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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Before You Make the Leap to Work From Home Mom....

One bit of advice.... before you take the leap into a work-at-home opportunity: Take an inventory of your talent, add a dash of creativity to your thinking and come up with a plan that suits you.

• If you sew well, do alterations for others.

• If you have a good grasp of a particular subject, tutors are always needed.

• Good with a computer? Consider teaching others how to use one. You might also want to do computer work for college and graduate students. Try putting up flyers around your area as well as the local colleges and universities.

• Create personal websites for friends and neighbors. Parents might want to purchase one from you as a gift for a child. It can used for photos and 'firsts' as the child is growing. This makes a great gift to the parents of a newborn!

• Are you handy with crafts? Costume jewelery making and selling can be aimed at school-aged girls or adults, and all well-priced gift items sell well especially before the holiday season. The list can go on as long as you align your talents with services or products others need. Be imaginative and create a job! If you choose to go the standard work-at-home route, heed these warnings from the Federal Trade Commission and the Better Business Bureau.

Many people want to do part-time work at home, especially when they have a newborn. But a lot of work-at-home offers are scams. One stat has it that for every legitimate offer you may see, you're going to come across 42 scams. The Federal Trade Commission has formed a multi-agency task force that plans to track down these criminal outfits and prosecute them. The FTC is working with the Justice Department and the Postal Service to go after 200 of these companies. The scams include envelope stuffing, refrigerator magnet sales, Web design, medical billing and vending machine businesses. Some people have been taken for $5,000 or more. But even if it’s a small amount – like $50 – don’t believe these scams. Any time someone asks for money up front to start a business, it’s a scam. Check out more at ftc.gov.

Be sure to check out my website created especially for stay at home moms, those thinking about staying at home, retirees or those thinking about retiring. You'll find lots of advice, articles, freebies and legitimate work from home opportunities.

Stay At Home Moms Unite!
http://www.stayathomemomsunite.com

Friday, October 10, 2008

Stay At Home Moms Unite!

So I found the work from home job that I love which is ChaCha. I work when I want, where I want. My time is very flexible.

With that said, I want to share a little more with you.

I have a long history of helping other women. I feel I've been called to do more.

With that said, I've created a website called....."Stay At Home Moms Unite!" It has truly been my Labor of Love for many months.

Whether it be stay at home moms.....moms to be that are thinking about staying at home.....or those that have retired.....staying at home can be a big decision!

The website I have created is to provide stay at home moms with choices. I've researched legitimate work from home jobs and I've experienced many scams as well. Hopefully my knowledge is your gain.

I've tried to include lots of free stuff....downloads on Women & Money.....A Freebie section for everything from diapers to grocery coupons.

It is still a "work in progress" as I'm adding more sections and articles so bookmark me and checkback often!

Even if this website isn't specifically for you, I ask that you share it with your family & friends that you know who may be in this situation of deciding whether to stay at home or continue to work. I only wish all of this information had been available to me many years ago. However, looking ahead to the future....I hope others can prosper from what my website has to offer.

Please help spread the word.....

I welcome any and all suggestions!

Wishing you all the best,

Laurie Crafton

Load this URL into your browser: http://www.stayathomemomsunite.com
or click on the link above in the right column.

email me at: contactus@stayathomemomsunite.com

"I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me."
- Philippians 4:13

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Award-Winning ChaCha is Fastest Growing Mobile Search Service

The human-powered mobile answers service quickly captured seven percent of the mobile text search market with a quarterly growth rate of more than 800 percent.

INDIANAPOLIS – September 17, 2008 - Accepting the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation, ChaCha announced that it now has more than a million users and has answered more than 27 million queries since it launched its revolutionary mobile answers service in January. This, combined with its quarterly growth rate in Q2, makes ChaCha the fastest growing mobile search service, surpassing both Google and Yahoo in both WAP and text-based search growth rates (according to the latest data from Nielsen Mobile).

