| Well, if you work at home, you are going to have to | | | | local businesses or even online businesses need |
| "sell" something, but it's not necessarily that you have | | | | bookkeepers to help them keep track of their finances |
| to sell products. Instead, you can sell your skills, your | | | | because they don't have the time or talent to do it |
| services, or yourself. So yes, that requires "selling," but | | | | themselves. This is ideal if you are good with numbers |
| not in such a blatant fashion. | | | | and are a stay-at-home mom but want to make a |
| What are some of the jobs you might be able to do it | | | | nice income nonetheless. |
| at home that don't focus entirely on selling? | | | | Tutoring |
| Designing websites | | | | If you've ever been a teacher, you might just be |
| If you have some skill at website design, you might be | | | | surprised to know that an online tutor is one way you |
| surprised to know that this is a skill that's greatly in | | | | can use your previous skills. With this type of work, |
| demand. Yes, you can work at home and design other | | | | you tutor students who are having problems with a |
| people's websites. If you have even a little bit of skill at | | | | subject area that you are an expert in. You may be |
| this, or if it's something you know you have a talent for | | | | able to do this exclusively online, or you might see |
| that you want to develop, you can create very nice | | | | students in your home or travel to their homes. |
| websites for clients that'll make you a decent living, too. | | | | Is this really "selling"? |
| Writing | | | | Yes, it is, in the sense that it requires a certain level of |
| If you have a passion for the written word, this can be | | | | "selling" yourself and your skills. You have to make |
| a work at home job that can make you a very good | | | | yourself known to clients and you have to make your |
| living indeed. You can write articles and market them | | | | services desirable to them. If you're so uncomfortable |
| to potential customers or clients, or you can write | | | | with the concept of selling anything (even yourself or |
| specifically for clients who contract you to write for | | | | your services) that you think you simply can't, then |
| them. You can write e-books to sell, you can write for | | | | work at home positions might not work out for you |
| sites that do revenue sharing, or any number of | | | | unless you are a work at home employee for a |
| opportunities out there on the Internet. | | | | specific employer in a telecommuting type of situation. |
| Doing daycare from home | | | | If you want to work at home and have your own |
| If you're a mom, you can open a daycare center in | | | | business, though, you're going to have to learn to "sell" |
| your home so that you can take care of your children | | | | yourself. This is an integral part of a having any type |
| yet still provide a nice income for your family. And it | | | | of work at home business. You have to make |
| has the added benefit of providing playmates for your | | | | yourself known to clients and you have to make your |
| children and giving you a nice paycheck besides. | | | | skills appealing to them. That is simply part of what you |
| Inbound calling services | | | | have to do. |
| If you work from home, you can do something called | | | | With that said, though, it's still not the same thing to |
| "inbound calling." With this, you take orders from those | | | | market yourself and your services as it is to sell |
| who have purchased things from businesses, online | | | | something like skincare products, make up, and so on. |
| shopping networks, infomercials, and so on. Sometimes | | | | In other words, there are many options to the "direct |
| this type of job also includes some basic customer | | | | selling" that these types of businesses require you to |
| service. | | | | do; there are many other things that you can do at |
| Bookkeeping services | | | | home that simply require the "sale" of yourself and the |
| If you've worked as a bookkeeper before, this is a skill | | | | services you provide. |
| you can definitely use when you work at home. Many | | | | |