Thursday, August 11, 2011

We guide you to Earn Money Online via doing Data Entry, Copywriting and etc Jobs

Earn Money OnlineNo InvestmentCan you want to make $3000+ per month easily? Via doing simple jobs like copywriting, data entry, typing, online form filling, programming, SEO and etc?
If yes, then carry on and read this freelance tutorial. You will learn the easiest and 100% legitimate way to earn lot of cash on the internet.
Working at freelance sites is the best and easiest way to earn legitimate money on the internet. You are your own Boss and you will work whenever you want to. Most importantly, it is 100% Free to join these sites.
Note: To get the mentioned jobs, you will never pay any money from your pocket EVER.
Please don't stop Reading... You want to earn money online right? Via 100% Free and Legit way? So all I ask is to read the content on this page and at the end, you will know about the Best available opportunity. Thousands of users are making their living online: You can do that too : ) Or you can earn some extra money whenever you have some spare time

How much money can you earn via doing these online jobs?
Well, I am earning $3000+ per month, and I do copywriting and data entry jobs. I prefer only copywriting as the pay is very good [compared to data entry].
Data entry is a good option to choose if you cannot do any other job. Different jobs require us to have different kinds of skills. Like to do programming work, one needs to have knowledge of different kinds of languages like PHP, ASP, .NET etc.
If a person has no skill in any field then he can do data entry jobs: as this work requires no Skill or Experience of any kind. If you can operate a PC then you can do this work.





This work does pay less compared to copywriting and other jobs but one can still earn some decent amount of money.
All freelance sites, which are mentioned in this guide, have a great freelancing market especially the first two. Hundreds of online jobs are posted at these sites every day.
Is it free to join these sites?
Well yes, it is 100% free to join. But there are some differences between these websites. I will explain them later and I will also explain the difference between data entry and copywriting jobs.
To make money at these sites you need to invest some Time. You will not invest any money. The only thing that you will be investing is some of Your Time.
What do you mean by Investing Time? And how will it affect the amount of money that one can earn?
If you want to make a living online then you will have to spend 8 or more hours at these sites.
On the other hand, if you only want to earn some extra cash on the internet, that is via doing part time online jobs, then you can do work whenever you have some spare time. You can work for few hours on the weekends or you can work for an hour or so on business days [after your full time day job is over].
The time that you will invest is Very Important: don't think that there is any opportunity online where you can earn money without doing any work. Anyone who wishes to make a living via these sites should be prepared to work for 10 or so hours every day: And when it comes to the Beginning of one's freelancing career, he has to work Really Hard in order to gain Ratings [I will explain more later].
In the beginning the goal is to win Your first Project.
And note that it is VERY difficult [but not impossible] to win the 1st project. There are so many things to learn. But do not get disappointed as you will only work hard at the beginning. Slowly, you will start to enjoy working at these sites. New comers will work more and will earn less but after few days or few weeks, the opposite will happen: that is: you will work less and will make much more money : )
Please bear with me... You will learn everything. All I ask is that you carefully and patiently read this guide.
Working at freelance sites is the best option for home staying Moms to make money online: You can stay at home with your children and make cash Without any kind of Investment
I shall now show you the link to the Best and Top freelancing site on the internet.
Note: Please open this link in a separate windows and carry on reading this guide. It is a complete freelance tutorial that contains lot of tips for the New Comers.

EL
Before talking about this site in detail, I would like to explain another important thing via a simple example. Assume that you go to a shop to buy a PC Keyboard. The shopkeeper shows you four different keyboards.
All four are made by a different company and have a totally different QUALITY. Which one would you prefer to buy? If you ask me, I will definitely go for the best Quality. And to get the best, I will need to pay some price? I mean I will have to pay More Money for buying the best quality product compared to the money which I need to pay to buy a cheap product: right?
Now just like that, some freelancing sites have a better Quality compared to other sites in the same business. EL is a freelance site that, no doubt, have the best Quality. And to get any job at EL, you will need to pay a price. WAIT: I don't mean that you will pay Money: you will have to pay the price in the form of putting Effort in completing your Profile.
Still don't understand what I mean ? : )
Don't worry, you will understand everything
In order to Apply for Jobs at EL and other freelance sites, you need to get an account. At other sites, you can get an account in just few minutes. You can then start to apply for different jobs but at Elance, you may need to spend some more time to get a fully activated account.
Now are you Serious about making money online or you are just passing by and checking if you can earn some Quick Cash via doing no work?


