Free Courses for Establishing a Home Based Business

The Internet is filled with money making opportunities, and most are mediocre at best, if not down right fraudulent. I would like to tell you about one of the better opportunities I have come across, and it’s absolutely free so you really have nothing to lose and a lot to gain. This opportunity is offered by Kevin Potts, founder of the website CambridgeBusinessAcademy.com.

Before establishing this website, Mr. Potts worked in the corporate world, was involved with venture capitalists and was even a full time religious minister for 8 years. While growing his congregation from 200 to 600 he decided to return to commerce but combine what he has learned from his service to the community to providing help for entrepreneurs who seek to have a home based business.

As the following testimonial shows, Potts main influence was Tim Lowe, who is one of Europe’s top entrepreneur coaches, and taught him everything he needed to know about building a home based business with great success:

Currently, the CambridgeBusinessAcademy.com website has an honest promotion where Potts is giving away for absolutely $0 his comprehensive home business opportunity called The Money Mentor High Level Coaching System. The first coaching package is called Starting Point, and is a 10-video DVD series outlining the methods of setting up a home based business. The second is known as Life Changers and is an 8-video DVD series containing interviews with experts who have been tremendously influential in making Kevin Potts a successful home business entrepreneur. The third series is a called the Blue Print, which is a 60+ page report containing additional tips for success and the fourth series is known as Meet The Gurus, which is a 13-video series where experts specific to the home based marketing field provide their strategies.

It is important to note here that no information is kept hidden from people who sign up and there is no sales pitch, which is a rarity with top performing businesses. On the site, Potts states that this free offer could end without notice so take a look at the introductory video on http://www.cambridgebusinessacademy.com/ and proceed from there.

Professional Resume Services Online

professional-resumeThe process of landing a job usually requires a resume, but with so many people of all backgrounds looking for a job, you need a resume that truly stands out from the rest. Writing and re-writing your own cover letter to be tailored for each job is a must, but whether it is for executive resumes or jobs for felons, having a great resume usually requires an outside advice.

To that end, it is essential to get your resume looked at by a professional resume writer, and if necessary, revised by them. For instance, consider the services offered by the website TopSecretResumes.com.

This site offers free tips on resume writing and interview preparation as well as paid resume writing services. Their team of expert resume writers has played an important role in helping thousands of clients get jobs in their respective fields or make a career change. These writers know what text and formatting is more likely to work in getting the attention of recruiters, within a mere seconds of reading a resume. The approach taken by the writers is highly professional, from the time of conducting an in-depth interview with the resume seeker to the final submission. Notably, the company offers a satisfaction guarantee policy by agreeing to provide revisions for 14-day after the final submission.

In order to further learn how you could improve your resume, so you can land that coveted job, visit the aforementioned website.  You can get an idea as to the quality of work provided, by heading over to the before-and-after section, where you can see the improvements made in various types of resumes. Keep in mind that the website currently offers a free complimentary executive resume analysis and a quote on what improvements your resume needs.

Running Your Own Online Business

webbusiness The current recessionary times cause many individuals to adjust how they cope with their daily challenges. One of the major adjustments is represented by the marked increase in the number of businesses being established on the Internet. Launching a business from a home office has become a relatively inexpensive approach to massive layoffs and unstable prices of groceries and fuel, with the added incentive of unlimited growth potential.

An integral part required to build successful online business ventures, just as it is offline, is a solid marketing knowledge. In the same way it is inconceivable to have a prosperous restaurant business without the implementation of a marketing campaign through the local media, having a thriving e-commerce website without online marketing is impossible as well.

The premise behind every successful ‘make money’ offer in the online marketing industry is that you have to learn or already know web marketing to effectively sell anything online. A good marketing program will provide tutorials and links to the top resources that will teach its users the fundamentals and insights relating to web marketing know-how. In order to learn best, a comprehensive training program with practical highlights of the key concepts will impart the maximum learning benefits to its users.

One such website is known as The Infinite Web Income (IWI) and is intended to teach the methods of creating various income streams using the Internet. Paul Tobey, the creator of the program describes in detail how anyone could become a successful online entrepreneur with the system. The IWI website has everything that a good online business should provide, being easy to learn, no money down required and a full-proof system that works if applied on an ongoing basis. Tobey offers a structured program that covers such topics as business processes, marketing tools, networking opportunities, etc’, for creating an ‘online money machine’ that works even when the user is away from their computer.

