Start Your Blog Today

Start your blog today by following the tips below.You will not regret it.

Choose a Topic and Goal for Your Blog
What will you blog about? You can blog about anything you choose, but when you're assessing a topic, ask yourself what the primary goal for the blog will be. Sometimes the goal comes first. For example, if you intend using the blog as a writing portfolio, then that will be the blog's only goal.Start another blog if you want to blog about something else.

Stick to the Topic and Remember Your Goal
Once your blog gets readers, they'll be annoyed to discover that your blog about dog health has suddenly morphed into a blog about low carb diets. Once you choose a topic for your blog, stick to it.
Tip: expect to make several false starts before you settle on a blog topic you love, define goals which get you excited, and develop a blogging routine.

Be Positive at All Times
Writers tend to complain about the writing life. Please don't do it on your blog

Create an "About" Page With a Bio
Your readers want to know who you are. Tell them.

Be Consistent: Choose a Schedule and Stick to It
Will you blog once or several times a day, a couple of times a week.
Stick to a schedule; your readers will appreciate it.

Content Comes First, then Promotion
Once you've written ten posts, promote your blog, but keep adding content too.

Set Blogging Goals to Match Your Writing Goals
A blog can help you to achieve your writing goals. After you've been blogging for three months, assess where you want to go in your writing, and make a blogging plan.

For example, let's say you want to be published in Magazine X. Announce this goal on your blog. Report on queries you've sent to the magazine. Yes, the editor will read your blog post, and then your query. Sneaky, eh? (Note: this only works if your blog is about your writing, so if your blog isn't, start a new "my writing" blog.)

Realize That Your Entire Blog Is a "Writing Sample"
This means: spell check and proofread.

Review Your Goals Every Six Months
Your goals will change as you blog. Set new goals often.

Leverage Your Blog: It's a Business Asset
You can leverage any blog in many ways.
* Write a book based on your blog entries;
* Get more clients via your blog (as your blog gets indexed in the search engines you'll get more traffic);
* Make money on your blog in various ways;
* Sell your blog for a fast blast of cash. You can even create "niche" blogs on popular topics for the sole purpose of selling them.

Now that you have read these tips I suggest you go ahead and start blogging.You do not need to implement all the above tips but keep them at the back of your mind for when you are ready.Belive me you will get the feel of when you are ready for the next step.

West at Home-apply to be an agent

Becoming an agent for West at Home is not as easy as it sounds.In fact it is extremely easy to not be an agent for them.As soon as you enter what country you come from (not USA)you are given the following message:
"Thank you for your interest in West At Home. At this time, there are candidates that more closely match the qualifications required for this position. We appreciate your time to inquire about this opportunity and wish you luck in your future endeavors. Sincerely, West At Home."
My point is when you start exploring new avenues to make money you will encounter this quite often.Especially if it is a site that you are hoping to earn money from.So you need to not give up.I did an ALEXA rating on them and also found out that they do not cater to the country I come from.
Westathome.com
Westathome.com has a traffic rank of: 111,5371605
Westathome.com users come from these countries:
United States 87.8%
India 4.0%
Canada 1.5%

So I decided to find out what others think about West at Home and I got these comments

I personally would not recommend West...although, I currently work for them now. Definitely , do not expect to become rich, but do expect low pay and wasted time. What I mean by that is that you may be scheduled for 40 hrs but may actually only work 20-25 hrs. I value having wasted 20-15 hrs where I could have been more productive. IF working "40" hrs every week for two weeks and making 400-500 or less sound good to you then great, but for me it is just gas money;however, I do not work 40 hrs a week any more. Tested it for a month, thank god I have a great full time job. At west you do not get paid when your are sitting there waiting for the phone to ring. In a hour shift, you can just get one phone call. It has happen to me many times. I do understand that everything is relative, but when you do the math it is barely minimum wage. They had a guaranteed rate, but quickly did away with it. The company is very unorganized and inconsistent.

Hi, I used to work for West, but the pay was horrible! I now work for Alpine Access. I get paid $9 for 25 hours a week. It's a good part time income. I hate getting paid for talk time. It's taken me forever but I'm happy to finally find a WAHJ that pays hourly. They only hire in certain states. Teletech, CLC, Westat, & Onpoint all pay hourly as well. If you're just looking for 50 bucks a week and having to stalk for hours (hard to pic up) then sure West, is ok, but if you want money you can count on, look into the ones I listed. Hope this helps!Blessings,Kassandra

So now I feel better but to be serious there are different views out there on working for West at Home so to see all of them,good and bad please visit Work at Home Forum.com

N.B also received more avenues to explore from last comment above,namely Teletech,CLC,Westat and Onpoint.See what I mean,NEVER give up!!!

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