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by Miranda Grimm
Who is XACT Telesolutions? XACT is an American Company, based out of the state of Maine. They are a highly respected and well-known call center solutions company. Fortunately for us trying to find a way to make a living and...
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by Erica Martin
Written By: Erica Martin My work from home journey has been a long and interesting one. Back when I started looking for work from home, I had been working part-time at a clothing store. However, I wasn’t making a lot...
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by Miranda Grimm
Affiliate marketing is one of the most popular ways to make a full-time income online! Being an affiliate marketer means you join up with a company to help promote and sell their services or products. In exchange for your promotion,...
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by Miranda Grimm
I finally took the time to update the look around here! I have been doing a lot of design work for other people and kept putting off my own. But here it is, my Winter Theme. Let me know what...
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by Miranda Grimm
We have talked about Slice The Pie a lot on the Facebook Fan Page, it is a fun way to make some good side cash. Slice The Pie is helping the music industry by allowing artists to post their music,...
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by Jess Weaver
The holidays are right around the corner and us work at home professionals need to earn some income. The sad part is that most writing work seems to be drying up. Places like Demand Studios, Merchant Circle and Textbroker are...
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by Miranda Grimm
Last September marked my official three year anniversary of working at home. I had done some small work prior, like surveys and answering questions for ChaCha. But my official ‘Job’ was with West (very brief time) in 2008. Three years...
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by Erica Martin
Written By: Erica Martin If you’ve ever had problems remembering things, whether it’s things you need to do or that great idea you got for an article or a blog post, the good news is there’s a program that will...
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by Erica Martin
Written By: Erica Martin Tax time is just around the corner. Hopefully you’ re able to claim enough credits that you’ll actually end up getting money back from the government. But what if you end up owing money to the...
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One of the most complicated parts to filing taxes as self-employed is knowing your tax deductions. A big write-off is your home office space and utilities used to maintain that space. But there are a lot of extremely important things...
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by Miranda Grimm
By far the most commonly asked question I see: “Can I really work full-time from home?” It is a difficult question to address as I don’t want to entirely discourage their work at home job hunt but it is extremely...
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by Miranda Grimm
I recently ran across a forum post where someone who had cerebral palsy was discussing his frustration with finding a good work at home job that would work around his disability. As he explained, his mind is fully intact but he had...
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by Erica Martin
Written By: Erica Martin Working as an independent contractor can be a great way to work from home – it gives you the flexibility to set your own schedule so you can have more time to spend with your family,...
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by Miranda Grimm
Today, I was fired! 2 hours after being fired: I am watching Law and Order reruns on USA, eating a cup of chocolate pudding- the kind with the vanilla swirled through it! It was the only chocolate I could find...
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by Erica Martin
Whether you work from home or outside of the home, chances are at some point you’ll have to deal with the IRS. The good news is, there’s a lot of information you can get from the IRS, whether you choose...
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by Erica Martin
Written By: Erica Martin About two weeks ago, Miranda wrote a post about what to do when you just can’t seem to find the right job for you. She offered some practical tips, however I wanted to try to expand...
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by Miranda Grimm
Work at Home Adventures was recently nominated as one of the BEST Tech Blogs of 2011!!! We are now in competition with several other blogs for first place! To make it to the top we need VOTES! and lots of...
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by Miranda Grimm
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by Miranda Grimm
There are many many sites online where you can complete simple tasks for a set rate. Erica recently reviewed mTurk and there are also companies like Shorttask and cloudcrowd. While these sites are pretty much known for cheap labor, many...
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by Miranda Grimm
Sweet Bottoms Baby was kind enough to give TWO high quality and adorable cloth diapers to one lucky WAH Adventures reader! Becky Ollar, reader and contributor, was gracious enough to put this whole thing together and provide all of us with...
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by Erica Martin
Written By: Erica Martin Hurricane Irene recently passed through North Carolina, the state I live in. Though we were lucky enough to only get some wind and intermittent rain from the storm, some of my work at home friends may...
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by Jess Weaver
Written By: Jessica Weaver Recently, I landed my first professional online writing job with Cheer Channel, Inc.Many people are curious as to how I landed a freelance job like this and what my plan of action was. First of all,...
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by Erica Martin
Written by: Erica Martin It takes only a few moments plus a little bit of energy and intention to get your day off to a positive and productive start. The way you start your day will determine how the entire...
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by Erica Martin
Written By Erica Martin: Working from home has many advantages, however there can also be some disadvantages- healthwise. Many problems can develop or worsen if they already exist, because of the stress that working from home can put on different...