ChaCha increased its market share in the U.S. mobile search market to seven percent, tying for second place with Yahoo at the end of June 2008. ChaCha also exited the quarter with an 800 percent growth rate, compared to Yahoo’s 200 percent growth rate.

“Mobile search is growing at an incredible pace,” says Chris Quick, mobile media analyst with Nielsen Mobile. “Within the mobile SMS search category, ChaCha is the fastest growing service, increasingly competitive with other mobile search providers. We’re therefore keeping very close tabs on how ChaCha will affect the mobile market.”

“After reviewing numerous operators in the mobile search and advertising markets, we believe ChaCha offers the most compelling service for mobile users,” said Vikrant Gandhi, senior analyst for Frost & Sullivan. “The high level of interest demonstrated by the number of queries ChaCha answers on a monthly basis clearly indicates that mobile users are finding the service to be of real benefit. We’re delighted to honor ChaCha for their innovation in breaking the code in mobile search through their search methodologies and practices.”

“ChaCha is honored to be recognized by Frost & Sullivan as an innovative and unique service that demonstrates outstanding achievement and superior performance in leadership and technological innovation,” said ChaCha CEO, Scott A. Jones. “In the past eight months, we’ve cemented our position as a mobile search leader and now every 10 seconds a new user tries ChaCha. By offering a superior solution in an explosive market, we are attracting the best partners to leverage our unparalleled service for mutual benefit.”

Recently, ChaCha also launched its mobile marketing solution, ChaCha 1:1, and is partnering with premium brands including Coca Cola, Fifth Third Bank and McDonald’s to implement engaging, conversational and highly relevant mobile marketing campaigns.

ChaCha merges sophisticated search technology with the power of human intelligence by leveraging its growing base of over 35,000 Guides to answer customer queries 24/7 by simply texting a question to (242 242) or calling (1-800-224-2242) from virtually any mobile device. This radically simple solution has allowed ChaCha to achieve its industry-leading growth performance.

Friday, September 5, 2008

WHAT IS CHACHA?

I am a stay at home mom who has spent the last year searching for a good, steady, legitimate work from home job. I'm not looking to get rich quick. Heck, I just need living money. I'm sure many of you that are reading this are in the same situation.

One of my friends happened to introduce me to a forum called "Work Place Like Home." I signed up anonymously as Blue Baby and just started rooting around and reading. It was great! These were people just like me looking for the same things I am. There were people there who had found legitimate jobs and of course some that were still looking. I looked up a bunch of the jobs and though they were legit, they were mostly telephone customer service representatives. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt, don't want to do it again!

One day I saw a title of "ChaCha" on the forum. I leave no stone unturned so I decided to check it out. The business is called ChaCha and what it is is a human-powered search and answers service. Guides for ChaCha deliver answers via text or PC, anytime, anywhere, any question. Any one from any cell phone and any mobile carrier in the United States, can dial 242242 (chacha) and ask any question whatsoever. Also called a query. ChaCha Guides research the question through the internet and return an answer.

New Guides make .10 cents per Question & Answer (Q&A) completed for the first thirty days. After the first 30 days if you have met ChaCha's quality requirements for Top Guide you will be moved up to .20 cents per Q&A completed. To maintain the .20 cent rate, you must complete 200 queries per week and maintain a 95% or above accuracy rate per ChaCha's Quality Control Unit. If, however, you don't have the time to do 200 queries in a week, you will still be paid at a rate of .10 cents per query. Each week starts a new chance to become a Top Guide. With ChCha you make as much as you want when you want. I work in my p.j.'s sometimes and others while I'm sitting outside on my swing from my laptop and you can find me on at weird hours during the night. I can work whenever I choose!

Can I just go ahead and say how much I LOVE this job!

Finally, something that is making me steady money while working from my home!

A few have said it doesn't sound like much. To that I say I stay at home with my kids. I can go up to my kids' school and work in their classroom. I'm at home when my kids get off the bus. I don't pay over $4 a gallon driving to and from a job. It's all in what your priorities are.

