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Work At Home Tips for Malaysians

Work At Home Malaysia — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:45:25 +0000

Work At Home

There’s plenty of work at home jobs available for Malaysians if one follows some guideline or work at home tips in order to fully maximize your time. Many legitimate websites offer service provision opportunities, which if done well, the worker gets their money wired to the account of their choice. This growth in outsourcing can be attributed to the lack of jobs and jobs that actually pay well; on top of that, some people require jobs that they can do comfortably from home owing to necessity and responsibilities.

The advantages involved with working from home cannot be disputed. Everything from time management and comfort; working from home allows you to easily organize your time so that you are your own boss and you choose to work at the time when you know you’ll be most productive. This allows you to create a schedule where if you only work for five hours, you achieve a lot because you’ve programmed yourself to be most productive in that particular time frame.

Another advantage is there is no chain of command as it normally is in a regular office. If you want to make a decision regarding your work, whether it’s taking a holiday or reducing your working hours, you can do all that whenever you feel like without having to answer to anybody.

If you follow some simple work at home tips, you get a chance to start a home job that you may otherwise be unable to especially in the case of qualifications. Provided you can handle the job well and can be accountable to your prerogative, you will definitely find something to do. This is the fun and liberty that come with work at home jobs.

Having said that, it’s important to understand what to do and not do when working from home to avoid any complications. The availability of online jobs up for grabs in any given country may be limited due to factors such as languages, overall prowess and in some cases, the Internet itself may be regulated.

Work At Home Do’s

You should talk it over with whomever you may be living with in order to establish exactly how and when you’ll be working from home and so as to create the home office without destabilizing whoever else shares your house. Some people may find it difficult to set up a home office where they can work without the distractions that come from being in the house.

Depending on the type of business you are involved in, you might need to organize a spacious office in order to be efficient. If it is a matter of service provision where you mostly require a computer and perhaps a telephone then the space needed shouldn’t be much, but if you’re moving goods around, then a spare bedroom may be required for storage.

Working from home needs a lot of discipline. So in order to avoid difficulty, you need to look at the home office as just a normal job and create a pattern that suits you, from reporting time to the time you leave. Many people find it difficult to adjust to a home office, which basically looks like a part time activity.

Work At Home Don’ts

First off, you shouldn’t let the economic conditions in the country deter you from doing your job.
Also, if you’re trying to land a home job, don’t quit your day job before acquiring one that matches or far exceeds your current paycheck.

Don’t allow yourself to be distracted, no matter what the challenge. It may be difficult at first to adjust to the whole experience, but after some time it gets easier.

Do not suffer alone. In order to establish yourself quickly as an online worker, you need to create a network of fellow workers to get all the information you can on all the important factors in your specific country. This can done by connecting with the right-minded people on social networks like Facebook and twitter.

With these points in mind, working from home in Malaysia should not be that much of a problem, but if you encounter difficulty while working, you always have fellow networkers to guide you on some of the problems they face themselves, and so, building your home business can be done with much less difficulty.

Anybody can start working from home but it takes patience, skills and persistent to be successful.

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Telecommuting – One Work From Home Option

Work At Home Malaysia — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:59:34 +0000

Work From Home – Telecommuting

Approximately 40% of the current workforce claim they have job related tasks that could be performed from home, rather than at their current office environment.

For many, the idea of working from home is appealing. Working to a self-appointed schedule while spearheading work that feeds a passion, seems very liberating. For others, like stay at home parents, a home based job is a necessity.

Although almost half of all businesses in the US are home based, making the leap from working for a predictable salary to relying on self generated income, discourages many people who lack experience with project management, are not self-motivated or haven’t yet come up with an idea that will generate income from home.

Telecommunting could offer a ‘best of both worlds’ solution

Working from a remote location, usually a home office, known as telecommunting or teleworking, is made possible through technologies such as the internet, skype and faxes. Opportunities are increasing as telecommunications and computer software become more sophisticated. The number of Americans working from home at least part of each week, has increased by 74% in the last five years.