Remember that there are no Shortcuts: In order to earn money online, you will have to do lot of work, especially at the start. Whether you want to do this as a part time or full time job, hard work will be required in both cases.
Now if you are a serious customer then you should be ok in spending a little time in getting an account at Elance right?
EL is the best in this business: Keep this in mind.
Now let us see how hard it is to get a fully activated account at EL : )
The first step is the easiest of all: simply Sign-Up. Note: users who want to get online jobs at EL are called "Contractor". You want to earn money via doing work for other people right? So you are a contractor. People who will give you work are called Employers.
IMPORTANT: Remember to sign-up for a Correct Account. Many users select to register as an Employer instead of a Contractor. They waste lot of their time in figuring out why they are not able to get any job : )
Elance and other sites make design changes quite often: In the current design, there are two places where you may get confused and select the wrong account type. The link which I have included above, will land you on EL where you will be able to see this[Figure 1]:
EL Correct Account
Account Selecting at EL
You can see in this image where you should and should not click. Just remember that you are Not an Employer
Some users try to navigate in the site before they start the registration process. Some of them land on the Homepage where I currently see this[Figure 2]:
This picture shows you where to click and where to not.
There is one other way to sign-up. At the Top-Right hand side of all pages, you can see this[Figure 3]:
Register Button
If you click on Register, you will then see Figure 4:
Make sure that you select the Correct Account.
After clicking on the correct signup link, you will then see a page where Four different Memberships are available.
Select to Register under the BASIC Membership account. [This is the Free membership.]
After that, you will see a Simple Form. Fill in all the information and then click on Join EL
After you complete the registration process you will then have to create your Profile. Please note that you have to create a Decent looking Profile. EL is a professional freelancing site so contractors need to be professional too, right? Take your time in creating a good looking profile. You will need to fill-in information in the following form[Figure 5]:
Register Button
Register Button
It is also a pretty much simply form. Write in detail about your Experience [If Any]. Show your Qualifications/Degrees [If Any]. Write other detail about yourself: write whether you are working alone or you have a team. Mention whether you are working fulltime online or you are doing this work as part time job...
In the Keywords box you can write about the specific fields/categories in which you are interested to work. For example you can write these keywords: Data Entry, Copywriting, Form Filling etc...
During the registration process or during completing the steps to create your profile, you will also have to choose a Category. THIS IS IMPORTANT. You can only apply for jobs in the category which you will select in your profile. Do not select the wrong category. For example, choose Writing and Translation category if you want to do copywriting jobs.
If you want to do data entry jobs then choose this category: Admin Support
How many categories can a Free Member choose?
Only ONE.
So it means that I can either do data entry or copywriting jobs and can't do both?
The answer is Yes and also No. Free members can only choose one category so they cannot do both data entry and writing work at the same time. Where PAID members can select more than one categories so they can select both these categories.
Can I change my Category?
Yes, but only Once in a Month.
Choose the correct category to avoid any problems.
Now let us talk about the last step in completing your profile. Look at Figure 6:
EL Last Step Registration
This is the point where lot of users lose their interest in working at EL : )
You need to pass a Admission Test. This is NO Difficult Task. Passing this test is very easily if you are willing to do some research. Just note that you only have limited chances to pass this test so do little research before attempting this test.
Verifying your Phone Number is simple.
Simply click on Verify Your Phone Number and then click on Continue. Make sure that you have entered the correct Phone Number in your profile. You will then receive an Automated Call. This process is simple but you can only verify your phone number if you have already pass the Admission Test.
Keep in mind that you only have limited chances to pass this test. All you need to do is to do some research. You can even do this research While Taking the Test : )
Simply open the Help Section at Elance and then start the test.
Read the Question carefully and then answer it if you know the answer or quickly search the Help section to get the answer. I suggest you open the Contractor Guide at Elance and open another window with Elance Main Help site [the main page has a Search Box]
First try to find the answer in the Contractor's Guide: in case you cannot find the answer then open the other window and search for the answer in Elance Help database.
I believe there are 20 questions in total and passing percentage is 80.
You can easily pass this test. Just carefully read this guide and then follow the steps which I have mention.
I suggest you take Screenshots of all the 20 questions or write down the questions for which you cannot find a definite answer. In case you fail in the first attempt then look at all the questions that were asked. Search in Elance database and try to find the answer. If you fail to find a answer then you are welcome to ask for help in our forum.
If you really are serious in joining this professional site and you are willing to spend some time in learning about EL so that you can easily pass the test then I suggest you go here: Elance Guides. This link will take you to EL category where I have posted lot of articles for New Comers. This link will take you to Page Number 10. Currently there are 11 pages in this category. Start from page 10 and then go to page 9 and so on. Each page contains 5 articles.
My suggestion will be to read all these articles if you fail to pass the admission test in the first attempt.
Once you pass the test and verify your phone number, you can then start to look for jobs. Remember that you are a new comer who will have to compete with other users. Some of these other users will have HIGH RATINGs. So don't lose Hope and Do Not Give Up
In order to apply for a job, you will need to submit a Proposal. At many freelance sites, proposals are known as placing BIDS
Take a look at Figures 7 and 8:
EL Last Step Registration
EL Last Step Registration
These pictures show the required fields that you need to fill in order to submit a proposal. In the Top/First box, write the detail. Try to understand the work which you are required to do in the given job. For example, if the job requires you to write 10 articles about Gardening then to show the Employer that you are a Serious Contender, you can write a 100 or so words sample on the given topic and include it in the said box.
Don't just paste a sample: First write something else like: Hello, I am a new contractor but I can assure you that I will do the given work accurately and within the given time period. I just wrote a sample for you on the topic you mentioned...
You need to IMPRESS the Employer.
At the bottom of Figure 7, you can see two boxes: you just need to use the first one only. This box says "My Earnings". In this box, you will enter the amount of money for which you are willing to complete the given work.
As you are a new comer and have no RATINGs, therefore I suggest you agree to work for lowest rates.
WHAT, the lowest price? Why?
Well, what do you expect : ) ?
You are a New Comer. So you have to do work for the lowest rates.
How can you get a project for higher rates when there are many other people applying for the same project? And they may have high ratings too:
This seems to be a good time to tell you about the Importance of Ratings/Feedbacks
All freelance sites have a rating/feedback system. When a person completes a job, he/she then gets a rating/feedback. The more projects you do, the more ratings/feedbacks will you get.
The more ratings/feedbacks a person have, the more money he/she will earn. Users with High Ratings get work for higher rates as Buyers Trust Them.
Ratings/feedbacks are part of freelancer’s reputation. As you are a new user and you don’t have any ratings therefore you should go for the lowest price.
Remember: more good ratings = more jobs for you.
So in the beginning, your first goal is to Earn Excellent Ratings and for this you need to Win Your First Project.


