What are the Best Work from Home Jobs?

I received an email from Matilda, one of my website visitors asking me about the best work from home jobs she could do as a strapped for cash single mom. I've put together a short list of a few ideas to try out. You might also like this list.

Matilda told me that she doesn't mind me sharing her email with you. Here it is...

Dear Jim,
I'm a single mom and I struggle to make ends meet. I've always spent hours and hours every day for several years now just wasting the time away for entertainment on the internet.

Recently I stumbled into a youtube video where a young guy in his early 20s was making a fortune online doing something really simple

I have to admit that it really inspired me to look into this make money online stuff more seriously. There was something about him that told me he wasn't just making it up. He didn't show lots of money and flashy cars and big houses, he just talked for a minute or two about how he sold his first ever thing on eBay.

I remember it was just a second-hand remote control for a TV.  He said that most people would have just thrown the remote control away, but he decided to see how much he could make for it if he sold it on eBay.

He didn't make a lot of money from it, in fact, it was probably a lot of effort for a tiny profit on one item. But what he did next blew my mind. He said that he got an idea to go around second-hand junk stores and buy cheap things that might sell. He just used his intuition when doing this to choose things he thought people wanted or needed.

So, he bought things cheap and sold them on eBay for a nice little profit.  Anyways turns out he bought 1,000 dollars of stuff in thrift stores that most people would consider to be worthless junk. Guess how much he made from that $1,000?Go on, take a wild guess!

He actually made $7,637 back. So that was over $6,600 of pure profit with just a couple of days work on packing and listing things on eBay. I am still blown away. One of the things he sold was a "broken" hair dryer!!!

Turns out someone loved that particular hair dryer and hers had broken so her husband was looking for another to use as repairs. Ideal because the hair dryer in question was no longer available in stores.

It seems the guy's intuition paid off when he bought that broken hair dryer! I came across your site, James, and it seems like you're a straight up guy that doesn't BS people into buying rubbish programs to make money online.

I was wondering if you could give me some ideas of the best work from home jobs that I could do as a single mom (I have zero dollars to invest right now but would consider something very cheap to start next month). That is a big challenge, I know. But I think you're the guy to ask. Can you help me?

Yours Sincerely,

Matilda

My Reply

Well now, Matilda, I love stories like that. I think I might just have a few ideas for you and anyone else in your position, including single dads and many others wanting to get started online. Some of these home based business ideas are extremely profitable if you really do your best.

Some of them are simple little things like clicking ads for a few cents. There's a few for you to try if you have little or no money to invest. The internet generated billions of dollars of revenue and grows each and every year.  People are doing more shopping online than ever before and there are more and more internet users jumping online every second.

Wouldn't it be great to leverage this stuff online and make a real and substantial income working from home on your laptop with a cup of coffee in one hand, your mouse in the other hand and the kids playing happily in the room because they get to see their mom/dad all day every day.

It is very possible if you know what you should do. Wouldn't it be fantastic to be able to call the shots on where, when and how you build a business online.  Can you make a full time income? Can you make more than a full time income?  Read on for answers to those questions and many more.  I hope to give you inspiration in times of economic turmoil and I hope you try at least one of these ideas.

I have my favorites and they may not be to your fancy. However there are ideas on here that I wouldn't want to do myself because they don't take my fancy. Either way, this list may grow over time so come back often to check it out if you're looking for new online business opportunities working right from the comfort and convenience of your own home.

I test what works and what doesn't, so that you don't have to fail time and time again.  As with any business, making money online requires hard work and determination not to give up.  So many give up that only a few are left to reap the rewards.

The ones who stick at it and learn stuff every day are the ones who become the most successful.  I know several 6 and 7 figure earners who do nothing but sit at home on their computer to make money online. What makes them different to the unsuccessful ones?

Time, patience, failure, frustration, determination and more failure. Those things affect every successful entrepreneur in the online world of making money.  If you're determined enough you will break through all the barriers that present themselves.

You'll learn to fix things yourself and continue on to success even when you know another barrier will present itself, it always does.  but you'll get over that one too and the next and the one after that. Eventually you reach your destination and you look back and think to yourself "well, actually that wasn't so bad!"Making money online is one of those things that seems really hard until you've actually succeeded in doing so.

Making money online is one of those things that seems really hard until you've actually succeeded in doing so. It gets easier and easier as you learn what works and what doesn't work.

How Do You Become One of the Successful Ones?

You stick at it.  You choose what you really want to do and you work hard at it and build it daily until it becomes successful.  All of these ideas will work for anyone who is determined that they work. It really is about your own mindset and your attitude.

Some online jobs here won't make a penny for months until you figure it all out.  If you forget the money then the money will come more quickly. If you concentrate on money you will take a lot longer to make it. Believe me!

Who Can Do These Work From Home Jobs?

Not everyone is the same and not everyone wants to do the same thing online to make money.  I'll try to cover as many people as possible so that anyone can try some of these ideas. At least one of these ideas will be good for you.

In fact you may find a few, and there's no limit to how many you choose to try all at the same time. I combine several ways in my own online business efforts because you don't want to put all your eggs in one basket, right? So, here's a list of people that will be suitable for most of these jobs listed below.

• Stay home moms (or dads, let's not be sexist here!)
• Students in full time or part time study.
• Military Veterans.
• Unemployed or Underemployed people.
• Retirees looking to supplement a measly pension.
• Nomadic types who travel the world.
• People who don't have good qualifications.
• Ex prisoners.
• Disabled people who can't work a regular job.
• People who are just tired of working for someone else.
• People who job skip because they can never find satisfaction.
• Entrepreneurs.

You could add a few more types of people to that list, I'm sure.  This group includes myself and most people I can think of right now.