Telecommunting offers employers an opportunity to save money on benefits like sick leave and in turn compete for skilled workers without having to offer large incentives. Work at home employees save on expenses like business clothes and daycare and can use their skills to earn income from anywhere in the world, without having to relocate to find employment. Some have made a full lifestyle change, living in foreign countries while continuing to receive an income.

Anyone interested in being a telecommuter will need a place to work from and the proper skills and equipment to carry out the responsibilities of the job. There are a whole range of positions available for teleworkers and include those with office or writing skills, IT professionals, salespersons, teachers and management experience, to name a few.

Successful telecommuters treat their home work space in a similar way that they would a work place office, using a spare room as a dedicated location to work from. Assigning an area of the house for office work exclusively, helps keep everything organized and separates business from pleasure. Having a door to close can be handy to stop children from interrupting or work from encroaching on family time at the end of the day.

At the very least, an upgraded computer with high speed internet is essential for all telecommuting positions. Some employers require their telecommuting staff to be available by phone during office hours, so not all jobs are appropriate for those with a view to living in the Caribbean. Depending on the nature of the work and how the employer intends to supply it, more equipment may be necessary.

Transcriptionists or translators for example, will likely have to own speakers or headphones, a foot pedal and special software that plays back audio recordings. Some employers may require a hard copy of completed work, so a printer and fax would be necessary. Often the software programs required to get started with any telecommuting job are available as free downloads online.

Telecommuting job descriptions will list the requisite skills required in the same way any job posting does. Often employers are looking for excellent language and keyboarding skills as well as speed and accuracy. Regardless of the teleworker position, candidates will likely need to be internet savvy and will certainly need security software to safely receive and transfer files.

Those with specialized skills like writing or computer programming, or degrees in particular fields can use telecommuting to improve their job prospects or pick up part time employment.

Telecommuting positions can be found on the internet, but many sites charge a fee to apply to the positions they list there. Craig’s List is a popular free resource for finding telecommute jobs, but since each city is listed independently, the search engine parameters need to be set for all cities and all jobs, in order to display the entire range of telecommute postings in the system, regardless of location.

Many websites, such as Elance.com and Guru.com, list jobs for writers, programmers, managers, administrators, marketers, designers and such. While free to use, these sites require candidates from around the world to bid on posted projects. This makes it difficult for those new to telecommuting to compete, since bidders from developing nations are willing to accept much lower payment for the same service. Also, candidates who have previously won and delivered projects successfully, are favourably reviewed by employers, adding positive references to their profile and making them better candidates in the bidding war process.

Large internet job banks like LinkUp.com, SimplyHired.com or workaholics4hire.com often list telecommute positions along with direct employment ones. Typing the word telecommute or telework in the search engine will bring up a list of jobs on offer and those that are of interest, can be applied for by following the links and instructions online.

Sites like flexjobs.com and ComputerJobs.com offer a range of resources that are handy for telecommuters. Along with the job postings, they are set up to support registered and paying users to create resumes on line and deliver them to potential employers.

On the downside, these job bank sites often require job seekers to create a profile page or upload their resume to the site. This can be time consuming and has questionable merit. In today’s downturned economy it is unlikely an employer will search through job banks to headhunt telecommuters. It is far more likely they will post a position and wait for responses to come pouring in. By bookmarking sites that advertise telecommute jobs, a job seeker can keep current with the latest postings and quickly apply.

Some companies will only hire individuals who are legally entitled to work in the country that they operate from and others have particular methods or times for making payment. Potential telecommuters need to understand how and when payment will be made and received for the work they submit, how income tax will be paid for monies received and all the other conditions of employment, like meeting deadlines, before they commit to a telework job.

Telecommuting is on the rise and as more countries push to reduce their carbon footprint, work at home jobs are gaining approval as a green choice. In the US, 44% of companies now offer at least some telecommuting options to their employees, so even those who are not yet ready to make the leap into full time work from home, might find an employer open to the idea of allowing at least a day of telecommuting each week.

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How to Become a Book Reviewer

Work At Home Malaysia — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:26:56 +0000

It is a dream job to many people—read a book, write a review, and cash a check. It’s a dream because it seems out of reach, but becoming a book reviewer is not that difficult in today’s technological age.

