
Today’s topic is podcasting.
It is no secret that you can make money from home podcasting. Podcasts have been a thing since Apple made them popular with the invention of the iPod which, if you are not familiar with the iPod, it just like an iPhone but with only wi-fi and no phone service. Apple wasn’t the original creator of the podcast; it the term was first used by David Gregoire in a 2004 iPodder-dev mailing list and then later coined as a term by podcaster and journalist Adam Curry. Despite its name, podcasting has been a thing before the iPod came into play. The web has been a source of independent voiceover people for a very long time.
Fast forward to 2021. After many years of podcasting being around, people are beginning to realize they enjoy getting their news and information on a podcast. While Apple had pretty much cornered the market for many years of podcasting through their iTunes store, places like Spotify and Amazon have sprouted up and decided to make their own versions of the podcast. Unlike companies such as YouTube and independent platforms, podcast companies enjoy sending their updates through RSS feeds to the many different podapps around because these apps usually allow the podcaster or podcasting company to use their own advertisements. Because of this, podcast audiences can be relatively huge based on the distribution.
Podcasts are not limited to the media. Anyone can start a podcast and host it where they want to. There are hundreds of podcasting companies around. I’ve used several, but my favorite is Spreaker because of the advertising options, price, and their love of free speech. When I say free speech, I mean content created by you. Of course, they are not going to allow you to post another person’s copyright content unless you have permission. The hosting company is pretty lenient on what you can post, but it is the podcast distribution where you might run into problems with certain types of content.
If these distribution companies think your content is vulgar, spammy, illegal, or borderline controversial they may individually censor or remove your show. Unlike getting banned from a company like YouTube, this only affects the podcast application being used. This is why so many people are moving to podcasting from places like YouTube. While podcast companies do have rules, they are not as restrictive or as difficult to deal with as YouTube and a place like Facebook.
You can host your own content on your own server but beware! If you become an overnight sensation then your hosting company may not appreciate the amount of data you are transferring to your listeners and might turn off your hosting until you can work out a better server plan. Data = money. This is another reason why it is better to get a dedicated podcast hosting platform such as Spreaker to host your content. Spreaker is my favorite, but it isn’t the only one. There are other companies such as Anchor (owned by Spotify) and many others. Most of them forward their rss feed to the podcast apps or you are welcome to offer up your own rss feed to the apps if the company doesn’t allow it. Some apps even grab your feed without your permission.
I have had the most luck with Spreaker. I only had one take-down because I didn’t realize that War of the Worlds still had a copyright on it. This was really simple to deal with. CBS, I think it was CBS, simply asked to have it removed because they still owned the original radio program from back in the day, and I had no problem with removing it although it would have been a really cool episode for the podcast to play.
Podcasts can be free or for pay. Some hosts have pay-per-podcast feature and some have pay-per-episode. Personally, I just use Patreon for this purpose as Patreon has its own podcast link that people can use. Patreon is a group funding site where people can subscribe to your posts where you offer up services such as books, podcasts, posts, or anything type of content you feel appropriate.
Podcasts are also a great way to market your products. Say you have a service company that fixes computers. Most computer problems can be fixed by the user. Some people like to learn your tricks while others just want you to fix it. So every Sunday afternoon you create a “fix your computer yourself” podcast where you talk about computers you’ve fixed, problems people might have, software releases coming out, and anything else related to the computer support niche. You will have people who want to learn about fixing computers listening to your program and you will have people who are already skilled in fixing computers listening. People looking for a certain fix will find you as well and perhaps subscribe. During your podcast be sure to mention that you also fix computers and you either do this through the mail or at your doorstep. However you run your business, tell people on your podcast. Maybe you also offer email services or web hosting as well. You can sell your services, products, and also run commercials that pay you to allow them to use their ads on your podcast. Do it like a radio show where people call in and you answer their questions about your topic. The possibilities are endless!
I know you can do this on YouTube as well, and some people do both, but YouTube is making it harder and harder to grow and get monetized. There are a lot of rules you must follow on YouTube and it is a lot of work to create the thumbnails, videos, and so forth. It just seems like these days the company doesn’t want to pay people who are just starting out. In fact, they now put ads on many channels who are not reaching the criteria set to achieve this status.
What do you need to get started podcasting? A podcast hosting company, a microphone, a computer, and an app to record your podcast. You don’t even need a script, you could do it all adlib if you’re good at that. People join you when they like your content. I’ll go into setting up a podcast at some point down the line but be sure to know that, just like any content platform, keywords and great descriptions are your best friends. Being confident in your voice helps a lot, but that also comes in time as you practice and learn. Content is key. I know that is cliche, but if people like your voice, your recordings are clear, and your content is good then you have a very good chance at a great show.
These are just a few of the reasons why people are choosing podcasting over other content platforms. Besides, if you have a face radio then it might better for you. I’m just kidding. All in fun!
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I have been away from blogging for a bit due to building a new business. Now that it is underway, I will have a little bit more free time to write again in this blog. I’ve found some great new ways to make money from home for all of you wahms out there. Yes, my focus on this site is still the WAHM, and now even more so! I know that some of you were able to get the taste of actually working from home and now the office might want you to come back in but you don’t want to!
