Do you want to earn $3000+ per month via doing part time or full time, legitimate data entry job?
If yes, then please carry on and read this article; you will learn how and where you can get, 100% legitimate data entry jobs.When we talk about online jobs, then freelancing sites are the best place where we can get these jobs. In case you don’t know about freelancing business, then I will quickly explain what freelancing sites are.
Companies all around the world need employees who can do their work, so they hire people and they pay them for the work they do. But there are many problems that company owners face.
Like after gaining a little experience, people start to demand more pay. Or, they just go to some other company that offers them high salary.
Nowadays many company owners are using online freelance websites to hire people online. That’s right; they are hiring people on the internet.
Who can do online home based works?Anybody irrespective of age, gender, religion, and country of residence can take up online internet jobs. If you are employed full time with some company, you can do your online jobs during your spare time and earn extra income. If you are unemployed you can take up online jobs for full time and earn enough money to live a happy life. If you are a student, you can earn money to pay for education expenses. For home making moms it is the ideal choice to keep her knowledge and creativity alive and at the same time earn substantial remuneration.
What types of home based jobs are available on the internet?Here’s a list of few simplest home based jobs that any one with a PC, internet connection and basic knowledge of MS Windows office suit can start immediately.
* Simple Typing Jobs – This is a straightforward job that expects you to retype hand written or typed PDF documents into word or excel format. You don’t need to possess any extraordinary skills. It is not necessary to possess super fast typing speed. However, higher the speed, better it is for you as you can do more work per day. * Data Entry works – Here again it is a very simple job that does not demand any exacting skills and knowledge. Familiarity with MS Excel is an added advantage. Depending upon the project, data entries, database creation, form filling and other similar jobs have to be done online or offline. Many of the projects may be as simple as copy/paste assignments that involve extracting and compiling data/information/reports from various websites. * Copywriting – Such jobs are neither easy nor very difficult. You need to possess skills like creativity, perfect English grammar, content knowledge and proficiency in internet research. Basic knowledge of SEO (Search Engine Optimization), keyword density and blog writing can help you to succeed faster. * Internet marketing, forum posting, and internet advertising – Requirement of specific skills may vary from project to project. Essentially, these jobs demand that you should be internet savvy and willing to learn new concepts and idea and have a flair for marketing.
How much is the earning potential of online work from home?Well, sky is the limit. It varies from individual to individual. Monthly earning potential can vary from few bucks to few thousand bucks every month depending upon various factors. There are many people who are fully occupied with internet freelancing jobs and living five start life.
Where can one find online money making jobs?Internet is full of advertisers enticing people like you and me for data entry jobs, internet marketing, forum posting, and many more full time/part time money making opportunities. Due to ever growing popularity of online money making concept, a large number of devious websites have sprung up on the internet. Gullible people are most likely to fall prey to fast buck schemes and internet frauds. I would not write much on this aspect as there is lot of stuff available elsewhere on the internet. You must keep in mind that easy money and greed are the root causes of majority of internet scams.
Here is a list of top freelance sites.
Note: I suggest you open these freelance sites in new windows and you keep reading this article. This article will help you understand many things about these freelance sites. Without having the required knowledge about freelance sites, one cannot easily get data entry or other jobs at these sites.
1. Getafreelancer (GAF) [100% Free To Join]
2. Scriptlance (SL) [For The Option "Account Type"; Choose "Programmer" NOT "Buyer"] [100% Free To Join]
3. Elance
4. Getacoder
5. EuFreelance
6. Freelancer UK
If you want to know about registration process, how to apply for jobs, how to communicate with buyers etc, then you can read this complete free online jobs guide:
Online Jobs Guide
1. What is a freelance site?Freelance means self-employed, whereas a freelancer means a person who works independently for different jobs without any commitments on salary or permanent job. Freelance site is a platform that facilitates or connects freelance service buyers and providers.
2. How to register on freelance sites? Are there any fees?Registering on freelance sites is absolutely free. Signing up process is absolutely hassle-free and it is open to anybody from any country. You are required to furnish various personal details such as name, address, email id, contact details, username, password and profile.
Most important – Try to provide maximum details about your career profile, skills, area of expertise, your mission, vision and all the important matter that is directly or indirectly related with your talent and professional knowledge. When you have placed your bid for a particular job, the service buyer gives lot of importance to your background besides the price bid.The entire process of signing up gets over in maximum three steps. You can also edit your profile and personal details later on if required.