The first thing you should do is write some reviews of books you have already read. Most reviews run about 600 words and include a brief summary that doesn’t give away any of the juicy details. Remember that you are writing a criticism, not just a book report, so conclude with a clear statement of opinion such as “must read” or “2/5 stars.”

Then put the review aside for a day or so, come back to it, and polish it. Be certain the wording is clear and concise. Double-check that you have spelled character names correctly and that bibliographical information is listed on the page. Many potential employers will ask for a sample review. Now you have a good one.

The next step is to get some experience. If you don’t have any official writing experience, volunteer work is a great place to start. Local civic groups often send out newsletters. For more work writing reviews, a local newspaper might be willing to print them, especially those for movies and new books. You can create a portfolio with electronic and hard copies of the publications that are accepted.

On the web, book review sites abound. You may need to write for some of those that don’t pay in order to get the specific experience needed. Sites like bookreporter.com and booksneeze.com are always looking for volunteers. Although book reviewers for such sites don’t typically get paid, they do get free books. Publishers will often send review copies to book reviewers who request them.

Once you have accumulated experience, it is time to contact the larger publisher review houses. There are the biggies, like the New York Times, but there are others that might be easier to break into, such as bookreporter.com, that pay freelancers for reviews. Many such jobs are also posted on internet job sites like monster.com.

Although it sounds pretty posh, the job of book reviewer is not for everyone. Reviewers need to be objective and yet able to render an opinion on a tome, they need to be able to read and write quickly and efficiently, and they must not panic over looming deadlines.

If this sounds like the job for you, then turn that dream into reality. Being a book reviewer can be a rewarding career with great benefits.

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Turning Your Hobby into a Successful Online Home Business – The First Step

Work At Home Malaysia — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:56:31 +0000

There are a million “make money online” opportunities on the Internet today. Many of them involve creating downlines by recruiting friends and family, selling other people’s products or marketing the main company website. There are a handful of people who do manage to make a good living off these opportunities, but for the most part the majority of people involved in online money making opportunities will fall far short of their goals and will most likely not receive any steady income from their investment. The single most profitable and rewarding long-term online home business is the one based on a hobby or skill that you already have or are willing to learn.

So, how do you start? The first step can be the hardest or the easiest, depending on how well you know yourself and your abilities. Take out a piece of paper and pen and write down your hobbies as well as any special skills or talents you might have. Then take out another piece of paper and write down any hobbies or skills you have always wanted to explore, but have never had the time or motivation to do so. If you find it difficult to come up with your lists then turn to friends and family. Ask them to help you come up with your lists.

Once you have your lists you will probably have to narrow them down. Most people will have more than one hobby or special skill or talent. The fastest way to narrow down your list is to ask yourself one question, “What do I want to do when I’m not at work and not fulfilling family responsibilities?” Keep in mind that while your online venture might one day become your full-time home business, you will most likely have to keep your full-time job while you develop your online business. So, you want to choose something that you will actually enjoy doing. There will be work involved in getting your home business set up, but the actual centerpiece of the business should be something that gives you pleasure.

With your lists narrowed down, it’s time to use your imagination and to do a little research on the Internet. In today’s world there are very few skills and hobbies that cannot be marketed online. Let’s assume that your only hobby is fishing. So, what’s unique about your approach to your hobby? Do you make your own lures that you could sell online to other fishermen? Perhaps you love to travel around the world fishing.

If you know how to write and you enjoy it, you could write articles for travel magazines, online travel agencies, fishing journals. Or maybe you’d like to work with travel agencies online to set up special fishing trips? If you’re computer proficient or know someone who is, you could team up to create online fishing tournament sites or online fishing games? Once again, if you find this part hard going, consult with family and friends. Or better yet, talk it over with your fellow hobbyist.

Another great place for ideas is the Internet. Let’s say that you make lures and want to market your own online. Go to any search tool and type in the keywords “selling fishing lures online.” Your search results will show you how other people are marking fishing lures online. Some may use their own website store, some may sell their stuff on eBay and others might sell through special fishing classifieds or online sites. This is where you will find other folks who are already doing what it is you want to do. You can follow their path or make your own.