I’m here to help you! By following the guidelines on this website you can have a working website within minutes for your home business or even another side venture that I come across. I also list work-from-home companies that you can join and get regular hours from if you are not into the side gig thing.
But don’t just take my word for it. Always do your homework on a company! I have only worked at a couple of companies and I’ve done pretty well. for the past 20 years doing so. Some of the companies I had worked for in the past no longer hire people to work from home or they have sold or moved on so I can’t tell you which ones worked for me. They were very helpful during the time when I needed them. At one time I worked for 3 different companies part-time while raising the kids. They’re all out of the house now so it is easier to focus on running my own companies instead of working for someone else.
You do what works for you. I am here to help you find either type of work.
So until next week when I bring hints of what you can do to find a work-at-home job or business, Enjoy your Friday! I certainly will be enjoying mine.
I’m pretty sure we’re all familiar with YouTube. Almost everyone has seen at least one video on a YouTube channel and I’ll bet you’ve seen a whole lot more than just one. There are a lot of comedy skits, makeup channels, etc but what exactly can a small home business owner use YouTube for?
The site isn’t just for entertainment. There are quite a few people who use it for business. These videos don’t necessarily always make it to the top viewed or even rated, but they are a benefit to the home business owner for several reasons.
For one, customers enjoy your personal side. I think this is the most important. Gone are the days when people could hide behind a computer screen and run a business. In the beginning that is how the internet used to work, but now people have wizened up to the incognito business owner. They want to know you as a person and find out if they like you. Think about it, when you go to a local hometown business, why do you go there? Prices? Location? Personality? All of the above? I have about five grocery stores to choose from and I frequent the one where I know most of the people. Not only is it closer to me, but I enjoy the company and knowing when I ask someone about a product they are being honest because we have a friendship.
How do you create this relationship online? The easiest way is through social media–and that includes YouTube. You can introduce your products, show them off, give hints and tips, play some games–just about anything you think your customers would be into because you know your customers, at least I hope you know your customers.
Another great reason to use YouTube is because you can embed the videos into your blog posts if needed. Not only does YouTube offer an easy way to embed the video through the sharing menu, but there are also WordPress plugins that make it easier to just copy and paste the link to the YouTube video.
If you are talented enough to retain viewership and grab subscribers then you might be able to monetize your YouTube channel through Google Adsense. Note, there are a lot of rules when monetizing your video which also includes do not compete clauses when showing in your blog so be careful when signing up for monetization. Honestly, the worst I have seen them do is cut people off from monetization or delete the videos, but if you’ve put your all into it then it is going to infuriate you to no end. Be sure to follow their guidelines.
I’ve seen some people create channels that sell one product and then they blog about that product as well. Some of these people make hundreds of thousands of dollars through affiliate marketing. They’ve made their videos entertaining enough to keep the interest going and then when people visit the website they buy the products. It’s a pretty basic concept, but you have to keep it updated and interesting by creating videos at least weekly. Of course, you could get lucky and have a viral video which continues to pay for years, but those are few and far between.
Another great example are showroom floors for art, cars, interior decorating, etc. As long as you have a product to show then you can make a video about it. We have family members who use YouTube to display the before and after pictures of their interior design business. They also have a blog which sells products for do-it-yourself projects and show videos on how to install appliances and decor. Why? Because there are always going to be people who would rather do it on their own and there are national customers who won’t be able to visit their office. They’re making money on the sales of products to people who would rather do it on their own. And why not?
One more thing, because business videos aren’t always the shown at the top of the searches on YouTube, be sure to utilize your SEO skills. Add keywords and longtail keywords to your titles, descriptions, and tag sections. Make your descriptions sing about your video because the more information you add here, the more likely it will show up in the Google search engine as well as the YouTube search engine.
So why not check it out and give it a try? Get your face out there and introduce your blog, website, or business. If you’re shy then do a voiceover or hire something to do it for you. Fivrr.com is a great place to find freelance talent starting at just $5.00 per project. You’ll find people who do voiceovers, create videos, artwork, and more!
For many Americans, the 15th of April is a very stressful day. Many people put off doing their taxes because here in the USA it is such a daunting process. We’re supposed to be the free people and yet we are hounded by the tax man from local, state, and federal every year. I get it, the feds aren’t supposed to control everything which is why we have so many levels, but sometimes it can get a bit insane.
Normally, I file online. The forms really only take a few minutes if you have the information available. I typically store it all in one place and I don’t have a lot of write offs. I know that is weird having a business, but most of my business is online. I have my own office space, I use pens, paper, computer products, software, etc. but I don’t have any inventory. I consider that a blessing because I am not the most analytical person in the word despite my name geekmom.
This year I filed and the I.R.S. claims that I don’t have the same information as last year so it wouldn’t let me file electronically. Oh, the joy! I went back into my 2017 forms and entered the info again. Nada. So I put it off until the last day. I didn’t feel like dealing with it as I’m busy. I’m trying to work here, right?
