Work at Home Angel

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Income 4 Beginners

Income f4 Beginners is an interesting program. It is actually one of the only programs where they tell you everything up front before you invest the $40 to buy the program. The reason why they tell you everything is because in order for the program to work you have to get reseller rights to the program.

OK now this might get a little confusing,

1. You get the Free E-Book, which you download
2. Read the E-Book, through out the book the author will tell you over and over again that you will buy his program by the end of the book and keeps telling you to keep reading because there is a big payoff.
3. At the end of the book he tells you that you are suppose to send the person who gave you the E-Book for free $40 and then your paypal account will be linked to the same E-Book
4. Then you advertise and market the E-Book to others who will then send you $40 for the right to advertise and market the same book.

Honestly, it is like selling a product that does not exist. You really are not offering anything useful, you are just spreading the con and yes you might make a little bit of money, but is it really worth it. Do you want to be like the people that have forced sites like mine to exist?

Just my opinion.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Work from Home Opportunites

The Most Popular Home Jobs are:

1. Running a home-based business (these would be programs that you have to purchase)
2. Computer work
3. Data entry
4. Word processing
5. Telephone research/sales
6. Customer services
7. Proof reader
8. Market research

If you are going to work from home you need good a reliable mobile, landline, fax, email and instant messaging program. That way if any one of these services fail you can still communicate. Technology has made working from home a much more realistic option for many people. If you’re self-employed or starting your own business, working from home is also a good way of reducing your overheads.

It becomes more difficult if you are trying to break into the work from home job market as people tend to guard their positions fiercely once they have them. There are always plenty of advertisements, both on and off the Internet, for people to work from home but the majority of these are scams. Generally, if the company you are applying to requests money (and you are applying as a employee and not business owner, beware!

Top Three Homeworking Scams to Avoid

1. You send off your registration fee to receive details about earning a good income from homeworking. You receive a letter instructing you to put an advert in your local shop or paper, asking people to send you a registration fee! A similar online version of this are e-books which promise to reveal the secret of 'how to get rich quick' - the 'secret' then turns out to be instructions on how to resell copies of the e-book you've purchased!

2. You answer an advertisement for a position, such as a freelance proofreader. With the application is a piece of text for you to correct any mistakes. On submitting you will be then be sent an Information Pack, which you are charged for and then you find out the information is ready available on the Internet for free.

3. You apply for a position doing simple assembly work at home, such as: greeting cards, toys or crafts, and are asked to pay up-front for materials. The materials will be worth much less than you've paid,and often the assembly work you complete will be rejected and returned to you as 'sub-standard' and of course you will receive no payments.

There are, plenty of valid jobs you can do from home, you just need to be careful when first starting out.

Working from home can bring huge benefits, allowing you to balance your family and work time, work more productively and reduce day to day stresses.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Make That Dollar

MakethatDollar is a paid to click/paid to sign up site. I think this site is truly unique in the fact that you paid cash as well as Silver Dollars. The Silver Dollars are used to join raffles, purchase referrals (which is really cool) or too purchase gift cards.

MakethatDollar is free to join and free to earn. On the paid to click side, you must visit each sponsors web site for 10 seconds. In addition, they have monthly contest.

Again you are not going to get rich using this site, but it is an easy way to earn a little bit of extra money. :D

Sunday, September 23, 2007

BruceABerman

Bruce A Berman's program was presented to me as the ability to purchase a program for free and all you had to do was pay shipping and handling $4.95. Something did not seem right to be about this so I used my Citibank card for the protection that it has on purchases. A month after my purchase there was a charge for $99 and it was a reoccurring charge. So I had to report my card as stolen and dispute the reoccurring charge.

Citibank eventually gave me the money back, but be careful with anyone that says they will give you something for free, all you have to do is pay shipping and handling because it could come back and bite you in the butt.

As for the program itself, it was basically a bunch of audio CDs that showed you how to have the right attitude to succeed, no real program or instructions to follow. All in all, I would say this was probably the biggest scam that I bought into.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Dataentrybusiness.com Follow Up

Dataentrybusiness.com has created new section to their site for those people who want to work at home and not use Clickbank. It lists real companies where you can apply for a job being a Home Customer Service Agent, Home Typist, Home Medical Coders and Work at Home Transcription.

I still don't think that it is worth the original investment, since information like this available on web sites like http://www.wahm.com/ but at least now they are offering something other than affiliate selling on Clickbank.

