Work at Home
Call Center In Your Home
You hear a lot about companies routing their customer-service calls to workers overseas, but a less-noticed trend is the growth in home-based call-center workers. The number of such workers in North America has tripled since 2000, according to an estimate by research firm Yankee Group, with more than 670,000 phone agents in the United States [...]
Sell What You Say
Just over a year ago, we covered Ether, which makes it easy for (budding) entrepreneurs to sell spoken advice and support by providing them with a dedicated 1-888 number for customers to call, and taking care of billing and payments. Now, a massive player has joined the arena. Skype’s latest software release includes a beta [...]
Balsam Fir
Wendy Newmeyer started her foray into the balsam business by selling the cut branches of the balsam fir trees for a local incense factory. Quite coincidentally, she had read in a book that Native Americans used balsam trees as herb for many different home remedies. With her long-standing interests in herbs “that got me excited [...]
Make Millions — From Your Living Room
A bold claim, perhaps. But new technology and opportunities make it easier than ever to start a lucrative business at home. Gone are the days when a fledgling business required a large investment of start-up capital. With a phone, a computer, and a great idea, it’s possible to join the legion of people who have [...]
Million Dollar Business Started On Shoestring
Russell Hirst was just 21-years-old when he set up his online flower delivery service from a bedroom at his parents’ home in Manchester, England. Hirst’s ‘one room, one computer’ company is now selling flowers to 120 countries. Hirst says he is self-taught when it comes to the internet and attributes his success with Valueflora to [...]
When Is It A Good Idea To Move Out Of Your Home Office?
Once you’ve decided to take the plunge and move your home-based business to a commercial office space, there are a number of decisions you’ll have to make. First, where will you go and what facilities will you need? Taking an office close to your home and your employees’ homes is always a good bet, as [...]
How To Play Videogames For A Living
Want to make a living playing your favorite games? There are many ways to break into the videogame industry, according to experts. These job types offer the fastest path into sought-after studios like Electronic Arts, THQ and Ubisoft. Paying your rent playing videogames sounds fun, but the reality can be far more tedious, says Kaos [...]
