Online Jobs – Work and earn money from home

For all those out there who love the idea of working in the comfort of your own home while indulging in a steaming cup of coffee, then, online jobs are just the forte for you. Not only does it allow you to choose the venue of work, but you also have the flexibility to work the hours that you prefer as well as the choice of the type of work and projects you want to undertake.

Let it be in copywriting, data entry, Web Design, Logos, Application Development, Web Programming, Graphic Design or those with an artistic bend of mind and can successfully manipulate Photoshop, you will find your desired online job projects on these sites. If you are a freelance writer or an aspiring one then you can also check out sites like they provide you with a flood of projects in research, writing, presentations, proofreading and even editing.

Predictably, as in any other career, getting started with an online job at first may seem insurmountable with the fierce competition from many experienced bidders. It is much like an auction house where the project owners/providers post their projects and the service providers interested in the same would place a bid on the project. This is where you have to be smart and should be able to standout from the crowd.

How do you achieve that? Well, here are some pointers. As you do not have previous ratings or references, you have to personally convince the project owner that you are the best person to execute the project at a low cost with maximum productivity and satisfaction. The first step would be to post a personal message to the project owner in the personal message board giving a brief description of your skill sets and previous experiences if any, relevant to the project concerned.

The key to nailing this would be, though risky, to provide a ‘sample’ of your work on the same project or related previous work you have carried out. Keep your message simple and personal.

Next comes the bidding. As mentioned earlier, if you are new to an online job website and have no rating it’s going to be hard work and hard work and more hard work for the first couple of projects for the least amount of money. You have to outbid all other bidders for the online job. Go ahead and explain on the message board that you are a little green behind your ears where this site is concerned and would appreciate a chance to work for the minimum price in the least time possible to maximize your ratings. For the time being (Don’t worry its not going to be long before you become a pro) its best to forget the flexibility of hours that was mentioned earlier and offer to provide the project in the least amount of time till you land the much needed ratings on your profile.

Most of these sites provides their own payment account services and a number of other options like Pay pal, Western Union, Wire transfers, Xoom, Escrow etc…as payment options. However, it’s always safe to let the website act as the moderator so the project owner can deposit the payment as per the agreement of the project, to be transferred to the service provider’s account on the successful and satisfactory completion of the project.

Last but not least, it is a plethora of online job projects out there waiting to be snatched by skilled and creative folks who dread the stuffy offices or like to have some extra dough in their wallet or are on a lookout for creative outlet.

So get going. Grab your coffee mug or snifter and spend time surfing projects and landing one too.