By John Lynch
The wonders of the Internet and mobile phones make working at home far easier than in the past. Commuting , long hours and wasted time at the endless round of meetings can become a nostalgic memory.
However, working at home requires discipline. Images of watching day-time TV or pottering around the garden must be put aside. Self-employed people must keep focused on setting up the business and sticking to deadlines.
Remember, you have not said goodbye to the boss. Your customers become your new boss with similar whims and demands.
Essential tips for working successfully at home are:
Don’t become self-employed unless you are prepared to be very organised. Whether keeping records or chasing debts, the burden is on you to succeed. If you don’t do these things, your competitors will!
Get proper office space where you can work undisturbed. Avoid the living room.
Buy a good quality PC and printer. This will ensure good presentation and save on reliability.
Have good quality stationery, business cards and other branded material. You will be judged on them.
A good chair and proper lighting will prevent back and eye problems.
Tax assessment is often best left to a good accountant, especially for the newly self-employed. It will often save tax too.
And finally, don’t neglect insurance and pension provision. Remember the reason you choose self-employment was to enhance your quality of life – not to create a retirement nightmare in the future.
With all this planning to do, don’t forget to enjoy it. Good luck!
© John Lynch
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Thursday, August 02, 2007
4 Tips to Avoid Internet Scams
By John Lynch
If you are new to the internet you will come across numerous programs offering promises of riches. You may know about people who have become rich on the Net but you have also heard about the scams.
How do you distinquish between the genuine and the con men? Here are a few points to keep in mind when assessing any opportunity.
1 ) How do you recognise a Scam?
Usually a scam offers a lot of money in a short space of time for a small fee. You must must pay something to make hundreds of thousands. The job that you will be offered will be easy, not requiring any previous internet experience and it will require a maximum of only two hours work a day.
You will be given descriptions of the glamorous lifestyle you will lead in a short time. Exotic foreign holidays will be yours , and expensive cars, a bigger house, and a permanent end to the hated day job.
This income will be achieved usually through recruiting other unsuspecting people into the program as your sub- affiliates , who will generate passive income for you.
2) Are there any genuine Internet jobs?
Nobody wants an employee by their computer in another part of the world performing routine tasks such as placing advertisements, typing etc. when you can get someone who is local just as offline businesses do.
Genuine jobs can be applied for on the internet in the usual way through filling out application forms, sending off c.v.'s/resumes. These jobs are usually offline.
3)What can you do if you are scammed?
Usually nothing. Scammers are clever. They demand fees which are not big - usually less than $100. In this way they do not attract the attention of the Police who have more urgent crimes to deal with. However, bigger scams are stopped by the Police when large sums of money are involved.
4)What can you do to avoid Internet Scams?
Be careful. Anyone can have a website under a false name and false postal address. Anybody can start an internet business for a short time and swindle money. Then disappear only to open up again under another name on another website.
What characterises a genuine website?
A genuine website does not offer money for nothing. It has a clear contact address There are products or services for sale.
A useful site to visit if you have suspicions about any opportunity is http://www.scamfreezone.com It contains many articles about the more popular scams.
If you are scammed, there is little point in approaching the Police unless the sums of money are big. Instead learn from the experience and educate yourself about scams so as not to make the same mistake twice.
© John Lynch
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If you are new to the internet you will come across numerous programs offering promises of riches. You may know about people who have become rich on the Net but you have also heard about the scams.
How do you distinquish between the genuine and the con men? Here are a few points to keep in mind when assessing any opportunity.
1 ) How do you recognise a Scam?
Usually a scam offers a lot of money in a short space of time for a small fee. You must must pay something to make hundreds of thousands. The job that you will be offered will be easy, not requiring any previous internet experience and it will require a maximum of only two hours work a day.
You will be given descriptions of the glamorous lifestyle you will lead in a short time. Exotic foreign holidays will be yours , and expensive cars, a bigger house, and a permanent end to the hated day job.
This income will be achieved usually through recruiting other unsuspecting people into the program as your sub- affiliates , who will generate passive income for you.
2) Are there any genuine Internet jobs?
Nobody wants an employee by their computer in another part of the world performing routine tasks such as placing advertisements, typing etc. when you can get someone who is local just as offline businesses do.
Genuine jobs can be applied for on the internet in the usual way through filling out application forms, sending off c.v.'s/resumes. These jobs are usually offline.
3)What can you do if you are scammed?
