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1. News
Welcome to the latest issue of the Homeworking Ideas newsletter, the monthly publication which gives you all the latest news from the UK on ways of earning money from home.
New Survey Opportunities
This month has been the busiest I've known for a long time with survey invitations pouring into my inbox every day and 4
new panels looking for participants. Here are the new panels:
Choozz
Choozz operate an Instant Win Game program which gives you a chance to win thousands of pounds in cash & prizes every
time you take a survey. My son won an Amazon voucher with his first survey. For surveys that take more-than-usual effort,
you can receive personal cash rewards or special prizes like iPods, flat screen monitors, games & CD vouchers plus much more.
They may also need you to
test products at home & give your opinion about them later. Of course, you get to keep the products.
If you register now you also have a chance of winning a PS3. You must be between 13 and 35 to be a Choozz member, and they are particularly in need of males under 25, so if you fit this criteria you stand a good chance of getting regular invitations. Details available from http://www.homeworkinguk.com/choozz.htm
M:Metrics
M:Metrics are looking for smartphone users to join their new Smart M:Panel. Mobile users are rewarded for voluntarily
installing a software client on their mobile device. This enables them to measure how often and for how long subscribers
of many different operators surf the Internet with their phones, which games they play, which sites they visit, how many
e-mail messages they send and what other features they use. Panelists get £15 when they join plus a £5 per month ongoing
incentive and entry into a prize draw every 3 months. If you have a
smartphone and are interested in joining the panel visit http://www.homeworkinguk.com/mm.htm for more information
GfK
GfK is one of the world’s largest Market Research companies and has been conducting surveys for over 70 years.
GfK's international network spans 57 countries and are the global leader in Consumer Tracking Research,
monitoring peoples' buying behaviour. They are currently looking to recruit for 2 different panels:
GfK 'What I Buy’
The ‘What I Buy’ panel is made up of thousands of people across Great Britain. Members of the panel simply enter details
about the products they buy. This information is used by manufacturers and shops to improve the products and services they
offer. In return for taking part in the ‘What I Buy’ panel, members are entered into prize draws with some great prizes
such as TVs, DVD Players, Cameras and of course cash. All panel members are entered into a Monthly Prize Draw where each
month responders can win a First Prize of £5000 as well as hundreds of other prizes. Find out more from
http://www.homeworkinguk.com/wib.htm
GfK 'What I Say and Do’
The What I Say and Do panel needs you to tell them about such topics as your mobile phone and how you use it,
the entertainment you like, the music you buy and your cinema visits.
In exchange you have the chance to win one of over 3000 prizes in the monthly prize draw. More details available
from http://www.homeworkinguk.com/wisad.htm
Synovate
Whilst not new (Synovate is a world-leading provider of market research, information and analysis, with over 50 years
of experience) Synovate have recently revamped their rewards program so that you are now rewarded for every survey you
complete. When you join the Global Opinions Panel you are entered into the Monthly Sign-up Sweepstakes with over 200
winners monthly and then for each survey you complete you earn points redeemable for cash plus an entry in the quarterly
sweepstakes with 10 cash prizes ranging from £50 to £2,500.
You can also refer friends to earn even more points. Sign up at http://www.homeworkinguk.com/syno.htm
Don't forget that if you want to be informed immediately about new survey panels, you can sign up to a free service on our survey page http://www.homeworkinguk.com/surveys.htm . Just add your e-mail address to the box provided and you'll be sent notification each time the page is amended.
2. Featured Publication
Fast Ways to Make Money
When you're looking around the internet for a business idea, it can sometimes be a bit dispiriting when every guidebook is
written by some American kid barely out of high school. Unless you are of similar age, there is often a nagging doubt as
to whether you'll find it quite so easy. It was reassuring this month, then to find a guide written by an English pensioner,
with lots of pictures and simple instructions, showing exactly what he does to make enough money to provide the comforts in
life that his pension income doesn’t. What this means is that rather than give you some vague brainstorming examples, he
tells you exactly what he buys and sells without using any of his own money by using eBay Auctions, and crucially there
is no traipsing to the post office.
Originally published as three books, "Fast Ways to Make Money" is a newly updated compilation of "EBay for starters", "My eBay Money Making Niche Market" and "Consignment Selling". You can get details of these individual guides from http://www.caremaster9.com/
Whilst this isn't the cheapest guide I've come across, it is less than half the price of buying the guides individually, it is extremely easy to follow and once put into practice, you can expect to see results in a matter of days. With a two month guarantee, you've more than enough time to find out whether it can work for you, and with no other upfront expenditure, this really is a no-risk opportunity. For more details visit David Dalton's site at http://www.homeworkinguk.com/dd.htm
3. Featured Business Resources
PC Help and Support
Whatever your job, it's vital your tools of the trade are in full working order, no more so than when your computer is
key to your business. Unless you are an expert, the chances are that from time to time you have to call on an expert to
sort out computer problems, and unfortunately, this doesn't come cheap and may even involve you being without your computer
for a period of time while it goes in for repair.
This month, I've come across a great alternative for a fraction of the cost. Most computer problems are software related and NurseMyPC.com offer a new service that can solve 99% of all software issues. This includes new software installations, re-installations, email problems, Microsoft Office related issues, virus's, spyware, pop-ups... in fact anything software related falls well within their technicians tool set. Don't worry if you don't understand the jargon. Unlike a typical helpline, they don't just tell you what to do but if required can take control of your PC, view your hardware configuration and make changes where necessary to correct the problem. Well over 90% of all incidents are fixed remotely and don't require an engineer to physically visit you. Their highly qualified technicians/engineers are able to tell immediately if your incident is solvable by a remote session and they guarantee that if they don't resolve your issue, (very rare) you won't pay.