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by Miranda Grimm
I am approached time and time again from people who follow WAH Adventures and other related sites faithfully. They are applying to jobs consistently and yet months later they are still seeking. What are they doing wrong? How are others...
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by Deb Knight
Written By Deb Knight: Summer is rapidly coming to an end, kids are going back to school and vacations are ending. If you are anything like me you have had a totally different schedule over the past couple of months...
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Written By: Jessica Weaver I have been working at home for the past 7 months and it has been an incredible journey. I am learning that things change very quickly and I need to adapt to that quick change. At...
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by Miranda Grimm
While Tax Season is still many months ahead of us, it is important to stop several times through the year and evaluate where we stand. As a warning, I am not a tax specialist and never would I claim to...
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by Miranda Grimm
There is such a variety of freelance work to be found at oDesk: writing, data entry, admin assistance, customer service and more! However, it takes a little know-how and patience to find the right job(s) for you. Katie from Genuine...
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by Jess Weaver
What is Title Editing? Work at Home Adventures has discussed Titling from Demand Media for quite some time. Check out Miranda’s blog post to get a more in depth feel for what Titling is. In layman’s terms TE-ing is exactly what it...
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by Miranda Grimm
If you have ever been made to feel your home based job isn’t good enough- Raise your hand! If you ever felt the need to defend the fact you are on your computer all day because you are WORKING- Raise...
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by Miranda Grimm
An online friend of mine told me about your site when I expressed an interest on Facebook about finding web-based business owners who can teach us all a few things about how they got their start. I was instantly impressed...
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by Miranda Grimm
Who is Cassie Rader? Hello, I am a 28 year old stay at home mother of three wonderful children: Mariah age 8, Catlin 6 and Aron 4. I have also been married to my wonderful and supportive husband, Travis, for...
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by Miranda Grimm
Working from home often means we can control our own schedule. While this is a huge blessing for us and usually the main reason we choose to work from home, it can also be dangerous to our health! When the...
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by Jess Weaver
By Jess Weaver: We all have those “Stressed to the Max” days. But, this was a really bad week for me. I decided to completely let go of my Phone Job this week. I was waking up every morning and...
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by Miranda Grimm
We spoke with Leisa Good last week about her Virtual Assistant Business. Angie Nelson also work in this field but as Leisa pointed out, there are an unlimited number of directions to take a VA business. Can you tell...
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by Jess Weaver
By Jessica Weaver Through this whole “work at home process”, I have discovered a lot about the type of writer I am. This may sound weird to some of you…but are there specific types of writers? I quickly got many...
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by Miranda Grimm
Update: Unfortunately, Customer Loyalty Concepts has closed down operations. Whether you are a seasoned home based phone agent or new to the field, Customer Loyalty Concepts may be of interest to you. While it does require a sales mentality and...
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by Deb Knight
Back in December Miranda gave her opinion of varolo.com I would like to take the time this week to extend on that and give my own opinion as well. What led me to check out Varolo? I saw an ad...
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by Miranda Grimm
We have talked many times here at Work at Home Adventures about websites where you can earn money by writing articles and sharing information. Many times these companies, like WonderHowTo.com, Hubpages.com and Bukisa.com, pay through Google’s Adsense. But if you...
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by Miranda Grimm
WonderHowTo.com is a public sharing site that allows you to create step-by-step instructional guides that can earn you money! Sounds like a great alternative to eHow.com, but my main question is—does it pay enough to make it worth the time?...
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by Jess Weaver
By Jess Weaver: I only started my work at home career a few months ago and I am just now seeing results. I have spent a lot of time filling out WAH applications. A person who wants to work at...
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by Erica Martin
By Erica Martin: It can be very difficult to balance work at home jobs with other priorities. Many articles have been written about the benefits of working at home, but regardless of whether you work at home or outside the home, you...
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by Deb Knight
By: Deborah Knight Being a Work At Home Mom (aka WAHM) is the ideal situation for those of us who need to make money but also want to raise our children and not pay someone else to do it. Unfortunately...
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by Jess Weaver
By: Jess Weaver Most of us who work at home try to set up some kind of schedule to make our day go smoother. I have seen several work at home moms post their “day to day schedule”. However, in...
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by Deb Knight
Post By: Deborah Knight Often times, in the work at home communities, you’ll hear people talking about their eggs. They are referring to the jobs that they do from home. You’ll also often hear the old saying of “Don’t put...
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by Becky Ollar
Hello. My name is Becky and I am a WAHM. (Work at Home Mom) There should be a WAHM support group. WAHM’s are in a “club” all their own. We’re not just stay-at-home moms and we don’t leave home to...
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