At present, with all the problems brought about global recession, a lot of people are getting worried about their jobs. Companies are downsizing, which means massive lay-offs for employees. Have you been one of them lately?
If you're answer is yes, don't sit in a corner and feel despair. I know it's difficult to accept the fact, specially by then you would be thinking how you're gonna settle those bills, how you're gonna send the kids to school, etc. etc.
Let me tell you this: Treat that as an opportunity. You must understand that it's not the end of the world if you lost your job. In fact, if you could try to visualize it, it gonna leave you with an open option to choose whatever money-making ventures that you can get your hands on. There's a lot of opportunities for home-based work and business ventures. You have time in your hands, you are in control as to how many hours you would want to work.
You don't have to be a geek or someone very savvy on computers in order to work on these. All you need in a computer with a fast internet connection (or at least some place you can work with that in hand), and a particular skill, like ability to type, to do online research, or good oral / writing skills. You can search on online jobs and home-based jobs using Google or Yahoo and presto: a whole list of work is up for grabs.
Some advice though: be careful on jobs that requires you to pay for something. Be sure you read all the terms and conditions. There are a lots of work opportunities that doesn't need any form upfront payment to start, so better try those first. Read and understand guidelines on how you're gonna get paid, so that you can prepare for those (I'll try to discuss different payment schemes on my next articles). There are many scams out there so always take precautions.
So who says loosing one's job is such a bad idea. In fact, it may be the best thing that can happen to you. :)
Showing posts with label money making. Show all posts
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Seminar Accomplished!
Last night I was still at lost as to how go about my presentation on "Money Making through the Internet". I tried downloading a copy of my previous presentation, one that I presented in another school under the same theme, but realized it wasn't of much help because most of the topics deal mostly on I.T. application. I have a different audience to face, college studs who are taking accountancy and commerce.
After hours of moving back and forth (it's a mannerism I inherited from my Dad!), I was finally able to get something running on my computer. I took a quick glanced at the clock.. what! it's already 2:30 in the middle of the night. After some more typing, I finally got it right, with a few more empty slides to fill in. I need to get some sleep, I thought.....
When I woke up, the clock says: 7:05am. Yeah right, my seminar time is 8:00am and I'm still trying to compose myself. Fast forward...............
I'm still sleepy when I got to the venue, my co-league was already doing the preliminary presentation. Good thing he was assigned to talk for some time, gave me enough time to prepare and to condition...........
That's strange, I didn't felt that nervous when I started my talk, must have already fade away from several minutes of waiting.
Talk, talk, talk, click, click, click... I keep staring at my cellphone time, don't want to go beyond the time. I started around past 9am, ended past 12nn. I didn't even notice the long hours I was presenting. The students seemed to be attentive (what a relief!), listening eagerly to what I'm saying. A day before, I requested that small pieces of paper be made available to students so that they can write down questions instead of having to stand up and speak out (students hate that!). Well, it proved to be the right thing to do: I got several papers with questions....
One asked about how to ensure that when they work online, they get paid and not cheated:
I explained to them the process of escrow, wherein the website who acts as mediator between workers and clients would ask clients to deposit the money which is intended for service rendered. These escrow would remain with the site until the worker would be able to finish the job, with the money in escrow released to them. So even if the client suddenly disappears, money still remains in escrow and would be awarded to the worker later on.
Another question, about sample sites that offer web templates so that they can easily create one with ease. I recommended webs.com, and told them they can search more using google.
Another question, how to advertise one's product on the web. I said it's better that they put up a virtual store to showcase their products. They can also place ads in sites that offer free posting of classified ads like sulit.com.ph
What else can I recall.... ah yes, someone ask about marketing products or inventions, and about being safe from being copied by others. I told them they should have it patented or copyrighted first before they market those products.
Another question was about which money transfer method is best (I explain to them about Western Union, Payoneer, and Paypal). I told them that paypal is best at present because it's most convenient and cheap.
One more question was about disadvantages of E-commerce. Well I told them that it all depends on how much awareness they have about policies on the net, rules and guidelines of online transaction, among others. The more informed and aware they are, the lesser it becomes for disadvantages to pop out.