Usually nothing. Scammers are clever. They demand fees which are not big - usually less than $100. In this way they do not attract the attention of the Police who have more urgent crimes to deal with. However, bigger scams are stopped by the Police when large sums of money are involved.
4)What can you do to avoid Internet Scams?
Be careful. Anyone can have a website under a false name and false postal address. Anybody can start an internet business for a short time and swindle money. Then disappear only to open up again under another name on another website.
What characterises a genuine website?
A genuine website does not offer money for nothing. It has a clear contact address There are products or services for sale.
A useful site to visit if you have suspicions about any opportunity is http://www.scamfreezone.com It contains many articles about the more popular scams.
If you are scammed, there is little point in approaching the Police unless the sums of money are big. Instead learn from the experience and educate yourself about scams so as not to make the same mistake twice.
© John Lynch
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For Extensive Free web marketing EBooks on Net Writing,Service Sellers,Net Pricing,Web Mastering,Affiliate help: http://www.merchant-account-service.com/free_courses_online.html
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Internet Basics: A Blog Is Like Aunt Mabel
By Grant Pasay
A Blog is like Aunt Mabel.
Ever tell something to Aunt Mabel? She's the one who, no matter what you tell her, everyone else knows about it before you've had time to get home. She's like the main entrance to the universal grapevine.
That's what a Blog is like (except a Blog is intentional and desired).
Blog is short for Weblog. Say you're going on a trip to New Zealand and normally you'd keep a journal to record the day's events. But Aunt Mabel isn't coming with you, so how can you quickly and easily keep everyone in the loop?
Simple. Use a Blog. How does it work?
* You go to your website (or some other website that's equipped for generating a Blog)
* You set up a new Blog (e.g., "My Trip To New Zealand").
* You create a new entry (e.g., "Day 1 - Heading to the Airport") and type whatever you want into a webpage form. This is your chance to philosophize, or rant or rave, or just give the facts. Whatever you want.
* When you're done your entry, you submit the form and instantly your Blog entry is on the Internet where anyone who knows where it is can read it.
* Then the next day, or whenever you want, you create another entry, and another, and another. They just line up one after the other, with the most recent entry at the top (just like Aunt Mabel who always has the most recent news on the tip of her tongue).
So a Blog is a quick and easy way to get your info out to everyone.
And that's why a Blog is like Aunt Mabel.
For a quick and easy way to get set up with a Blog of your own, go to: http://www.blogger.com (FREE online Blog service)
Copyright (c) Grant Pasay 2005. All rights reserved.
About the Author: Grant Pasay is a writer, musician, moviemaker, and author of the new eBook, "The Internet Is Like A Refrigerator: And Other Weird Comparisons That Make it Easy to Understand Everything From AOL to Zip Files." http://www.grantpasay.com/refrigerator/
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A Blog is like Aunt Mabel.
Ever tell something to Aunt Mabel? She's the one who, no matter what you tell her, everyone else knows about it before you've had time to get home. She's like the main entrance to the universal grapevine.
That's what a Blog is like (except a Blog is intentional and desired).
Blog is short for Weblog. Say you're going on a trip to New Zealand and normally you'd keep a journal to record the day's events. But Aunt Mabel isn't coming with you, so how can you quickly and easily keep everyone in the loop?
Simple. Use a Blog. How does it work?
* You go to your website (or some other website that's equipped for generating a Blog)
* You set up a new Blog (e.g., "My Trip To New Zealand").
* You create a new entry (e.g., "Day 1 - Heading to the Airport") and type whatever you want into a webpage form. This is your chance to philosophize, or rant or rave, or just give the facts. Whatever you want.
* When you're done your entry, you submit the form and instantly your Blog entry is on the Internet where anyone who knows where it is can read it.
* Then the next day, or whenever you want, you create another entry, and another, and another. They just line up one after the other, with the most recent entry at the top (just like Aunt Mabel who always has the most recent news on the tip of her tongue).
So a Blog is a quick and easy way to get your info out to everyone.
And that's why a Blog is like Aunt Mabel.
For a quick and easy way to get set up with a Blog of your own, go to: http://www.blogger.com (FREE online Blog service)
Copyright (c) Grant Pasay 2005. All rights reserved.
About the Author: Grant Pasay is a writer, musician, moviemaker, and author of the new eBook, "The Internet Is Like A Refrigerator: And Other Weird Comparisons That Make it Easy to Understand Everything From AOL to Zip Files." http://www.grantpasay.com/refrigerator/
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