This is not and let me repeat NOT Multi Level Marketing (MLM)!!! Been there done that also. ChaCha does give you a reward for bringing other people on board as fellow guides but the reward is only for you for those directly under you. Payment on one line, that's it! ChaCha rewards you 10% of each Q&A of any members you personally bring on Board. If one of your Guides that you brought on board is at the .10 cent pay level for a week then you will receive .01 cents for every Q&A that they complete. If your Guide is at the Top Guide pay level, the .20 cent level, then you will receive .02 cents for each Q&A that they complete. It's such a great opportunity that you will want to share it with all of your family & friends who might be in the same position that you are of needing a little extra money.

If this sounds like something that interests you, feel free to visit ChaCha at www.chacha.com and click on Become A Guide. If and when you sign up if you will use my email: lcraftonavon@bellsouth.net, I can help you through your initial training and test taking process. Without using my link I won't be able to help you. I'm having so much fun at this I love bringing others on board!

The question I get most often is, how many questions can you do in an hour or in a day. My answer is you can do as many as you want. There are no fees and no commitments.

Some Guides do 50 questions a day, some do 350 questions a day. I know of one person that does 2,000 a week. Wow! (We have to have a life sometime!!!!)

Your typing speed and ability to use your Google search bar greatly effects how much or how many Q&A's you do.

You will end up having a ChaCha toolbar on your computer. When you want to work you click "Available" on your toolbar and when you don't want to work you will click "Away."

People with any mobile phone company will text questions to ChaCha. The question hits ChaCha's server and goes out to a handful of Guides who are available. A doorbell rings. You either answer it and take the question or if you don't answer it the question will go on down the line to the next Guide that is set to Available.

Again, go to www.chacha.com and click on Become A Guide. That will not "commit" you to anything. It will take ChaCha 24-48 hours to send back an invitation to you at which time you will complete more info. It will not cost you a single dime to sign up and there are never any fees, whatsoever! That's a beautiful thing!

ChaCha is looking for quality people so they have 3 initial quizzes that you have to pass before you can move on.

To show you what a real and great company this is, we were just one of the major sponsors of the recent Nascar Brickyard 400 and the popular X Games and there is so many more exciting opportunities in the future.

ChaCha continues to win award after award for this new human based search engine.

ChaCha is a free service to all mobile users in the United States. Only standard text rates apply.

I can proudly say that I am making money from this legitimate stay at home opportunity and unlike a lot of other programs, I've actually been paid as well!

Check the comments section for testimonials from some of the Guides I have brought on board so you don't just have to take my word for it!

Feel free to email me any questions at: lcraftonavon@bellsouth.net and remember to use this email when you sign up at www.chacha.com.

Laurie Crafton
ChaCha Top Guide
lcraftonavon@bellsouth.net

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

A Review of Wholesale Portal

So they say there is all kinds of money to be made on eBay. I decided to do a little surfing and to my surprise it seems there are over 1,001 views on how to accomplish this. I set out to find one of the best ways to make money through eBay and put it to the test.

After sifting through a ton of scams I came upon Wholesale-Portal. This is a site that has access Access to over 1,500,000 wholesale products, dropshippers & liquidators. You can buy top designer products at 90% discount and sell them on eBay, your website, local flea markets etc, for huge profits. If you choose, you also can get a web site preloaded with 150 products & Google Adsense!

The beauty that I found in this program is that no money comes out of your pocket up front! That's right, you find the item you wish to list, and sell it. Your buyer pays you the retail price, you pay the wholesale price and have the item shipped to the buyer. Pretty easy!

I also liked the fact that Wholesale-Portal offered me sign-up bonuses. I like to be bribed! Here's what I got: access to paid surveys online, paid emails online, four eBay software downloads including Turbo Lister which will allow you to list multiple items and upload to eBay in bulk. It is an amazing product in itself. If you've ever done any eBay listings you know it takes quite a bit of time time to upload items and list them individually. They also offer a $50 weekly bonus to the highest earning affiliate.