If you have not read my first report on dataentrybusiness.com, please see:

http://bytemi.blogspot.com/2007/09/enter-data-online-and-earn-money-from.html

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Apple Patch Diet Affiliate Program

I received a request to try and report on the Apple Patch Diet Affiliate Program. I have not tried this program because after doing my research I learned that the Patch itself is a scam and nobody has reporting making money with the program. Let me explain:

The company offers to help people make money by selling the product, even though, you don't have to advertise or make calls (big red flag for me there, nothing is free and if you want to make money you have to work for it).

• When you sign up with this company, they charge you $29.95 and then they will set up a web site for you.
• They will then deposit $25.00 into your account.
• Whenever an Apple Diet Patch is sold through your newly created web site, you will earn $25.00.
• The company states that they will do all of the advertising for you. You do not have to do anything, however, they will not stop you from advertising for yourself. The more you advertise the more you will gain.

The people who have tried the program, have declared it a scam, they did not make any money off the site and lost their $29.95 investment. Yes they did have $25 deposited into their account, but you can not cash out your account until it reaches $100, so unless you make at least 3 more sales, you will never see the return on your investment.

In addition, they are charging $29.95 to have you market and sell their product for them. I have never seen someone charge you to be an affiliate, if the company had a real product, they would welcome the opportunity for you to advertise and sell the product and then share the profits with you. The Apple Patch Company is not making money from the patch, it is making by scamming people into believing they can make money online.

There is no definitive evidences to show that this indeed is an Apple Patch Diet scam and what I wrote here is what I found when I researched the product before buying it. I can not promote a scam, whether it is convincing people to buy a fake diet program or telling people to join and sell the fake program. I would not try this product or the Work at Home portion of the Product. I don't see the benefit and I think you will lose your $29.95.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Sell Your Designs, Photos and Images on CafePress

CafePress is a great site if you are imaginative or creative. It gives you the opportunity to display your items and sell them with no up front costs.

It took me about 15 minutes to upload the image I created, and then create my shop. If you are interested my shop address is http://www.cafepress.com/bytemi. I figure this way, you will know that I actually do try the programs and things I list on my blog. Let me know what you think. :D

How it works:

Each product has a Base Price that includes fees associated with selling and producing your product. You simply set your retail price above the Base Price. When you sell an item, CafePress keeps the base price and then they send you the markup.

For example:
Value T-Shirt has a base price of $8.99
You decide to markup the price to $13.99
When you sell one shirt, you generate earnings of $5.00

CafePress sends a commission check for your total markups once per month.

You can sell

Merchandise you design including t-shirts, posters, mugs, bumper stickers and much more;
Books printed on-demand; or
Audio and Data CDs

What CafePress.com will give you a FREE online shop to promote your products, produce each item when ordered, handle all payment transactions including major credit cards, ship your products worldwide, manage all returns/exchanges, offers customer service via toll-free phone and email.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

There are No Quick Buck or Get Rich Quick Program

I have been receiving a number of e-mails from people reading my articles and I want to thank each of you for contacting me. I would love to help everyone but I would like to state this so everybody will understand.

There are no "Get Rich Quick" or "Make a Quick Buck" Programs. Please don't e-mail me and ask me how you can make a small investment and make it back immediately and then some so you can take care of your family. I can not provide that information because it does not exist.

If you have question or want more information about a program I am happy to tell you what I know or what I can find. You can e-mail me at bytemi at gmail.com (replace the word at with the @ symbol).

Monday, September 17, 2007

Gomez Peer - Follow Up

I have been using Gomez Peer now for 4 days and I think I have a better understanding of it now. I don't know if you have ever used a program let SETI, but basically Gomez Peer using you Internet access to process the results of their study. The difference between SETI and Gomez Peer is that Gomez Peer pays you for the use of your Internet access. I am still not sure what the pay scale is but I processed 247 packets this weekend and I earned .19 cents. Not enough to retire on, but it is something and I don't have to do anything other than leave my computer on. I have seen no impact on Internet access and if I am surfing, the program shuts down and waits for idol time.

JUST IN: OK in an hour my earnings jumped up to .26 cents and I found the pay scale:


Online Time Payments (per day) $0.00
Processing Time Payments (per min.) $0.0008
Referral Bonus (per Active Referral) $2.00
Min. Monthly Payment $5.00
Max. Earnings per month $45.00

So in my first report I stated that you will get paid to surf the web and that was not a totally accurate statement, you get paid for having a connection to the Internet, after installing the Gomez Peer Client.

