Save Money to Afford to Work-At-Home

One of the things that prevented me from working at home sooner was not recognizing that working at home cost less than working outside the home. Once I realized this, I also figured that the more I saved at home, the less I’d have to earn and the faster I could quit my job and be home.

I was recently introduced to Savings.com which says, “We have the best deals on all the things you want, making it easier than ever to search, find and share big savings from all your favorite brands and stores.”

But the site goes beyond the regular coupons for major retailers to include savings car rental coupons such as Enterprise Coupons to be used at Enterprise Car Rental that can include hotel rentals or upgrades. Other great discounts can be found for HP and Apple products, Old Navy and Gap, and Dick’s and Nike.

There are three reasons that I really like this site.

First, searching for savings is really easy. The main page will give you the deal of the day and staff picks, but if you’re searching for something specific you can search by store or brand as well.

Second, if you’re needing help on finding savings resources, it offers the ability to ask the experts. Not only will you get answers, but often coupons to go with it.

And third, is the blog which includes articles, tips and more about how to save.

And did I mention it’s FREE?

If you’re concerned about saving money and affording to work at home, check out Savings.com.



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Transcription Crash Course – Review

Loretta Oliver was kind enough to pass along a copy of her Transcription Crash Course for me to review.  I’m a concrete person and when I read how-to resources  I want to see details that people can actually take and use. The Transcription Crash Course was surprisingly fast and easy to read, and truly delivered a ‘crash course’ in starting a transcription business.  At only 17 pages, it has everything from the minimum requirements (including a free digital transcription program to listen to the audio), an audio sample to test your skills, tips on setting your rates, and how and where to find jobs, work and clients.

The Transcription Crash Course comes with three bonuses; 10 Super Important Tips to Communicating with a Client, The Importance of Time Management, and How to Deal with Slow Seasons in Your Business. While all three provide important information, the last one, How to Deal with Slow Seasons in Your Business is the most valuable. It highlights the importance of staying calm and provides suggestions on what can be done pick up the slack when things slow down. Every business should have a manual about that!

One of the best features of the Transcription Crash Course is the price. At only $17 its well worth the price to get the facts and no fluff on working at home as a transcriptionist.

To learn more or pick up a copy, visit the Transcription Crash Course.

How to Make Major Money Writing for Websites – Review

Jeremy Olson has put together a package for people who’d like to make a living writing online. As someone who likes to write and would like to get paid more to do it, I was very interested in checking out what he had*.

How to Make Major Money Writing for Websites is an 82-page ebook that covers everything from life as a freelance writer, how to find and keep writing jobs, how to make sure you get paid, and building an online writing a career. The book offers a good overview and it’s clear that it’s written from Jeremy’s own experiences in making money in online writing. He offers brief desciptions of the types of online writing such as ghost writing, copy writing, sales letters, and magazine and newspaper writing. He also provides information on avoiding writing job scams.

The ebook comes with bonuses that Jeremy indicates are worth $119.80 and include “The Biggest Mistake a Writer Can Make”, a book of sample queries, “Great Tips for Editing Articles and Keeping Jobs” and “Ergonomics”.

Review

How to Make Major Money Writing for Websites offers some good tips for newbie writers; however, it could have offered more resources. For example, it says to check job boards for writing jobs, but didn’t give a list of resources to use. Considering the number of writer-oriented job boards, it would have added greater value to the book and made it easier for readers to start looking for jobs if these resources were included. It also didn’t include information about ad-revenue writing jobs (are they good or bad for a new writer?) or the writing mills such as Demand Studios, which pays per article, but there is debate about whether or not it hurts the writing industry by bringing the cost and quality of writing down. Home office resources would have been helpful too such as how to get affordable word processing software, tools and equipment a writer might need, and resources for trusted online dictionaries and thesauruses.

Offering sample queries added to the value of the product; however, I didn’t agree with the newbie letter sample sharing that the writer was inexperienced. While you don’t want to lie about experience, unless you want write on spec or for free, I don’t feel you should highlight inexperience. My suggestion would be to focus on your knowledge  of the topic and use the query to show writing skill.

The bonuses on editing and the biggest writing mistake either need to be expanded or included in the main book. Especially the “Biggest Mistake a Writer Can Make”. I  didn’t feel it had enough meat to stand alone. The editing bonus does have good instruction on grammar and common errors (i.e. its vs. it’s). I see so many poorly written articles online that I think this resource could have done more to highlight what goes wrong (i.e. too informal writing, lose main idea of article, etc).

The ergonomic bonus report does offer important tips working safely.

Overall, I think its a decent resource to help a newbie writer learn the ropes about online writing. But because it lacks a list of writing resources (jobs, training, tools, etc), it isnt’ quite worth the $39.95 price.

To learn more visit WebsiteWritingJobs.com

* WAHS received a free review copy of How to Make Major Money Writing for Websites and its bonuses for this review.