3. What are the various membership plans and commissions payable to freelance sites?
The amount of commission payable to the freelance site depends upon the type of membership. For a beginner, it is advisable to start with free membership. Generally the commission is around 5 to 10% of the project cost, subject to a minimum of 3 to 5$. As a free member you can place bids on 15-20 projects per month. You may please refer the freelance sites to know more about gold membership, featured projects and other paid membership plans where you have to pay monthly or quarterly or half yearly or yearly fees to the freelance site. Advantage of paid membership is that you are not required to pay any commissions to the freelance sites and you can place your bids for 150+ projects per month. You should go for gold membership only after you have successfully established on the freelance platform.
4. How to transfer the funds?
Funds transfer involves payment of project commission fees to the freelance site. Credit cards, bank transfer and third party agents like PayPal, Moneybookers and many other innovative and convenient funds transfer options are available on the freelance sites. It is better to study the funds transfer options on the website and then exercise the option that suits you best.
5. How to search and bid on the projects?
Daily hundreds of projects are posted by the service buyers. You can start your search with top 50 newly posted projects on the main page. You may also search the projects on the page that displays all the projects. Projects are sorted based on the date as well based on the category of project. You can also have an option to receive emails whenever a project that meets your criteria is posted on the freelance site. If you just want to bid on the data entry projects then don’t waste time on all the projects. Whenever you feel that you can comfortably execute a particular job then you should place your bid. Be specific while submitting your bid. You must place your bid details on the PM (private message) section. You can view PM icon just below username. PM section can be viewed only by you and the service buyers. Remember when you click PM icon, you would be prompted to sign in with your username and password. Never place your bid details and sample work on project message board as it is accessible to all the members.
6. What next after placing the bids?
Having submitted your bids does not mean that your part is over. Be on the look out for any responses or messages received from project buyer. Check your PM frequently. You can also check PM through your email inbox. Freelance sites instantly send you an email as soon as a private message is posted for you. If your bid has been selected for any project then the intimation is sent to you immediately by email. Develop a habit to check your email regularly at least 2-3 times in a day. Immediately upon receipt of the email about selection of your bid, you are required to accept the bid on the website. First step is to make the payment to the freelance site towards the commission. Once you send your acceptance, the freelance site will provide you the contact details of project buyer. Now onwards you will communicate with the project buyer through email instead of PM. Upon successful completion of the work, the project buyer will instruct the freelance site to release your escrow payment. Freelance site will allow you and the buyer to post reviews about each other only after the payment is completed.
It’s not that easy to get work at the above mentioned websites. You need some guidance first, you need to know the basics; you need to know many things about these sites.
If you apply for one project, then there are many other people (may be 2 other people, maybe 22) who will apply for the same project. So you need to learn, how you will get a project even with other people fighting to get the same project.Buyers: Are people who outsource jobs at freelance sites. They are the people who give jobs to freelancers.
Service providers: These are the people who seek jobs at freelance sites. Like you and me. Service providers or SPs, do work for buyers and buyers pay them after the work is completed.
Projects: At freelance sites, projects and jobs means the same. If I say “bid on a project”, then it will mean something like “apply for a job”.
After buyer post projects, job seekers like me and you, place bids on these projects. One person may offer to do the project for $100, where other may say $95. May be some other SP will offer to do the work for $90.
Now it’s up to the creator of the project to choose a winner among all job seekers.
Let’s assume that you managed to win a project worth $50. The work is simple data entry job where you have to type content from scanned pages to word documents.
You completed this work in 3 hours and then you delivered the completed work to the buyer. After delivering the work, you waited for the buyer to verify the work.
After the verification, the buyer will pay you $50. Sometimes, buyers also pay bonuses [if they are pleased with your work].
You will get this money [$50], in your freelance account. There are few payment options available at freelance sites via which you can transfer this money from freelance account to your bank account. Details about these options are explained later in this article.
I have mentioned that working at freelance site is free and that you will never spend any money from your pocket to get online jobs.
But when you get money, from buyers, in your freelance account, then there will be a small fee deducted from that money [the money you just earned].
All freelance sites charges a small fee on the money you make. You do not pay this fee from your pocket. This fee will be deducted only when you will complete a job for a buyer and that the buyer pays you the money for the completed work.
The fee which freelance sites charges varies from site to site. This fee can be 5%, 10% etc: it depends on the freelance site where you are working.