If you are interested visit Gomez's program details page for more information and instructions on how to participate in our new incentive program.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Caution Flags on Work at Home Programs Part III

5. Unsolicited offers or offers that arrive by email, that you did not specifically request, should be handled with caution. Legit companies do not do business that way, these are usually always a scam.

6. If a web site that is promising you big earns looks cheap and thrown together, most likely it can not be trusted. Look for obvious indicators, such as obvious spelling errors, poor site layout, or uses free services. If a site has a supportive parent company, the parent company would provide such simple things as a quality site template, newsletter software, or auto responder software. Further, if a company really knew how to make money, they would be making it too, and they would at least have a regular domain name and their own software.

Major spelling or language errors are a dead giveaway that something is probably not right. Everyone makes a mistake sometimes (search my posts, I am sure you will find a couple), but if the parent company is supporting the business, then the website template would not have obvious errors! If someone tells you that you all you have to do is enter your email address and click here to be rolling in the dough, and the above indicators are present on the site, then obviously they are not making money for themselves.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Gomez Peer

So I just found this program today, so I can't tell you or sure that it works or it doesn't work, I know that you have to apply and a lot of people get turned down. Basically you get paid to surf the Internet after you install the Gomez Peer Client on your computer.

The Gomez PEER is a secure application that runs in the background of your system, and uses your PC's spare capacity to measure the performance of Web sites. Your PC will join other computers across the Internet to help Gomez provide the most realistic picture of Web performance. And at the same time,you can earn cash for every minute that your PC is on and connected to the Internet! The more you run the Gomez PEER, the more cash you can receive every month.

Register for the Gomez PEER today, and put your PC to work. If you are interested visit Gomez's program details page for more information and instructions on how to participate in our new incentive program.

Caution Flags on Work at Home Programs Part II

3. Contradictions in advertisements. My favorite is in the fine print at the bottom of the screen that says that the average person makes only $X per month, and the amount is under $100 or this quote "*The income testimonials presented are applicable to the individuals depicted and are not a guarantee of your income nor are they typical. And finally I see someone who tells you that this latest product is THE way to go, but when you ask them, they are working five or six different programs, all with only a little result. You see a lot of ads online, and just about every site you visit has someones ad to all sorts of other things, each with a similar product and story. Some people get so excited about these programs that they buy them all and it is sort of like an addition to alcohol or drugs, but very few are successful. This may not be a reason not to joining the programs, but it is a very good reason to be cautious and research everything before investing.

4. Web sites that claim they know the secret to making money online, and then have links to different online programs, including other programs telling you how to make money. If they knew how to make money, they would focus on what worked. If anyone gives you or referrs you to a link for signing up for an online business and they don't tell you exactly what you can expect out of it or what you will be doing.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Caution Flags on Work at Home Programs Part I

There are many things that you can check before investing your hard earned money in work at home programs. Over the next couple of days I will be going over hints that a program may not be all that it claims to be. If you are reading about a program and it just doesn't seem right to you do a lot of research before investing, you are even welcome to leave a comment and ask a question about a program and I will research it and get back to you. No e-mail address is necessary, I will create a post based on your question. :D

OK First two FLAGS to look for before you buy a program:

1. Advertising strategies that conceal the identity of the business or what you will be doing in the business until you pay for their service first. Broad statements like "processing rebates from home, earn $15.00 per item processed" does not tell you how you get the assignment or what you have to do to get an assignment. This just says "dishonesty" to me. Not only that, but it indicates a real problem with the company's own confidence in its product. I mean, if you know system worked, and it is honest, then why wouldn't you want give a small recap of the service you will be providing. I mean don't give away the farm, but at least feed me enough so I know it is honest work. If you run into a business that does not proudly display the name of the company, then most likely, it means that they know that most people who try the business fail at it, and that the business has a negative reputation.

2. Anyone who tells you they can tell you how to make money without doing any work or paying anything (either one - they are not telling you the truth). This one is not something you can live with or change, this is a clear indication of a scam. Common sense should tell you that nobody will pay you for doing nothing. The Internet is full of these get rich quick, don't work things, and none of them make money for anyone but the scammer

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Get Paid to Submit Your Photos

There are many stock photography companies that pay you every time your photograph is downloaded or used by a buyer. If you enjoy photography, this is a way you earn extra income without much effort. Most of these companies have a approval process to ensure that your photos meet their guidelines.