There are 3 straight forward revenue generating membership choices being offered by IWI, specifically: silver, gold and platinum, which can earn a user between $150 to $1500 per sale as well as a residual income of $50 per month per sale. There is also a free affiliate program, which means that every time a new member joins as a result of the user’s efforts, the user earns additional revenue.

With the program you can learn how to earn online based on the accumulated experiences of successful Internet marketers, which can help to significantly lower the typical work-at-home learning curve. Beyond online marketing, you will also learn about the various aspects of owning a home-based business, including finances, technical tips, the psychology of successful entrepreneurs, and much more. The applications used for the training include ebooks, audio tutorials, teleseminars, live Internet seminars (webinars) and even in-person live events. Notably, the program is also suitable for people who have no prior knowledge of Internet marketing, with step-by-step guides designed to be simple for anyone wishing to learn how to generate income through the Internet.

If you wish to find out more about a business opportunity that you can manage from the comfort of your own home, check out the Infinite Web Income program.

Consider a Government Job

governmentjobs1During these times of severe economic downturn, many are struggling to find a private sector job, however, the government is actually posting a big help wanted sign. The federal government’s civilian manpower of 2.8 million is expected to grow substantially over the coming years as it is set to stimulate the economy, introduce more regulatory agencies, and overhaul the health care system.

Since December 2007, the number of private sector jobs has been reduced by 4%, but federal employment has grown by 1.7%, according to data by the Economic Policy Institute. Notably, a projection by the Heritage Foundation, estimates that by 2012, the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act could generate 120,000 additional public sector jobs.

Government jobs require skills that are transferable from other industries and professions. Openings are quite diverse, ranging from administrative staff to engineers, project managers to financial managers, etc’. Government positions also offer a higher level of job security that is rarely matched by private sector jobs. In addition, government jobs frequently offer signing bonuses, medical benefits, cost-of-living increases, tuition assistance, and retirement benefits to attract people who normally would only consider the private sector. For some, the opportunity to do public service work is viewed as their top priority and the rest is gravy.

The following are online resources for getting your search going.

USAjobs.gov
The official job site for the US federal government, currently contains more than 43,000 worldwide openings as well as comprehensive job-related information. Some positions are: Human Resources Assistant($36,611 per year), Financial Manager($93,871), Supervisory Criminal Investigator($112,108) and many more.

The Plum Book
A publication for the US Government Policy and Supporting Positions, listing more than 7,000 civil service, leadership and support positions in the Legislative and Executive branches.

TransitionJobs.us
A work in progress, covering information about presidentially-nominated positions and related information.

Career One Stop
This Department of Labor site, offering job information and advice on salaries, education, training, resume, interview preparation and more.

You can also find state and local municipality jobs on the website govjobs.com

Work at Home Scams to Watch Out For

money-trap1The average unemployment rate in the U.S. is currently 7.6% and is forecasted to reach even higher. As a result, work-at-home websites, which are promising big money for little or no experience, are cropping up and sound very tempting. However, now more than any prior time in history, the inexperienced among us are becoming victims of work-at-home scams.

Work-at-home scams assure an income of thousands of dollars for jobs requiring little effort such as envelope staffing, but with money sent upfront. What actually takes place is that the scammers take the unsuspecting person’s money and sometimes their ID -and then never respond.

New work-at-home scams are increasing based on FBI reports. Some of the new schemes, called “transfer funds” or “reship product”, require a people to unknowingly be used to get cash from banks, or to send stolen goods to crooks. Mystery shopping scams are  also increasing. In this case, victims agree to be mystery shoppers, they then receive fake checks and are instructed to cash the check and wire the funds to the company in order to get part of the money. But they’re actually just cashing bad checks.

For its part, the Better Business Bureau(BBB) is alerting about a rebate processing scams, where victims are asked to pay hundreds of dollars in initial fees in order to receive the details on jobs for processing rebates from well-established companies. However, instead of receiving the information on processing rebates, people get instructions on how to make money by sending e-mails and posting blog posts. Often in these cases, the initial fees are charged on credit cards with additional funds being continually charged during subsequent months.

It is important to know which scams are currently prevalent in order to not get swindled. The FBI website, FBI.gov, allows people to sign up for e-mail alerts by clicking on the red envelope icon on the top right side of the home page. You should also go to a website sponsored by the FBI at lookstoogoodtobetrue.com for more information. As a general rule, never provide your personal information or send any money to a work from home job site unless you’ve researched the company completely. At the very least, this means doing a search at the Better Business Bureau website BBB.org as well as conducting online search for the company name along with the word ‘scam’ or ‘fraud’ to see if there is any cause to rethink the offer.