You can request assistance any time between the hours of 9am to 9pm, 7 days a week and there is no time limit or limit to the number of contacts you can make to get an issue resolved. The ticket is only closed when the problem has been resolved and you agree that all is now ok. Until then you can use the same ticket to connect, chat and get remote control support for that incident. Whatever the problem there is a single fixed price of just £24.99, or less if you buy support tickets in bulk for future use. If you've ever had to call in anybody, or even spend time on a premium rate helpline, you'll know what a bargain this is. Even if you don't need this service now, it must be a top candidate for bookmarking. Find out more from http://www.homeworkinguk.com/nurse.htm
Advertising on your Website
If you're looking to earn an income from your website, you probably already know about Adsense from Google, whereby you
place small ad units on your site and earn whenever a visitor clicks on one of these ads. However Google have fairly
tight criteria so if you're looking for an alternative, or if you'd like an additional revenue stream, take a look at
MIVA. MIVA offer 2 types of advertising - content ads, like Google ads and InLine Ads. InLine Ads don't take up any space
on your page but instead highlight relevant keywords in your text, rather than appearing separately. You can see similar
in text ads on http://www.homeworkinguk.com/PCSecurity/
This means you can use them in conjunction with Google ads.
You only need to earn £25 to be paid. Full details are available from
http://www.homeworkinguk.com/miva.htm
Private Label Content
If you've got your own website, you'll know that you need to keep providing new content both to keep visitors coming
back and to rank well with search engines. Unfortunately it can be extremely time consuming to write your own content,
especially if you're not a natural writer and if commissioning your own articles is too expensive, the alternatives up
till now have either involved using articles from article directories which have bylines to take your traffic and may
already appear on hundreds of other sites or buying packs of themed articles on a monthly subscription which turn out
to be poorly written often by someone for whom English is clearly, at best, a second language, and often on topics you
cannot use.
This month I've finally found a viable alternative. All Private Label Content articles are written by qualified writers with a full command of both the English language and the topic they are writing about, and are exclusive to the strictly limited number of current members of the site. Anyone joining this week for example won't be able to use last month's articles, thus ensuring only a small number of people can use the information. At present there are three memberships available :
- All Marketing Content - range of topics of interest to the business-to-business market,
- All Mums Content: - covers parenting issues, women's interests, recipes, product reviews family travel, family financial concerns to health advice.
- All Health Content - Topics include weight loss, general health, men's health, women's health, product profiles, issues for children, healthy eating, natural lifestyles etc.
Not only do you get 30 tightly themed articles every month, but you also get 10 product reviews, 10 how-to sheets or recipes (depends on topic selected) and a 7-10 page themed special report plus affiliate suggestions, useful resources and access to the members-only forum. More themes to follow. Incredibly all this costs just $17.97 (under £10) a month and comes with a 30 day money back guarantee. If you have or are contemplating a website around any of these topics, this has to be worth a look.
Alternatively you can just buy a collection of 15 articles on a theme (titles shown prior to purchase), which come with suggested affiliate programs to monetise your articles, or if you'd rather write your own articles but need few pointers, get one of their research packs where the articles come in point format only, but still include suggested affiliate products together with a long list of relevant websites to research your topic further.
As the membership packs include product reviews every month, the company need someone to review these products and submit a report. They are currently collecting product reviews written by online marketers and for every product review they use, they'll pay you $5. All reviews must be at least 200 to 250 words. In addition, if you've got a product/service to review, as a member you'll get priority. Find out more from http://www.homeworkinguk.com/plr.htm
4. Featured Freebies
Free Prize Games
Prizee started out as a French site but is now available in several languages including English. Every day you get
several free arcade games and scratch cards to play and win a currency called Bubz exchangeable for prizes or to use to
play extra games. You'll get small wins every day which quickly build up to claim small prizes or can be
saved up towards bigger prizes. Obviously not all games will be to your taste, but new games are added periodically
and each time a new one is released you can choose which existing game to discard. If you wish you can purchase extra
goes, and with their loyalty program you automatically earn free gifts with codes purchased. I've received around a
dozen small prizes so far from this site. Check it out at http://www.homeworkinguk.com/prizee.htm
Free Competition Tracking System
Prize Finder is a gateway to a range of star prizes, updated daily with the chance to win the best free competitions online. When you register for the latest updates in a weekly competition newsletter you get the chance to win £1000 and also get a free competition tracking system to keep track of which competitions you've entered . There's also access to the chatroom and message board to swap competition tips and discover winners' secrets.
Register at http://www.homeworkinguk.com/prize.htm
Download YouTube Videos
If you've ever come across a brilliant video on YouTube that you'd love to watch again, you've probably just bookmarked it and returned to the page whenever you want to watch it again. But what happens when you're not online, or the clip gets removed? Well this week I've found out how you can record these videos without any technical knowledge in just 3 simple steps.
Full instructions, including a free FLV player are provided on http://www.homeworkinguk.com/save-youtube-files.htm
I hope you've found something of interest this month. I'll speak to you again next month.
Lynne O'Connor
newsletter@homeworkinguk.com
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