Advantages of working online

  

Date Posted: 11/27/2012 2:01:50 PM

Posted By: sashoo  Membership Level: Silver  Total Points: 382

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Today, working online is becoming the norm. People of all age groups are shifting to this web thing. Some actually are making it big, even hitting up to 6 figures per month. Companies have realized that this is the convenient way they could cut down on overhead costs and related expenses. For that reason, they continuously are employing people remotely, while helping them earn a living. Advantages of working online are so many. Read on.

You are your own boss. Unless you are employed as a virtual assistant, where you’d be required to be online same time as your boss, most online workers are their own bosses. They work when they want and for how long they want. Some can choose to work at night, some through the day, some during weekends, and some during holidays. It really is up to you to decide, provided you are comfortable while doing it, which in fact is what matters—you have to be comfortable at your work place.

You determine what amount you want paid. Get me right here; if you write more quality articles, you are paid more as opposed to when you write just a few. This applies to content-mill websites, which usually will have a fixed rate per each article that you write. Consequently, if you write more, and your work is approved, you only get to earn more. The opposite is true, of course; you write a piece a day, you get paid peanuts.

If you own a blog and you are selling your services, that is when you can charge your clients as you wish, provided you don’t rip them off. Again, get me right; the quality of your blog articles should help determine the price you can charge per piece. Some people will charge up to 16, 000/= per article,

while some will charge only 400/= per article. It all depends with your writing experience, quality and how influential you are. Do you command some authority online? Are you known to be an expert at some service? These are just some of the leading questions.

Another plus to working online is that you can work from anywhere, provided you have a PC that is connected online. You can choose to work from the balcony of your house, from the library, from your home office, from your friend’s house etc. The list actually is endless—I know there are many other places you can work from. Furthermore, you should save on bus-fare if you are working from home.

Also, you don’t have to wait until end-month to be paid. Most content-mills pay on a weekly basis, or a bi-weekly basis, after your total has surpassed some threshold. For other websites, you only have to attain the minimum payment level. Which is the reason you won’t be broke in the middle of the month like other offline workers—this usually is the time they get busy asking for advance payment from their bosses. You don’t want to experience this.

The limits are endless. Online jobs are many. If you are not comfortable with one, you simply switch to another, without notice, and without writing another employment letter. These jobs are also diversified—you can choose to write, design websites, post comments on forums, sell stuff, or even employ people. Like I said it really is up to you.

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