Importance of Communication with Buyers
Communication with buyers is the most important part. Without proper communication, your chances of winning a project are almost zero. You can use Workroom Messages to communicate with Employers.
IMPORTANT: In Elance, you cannot start a conversation with Employers. In order to communicate with an employer, you first need to submit a proposal and then you need to wait for him to start a Conversation. After you receive a message, you can then communicate with him via WorkRoom.
To send a reply, Click on the Elance logo, that you will see at the very top-left hand side. Here you can see a list of jobs where you have submitted a proposal. With each job, you can see a Envelope like icon/button. To view the message which Employer has sent you or to reply, you can click on this envelope icon. This will open the Messaging Center in your Workroom.
Remember that as you will gain ratings, you will start to earn more and more.
In Figure 8, you can see an option to mention the Milestone. This is just like Escrow: I suggest you leave this for now. First earn a rating and then worry about using this option. You can also see an option to choose Delivery Time. Choose an approximate time in which you can complete the work. The last option can be used to place your proposal at the top of all other proposals. I suggest you do not use this option as you do not have lot of Connects.
What are Connects?
Please read the guides in the EL Category which I have mentioned above.
After you open the project description page, you should first read the description of the project. Make sure that you can complete the described work.
Important: You have to make sure that you can complete the work. You have to be 100% sure about it. In order to be successful at freelance sites, you need to earn excellent ratings: and in case you fail to complete a project, then you will get a Bad rating. One bad rating can pretty much end the freelance career for a new comer.
[Update: Don't make a very common mistake of bidding on projects where you are not sure what job is required to be done. Sometimes new comers start to submit proposals on different projects without reading and understanding the project description. Some of them think that if they get the Unknown Job, they will simply search about it on the internet and will then learn everything about the job in a quick time. This behavior is commonly seen as a result of Frustration or Carelessness. Please keep in mind that if you win a project that you cannot complete in the given time period, then you will get a Bad Rating. After that, no one will give you any work.]
OD
After Elance, oDesk is the other site which is very professional. If I start to write in detail about this website too then you would have to read 1000+ more words : )
If you are able to join EL and pass the admission test then you can join any freelance site without any problem. You should join EL and OD. Both these sites are of high quality. Joining 2 freelance sites will help you learn more and will increase the chances of you getting your first job quicker.
What payment options are available?
There are many payment options available at freelance sites.
You can select MoneyBookers [MB] or Paypal . Other payment options are not as cheap and safe as these two.
If you live in a country where Paypal is not supported then you can use MoneyBookers to transfer money to your bank account. It’s cheap and safe:
[Note: if you are living in a Country where MB is also not supported, like in Nigeria, then please use the Payoneer Debit Card option]
It’s not difficult to create an account at Moneybookers, however adding bank accounts can [sometimes] create problems. Once you verify the address and name, and add a bank account: you will then receive your money with just one click.
After you create an account at Moneybookers: go to the Profile page and click on Address. You need to verify your postal address in order to enable your MB account for withdrawals.
I personally made the mistake of not verifying my address at the time of creating my MB account. After I transferred my money from a freelancing site to MB, I tried to withdraw the money to my bank account.
Unfortunately, it was then, I found about address verification. My withdrawal was processed 40 days late because of this small mistake of not verifying my postal address when I first created my account.
Anyway, after you click on the verify Postal address button, Moneybookers will send a letter to your postal address which will contain a code. Use this code to verify your account.
[Please note that this verification letter can take up to 45 days to reach you: time varies depending on the country where you live]
After address verification, you have to enter your bank account information.
You will first transfer your money from freelance sites to your MB account and then you will transfer this money to your bank account. The whole process can take up to 14 days.
The real problem is that, you can’t use [just] any bank accounts with Moneybookers. You will need to have an account in a bank which is directly connected to SWIFT Network.
How to find out if a bank is connected to the SWIFT network or not?
The easiest way of finding whether your bank is connected to SWIFT or not, is to call your bank and ask them to give you their Swift Code.
If they have a SWIFT code, then go to your Moneybookers account and try to enter your bank account information. In case MB fails to accept your Bank account information: then it will mean that your bank is indirectly connected to SWIFT network (Not good).
If your bank account is not directly connected to SWIFT network, then go to SWIFT Directory and try to search for a bank in your city, which is directly connected to the SWIFT Network and which is nearest to where you live.
After that, you will have to go to that bank to create a new bank account. After you get a new account, enter its information in your profile at MB.
First you will request the freelancing site(s) to transfer your money to MB, then you will request Moneybookers to send these funds to your bank account. After few days, you will finally receive your funds.
[Update: I recently tried to withdraw money from MB and I got a message to verify my Name too. For that, Moneybookers sent $15 to my bank account. I then went to my bank and got a SWIFT Transaction copy of this 15 dollars withdrawal. I scanned the document and sent it to MB via their website. MB then verified my Name/Account within 24 hours. So you may also get this Name verification message anytime]
I do not know much about Paypal as it is not yet supported in my country. If you live in Pakistan or any other country where Paypal is not yet supported then you will have to use MB.
Paypal and Moneybookers have made it so easy for people doing online jobs at freelancing sites to receive their money. You just need an account at any of these payment processors and then with just few clicks, you will receive the funds in your bank account within few days.
Here is the link to the Third freelancing site.
SL[NOTE: For The Option "Account Type", Choose "Programmer" NOT "Buyer"]
SL is the third best freelancing site. You may not be able to find lots of jobs here but it is still a decent site
SL and the last freelance site have lot in common. I have explained in detail below.
NOTE: If you want to follow my suggestion and want to join ONLY Elance, oDesk and maybe Scriptlance too, and Do Not want to read more about other sites, then you can Skip the next detailed explanation of SL and GAF, and you can jump to the last few Tips. To skip the next explanation, Please go here: Tips
Here is the link to last freelancing site:
Getafreelancer
For all new comers, my suggestion is to start your freelance career at Elance and oDesk. Anyone who likes to join another site should join Scriptlance and then the last option for you is GAF.
Registration process at GAF and SL is very simple. Within few minutes, you will get an active account.
REMEMBER : You need to enter professional looking information in all fields of your profile: people [most of them] will see your profile first before they decide to give you any work. So make a decent looking profile.
[Update: GAF has changed the rules and now we can only place bids on jobs that are posted in the categories which we will select in our profile. So, in your profile under the heading “Qualifications”, choose all the categories in which you are interested.
For example: if you have selected the data entry category in your profile and have not selected the copywriting category then you will only be able to bid on data entry projects.

