Monday, January 10, 2011

Freelancing could be for you?

If you ever heard and want to know if freelancing could be for you, check this post Web Design . It is about web designing but it can apply to any other type of freelancing job such as writing, doing odd jobs or anything you may have skill on. Check it out.

I talked about freelancing before on the blog, you can certainly check out that post here. Freelancing is one way to quickly make money, while your business is taking off. The web designer I work with, are freelancers, and they do damm good job, but do not charge arm and legs for it. Best way to find a freelancer or freelance work is though elance and other sites where you can post or look for right person or job for you.

Craigslist also seems to work for freelancing occasionally but since craigslist has every possible posting, it tends to get buried. But try it there as well, as you can not beat free posting.

How to start a business yourself:

If you ever need to write up a business plan in your life, this article might be helpful, check it out Home Business Plans for Moms Best thing I did was to start my business when I started making some money from my blogging, as my spending was increasing, I was able to deduct some business expense with help of my financial advisor. Having a clear idea about what you want to do surely helps. But I had not clear idea on what I want to do, or should I say, I had too many ideas and not enough hours to follow through it.

Thinking about business plan forced me to focus on realistic goals and still keep some of my dreams in check and some on hold. Even If you are scatter brain like me having right business plan will help, if you are better than me and organized then surely you are already step ahead of me, where I was. So, go ahead, make your dream come true and work for yourself. What are you waiting for. Now with economy down, many of my friends turning to business or some sort. It does not have be blogging, it could be pet business, baby sitting, cooking for busy working family and so on.

If you ever need to set up a business, I recommend going through Legal Zoom, they are one of the best. Setting up business yourself is possible, but laws are so tedious and depend on which state you live in, things can go complicated. Just save yourself some stress and go with legal zoom as I have done it. I believe you will save yourself your precious time and have all ready and in nice leather binder document mailed to you as they did with mine. Good luck

Is sitesell scam? How to make money with sitesell

Let's get this, starting a blog can be overwhelming sometimes. You can start with free blogger platform or host it on your site. Hosting on your site has benefits but can be overwhelming to set everything.

Starting a blog was overwhelming for me in the beginning, I simply did not know what hosting, word press, jhoomla, html meant or I like to believe myself to be smart but I am simply not technical enough to set all up. I tried hiring web expert to help me, they just simply charged too much. Until much later, I found one of the best and friendliest web design team who listened patiently to my silly questions and answered them without making me feel bad. They helped me get  started first.

At the start before my self hosting days, someone told me about sitesell, they set up a website and design and plugins (technical behind the scene part) and all I had to do was writing, which I knew I could do. But I like to always research before buying or trying anything, so should you. I found that many people thought sitesell was a scam and stay away from it. It was hopeless for me, as I did not want to fall for scam in the beginning of my blogging career, if there was any left.

That night, I went to sleep feeling down and sad. I prayed to god (yes, I do believe in God) to show me the way. and I was finally able to sleep. Next day when I went out for lunch with a friend, she introduced me a new person and we started talking about making more money as our job was barely paying bills. That new person said that she has a site from sitesell about crafting, which she loved and she was making about $220 per month on side for now. One day she thought of making enough money so she can quit her job. So, I told her, wait I thought it is a scam.

She told me, some people do feel that it is scam as you have to pay $300 plus dollars per year, but she says she makes over 2500 a year now, so there is profit for her. I asked her how long she was doing it as I thought it was beginner luck for her. But she said she was doing for 10 months. She also told me, there is no easy money, you will have to work hard and provide value in anything you do and eventually will make money.
God really answered my prayers and with her help, I signed up under her my very first site and I did not make money for some time but after 4 months or so, I made a little money and it was all passive. Meaning, my hard work was working and paying me when I was not working on site also.

Since then I have moved on and I also use self hosted blog too but I have kept one sitesell site still and it is making me $319 last month. Find out if that is right for you or not. Sitesell surely is not a scam as it is working for many people, it might work for you, only you can tell.

check it out here Leave Site Building for reasonable price. Hope you find it useful.