Wholesale-Portal has a very good site video that explains how everything works in great detail. I found that everything works pretty much like the video says.

If you are looking to buy and sell on eBay and make extra money, I'd certainly recommend this site. Very easy to use!

View the site video: copy & paste this URL into your web browser
https://paydotcom.com/r/10459/lcrafton/20349061/

You can also view it on my website for stay at home moms under the "Products" section.

http://www.stayathomemomsunite.com

Friday, August 22, 2008

CHACHA ANYONE?

Finally, something that is making me steady money while working from my home!

The business is called ChaCha and what it is is a human-powered search and answers service. Guides for ChaCha (me) deliver answers via text or PC, anytime, anywhere, any question.

Any one from any cell phone and any cell service can dial 242 242 (chacha) and ask me (a Guide) any question whatsoever. We research the question through the internet and return an answer.

New Guides make .10 cents per Q&A completed for the first thirty days. After the first 30 days if you have met ChaCha's quality requirements for Top Guide you will be moved up to .20 cents per Q&A completed. You make as much as you want when you want.

A few have said it doesn't sound like much. To that I say I stay at home with my kids. I can go up to my kids' school and work in their classroom. I'm at home when my kids get off the bus. I don't pay over $4 a gallon driving to and from a job. It's all in what your priorities are.

You can go to www.chacha.com and click on Become A Guide. If and when you sign up if you will use this email: lcraftonavon@bellsouth.net, I can help you through your initial training and test taking process.

The question I get most often is, how many questions can you do in an hour or in a day. You can do as many as you want. There are no fees and no commitments.

Some Guides do 50 questions a day, some do 350 questions a day.

Your typing speed and ability to use your google search bar greatly effects how much or how many you do.

You will end up having a ChaCha toolbar on your computer. When you want to work you click available on your toolbar when you don't want to work you will click away.

People with any mobile phone company will text questions to ChaCha. The question hits ChaCha's server and goes out to a handful of Guides who are available. A doorbell rings. You either answer it and take the question or if you don't answer it the question will go on down the line to the next Guide that is available.

Again, go to www.chacha.com and click on Become A Guide. That will not "commit" you to anything. It will take ChaCha 24-48 hours to send back an invitation to you at which time you will complete more info.

ChaCha is looking for quality people so they have 3 initial quizzes that you have to pass before you can move on.

To show you what a real and great company this is, we were just one of the major sponsors of the recent Nascar Brickyard 400 and the popular X Games. ChaCha continues to win award after award for this new human based search engine.

ChaCha is a free service. Only standard text rates apply.

I am making money from this legitimate stay at home opportunity and I have already been paid. Quite well I might add!

Feel free to email me any questions!

Laurie

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

MORE EGGS FOR MY BASKET !!!

I've told everyone throughout my posts that I'm always looking for more ways to make money for us and preferably the FREE way! I have found yet another FREE way to make money. It is called Bloggerwave.com. Basically it is making the most use out of the Blog that you already post to everyday.

Bloggerwave's site says "If you've got a blog, you're already closing in on the money. How? It's easy. We've got advertisers that would like you to write about their products or services. So you do. In your blog. And get paid!"

So my blog is on Bloggerwave. Advertisers need to advertise and for as little money as they can so they choose people like me to do business with. Advertisers present their jobs and "I" pick if I want to write about their services or products. One thing to remember here is you always want to maintain the integrity of your personal blog. What I mean is I would not take a job writing about the latest greatest product from Home Depot. That is not in line with what my blog is about. On the other hand, I could write a review or my opinion on my blog about a new service that involves the home as my blog is about making money from home. Home being the keyword. You don't want to stray too far off your blog's topic.

If the advertiser likes what I write then as long as I leave the write up on my blog for 30 days I get paid. You have to be fair here. If you see a product that you don't like, let someone else have that job that may have a use for that product.

I have just started this so as always I'll keep ya posted and I'll keep looking for other ways to make money for us!

Laurie Crafton