Don’t worry: you can change/edit your profile/qualifications at any time but remember that there are only limited numbers of categories that we can choose and there are limited numbers of times, in each month, when we can edit our qualifications.]
GAF is trying to make lot of changes in their site: they are trying to catch up with other freelancing sites. However, making so many changes can create problems for users. In this Regard, EL and OD are excellent as they have been in this business for a long time and have already reached a position where they don’t need any more major changes.
After you create a profile, open GAF home page and scroll down, until you see a heading Similar to this “The 50 Newest projects”.
Here you will see a list of newest opened projects.
Recommendation: if you are not a programmer or expert in any field then you should do data entry or may be copywriting jobs. For copywriting jobs, you will need to write content in English language [in some cases, you can get projects where content is needed in a different language]. This content needs to have no or very few grammatical mistakes and absolutely no spelling errors.
Look for jobs under the “The 50 Newest projects” section. Open the project that you think you are capable of doing.
Now click on “Place a Bid” icon and then enter the lowest amount of [available] money in the bid. [Every project has its own Budget Range: so the Minimum Amount of money that one can place in his Bid will depend on this Budget Range: The lowest available Minimum Bid Amount is $30 at GAF]
After you place your bid go back to the project description page and look for a small icon called PM or Inbox [at GAF label of this icon has been changed from PM to Inbox. Also, we can now send a Private Message to the buyer on the same page where we can place our bid.].
Remember: Sending PM is the key factor in winning a project.
Send a message to the creator of the project and tell him that you are new but you can do an excellent job and that you will do it for the lowest price that he wants to pay for his project.
ALWAYS, remember to send a PM to the creator of the project, after you place your bid.

