Miriam Shutes has been ill or disabled most of her 50 years. She suffers from severe circulation problems which resulted in the amputation of her left leg. She also suffers from cirrhosis of the liver as a result of having to take antibiotics for prolonged periods.
Amazingly, despite her failing health and being unable [...]

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User Imagesharon (Who am I?) on July 29th, 2008

Got a great idea for a business, but no money to get it started? Today I came across a post about home business funding with a twist…you can join a contest and have a chance at winning money to start your home business.
One of the sites featured was ideablob.com from Advanta. According to [...]

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User Imagesharon (Who am I?) on July 28th, 2008

I just love hearing about people who have achieved success working from home. Today I came across a story from Busines 2.0 Magazine about how a stay-at-home mom accidentally built and sold a company for $10 million. Now, that’s what I call successful.
Back in the summer of 2005, Sheri Schmelzer, 41, of Boulder, [...]

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More and more companies are seeing the benefits of offering work at home options to their employees.
According to a report at MarketWatch, Hilton Hotels Corporation is rolling out a flexible home based work at home program for reservation agents. Because the program is so desirable to prospective employees, Hilton will be able to recruit [...]

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Yes, there are! Many companies have realized the benefits of employing home based customer service agents. It’s a win-win situation; the company saves on overhead costs, can pull from a national pool of candidates and the employee enjoys a 15 second commute.
Work At Home Jobs On The Rise
In his blog post on [...]

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Looking for a work at home job? I’ll give you 5 good reasons why you should consider starting a home business instead.
1. Telecommuting jobs are rare- are you? The only real work at home jobs out there are for highly specialized skills like programming, translation, transcription and such. What they all have in common is [...]

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User Imagesharon (Who am I?) on July 10th, 2008

I know I’m behind the curve here, but I’m finally getting around to getting myself into the web 2.0 arena. I already have a couple of social networking sites (MySpace and Facebook) and now I’ve discovered a few new sites that I’m having fun with.
One is Twitter. You know how on MySpace and [...]

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In a recent article, Anthony Balderrama outlines the 8 Worst Things To Say in an Interview. I’d have to say that there are waaaay more than 8, and especially when interviewing for a telecommute job.
I once posted a part-time telecommute job listing on my own site. You would not believe some of [...]

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User Imagesharon (Who am I?) on July 5th, 2008

I just added a new section at the site that lists companies that offer work at home transcription jobs. Most of them are not medical transcription, but rather legal, media or other types of transcription.
I’ll be adding more companies as I find them, so check back often. If you know of additional companies [...]

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I’ve got 2 fun contests going at my Work At Home Forums:
On Wednesday, July 2nd - we will be giving away $5 to many posters all throughout the day….. you just need to be on the boards actively making posts and we could Surprise YOU with $5 to your paypal account…..
This runs all day and [...]

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