Find Information online.

I can’t remember when I stopped leafing through the yellow pages whenever I needed to find a local business listing. It wasn’t all that long ago that’s for sure. I do know that now more than half of us will go online to search for the listing we want.

So even if you don’t have a website yet you can still make sure you get an online presence that will have your business come up in a search.

Here are a few things you can do that won’t cost you any money but may help you earn more:

Fill out a free business profile for the yellowpages.

Put your business on the map. Get a listing with Google Places and your business will turn up in Google search and Google Maps. Take a look at this blog post if you need a little advice on how to do it.

Don’t forget to go to other search engines as well to register your business: don’t leave out Yahoo and Bing.

Think about what other sites people might visit to look up your business or service. Yelp, Inc. operates Yelp.com which along with offering searches of local businesses also contains user reviews. A business listing with Yelp is also free. MerchantCircle.com and Local.com are similar sites, but I couldn’t find any local listings for my area there. Do be careful and check out any site you might want to register with before parting with your information. But if you know of sites that are used locally or regionally by people you know, do check them out, there may be a way to get a free listing for your business there and get even more search engine traffic leading to your business.

Last but not least, do not stop sending your press releases to the local papers. Make sure to add your website’s URL to end of each release you submit. If you don’t have that URL yet, your paper may still publish your article in its online edition and again that will help to grow your web presence. All at no cost to you

Did I forget Facebook and Twitter? Nope I didn’t. But I don’t think they necessarily belong on this list. More on that in another post.

Earning money by working online is an opportunity that many people from countries all over the world are looking for. The problem is that just about everyone knows it.

Finding scams is often easier than finding the real thing. I expect it is a constant battle for the search engine crews to make sure that the search terms that most people looking for online work use lead to sites that are actually acting as online ‘employment agencies’ with real job listings.

I want to share the list of sites for online work that I have found so far here. These sites all have their own ways of doing business.

Some companies guarantee payment and act as intermediaries in disputes with employers and others don’t. Most charge some kind of fee and/or a percentage of a worker’s wage for their services, so be careful that you understand what you are signing up for and read through all site policies and agreements before taking on any jobs. If possible take a good long browse through site forums to find out more about the experiences of the online workers there. If the fees or terms don’t seem fair to you, move on.

So here is my list of online employment sites;

It seems to be the norm that it takes time to get those first jobs and the pay looks to be generally very low until you get established within the site or with individual employers. How much time and effort it takes to get started likely depends on a worker’s skill and persistence. It looks like there maybe more work for people with programming skills than those with more general skills and when you look at the numbers of workers signed up on the various sites it looks like the competition would be fierce regardless.

I hope this list helps and good luck.

If you know of other sites that belong on this list please share them using the comment form.
Thanks.

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