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If you are reading this, you probably fit one of four categories: (1) spouse of a deployed military member, (2) spouse of a military member away from home for training or temporary duty, (3) a newly married or engaged military spouse, or (4) someone with at least a few hours a week on their hands that is looking to help supplement their income. What we hope to do here is to present some ideas, from several different sources, of things to consider before you start investing your time and money into a work-at-home business. Then, we'll give some ideas about some part-time or full-time ways of making money in your spare time. The rest is up to you!
First of all, can YOU really work from home? It takes a certain type personality and discipline to accomplish this. You need to be able to avoid distractions, have some quiet time available for "thinking", and be able to FOCUS on your work. (Sell your TV, maybe???!!!)
Another thing you want to do is assess your skills and interests; if they don't match up with internet work, you might have difficulties. Military spouses are fortunate because there is a free assessment and training/education resources available through the Department of Labor. These programs can help you evaluate your potential.
Doing a search on the internet can yield thousands of potential opportunities, and hundreds of people willing to give you the way to earn "Thousands of Dollars a Week"! Well, there might be some slight exaggerations on those. One source I used was Clark Howard, a talk show host who specializes in "common sense" answers to personal finance-related questions. Included on his web site is a list of things to look for when it comes to "scams", and some programs that are highly recommended as "safe, valid" programs.
One of the great new types of work has the broad title of "Virtual Assistant". A Virtual Assistant provides administrative support of various types to larger businesses and huge corporations. There is a lot of work (typing, data entry, analysis, customer service, bookkeeping, marketing, etc.) that falls under this domain and it's definitely worth investigating.
If you like to write, or work with web sites, you can also consider the area of Internet Affiliate marketing. This is a field where you write articles or create websites, for example, to help drive customers to retail and wholesale stores. Companies like Amazon, Apple, Buy.com, Ebay, Starbucks (and literally thousands of others) participate in these "affiliate" programs and pay commissions (usually in the 5% - 15% range, but span from 2% to 50% in some cases).
After reading this, if you are interested in pursuing work from home, I would recommend you visit my website at Military Spouses Work From Home . Additionally, you can get a good overview of affiliate marketing at My Journey into Affiliate Marketing
We all knowthe TOUGHEST job in ANY branch of the services is that of SPOUSE! May I wish you the best in your pursuit!