The reason for telling you the whole story is to prove that this system is %100 SCAM free. You will never have to pay anything to anyone ever, from your own pocket.
The most amazing thing about freelance sites is that, it’s totally free to join them. You will never be asked to pay any money from your pocket at any point of your freelance career.
You will not pay a single cent to start work there.
So then: Is there any SCAM involved here?
Well, there is not; right?
Freelancing sites offer 100% legitimate data entry jobs. I personally love Copywriting jobs as they pay much better than many other jobs. You can earn a lot of money via doing copywriting work at these websites.
Unfortunately, not everybody can make money online with copywriting jobs as to do this work, one need to write content in proper English. Proper English means, to write content with no spelling and no [or may be very less] grammatical mistakes.
There is no need to worry if your English writing skills are weak as you can still make money online at freelance sites via doing legitimate data entry jobs. You can find hundreds of these jobs at freelance sites every day.
What kind of experience is required to do data entry jobs?
No experience of any kind is required. Everybody can do data entry work. If you know, how to use a PC, then you are eligible to do this work.
There is no need to think about any SCAM here, what I am telling you is %100 scam free. You only need to worry about scams when you are paying money from your pocket. But in this case, you are paying nothing.
If you still worry about scams, then after you earn $30 at a freelance site, you may stop doing more work. First request a withdrawal.
This means that you will request the freelance site to send you your money. Once you receive the money [$30] from freelance site, I guess then you will not worry about SCAM anymore.
I said to first make $30. This is because the minimum amount that you can withdraw at most freelance sites is $30. You cannot withdraw $20 or $22 or any amount of money which is less than $30.
How to succeed in getting the project?
Getting a first break through is a real test of your endurance. There are number of bidders out there to grab the projects. Data entry projects and simple typing projects that require simple skills are prone to cut throat competition. It is literally not possible to provide a sure shot guide to success. I can only emphasize few important points.
1. Pay more attention to new jobs (not older than 2 to 3 days). It is really difficult to get the older jobs
2. Always be the first to place the bid especially when the urgent projects are posted.
3. There are many jobs posted only for new service providers. Here you have more chance to win the bids.
4. Be prepared to bid at the rates lower than lowest bid. You can always revise your bid if you see that somebody else has bid lower than you.
5. After placing the bid, send a private message (PM) to the service buyer. Here you can explain in detail why you are best suited for this job. You can clearly mention that you are new and prepared to work at the lowest rates expected by the service provider.
6. Keep an eye on the response received from the project buyer and be prompt to reply back.
7. Try to provide samples of your past work whenever possible. You may also show your willingness to the project buyer to execute a small part of the project as sample work for free of charge.
8. Never overstate your capabilities. If you have one job in hand with a very short deadline then it is advisable to complete this project first before taking up new commitments. If you overshoot your deadlines the service provider may give you a bad review and it can affect adversely to your reputation.
9. Don’t lose patience and go on bidding with conviction and success will definitely come to hard working people like you.
10. Never display your contact details in the private message (PM) as it violates the terms and conditions of the freelance sites. In such cases your membership is liable for immediate termination.
How safe is it to work at freelance sites?
It is 100 percent safe as there are no fees to register on freelance sites. At the most you may lose your time and energy. Escrow payment is the option that ensures fair play. Before starting the work you can request for an escrow payment. Here in such cases the project buyer deposits the money in advance with the freelance site. Your payment would be released after satisfactory completion of work.
How to withdraw money from freelance sites?
The procedure differs with the sites. You can request withdrawal to your bank or credit card or PayPal. All the freelance sites levy nominal charges for funds withdrawal. There is a limit on the minimum amount that can be withdrawn. When it is your first withdrawal it may take 2 to 3 weeks to get the funds credited to your bank account. Subsequent withdrawals are much faster and depending upon when you have placed the request you may get the funds in your hands maximum within one week. Please refer individual freelance sites to study in detail about various withdrawal options and procedures. How will you receive your money?
There are many payment options available at freelance sites. Payment options include Paypal , MoneyBookers, Egold etc.
I suggest you use Paypal or Moneybookers, as these two payment options are the cheapest and safest of all. If Paypal is not supported in your country, then use MB. MB is supported in [almost] all countries.
To find more information about payment options, please read the free online jobs guide which I have mentioned above.
Just give it a try; you will not be disappointed