What a day! Although we finished at past 12, it was like a whole day, or maybe it was because I was too tired (and starved!)
It was a great morning for me, sharing what's new on the Net, and specially giving students actual ideas on how they can start earning on the Net. The best part was the "after part": I got a big treat for lunch.
I'll try to talk about other key topics I discussed during the seminar. I have to go, still a lot of things to do.....
After hours of moving back and forth (it's a mannerism I inherited from my Dad!), I was finally able to get something running on my computer. I took a quick glanced at the clock.. what! it's already 2:30 in the middle of the night. After some more typing, I finally got it right, with a few more empty slides to fill in. I need to get some sleep, I thought.....
When I woke up, the clock says: 7:05am. Yeah right, my seminar time is 8:00am and I'm still trying to compose myself. Fast forward...............
I'm still sleepy when I got to the venue, my co-league was already doing the preliminary presentation. Good thing he was assigned to talk for some time, gave me enough time to prepare and to condition...........
That's strange, I didn't felt that nervous when I started my talk, must have already fade away from several minutes of waiting.
Talk, talk, talk, click, click, click... I keep staring at my cellphone time, don't want to go beyond the time. I started around past 9am, ended past 12nn. I didn't even notice the long hours I was presenting. The students seemed to be attentive (what a relief!), listening eagerly to what I'm saying. A day before, I requested that small pieces of paper be made available to students so that they can write down questions instead of having to stand up and speak out (students hate that!). Well, it proved to be the right thing to do: I got several papers with questions....
One asked about how to ensure that when they work online, they get paid and not cheated:
I explained to them the process of escrow, wherein the website who acts as mediator between workers and clients would ask clients to deposit the money which is intended for service rendered. These escrow would remain with the site until the worker would be able to finish the job, with the money in escrow released to them. So even if the client suddenly disappears, money still remains in escrow and would be awarded to the worker later on.
Another question, about sample sites that offer web templates so that they can easily create one with ease. I recommended webs.com, and told them they can search more using google.
Another question, how to advertise one's product on the web. I said it's better that they put up a virtual store to showcase their products. They can also place ads in sites that offer free posting of classified ads like sulit.com.ph
What else can I recall.... ah yes, someone ask about marketing products or inventions, and about being safe from being copied by others. I told them they should have it patented or copyrighted first before they market those products.
Another question was about which money transfer method is best (I explain to them about Western Union, Payoneer, and Paypal). I told them that paypal is best at present because it's most convenient and cheap.
One more question was about disadvantages of E-commerce. Well I told them that it all depends on how much awareness they have about policies on the net, rules and guidelines of online transaction, among others. The more informed and aware they are, the lesser it becomes for disadvantages to pop out.
What a day! Although we finished at past 12, it was like a whole day, or maybe it was because I was too tired (and starved!)
It was a great morning for me, sharing what's new on the Net, and specially giving students actual ideas on how they can start earning on the Net. The best part was the "after part": I got a big treat for lunch.
I'll try to talk about other key topics I discussed during the seminar. I have to go, still a lot of things to do.....
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
How to Make Money Online: An upcoming seminar
What a way to start my blog!!!
I was invited to present a morning talk to CAC (College of Accountancy and Commerce) at the Universidad de Santa Isabel tomorrow (2.18.09). My talk will focus on how to use the power of the Internet to earn money. In such hard times, I'm sure it would be wonderful to make students realize that they don't have to keep on spending money in Intenet Cafes, but could even make money out of it!
Sound cool? You bet! I'm really busy right now preparing my slides, searching for the latest trends on the net aside from the those that I am already using at present.
Good luck to us all!
I was invited to present a morning talk to CAC (College of Accountancy and Commerce) at the Universidad de Santa Isabel tomorrow (2.18.09). My talk will focus on how to use the power of the Internet to earn money. In such hard times, I'm sure it would be wonderful to make students realize that they don't have to keep on spending money in Intenet Cafes, but could even make money out of it!
Sound cool? You bet! I'm really busy right now preparing my slides, searching for the latest trends on the net aside from the those that I am already using at present.
Good luck to us all!
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