So maybe you don’t feel that any of your hobbies or skills are marketable or maybe you just want to keep your hobby a hobby. But you still want to develop an online home business. Now is the time to look at the second list you made. Are there any hobbies you’ve ever wanted to explore? Are there any skills you have always wanted to acquire? Maybe you’ve always wanted to study photography. It is possible to learn your craft at the same time you develop your business.

A hobby like photography lends itself well to developing a home business. You can create a web site even before you’ve taken your first picture. Start with a blog about your experiences learning how to become a photographer. Add your photographs and digital imagery to your web site as you go along. This is literally building your business from the ground up. But once you have taken the first step and decided what that business is going to be – you are on your way. Always remember that the possibilities are only limited by your own imagination.

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Legitimate Work at Home Jobs for Stay at Home Moms

Work At Home Malaysia — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:42:16 +0000

The days of working from home telemarketing and stuffing envelopes are over.

With the advent of the internet, stay at home moms can earn a steady income in their spare time just using their home computer.

Below are several legitimate work at home business ideas for moms, or anyone looking to use the internet to earn some extra income.

eBay is one of the easiest and most efficient ways to generate cash from home. Moms can quickly sell their children’s outgrown clothes and toys for fast cash. eBay provides a user friendly selling platform, simple payment system through Paypal, and direct access to millions of buyers congregated on one website ready to buy.

Selling on eBay does not have to be limited to just children’s toys and clothes. Other good sellers include electronic toys, educational products, sporting goods, and video games. Many sellers keep an eBay bin or area in their home and accumulate items to sell on a regular basis. Instead of enduring the hassle of a garage sale, moms list items on eBay as time permits. The investment for this work at home business is zero dollars.

Article writing can also be a lucrative venture. Thousands of article websites exist on the internet and each site pays its writers differently. For example, eHow pays writers based on advertising revenue. Constant-Content pays per article sold. Bukisa pays based on page views.

Article writing requires no overhead and no cost to get started. Many stay at home moms have left rewarding careers in the workplace to stay home and care for their children. Many of these women are highly educated and have the skills, knowledge, and ability to write articles and post them online. There is no charge to submit articles to article sites.

Anyone who possesses computer, marketing, graphic design, or business skills, can sell her services in a variety of ways on the internet. For example, the website eLance brings together freelance service providers and professionals. Businesses and entrepreneurs place ads for the work they need, and providers bid on the jobs. Skilled freelancers can earn hundreds of dollars a month finding jobs on eLance. Many eLance assignments lead to long term and permanent arrangements.

Freelancers can also market their skills in the world’s largest online marketplace. Many independent contractors advertise their services on eBay in a section called Specialty Services. Categories include graphic design and logo services, artistic services, advice and instruction, and web and computer services. Simply create one auction or fixed-price listing describing your service and for a few dollars a month, your listing will be exposed to millions of potential customers.

Stay at home moms don’t have to limit themselves to direct selling, MLMs, or party plan type businesses.

Although these options can be lucrative and rewarding, most moms prefer to work from inside the home on a schedule that works for their family.

Working from home using the internet is a very attractive option that is flexible, profitable, and rewarding.

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Make a Living From Home

Work At Home Malaysia — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:53:55 +0000

With so many scams out there, many people only dream of staying home and making a living, but your dream can easily become a reality.

The reason for your desire to work from home doesn’t matter.

You can be a mom who wants to be there for her family, a retiree in need of an additional income, or even a disabled individual who has trouble making the commute to and from a traditional job.

More and more companies are coming up with creative ways to cut costs, leading many to make the decision to hire online companies that contract services from at-home workers.

Not everyone has the talent to write and work for the many online websites that purchase articles.

That’s not a problem, though, because there are companies looking for at-home workers to handle many tasks, such as typing, data entry, phone call handling, order processing, etc.

The advantages of hiring online agencies for these tasks are varied.

First of all, the company doesn’t have to have an actual company location for these employees to work.

This means no leasing costs, utility bills, computers, phones, or any other costs related to operating a business out of a building.

Secondly, the companies taking advantage of the ease of hiring at-home workers also benefit from the fact that they don’t have to provide any type of benefits to their employees.