Shutterstock - is one of the largest based stock photo agency. Photographers can submit any number of photos. Photos which meet their submission guidelines are approved within 2 to 3 days. Photographers are paid 25c every time a photo is downloaded. The minimum payout is $75.00, but if you close your account before reaching the minimum payout you will lose your balance.

Big stock photo - pays you for submitting photos. The rates per photo are higher than the average service, but submission guidelines are stricter.

Fotolia - get paid a percentage of the photo price depending the photographer rank and whether photos are sold on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis

Istockphoto - Minimum payout is US$100.

Dreamstime

123rf

LuckyOliver

Canstock

Totallyphotos

Monday, September 10, 2007

Make More with Get Paid to Read E-Mails

5 Different get paid to read e-mails sites have been posted and explain and whereas you will make a little bit of extra money with these sites referrals are the key to increasing your earnings.

You don't actually have to pay for this advertising, whether you are trying your hand at Affiliate advertising or just trying to increase your downline. You can join sites to advertise for free.

If you want to advertise your blog or web site http://www.craigslist.org/ is a good site, but you can not post affiliate links or downline advertisements.

If you want to advertise affiliate links or paid to read programs, you should consider joining Traffic Swarm.

Traffic Swarm is a Link Exchange program, it is free to join and every time you load the home page you receive one credit. You also receive credits by visiting other peoples sites and learning more about other paid to read sites or programs. But the key here is that other people will view your advertisements and hopefully join your Paid to Read sites and give you a downline so now you are earning for reading sites yourself and also for the sites that your downline is reading.

Open Your Own Online Dollar Store Free for 14 Days

I found this site that will give you your very own Dollar Store for free.

I have seen many get your own Dollar Store advertisements but this is the first time I have seen it for free for 14 days. I love it when I can try something before I invest money. Here is what you get for signing up:

Your Own Online Dollar Store Website (Online Dollar Store Website is Free for 14 days).
Instant Online Store Setup
Franchise Fees WAIVED
Hundreds of Name brand Products to Sell
Commission on Every Sale
MyDollarShop.com QuickStart Guide:

- MyDollarShop Startup Quickstart DVD
- Training: Personal Wealth Assessment
- Training: How To Set Up Your Wealth Account
- Training: Individual Retirement Worksheet
- Training: Guide To Business Tax Deductions
- Training: Need To Know Accounting Terms
- Training: To Incorporate Or Not To Incorporate

FREE Marketing Consultation

The way I see it, I have nothing to lose but a little bit of my time and something to gain if it works. To get your free Dollar Stor Click Here

Saturday, September 08, 2007

Getafreelancer.com

If you are looking for Data Entry work at home or if you want to become a freelance programmer, web designer, copywriter or translator and let Get A Freelancer help you find customers from all over the world! It's free to sign up. There are thousands of projects currently available see below:

.NET (147)
C/C++ (122)
Data Processing (125)
Flash (209)
Java (116)
Link Building (145)
Perl/CGI (69)
Proofreading (56)
System Admin. (62)
Virtual Reality (20)
Website Security (51) ASP (113)
Cold Fusion (10)
Delphi (22)
Graphic Design (270)
Javascript (144)
Linux (99)
Photography (17)
Python (18)
Telemarketing (55)
Visual Basic (53)
Windows (64)Audio Services (20)
Copywriting (183)
Electronics (8)
Handheld / PDA (16)
JSP (30)
Logo Design (121)
PHP (593)
Script Installation (147)
Training (14)
Web Promotion (209)
Wireless (14)Banner Design (57)
Data Entry (138)
Engineering (36)
J2EE (26)
Legal Advice (15)
Market Research (95)
Project Management (83)
SEO (245)
Translation (38)
Website Design (563)
XML (110)

Thursday, September 06, 2007

The Butterfly Marketing Manuscript

OK we are leaving the free programs again for just one post, so I can tell you about The Butterfly MarketingManuscript, which is a great program. The cost of the program is a little steep, at $97, however, if you spend the money and follow the program, I am confident that you will make your money back within the first month of using the system. This is not just another Affiliate Marketing Program, this teaches you everything you need to know to succeed at Internet marketing:

Here is what you get:

INCLUDES:
- The Plug-N-Play Viral Website Making Software
- The "Butterfly Marketing Manuscript"
- FireSale Script Plug In
- The Viral 'Thank You Page Script' Plug In with One Time Offer Module and List Builder
- Giveaway Script Plug In
- Instant One-Time-Offer Page Plug In
- Mike Filsaime Teaching Butterfly Marketing On Stage

I would like you to know that Butterfly Marketing is not just some Internet net marketing course like you all have seen in the past. Butterfly Marketing is a high quality profitable online business.


