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If you are just exploring the idea of working from home and you don’t know where to start it can be really overwhelming when starting your research online.  There are so many great opportunites for working from home and you just need to find the work at home business or job that will work best for you and your family.  I have made a short list of some great and low cost ideas for working from home.  Take a look and see what idea sounds right for you.

1. Start a virtual assistant business.   There are so many things that need to be done to make a business successful online and there are tons of businesses out there looking for good assistants to help lessen the load. The skills required range from article writing, copywriting, article submission, blog posts, web 2.0 posts, forum posting, answering emails, entering data, product input, you name it and there is someone out there looking for help in these areas.
2. Selling on Ebay.  Ebay is still a great way to make some money.  It is so easy to get started that most people who currently work online full time will probably tell you that their first experience selling online was through ebay.  Start selling stuff form your attic to learn the process and then keep doing your research to expand it into a real business–have you ever heard of Ebay Power Sellers?  These are people making a real full time income from selling products online.  Once you have sold all of your personal attic items then you can look into dropshipping.   This is a great way to sell online without having to put alot of money into inventory.
3. Start an online boutique.   This is how I started out at Barefoot Bella and it is a great way to make money from home.  Nowadays you can start an online store for a few 100 dollars.  You don’t even need to carry inventory if you don’t want to (although I do) because there are tons of companies who are willing to drop ship their products for you so you can keep your start up costs really low.
4. Start a Mom Taxi Business.  This business is not an internet based business but it is a great way for moms to make extra money while being able to stay at home with their kids.  There is a service like this offered at one of our local preschools–a few moms started a business transporting children for other moms to and from preschool or daycare–or even other extra curriculum activities–when your schedule just won’t work without a little help.  I know with my own schedule sometimes it is really difficult to get everybody where they need to be especially when you have numerous children doing many activities.  So market on that aspect because I know I am not the only mom out there that has scheduling conflicts these days.  These moms also include a few hours of babysitting when needed and a lot of times they are already traveling to and from these places with their own children.  You would be offering a convenience for moms that is defiantely worth paying for.
5. Start a Blog.  If you learn how to generate traffic to your blog you can make extra money from advertising spots, affiliate marketing, and even receive free products for doing product reviews.  This is a great avenue for extra income that doesn’t take a lot of time to maintain each week.

So there you have it 5 great ideas for work at home businesses.  Think about what would work best for you- do your research and then get started!!

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Article Marketing is a great way to get more traffic to your website and create a presence online.  The best advice I can give you about article marketing is to make sure you provide good quality and unique content.  I’m sure you have heard that content is king when working online and this definately applies when you are writing articles.

The main idea of writing articles is to become an expert in your field or niche market.  If someone is looking for advice or information on a certain topic your article might just be the thing that gets them interested in your knowledge and therefore start a relationship with that hopefully soon to be customer.

The more quality articles you write the more exposure you will have to your niche and the more other people related to your niche will want to publish your articles on their websites.  People are always looking for good content to fill their websites and your quality content might just be exactly what they are looking for.  You can sometimes find newsletters looking for content to use and you may even be able to provide articles exclusively for certain ezines or websites in your niche.  Make sure to keep an eye out for people searching for blog contributors or guest writers so you can contact them to see if you would be a good fit to contribute.

The key to article marketing is to get your content out there in front of your niche market.  You can do this several ways.  The easiest way is to submit your article to multiple article directories.  I always submit my articles to www.ezinearticles.com but you also want to find directories that focus specifically on your niche.  Make sure you track your articles also–so you can see which directories you have the best success with so that way you can focus on them the most.

And remember don’t try to “sell” in your article.  Your main goal is to give quality information to your reader and to build a presence and trust in your knowledge of your niche.  You will have a chance to inform your reader about yourself and what you have to offer in the resource box of the article.  You need to put a link to your website in the resource box and if you have gotten the interest of your reader they will usually check out your link for further information.

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