Most at-home workers are contractors, meaning that they are self-employed and the company is not responsible for the contractors’ income taxes or anything else aside from paying them.

Most work-at-home jobs are just that—jobs—meaning that you won’t get rich from them.

With most of these jobs, you can earn $300 – $500 on a weekly basis, if fulltime hours are worked.

Many of the companies that hire agents to answer live calls and take orders from customers interested in ordering products require background checks and a great deal of training and testing.

The background check is necessary because most of the time you will be handling people’s private information, such as social security numbers, credit card numbers and bank account information.

Naturally you will have to understand everything there is to know about the job, which is the reason for the training and various tests.

Applying for these jobs is easy—all you do is go to the website and fill out the applications and you should receive an email explaining what the next step is, if the company should happen to be hiring.

On the website listed below is a list of several companies that hire at-home workers.

A few even offer benefits and perspective promotions.

Many people who work for these at-home companies often work for more than one company.

Working for multiple companies simultaneously is fine, as long as you can handle the work load.

You will find more companies who are looking for at-home workers than you ever though possible.

There are many types of jobs available, and it’s easy to simply click on each link and read about each individual position.

Freelancer.com has jobs in 7 different categories, so you should be able to find the perfect job that meets your needs.

From data entry to transcribing, numerous jobs that many people never knew existed are available.

The great thing is that these jobs are genuine, permanent and legitimate.

So, go ahead, apply for the job or jobs that you qualify for, and join the thousands who have already made the decision to make a living at home.

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Avoiding Online Work at Home Scams

Work At Home Malaysia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:17:12 +0000

If you want to work from home, there has never been a better time!

There are many options that are available online.

Of course you have to be very careful to avoid the scams, because there are a lot of things online that claim to be wonderful work at home opportunities but they are really just scams to steal your money or to get you to work for nothing.

When looking online for work at home opportunities you need to look at several things.

First, if you are looking for a work at home “job” you should never have to pay any money to get started.

They should pay you for the work, you shouldn’t have to pay them!

So if you see a website offering a job and it asks you for payment, leave the site immediately.

If you are looking for a work at home “business” you will most likely have to put up a bit of money upfront.

That’s to be expected with any business.

Before you sign up for anything, spend at least a few days doing research on the website you want to start working with.

Look for that website’s name in the Google search engine.

Post questions about it on Yahoo! Answers to hear what other people have to say about it.

If the website that you want to work for has a message board, contact other members that work there and ask them any questions that you have.

Make sure everything is legitimate way before you sign up for it.

If you can, you may try looking up the website on the Better Business Bureau website.

Do as much research as possible to ensure that you do not get scammed.

Now just because some people are not very successful at a job or business and do not make much money, that does not mean that you will get scammed by it.

While it is important to hear from people who are working where you want to work, you need to use your discretion when deciding whether or not it is worth your time.

Just like any job, there will be people who work there that are incredibly happy and that do well, and there will be people who are not happy at all with the pay and don’t do so well.

In some cases, you will just have to give it a try and see how you will do.

While it is important to not give out your social security number to just anyone, any legitimate business or job will need that information for tax purposes.

Many people see online jobs that ask for a social security number and they immediately think that they will get scammed and their identity will be stolen.

This is not always the case.

In order for them to be legitimate they need your SSN.

So be careful, but do not turn around and run because a job asks for your social security number.

After all, if you were getting a job at McDonald’s, they would need that information as well.

The most important thing is to not jump into anything too quickly or with your eyes closed.

Don’t sign up for anything that promises to make you rich or to make you obscene amounts of money in a short amount of time.

Take the time to research the business or job for a few days before you sign up and you should be just fine.

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Outsourcing – Get Others To Do The Work For You

Work At Home Malaysia — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:27:59 +0000

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Outsourcing

It’s very common these days to see businesses move jobs to overseas where its cheaper to operate.

This is called outsourcing.

As a Malaysian who works at home, you have that same opportunity though you run a small work at home business.

Typically, outsourcing involves finding jobs that can be done outside the office in another location for less money.

One day, you very well could visit a McDonald’s (not that we are advocating fast food over home cooking) and the person on the other end of that talking board could be in India.