The Butterfly Marketing Manuscript

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Did You Know You Could Work for Google Part Time - No Adsense or AdWords Here

Google is looking for part time quality raters and ads quality raters working from home (telecommute jobs). High speed internet connection, web research skills and good written communication skills are required. For quality raters, work authorization is required . There is no test for ads quality raters but quality raters have to take a test. They also require raters with knowledge of foreign languages like French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.


These jobs are available in USA or Canada and quality raters are employed through WorkforceLogic.


This part time work is usually for 30 hours a week. Quality raters have reported payment rates between US$10-US$19 per hour on work at home forums. Raters are employed for a maximum period of 12 months and receive a weekly check from WorkforceLogic. After working for 12 months, they have to take a break.


After getting the job, raters are sent training material and have to sign a non disclosure agreement.

Blogging For Dollars

I have been using Blogging for Dollars for a while now and I paid $49.95 for the program. I just checked the web site and for a limited time, you can get Blogging for Dollars for free, all you pay is shipping and handling, I don't know if there is a catch involved here because I paid for my copy, but if you are interested in Earning money from home, I would give them a try.

You will receive the following:

Your own Pre-Built Blogging Website
Blog About This - A book with exercises on how to create posts
Bloggers Guide to Profits
Blogging Mae Easy
Building a Blog Empire

You will also receive an instant traffic guide, to help build your pages rankings with the search engines.

I am sure that many of you are wondering why blog, what is the point, how do you earn. Well I can tell you that every time someone clicks on the links on the right hand side of the screen, the ones that say Ads by Google, I receive a small portion of ad revenue from Google. If you do a search from my page, and click on the Google Ads that appear, I get paid. That is the principle behind Blogging for Dollars.

You can create your very own money producing blog with this e-book.

Saturday, September 01, 2007

Enter Data Online and Earn Money From Home!

Dataentrybusiness.com was one of my first attempts to work at home. I joined because the website advertised as follows:

"Would you like to earn an extra $200 every day?, for just 45 minutes work? You could quit your job and make double the money at home working for yourself. Companies are currently looking for data entry workers worldwide to enter data online. Rates of pay are excellent from $200 a day and up. We have over 8000 current members earning extra money from their own home. This is not some get-rich-quick scheme, and we can guarantee an income of $200 a day or your money back! If you want to earn from home for entering data, please keep reading:"

At the top of the screen it states that they have been rated by Yahoo News, Google News, Fox 5 and CNN! Well in the beginning I had no idea what research was or how to see if what they were claiming was true, so I spent the $49 to buy the program, I mean the price will be going up soon I have to buy it now (the price is still the same as it was two years ago, it is never going up).

Here are the claims of the sites and then the truth. Do not buy this product without know the truth:

1. Select a company from the online catalog - The online catalog that they are referring too, is clickbank or paydotcom. It is not their information.
2. Login to your account to access the data forms - You have to create a Google Adwords or a Yahoo Overture account, which means you have to pay to advertise in order to make a profit.
3. Copy and Paste the data from our members area - They do not tell you what products to select or even give you the data to enter into the forms, you have to figure that out on your own.
4. Submit the form
5. Thats It! You will be paid by check or direct deposit - Clickbank or paydotcom will send you a check, but you have to meet their requirements first. 5 purchases with one MasterCard and at least one Visa and anyone that buys a product you selling using PayPal you don't get credit for.
6.Our members are making substantial incomes working just 30 minutes - 1 hour a day! - OK have over two years of using this product I have spend $150 in advertising and my clickbank account is at $149 and still has not cashed out because I have not met the 5 purchase requirements.

So for $49 I received instructions for things I could have figured out on my own, spent $150 in advertising which I made back by selling products, but I can't extract the money. Don't believe the claims, you will not able to retire using this program.