What You Need To Know About Data Entry Jobs From Home

By Ronald Ayers

People are using the Internet to look for viable ways to do Data Entry from home for money.

Millions of Internet surfers are looking for viable ways to do data entry from home for money. The Internet is undoubtedly the most popular marketplace in the work at home arena.

With the huge increase in Internet opportunities, data entry jobs from home are readily available. Whether you decide to engage in writing articles and content generation for online business entrepreneurs, or with real companies who employ you to work--work at home data entry can be very satisfying for you.

Do organizations really provide legitimate data entry jobs online that will enable you to work from home? The answer is yes! Many employers do this because it is less expensive for them to use outsourcing resources for their work instead of hiring in house office staff.

There are many online jobs available. Some are legitimate. Others are scams. Don't let the prospect of scams discourage you from looking for data entry home jobs. Rather than believing that all are scams, know that data entry home work opportunities really exist if you know where to look.

When looking for a home based data entry job, use extra caution in how you go about it. Learn to read the job ads with a health dose of skepticism.

Medical billing and other similar data entry jobs are available if you are a fast, accurate typist, and willing to work for low wages. If you have medical billing experience you have a good chance of earning higher wages.

Beware of data entry job advertisements that read: 
"hundreds of dollars with no effort" or shout similar promises. Advertisements of this type are probably scams. A legitimate company won't make outrageous promises that it might get in trouble for not fulfilling.

If the job advertisement says it requires ad posting, that's exactly what you do, but not for a set wage. Instead, you are often told to post affiliate links all over the web, linking to certain products or services. You'll earn money when someone clicks on your link and buys the product. This is called affiliate marketing. It's a legitimate way to earn money, but it is not an established job as some affiliate marketing firms would have you believe. What if you work for a hundred hours posting ads and nobody buys the product through your link? Or, what if someone does click the link but you never get told so and paid?

Caveat Emptor is the best advice for job seekers looking to earn money by doing data entry work from home.

Stay away from sites that want you to pay them for a directory listing of companies that might or might not be hiring data entry clerks.

If you are asked for a fee to start working, the company is most likely not legitimate and is just trying to scam people who pay the fee and then never get work.

It might be okay to be asked for equipment fees, criminal background checks, or similar fees. However, being asked to pay money upfront should always be a warning sign.

If you want to find a real work from home data entry job, you'll have to be prepared to do some searching. Look for the name of the company plus the word "scam" or "review" and see what comes up. People who have worked for a company and found it legitimate are likely to post about it somewhere online. The same goes for people who have found out about scams the hard way. Learn from their mistakes!

You can find legitimate data entry work from home. It will take time, effort and patience on your part. In the process of looking you need to ask yourself this question:

"Should I pay a fee to get the job I want?"

There are some facts you should know before making that decision:

1. Most sites that you find on the Internet require you to pay some sign up fee to join their program. 
2. It will be difficult to recognize a legitimate data entry job from the fraudulent ones 
3. The best way to avoid being scammed is to join communities and online forums where you can learn from others who have tried different sites themselves.

Many of the work from home companies charge a $49.95 membership fee. Home Data Entry sites justify their fee as being necessary to cover the normal operating expense of maintaining an Internet presence as well as the normal operating expenses of any business.

Here's a list of three fee based work from home companies you might consider:

* Go Freelance 
* My Data Team 
* Web Colleagues

Remember. You have to put in some work from home to get paid working from home. Don't fall into the trap of thinking you get paid for working from home for doing little or nothing. You'll likely be disappointed if you do.

Ronald Ayers own and operates The Home Office Network (HON): http://www.homeofficenetwork.org/wp. HON offers membership, information and counseling to "NEWBIES" seeking to start an internet business.

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