In this world, anything is possible.

As your work at home business grows, you might very well find that you need help.

Even when you are highly organized, there seems to be more and more work to get done.

Instead of encroaching on family time, find a way to get all of your tasks handled without boarding the train to Looneyville.

Outsourcing works for the small work at home business owner, too.

Just like a large corporation find the tasks that can be done in another location and send them out.

Here are some suggestions:

1. Hire a virtual assistant. Administrative work can be such a chore and take up more and more time as your business grows. Hiring a virtual assistant can alleviate much of this burden. They are also entrepreneurs who use their industry skills to help your business grow. It is easy to find a list to begin by typing “virtual assistant” into any search engine.

2. Hire a part-time cleaning service. The housework is always staring you in the face when you work at home. Instead of worrying about it or compromising business hours, hire a professional to take care of the upkeep. Once you clean your home thoroughly, having a service to come in weekly will keep everything managed.

3. Hire freelance help. Freelance employees pay their own taxes and overhead. Sometimes you need the help of other professionals. For example, Internet marketing can take a large chunk of your time. Finding someone well versed in the matter to run that side of the business lets you concentrate on actually meeting deadlines or finding new places to market your business.

4. Put your family on the payroll. Who says you can’t use a little nepotism? You run a business, but it is all in the family. Enlist the aid of your kids, husband and other family members so you can get more done. Ask your husband to take over dinner duty a few days a week. Set up a reward system (such as shiny stars) for your kids when they help mommy by picking up their toys and keeping their rooms clean.

Growth is great but it can decrease your productivity if you continue to try and do everything yourself.

It’s time to get help.

There simply aren’t enough hours in the day to handle everything.

Find ways to outsource tasks…to everyone.

You will soon realised that your work at home business will flourish by outsourcing.

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The Realities & Challenges of Working at Home

Work At Home Malaysia — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:26:36 +0000

Work At Home Reality

While many tout the wonders and independence of working from home, whether you’ve got a regular job that allows you to telecommute or you own your own home-based business, they often don’t talk about the challenges that face the home-based worker.

Not that I’m going to trade the benefits in for a “real job,” mind you…

Some of the challenges that face any work-at-home person, whether they have been working from home for years or are just starting out, are tough.

For me, personally, they rank in this order: self-discipline, loneliness, family over-time, distractions, organization, and respect.

Self-Discipline

Self-discipline is by far the hardest thing to master when working from home, whether you’re working at your business or not.

While it’s easy to envision yourself succeeding and “getting things done,” it’s much harder when the real rote and tackle of work is in front of you.

Even if you absolutely love your chosen profession, there are at least some aspects of it that are tedious to you.

These are your biggest stumbling blocks.

For me, mastering self-discipline was the roughest part of those who work at home.

Other challenges on this list are easy compared to this one, since most of them are just the “excuse” you need to avoid discipline and getting things done.

Loneliness (aka “Cabin Fever”)

For some, this is no big deal.

These are people we’d normally define as “home bodies.”

I’m not one of those. I’m an extremely social person.

Luckily, email and (some) phone interactions during the day abate this problem to some extent.

I’ve also got other things I do to keep my normally fidgety self from collapsing in self-pity.

I walk the dog, I see a couple of friends for coffee at least once a week, I participate in political activities in my area, and I spend time with my family doing things… In short, I have plenty of things I do outside of my work (and office!) to keep me healthy socially.

Family Over-Time

This one’s tough and can sometimes coincide with the loneliness problem.

When your family members are home all day, as you are, it can easily lead to friction, a breaking down of “structure,” and a lot of other similar problems.

For instance, when my wife is home with a day off or a short day at work, we can sometimes get on one-another’s nerves or distract one another from tasks.

I have several ways to fix this.

The most preferable for me would be to own a large mansion with rooms defined as “suites” and organized into distance-separated sections defined as “wings.”

Since I’m not a multi-millionaire (yet), this isn’t feasible.

So I resort to plan b: a notebook computer and the library… I load the stuff I’ll need onto my portable computer, go to the library and spend a few hours working there instead of at home.

Distractions

The above problem is also closely related to this one.

