We write abouta lotof work-from-home job opportunities.
But have you considered starting your own work-from-home business?
So, you probably have the same initial question as me:How?
Alaina and Keith Roth with their son Leo. Alaina makes $2,000 per month as a work-from-home transcriber. Photo courtesy Alaina Roth
We rounded up three online courses thatll help your work-from-home dream come true.
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Here are the stories of threerealpeople who have done just that.
Alaina Roth makes $2,000/month as a work-from-home transcriber.
She put in long hours nights and weekends.
And that was OK.
Until she got pregnant.
Thats when she stumbled acrossTranscribe Anywhere.
Without much hesitation, Roth signed up.
It was easy, Roth says.
The online course led Roth through modules, practice dictions and quizzes.
It even showed her how to createa websiteand how to secure clients.
She moved along at her own pace a blessing with a newborn at home.
In all, she completed her training in about four months.
If I want to spend my entire day with my son, I can, she explains.
I may be up all night finishing work, but thats what I choose to do.
If I want to spend the week at my familys house, I can.
I can bring my work along with me.
If I want to take a vacation, I can.
But for all of the flexibility, Roth says solid time management skills are a must.
That, and the best training which she says she received through Transcribe Anywhere.
On average, she earns $2,000 per month, happily taking jobs when it suits her.
Daniel Honan rakes in $50,000 a year as a virtual bookkeeper.
Daniel Honan is only 30, but he has a variety of experiences tucked in his professional portfolio.
Hes a former military officer.
He has years of experience in the residential and commercial painting industry from grunt work to manager.
He also has an accounting degree.
Oh, and an MBA.
Even with all this experience, Honan still didnt feel settled.
So, when he stumbled across one of our articles about becominga virtual bookkeeper, he leapt.
Honan signed up forLearn to be a Bookkeeperlast April.
The online course helps people start and grow their own virtual bookkeeping business no experience required.
And thats exactly what Honan did.
After taking one class a week, he started his own business in about three months.
With his painting industry knowledge and accounting background, he created the perfect niche:bookkeeping for painters.
He completed his training on July 3 and started marketing his services July 4.
Honan secured his first consultation before the end of that month.
Now, he works with 10 clients across the U.S. one of the many perks of working virtually.
In addition, he spends more time with his wife of 2.5 years.
Today, Honan works 40-hour weeks and estimates hell gross about $50,000 in his first year.
(Thats before taxes, according to the bookkeeper.)
He encourages anyone interested to check out theLearn To Be A Bookkeeper course.
And yes,you’re free to do so for free.
Joanna Kelley makes up to $1,200 per month as an online proofreader.
For the past 12 years, Joanna Kelley has been a stay-at-home mom, home-schooling her two young daughters.
For a while, she took odd jobs, including nannying.
But it was really important for her to be available to her kids while they were growing up.
The best solution I could think of was finding a way to work from home, she says.
While doing some research, she came acrossProofread Anywhere.
It offers online courses to train students to proofread court reports.
And as someone who constantly spots spelling and grammar mistakes, well, the gig just fit.
I couldnt believe people get paid to read and spot mistakes, Kelley says.
I do that by default!
She signed up for the course in May 2015.
By August, after thousands of practice pages, she aced the final exam.
Within hours,Joanna Kelley Proofreadinghad its first client.
The part shed never trade?
I love the flexibility of this work, she says.
I can attend my childrens activitiesandwork.
I can be home if my kids need me without having to take sick days.
I can travel when I want or need to.
I am available for family emergencies.
She says the list of pros are very long.
She eventually hopes to move overseas, perhaps to Chiang Mai, Thailand.
But, really, shed settle with (proofreading) anywhere.
It sounds appealing right?
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