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Writing Jobs Online: The Writing Sample Scam and How to Avoid It

There are many scams online in the work-from-home, freelance writing niche. One of the most popular is what I call the “writing sample” scam. While this scam usually doesn’t cost you any money, what it does cost you is time – which is your greatest asset as a freelance writer. You could wind up spending [...]

Affiliate Marketing for Beginners: How to Choose Merchants Who Make Sales for You

While affiliate marketing is an easy way to make money online, it does require some work. And, many who are new to it are pressed for time, have limited marketing ability and little to no money to invest. As an aside, these are the very things that attract so many to affiliate marketing. Affiliate Internet [...]

Online Freelance Writing Jobs Scams: 3 Ways to Avoid Them

Following are three things you can do to avoid online writing scams so you can spend your time investing in legitimate write-from-home opportunities. Never “Write for Free”: One of the most common online freelance writing jobs scam is the “writing sample” scam. The way this works is, a company will request that you write and [...]

Freelance Writers: How to Find Time to Create Your Own Profitable Line of Ebooks to Sell

If you’re a freelance writer, you know that between marketing for new jobs, handling existing writing jobs, taking care of back-end responsibilities like invoicing and updating your website, it can be downright impossible to find time to do anything else like finding time to write and sell your own ebooks. But, it can be done. [...]

Home Loan Help: What to Put in Your Hardship Letter When You Apply for a Mortgage Modification

When you apply for a mortgage loan modification, one of the most important pieces of this package is your hardship letter (also known as a mortgage hardship letter and a modification hardship letter, among a few other names). Before we get to exactly what to put in this letter, let’s first explain what it is. [...]

Home Loan Help: Documents Needed to Apply for a Mortgage Modification with HSBC and Other Banks

One of the best ways to prevent foreclosure is to apply for a mortgage modification. Even if your home is underwater, many banks offer this option because they’d rather keep an existing homeowner who wants to stay rather than risk having an empty property sit empty for months (or even more than a year) before [...]

How to Spot Online Freelance Writing Jobs Scams on Popular Sites Like Craigslist

If you’re new to freelance writing, not only can it be difficult to tell a legitimate job from a scam, it can be downright impossible. This is because online freelance writing jobs scams are evolving. Like all criminals, the scumbags behind them evolve as more and more people become hip to their methods. So, how [...]

Repair Your Credit: Two Little-Known Tips for Dealing with Debt Collectors

If you’re trying to repair your credit yourself, doing so can seem like a full-time job. But, it is worth it and can be done. You don’t need to use a credit repair service or other paid entity to do it. One of the things that makes it so difficult to do though is dealing [...]

Affiliate Marketing for Beginners: 3 Free Places to Find Hot Products to Promote – No Website Needed

If you’re new to affiliate marketing, one of the things you may be wondering is, “Where do I find products to sell?” There are tons of places to do this, but you have to be careful which ones you use because you want to be sure that: (i) you can find products that convert (ie, [...]

Home Loan Help: Insight into How HSBC Handles Mortgage Modifications Compared to Some U.S. Banks

In the fall of 2010, some large U.S. banks (eg, Bank of America) stopped foreclosure proceedings against homeowners because an investigation by the government into a practice known as robosigning. In March of 2011, HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, did the same thing. So, what does this have to do with getting home loan help from [...]

Affiliate Internet Marketing for Beginners: Are You Making This Mistake and Costing Yourself Sales

There are a myriad of reasons many don’t make money in affiliate marketing. But, one of the biggest reasons has to be program hopping. What is Affiliate Program Hopping? This is when you flit from product to product and program to program trying to find something that works. This can cost you success as an [...]

Online Freelance Writing Jobs: Why You Should Never Compete on Price

Rates for online freelance writing jobs run the gamut – from $3 for 400-word SEO articles to $50 for a 250-word blog post. So, how do you price your services competitively so that you get work? The answer is, you don’t . . . as in, don’t compete solely on price. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself [...]

Online Writing Jobs: 3 Things You Should Know If This Type of Freelance Writing Appeals to You

Online writing jobs are plentiful, and the demand for freelance writers who can produce this type of content is increasing. If this type of work appeals to you, you’re in good company. You can make a lot of money as web writer. Following are three things you should know if you’re considering hanging out your [...]

Online Freelance Writing: Skills Needed to Land These Types of Gigs

Many have lost jobs over the last few years. As a new year is just getting under way, quite a few have turned their attention to finding new careers. And, one of the most popular type of work-from-home jobs is online freelance writing. And, no wonder. It has a lot going for it, ie: 3 [...]

Online Freelance Writing Opportunities: Which Gigs Pay the Best – Blogging, SEO Writing, Etc

There are tons of opportunities in online freelance writing. You can blog for pay, become an SEO article writer, specialize in social media content, etc. As you troll job boards looking at freelance writing jobs you may be thinking, where should I invest my time? Which of these gigs pay the best? The answer quite [...]

Online Freelance Writing: Why It’s Easier to Land These Types of Freelance Writing Gigs

It’s easier than ever to start a freelance writing career, especially as an online writer. Following are three reasons why. I. Globalization: The world is now right at your fingertips – online. Businesses realize this and are putting their best foot forward to reach as many clients as possible. And just how are they doing [...]

How to Add “Commercial Trashouts” to Your Foreclosure Cleanup Business

According to an article from DS News, an in formative real estate publication that focuses on foreclosure trends and other aspects of the mortgage default servicing industry, $23 billion dollars in commercial mortgages will come due this year. This translates into the fact that right at two thousand commercial mortgage loans are set to mature [...]

Freelance Writing Online: Why You Should Ignore Bid-for-Work Sites When Setting Rates

You’ll find a lot of freelance writing online jobs on bid-for-work sites. I don’t have to name them, I’m sure you know some. When I first started out as an SEO copywriter in 2007, I kept running across these jobs on popular sites like Craigslist. But, when I’d click out to the ads, a lot [...]

Cash for Keys: How Not to Lose This Money if You’re in Foreclosure and File Bankruptcy

Many homeowners facing foreclosure seek relief by filing a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy. If you decide to ultimately give up your home altogether, you may be eligible for what’s known as the cash for keys program offered by many lenders. Home Foreclosure: What are Cash for Keys Programs? This type of program is [...]

Freelance Writing Online: How to Use the Competition to Price Jobs Right and Get More Work

One of the sticking points for many who delve into freelance writing online is what to charge. As freelance writing rates seem to be all over the place, it is a conundrum many face. Well, one of the easiest ways to discern how to price online writing jobs is to use the competition. They are [...]