Yesterday, the 15th and dreaded tax day, I went into the library. I didn’t have any printer ink and I didn’t feel like paying department store prices for it so I figured I would print the forms at the library. Mind you, that I did try this at the local satellite library a few months ago when I was originally declined. The library didn’t have PDF readers on their machines and for some reason my Chromebook couldn’t access the printer so I put it off until yesterday.
Our downtown library is this overpriced place that looks like a museum. They have about 100 machines (I’m guessing) to use, art for sale, and even a cafeteria. Sadly, I couldn’t buy a coffee because they were closed for the night. I feel fortunate because their meal menu isn’t exactly low carb and I’m trying to lose weight. Had I gone during the day, I would have blown it because taxes are stressful and I’m a stress eater.
I first noticed they didn’t have flash drives for memory cards. Both my PC and my Chromebook have the same memory card reader. I was hoping this would be the easiest way to get them printed and be done with it. It wasn’t. So, I figured I’d login to my gmail from the library PC. Nope. Bad idea. When I login from a new place I require a confirmation from my phone. I just bought a new phone from Verizon with a new phone number and hadn’t changed it on Google yet.
Idea number 3 failed as well. I couldn’t connect to the printer with the Chromebook. At fist I couldn’t even connect to the wireless at the library, but they must have fixed that somewhere along the line because fortunately for me, I was able to after a half hour. At that point, I created a new google account and emailed the files from the laptop to the PC and then I was able to pay a whopping $2.60 to print the federal and state forms.
Oh no, it doesn’t end there. I then headed off to the store to buy envelopes. They only had #10 envelopes and it was getting late so I bought the #10’s. I then went to the post office, which was closed. Both were closed. I could either use the self service kiosk at that point or drive to Oakland which is about 45 minutes away.
I took my chances at the kiosk. Of course, even though the labels are postdated the 15th, they were the wrong size for the #10 envelope. I had to put them on sideways. Can we all laugh now? They might not get there on time but damn it, I tried! At least they are post-dated and I have a receipt.
And that concludes my tax day nightmare of April 15, 2019.
Over the summer I find a cool Android App called ReceiptHog that will let you scan receipts for credits toward PayPal, Amazon, and Visa giftcards. When a receipt is scanned you will either receive coins toward giftcards, spins for coins, or tickets that will enter you into drawing for coins.
It took me a couple of months to get just $5.00, but five bucks is five bucks and I stopped using it for a few of those months because I had lost my cell phone. I also don’t go grocery shopping as much as other people do nor do I spend as much. If you are a big grocery shopper, then this might work well for you. Note that the longer you wait and the more you let the coin balance grow, the less the giftcards cost from your coin stash.
Is this something that you can do working from home? No. You have to pay the bills and this is isn’t going to do this for you. It will let you put up to $40 on a giftcard and then you can use that giftcard for whatever you like so it is almost like getting cashback from the store. I use mine to go on a free shopping spree day. Sometimes I use mine for office supplies.
It is up to you how you spend your saved $$. Visit ReceiptHog for more information and to download to your phone.
Here is to a very prosperous New Year to us all! I know it’s been tough for a lot of people for about 5 years now because I have had a very rough 5 years myself. This year, however, we’re all going to do great, I can feel it in my bones.
I’ve made some changes on the site. The job page will be just one page. It will not be a separate daily blog entry. Why? Because when the job is filled I don’t find out and people get mad at me and send me nasty notes. If you see a job you like then get the link right away because it might not be listed tomorrow and I do not store them here on the site.
I will be blogging more about telecommuting and home business help in this blog section. If you just come here for the jobs, the load the main page at http://www.geekmom.net.
Enjoy and have a wonderful 2019!
When working from you you will want to make sure that you have a reliable internet connection. Dialups are typically a thing of the past, but if you are relying on a consistent connection and you do not have one then it is going to be hard to do your job.
If you do not have access to cable or DSL another option might be wireless. There are many companies now who offer wireless services in rural communities. Some times these are satellite connections and other times they can be wifi. Even through cable companies like Comcast your can get your own wifi based connection if you cannot get the cable drop. If there is a business or other Xfinity Wifi customers around who share their connection then you will be able to work where you are, provided the company you are working for doesn’t mine at all.
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Broke? Don’t have a lot of money after the Christmas holiday but you would like to save money for next year and possibly have a profitable online business and start it now?
Here is an idea you can run with. I’ve done it before with pretty good results. You can get a free tumblr.com page and use it as an affiliate marketing site. It’s really simple:
I’m going to be quite honest with you, it is better to get your own domain name and buy your own web hosting. A domain name is only about $12.00 per year and the web hosting starts around $3.95 per month. The affiliate marketing is free as is the social networking and YouTube.
The pros of creating a tumblr site is the obvious: It is free. It is also easy to get a tumblr page popular on tumblr if it catches on. Tumblr posts used to post easily on google, but I haven’t seen a lot of articles lately from tumblr post high on google. It is also nice that you will have a mix of pictures from others and verbage of your own.
The biggest problem with creating a tumblr site is that tumblr can take it down at any time. Save your prose if you blog using tumblr. They used to not be friendly to affiliate marketing, but since Yahoo! bought them they have become a bit friendlier.
Just don’t put all of your eggs in one basket. Know what I mean?
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