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The truth about work at home, affiliate, survey and internet marketing programs

As a stay-at-home mom, I decided several years ago to try to make money working at home to help pay for our boys’ education. I have spent many late nights after they’re in bed, trolling the internet looking at a variety of work-at-home offers. I would judge at least 95% to be either complete scams or a waste of time and money. Most of these are selling informational ebooks and, while you are getting an ebook for the money, most offer information that can be found for free elsewhere. Most fall into three or four categories: affiliate programs, paid surveys, internet marketing and data entry.

Affiliate programs

Affiliate programs will merely tell you that many internet companies such as Amazon and Ebay offer affiliate programs–that is: these companies will pay you a commission for sending them customers usually through a link on your website. Yes, you can make money this way but you don’t have to pay for someone’s ebook on how to do it, and it is not that simple to do as they make it sound. You still have to get traffic to your website or ad listing or wherever you have your link. This has to be the single most difficult thing to do on the internet.

Paid Survey

There are a lot of paid survey programs. Yes, you can make money with them, and again don’t buy an ebook about it. Also, some programs will make you pay for a list of companies that have surveys–don’t pay this either. The problem with paid surveys is 1) The amount of money is very small for most of the surveys (although they will entice you with offers of $25 or more–I have personally never seen one this high) ranging from a few cents to maybe $3.00. Many surveys only offer reward points (you have to have so many to cash out) or sweepstake entries. 2) They often take 25 minutes or more to complete (too much time in relation to the payout, in my opinion). 3) There are lots of qualifications: I have often wasted time getting halfway through a survey only to have them say I’m not qualified for it. Often, you have to take a free trial offer that you have to pay shipping for and have to remember to cancel or you will be stuck with an outrageous bill of 49.95/month or more!

Data Entry

Avoid data entry programs. Most of these are scams. The ones I have seen claim that companies are looking for people to type in ads for them. They make it sound like you will be a freelance employee of these companies. In reality, they are merely going to tell you to become an affiliate and begin a Google pay-per-click campaign (this is the “ad typing” or “data entry”) which you have to pay for yourself. They will try to get you to pay for “support” or “mentoring” or “personal training” not to mention paying for this useless information as well as membership to their directory of companies.

Internet Marketing

There are lots of these–most are ebooks about internet marketing that you can resell. I suppose you could possibly make money on these, but again it’s about getting traffic. These programs generally tell you that you don’t have to sell anything, you’ll make tons of money, etc., etc. But they really are just about turning around and getting someone to buy your version of the program. They consist of a landing page, a thank you page and an ebook. You replace the Paypal button with your own (most don’t tell you how to upload the pages or change the buttons, so if you’re not technically savvy you just wasted your money). So suddenly you’re in the business of telling other people how they can make money by selling this landing, and thank you page and ebook. This is what I call the Great Roundabout on the Information Superhighway.

Making Money on the Internet

People do make money on the internet–by having a website selling actual products, selling on auction sites like Ebay (my sister makes money selling books), blogging (by having Google ads or being paid for reviews, etc.), writing, designing websites, programming, having a popular website or video and getting ad revenue, websites like Squidoo that share ad revenue, websites like Odesk where businesses have a project and freelancers bid on the project, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and other ways I probably don’t know about. The main problem that makes most of these difficult is getting customers or traffic.

The main union representing parcel delivery workers, and the governing body for nurses have united to launch a new campaign seeking legal redress against the owners of dangerous dogs which attack them while they are working.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) claims that existing powers under the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act are failing to halt the rising trend of dog attacks on postage and parcel delivery staff. Dave Joyce, the unions national health, safety and environment officer, said both his members, and their colleagues in the Royal College of Nursing, urgently needed better protection to help stem the increase.
As the law stands, anyone carrying out their work on private premises has no right to claim compensation from the owner or occupier of those premises, if they are attacked by a dog while on that land.

The two unions are backing a campaign called Bite Back, calling for new legal powers to hold owners of dangerous dogs accountable for their pets actions while on their own property. The current law only provides for action to be taken if an attack takes place in a public place, such as on the street.
The Bite Back campaign was launched in 2008 in response to a series of attacks on delivery workers.
As well as holding dog owners responsible for their pets attacks, the campaign is asking for both police and dog wardens to be given the power to issue dog ASBOs on the owners of pets who behave aggressively towards someone before an attack happens.

It also wants to see all dogs micro-chipped so that they, and their owners, can be identified.
Dave Joyce added that, despite there being about 500,000 attacks every year by dogs, the Dangerous Dogs Act only results in convictions for, on average, 650 people annually.

The CWU said it was prompted to launch its campaign after two of the most serious attacks ever recorded on its members, reported to have happened in Cambridge and Sheffield. While parcel delivery and courier service workers are among those who have been attacked, health visitors, utility company staff and home helps would also benefit from the protection any new law passed as a result of the campaign would afford.

The risk of an attack by an out-of-control dog is one of the main risks home delivery company workers and other people who call at private houses as part of their work face. A recent survey by the CWU found that potential road accidents mainly affecting cyclists trips and falls all contribute to making their work risky.

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As talk of a thaw in hiring freezes rises above a whisper, many people are already planning to look for a new position when the job market picks up.Some 60% of workers say intend to leave their jobs when the economy approves, according to a survey by Right Management, a talent and career-management consulting firm in Philadelphia. It might be tempting to give the boss an earful if you land a new job in the coming months. But the way you quit can have a long term impact on your career. How to resign on good terms:
-Be prepared. Review your employee handbook or employment contract before announcing your decision, so you know what company policy is regarding resignations, severance, the return of company property and pay for unused vacation time. Also, find out the company’s reference policy to see what information will be disclosed to a prospective employer. If you have another job lined up, be sure to have your offer in writing before you resign.
-Use it or lose it. If you haven’t used vacation time and will lose it if you quit, you might want to use your time before leaving or link it to your resignation date. States like California consider accrued vacation time to be part of wages and must be paid upon resignation or termination says employment attorney Michael J. Goldfarb, president of Northridge Calif.-based Holman HR. But if you don’t want to burn any bridges, don’t take vacation and announce your departure just after you return.
-Make an appointment. ‘Be formal and make an appointment with your boss,’ recommends Tanya Maslach, a San Diego, Calif., career expert who specializes in relationship management issues. ‘Prepare what you want to say. Be direct and engaging — and be transparent,’ Ms. Maslach says. She also recommends offering to help make the transition easier; ask your boss how you can best do that. After the discussion, put your resignation in a hard-copy letter that includes your last day and any transitional help you’ve offered. Keep a copy. Two weeks advance notice is still standard but experts recommend offering more time if you’ve worked at the company for more than five years. You also need to be prepared to leave right away — some companies require it.

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