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If you read Smart Passive Money and other making money online sites,they talk about spinning the articles to post it article directories such as Best Spinner . It is powerful technique to get more content  that is unique and Google and search engine love unique content. I like to follow experts in the field, but I simply do not have large amount of money to buy expensive spinner that has monthly fee. While I have not used spinned articles myself as many of them do not create human readable writing. I found a  Best Spinner and I think it is pretty good spinner that does amazing job and and best part is you can get it free. They also have paid version as well when you are making money or need more features. Until then use free spinner and save yourself headache of duplicate penalty from google.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Freelancing Union

The Freelancer’s Union, a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, supports and represents the quickly increasing numbers of independent business people in the United States from Fresno, California to Fairfield, California. It addresses the concerns and needs of this diverse industry through advocacy, information and service. Approximately 30% of today’s workforce in America is comprised of self-employed workers which include freelancers, contingent employees, independent contractors, temporary employees, consultants and other entrepreneurs. As the number of independent entrepreneurs increases, the Freelancer’s Union strives to see to their needs. Many occupations are eligible for membership including Accountant, Entertainer, Occupational therapist, Balloonist, Leatherer and Plasterer.

 How it all Began

Former labor lawyer, Sara Horowitz, started Working Today in 1995. This was one of the beginning incremental steps in the direction of meeting the needs and supporting of the independent workforce. Working Today introduced the Portable Benefits Network (PBN) in 2001. The goal of Portable Benefits Network was to provide benefits to individual entrepreneureal workers who were in New York City’s Silicon Alley. PBN became Freelancer’s Union in May 2003 in an effort to better voice the desires that steer the self employed as well as better reflect the multitude of services that the organization offers including benefits, resources and advocacy.

Benefits of Membership

The free membership to Freelancer’s Union provides impressive benefits to the independent worker. Insurance is one of the main goals of the organization and in some cases it is being offered. Coverage areas vary by insurance type and there may be somelimiting  eligibility rules but the Union is striving to bring insurance coverage to the self employed in every state. Members also are eligible for special discounts from companies such as Allworth Press, Aetna Dental® Discount Program "Vital Savings by Aetna®", BargeMusic the YMCA of New York City as well as many others.

The Freelancer’s Union also facilitates training on various topics including legal, business and taxes. They also coordinate informational campaigns in an effort to promote [fair taxes, better options for insurance and increased visibility|better insurance, increased recognition and reasonable taxes|better options for insurance, reduced taxes and public relations} for independent workers.

Members can also publish a profile in the Freelancer’s Union’s online community and even set up their own listing in the Freelancer’s Yellow Pages. They can also log into the Gigs board to find clients and communicate with other members, other entrepreneurs.

Union Sponsored Events The Freelancer’s Union sponsors many significant events that are programmed to help self employed workers network and learn more about protecting themselves and operating a more streamlined business. One of the networking projects is through Meetup.com. Members from all over the USA can sign up and connect to each other on MeetUp. Other events that the Union hosts are seminars on skill building on both a personal and professional level. Seminar topics can range from Financing Your Business, Retirement - How to Choose Your Investments to Practical Information for Every Freelancer. There is a complete list on the Union’s website.

Home Business Tips 

You can start your business and make money dropshipping . So, what is dropshipping? In simple terms dropshipping is you find customer who wants to buy product x, and when customer pays you money for it, you just tell vender B that send a product to customer's address. Vendor has product, stores in his storage, garage whereever, they ship it and you make a big bucks after paying vendor company some amount. One thing I like about it is, that I do not have to store the product in my gargae, or go to post office to ship it. I can do it all from my home. You do not even need to be expert, world wide brand has all tools and help you need. While I am far from expert on dropshipping, I am making little money.


Always do due dilligent research and keep motivation while you are waiting to make money. That is hard part for me.