There are a million things in your home environment to distract you: especially if the task at hand is particularly unsavory for one reason or another.

Computer games, hunger, the dog, the cat, kids, spouses, and various forms of procrastination are all things that can easily be distracting to you.

In my own experience, the dog and computer games are my biggest nemesis in this department.

The only way I’ve found to combat these issues is self-discipline using “rewards” for good behavior.

I promise myself that if I finish the task at hand, I’ll play that game for an hour or wrestle with the dog for a while as a reward.

Organization

By nature, I’m not a meticulously organized person.

However, I do have certain habits which seem to facilitate easy organization: namely I have a calendar and keep email archives. :

I recently purchased a $4 pocket calendar/weekly day minder.

On my wall right next to the desk is a marker board on which I write “To Do” lists (coded with special symbols like “*” and “‘” to tell me importance of the item).

I also have two marker-board calendars (one for the current month and one for the coming month) on which I keep short notes.

These basic tools keep me on track for the most part.

Other parts of organization include your office/business files, your computer’s data and backups, invoices and debits, etc., etc.

Coming up with **simple** ways to organize these items is key to keeping yourself from feeling “swamped” with details.

I emphasize the word “simple” because if your organization is too complex, you’ll start “cheating” and it will eventually fall into chaos.

KISS is a favorite military term: “Keep It Simple, Stupid.”

Respect

Lastly on my list comes respect.

Many people assume that since you “work from home,” you must be fiddling around with some get rich quick scheme and burdening your spouse, significant other, parents, the government, or someone else with yourself as you while away the hours in a dream world.

These are people who see you during your best hours and don’t see the 16+ hour days you’re putting in slaving in your office, the struggle to coherently write a web page, email, etc., etc. while functioning on three hours’ sleep, or your long battles with the IRS when filling out “self employment” tax forms.

To work from home without going insane or maybe to jail for attacking some nay-sayer, you’ll have to grow a thick skin…or make a lot of money you can flaunt in front of them to disprove their foolish notions…either one will work.

I personally use the first while working towards having the second.

So working from home isn’t all gravy. Oh well. Nothing in life is.

The true beauty of working from home comes from the independence, freedom, and self-reliance you gain in “going it on your own.”

It offers opportunity, excitement, mental stimulation, and more.

Take pride in your choice!

by Aaron Turpen of Aaronz WebWorkz

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Work At Home Tips For Malaysians

Work At Home Malaysia — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:24:59 +0000

Work At Home Tips

Since I launched this blog – Work At Home Malaysia in January 2009, I have been receiving a lot of emails on a daily basis which I find very hard to reply to all.

Most of the emails are from Malaysians who are interested in working at home and making money on the Internet.

Most of the emails asked me questions which are very general to answer, such as :-

Can I work at home and make money online ?

Malaysians can work at home meh…..?

How do you start an online business ?

How much do you make as a work at home blogger ?

Please teach me how to work at home in Malaysia ?

These are just some examples of what kind of emails I receive in my inbox everyday of the week !!

Actually, I have responded to a lot of the emails but some Malaysians are just too lazy to read what I send them and keep asking the same questions. This is taking a lot of my time.

Though I like to help people, I cannot afford to waste my time replying to emails when I should be writing for my blogs !!

I’m so sorry but I just cannot reply to each email that I receive, it’s just taking too much of my time.

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I don’t own an online business yet but I plan to have one up soon.

I’m a blogger so I make money online by creating blogs !! That’s all I do.

I don’t have a membership network site yet but hope to do one soon so all interested work at home Malaysians can join me. ( Many asked me how to join my network )

Some of other make money online programs that I joined are paid surveys for Malaysians and get paid programs.

I also make money by promoting these affiliate network ads at my network of niche blogs.

You can read some of my blogs here :-

- Make Money Blogging

- Top Affiliate Networks

Blogs that I read :-

- Problogger

- Shoemoney

- Yaro Starak

If you want to work at home and make money online in Malaysia, you need to do a lot reading and research. Don’t be lazy or you won’t see the money.

95% of the people who try to make money on the internet failed to do so, start reading and you can be in the 5% !!

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