sharon on November 27th, 2007

Something I’ve long dreaded came to be a few days ago (which is why I haven’t posted in so long). I got hit with a Trojan Horse Virus. I have great antivirus software and it did catch the attacks (there were so many of them, I lost count) but when it gave me [...]

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sharon on November 19th, 2007

Over the years I’ve gotten a lot of questions from readers about Medical Transcription. It usually goes something like this:
“I’ve heard that you can become a medical transcriptionist from home. How do I find a job in this field?”
While it’s true that there are certainly jobs available, it’s also true that Medical Transcription [...]

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sharon on November 15th, 2007

What a nightmare! My modem went kaput on Monday (my busiest publication day, naturally). After spending several hours (I’m not exaggerating, I swear) on the phone with my provider trying to get a new one sent out I spent 3 frustrating days calling clients to let them know that my ezine would be [...]

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sharon on November 9th, 2007

Where better to get advice on how to find a telecommute job than from someone who telecommutes herself?
I came across this great post today. There is advice on how to go about searching for telecommute jobs, where to search and links to lots of useful sites.

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sharon on November 8th, 2007

While submitting my article, The Reluctant Entrepreneur to a content site I thought I might add an interesting factoid to go along with it. The article is about introverts who run businesses and how the Internet has allowed them to flourish. A quick Google search offered up this gem by Jonathan Rauch about [...]

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sharon on November 6th, 2007

Landing a telecommute position isn’t easy. Finding them in the first place is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Then, when you finally do find one that looks promising, it’s filled before you can even click on “apply for this job”.
Why are they so few and far between anyway? Don’t employers realize the [...]

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sharon on November 1st, 2007

I just discovered a very cool site: Squidoo. It’s a great companion for blog sites. If you enjoy blogging, you can make money doing this or donate to your favorite charity.
I just made my first lens. Please take a look and leave me some comments
Oh, and thanks to Emily’s [...]

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sharon on November 1st, 2007

I often hear from readers who have a terrific idea for an online business, but they just don’t know where to start. Unless you know html, the idea of building a website can be pretty daunting. Unfortunately, this results in great ideas never coming to fruition. It’s really too bad that some [...]

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