Professional Organizer

Some people are just naturally organized and tidy. I think they are born that way. They just naturally keep their rooms, desks, closets, homes, garages, cars, whatever clean and neat. Either that, or they learned the skill at an early age and realized how much easier life is when you can find things!



Others are not so organized. They never quite seem to get it, or they struggle mightily trying.



A growing trend even in today's economy is for more and more naturally organized people to start home businesses as professional organizers.



Professional organizers have total control over whose stuff they organize and what kind of spaces they organize. They can choose to limit themselves to homes or even certain rooms such as kitchens or garages. They can even limit themselves to closets only! Through networking with others in their area, they can make mutual referrals for others who prefer to organize different areas. Everyone wins!

Professional organizers can set their own rates and can choose to charge by the hour or the job. Depending on the economics of the area, the nature of what is being organized, and the experience and reputation of the organizer, rates can range from around $25 per hour to $200 per hour or even more.

If this sounds good to you, here are a few links you can explore for more information.


Becoming a Professional Organizer


Before & After

Virtual Assistant

There is a lot being said these days about being a Virtual Assistant. The field is growing rapidly because many office professionals have discovered they can cut expenses while maintaining top-notch quality when they contract with a professional Virtual Assistant.

So just what is a Virtual Assistant? In a nutshell, a Virtual Assistant is someone who assists someone else through cyberspace. Almost any type of office work that does not actually require your physical presence in the office can be done as a Virtual Assistant.

This would include phones, appointment setting, document preparation, transcription, proof-reading, etc. The only thing you couldn't do is make the coffee for the boss!

If you have general office and computer skills, this might be the work at home opportunity for you. You decide who you want to work for and when. Schedules are usually quite flexible and you normally do not need to keep regular office hours, as long as the work gets done by the deadline. Just match your skills with their needs

Here are some sources of information to get you started and set up. Yes they come at a cost because the people who put these packages together work at home, too, and are asking for compensation for the effort put into what you get.

Prices vary widely. Some come with just an e-book while others offer support, and web site and more.

GoFreelance is a place to find work. Virtually all freelance sites charge a membership fee for access to all offers - especially the best ones, so don't be put off by that

Have a look around, and enjoy your Virtual Assistant career!

Go Freelance

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Hire My Mom

Virtual Assistant Classroom

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Just Add Sweat Virtual Assistant Starter Kit

Use your skills - become a tutor!

I have often read of moms who have set aside their careers when their children were born. Instead of putting their kids in daycare or dropping them off at Grandma's, they opted to stay home and invest their time and energy in their kids.

That is the best investment they could ever make.

HOWEVER, conversation with a toddler tends not to be intellectually stimulating. Before the mom invested in her kids, she may very well have invested in a college degree or other business training, and she might miss the challenges of those days.

She might also miss the income she once made!

So how can she put those skills to good use while still being able to spend time with her family?

Become a tutor! I think this is a great way to combine hard-earned marketable skills with being a stay-at-home mom.

Somewhere "out there" are people struggling to learn what she has already mastered. This mom has valuable and marketable skills that others will pay her to teach them! This can be done in the home or online and is a great opportunity for moms and others to earn income from home.

So what subjects could you tutor? How about

• All subjects taught in school
  A foreign language, or English as a second language
  Any type of Sport
  Any type of musical instrument
  Voice lessons
  Reading (Children and Adults)
  College Entrance Exams
  Computers (The senior citizen market is a great area to tap into)
  All types of art
  
  For more information on becoming a tutor, click here.
  

Where To Find Home Based Work In Hard Economic Times

If you have lost your job recently, you may be looking for some type of work you can do from home. The idea of saving money by not commuting and by not needing to wear profesional attire every day is very attractive.

The type of home based job you are most likely to find is either as a telephone customer service rep or doing some type of virtual assistant work.

Many businesses are discovering the hard way that their customers prefer dealing with representatives in their own country, rather than half way around the world. Unfortunately no matter how nice those people are or how hard they try to please, there is a language accent barrier that is almost impossible to overcome. Therefore many companies are hiring local customer service reps to meet their customers' needs. You can find a well-maintained and always updated selection when you sign up with Ignotius.

Virtual Assistants do everything an office manager or "Gal Friday" might do, but usually only for one person. When you find the right match - your skills and their needs - the arrangement can last for years. Virtual Assistant Positions can be found through Ignotius, LegitOnlineJobs, or Virtual Training Solutions.

For more information on becoming a Virtual Assistant, I recommend the BizyMoms Virtual Assistant Home Business Kit. As a bonus take advantage of their Holiday Special! Buy ANY Premium kit get the 2nd FREE (equal or lesser value)Purchase a Premium kit for yourself and give one as a gift- Or get them both for yourself! Not sure of which FREE kit you want? Get a Gift Certificate and decide later!

Stock Assault 2.0

I'm not a stock market junkie, but I do know that a lot of what is traded world-wide is done by computer. For each stock you are trading, a computer is programed to buy it when it reaches a certain price and sell it when it reaches a certain price. The "trick" is knowing when to do what.

This Stock Assault 2.0 software is so affordable it appears to put that high tech trading ability into the hands of darn near everybody. They call it Artificial Intelligence, and I find it very intriguing. You just let the software do it's thing and you do what it tells you to do! Even I could do that!

Check it out!

Home-Biz-Help BizOpp Review: One Month Affiliate

Many of the people quietly making a very nice living on the internet do so with Affiliate Marketing. By that I mean they sell someone else's product(s) and receive a commission for each one they sell. It is a win-win deal because the product developer sells far more than he or she could have alone, and both the developer and the affiliate make money.

I confess to being a bit "old school" in that I am not a big fan of internet videos. I like to read. I immediately click away from sites that start talking to me (over my radio that I listen to online) and can count on the fingers of one hand (with fingers left over) the number of times I have visited YouTube.

Nevertheless, I am intrigued by this new product One Month Affiliate. His story has a ring of truth to it - be sure to follow the link and check it out.

There are many many Affiliate Marketing courses online, some of them better than others. This one is different because it is entirely video from start to finish. Alex comes across as a very capable young man who has created a very good product. It comes with a money-back guarantee so if you learn well from videos and think this might finally be the product that will get you on your way to finally making money online, check out One Month Affiliate now!

How To Choose A Successful Home Business

It may seem obvious and overly simplistic, but knowing your likes and dislikes can help stear you into a home based business that is perfect for you. Think about what you enjoy. Gardening? Baking? Cars? Antiques? History? Travel? Fishing? Sports?

Also it is important to know what your abilities are and maybe even more important what they are not. For instance, if you are a stickler for details and obsess over grammar, you might want to become a virtual assistant and proofread for someone who writes about a topic (such as one of the above) in which you also have an interest. However, no matter how interested you are in a topic and no matter how much you know about it, if you can't spell words right yourself, that would not be the business for you.

I know someone who could work as a Graphic Artist from home or anywhere else. Personally I could NOT work as a graphic artist anywhere. My friend is artistic. I am not.


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