[People who outsource jobs at GAF are called buyers]
After you send the PM, wait for buyer's response. If you get a reply, that will be your first success : )
After getting a reply from a buyer, open the PM to see what buyer replied and act accordingly.
Few things to Remember:
First of all: you can place bids on 30 projects/month at GAF. In contrast to the other website [SL] where you can place bids on as many projects as you want to.
At GAF, if you become a GM [gold member], you can then place bids on 160+ projects.
Here are few advantages of gold membership.
Note: GAF has also changed the rules for Gold Members: Now they too have to pay a certain amount of Fee for every project they win. However, this fee will be less then the fee which non-gold members will pay]. For example: if you win a project worth $100 and you are a GM, then you will get $97 after you complete the project.
But if you are not a GM, then you will have to pay 10% of total project budget to GAF.
What? I have to pay any FEE? Isn't this a Free to Join Opportunity?
Do not worry: it is 100% free to join these sites: You do not have to pay anything from your pocket. After you will complete a job at any freelance site, buyer will pay you the agreed amount of money. You will get this money in your Freelancing account.
The fee will then be deducted from your account.
See? You did not pay any fee from your pocket. You only got little less money for the work you did. It’s like a commission that freelance sites take from all members.
What is the cost of upgrading to gold membership?
It costs $19.95 per month. NOTE: Lot of users now prefer to NOT upgrade to GM. This is because accordingly to the new rules, all users have to pay a fee. Old users have a Big Quota of Bids: so they don’t need to upgrade to gold membership anymore.
Few Important Tips
At GAF, don’t click on “Message Board” to communicate with buyers. You have to find the PM or Inbox icon, look for it below or in-front of buyer's username. When you post a message in the Message Board the creator of the project will not get a notification via Email. Lot of Buyers never check the MB: but if you send a PM, then buyer will receive an alert via Email.
Don’t open any other page at GAF (other than the home page) to see the latest data entry, copywriting etc jobs. This is because it’s really hard to win old projects and on the home page, you will only see new ones.
Keep the home page opened and scroll down to the “The 50 Newest Projects” section and keep refreshing at this position: Try to be the first one to catch the newly posted projects.
The only hope for new comers to get a job is to catch the newly posted projects. If you are the first person to place a bid on a project, then the chances of winning this project increases significantly.
Before ending this guide, let’s talk about SL briefly.
At SL, if you win a project worth $100, you then get $95 in your account: because the site charges a fee of 5%. It’s a fair deal. There is no gold membership at SL. You can bid on as many projects as you want to. And there is no PM icon at SL.
In order to communicate with buyer you will have to click on “Message Board” and then you will click on "Post Message".
All other things are the same as GAF.
Be Safe And Follow The Rules
Remember to NEVER send any contact information to buyers. Contact information includes email, phone number etc.
In case you send any contact information then your online freelance career will be over for sure.
All freelance sites will terminate/suspend our account if they find any contact info in your proposal or messages.
Difference Between Copywriting and Data Entry Jobs
If you can write proper English [English without spelling and grammatical mistakes], then you should do copywriting work. And in case your English writing skills are not very impressive, then you can choose to do data entry.
Remember: there is a big difference between copywriting and data entry. Copywriting jobs pay much more than what data entry pays.
However, if you currently cannot write proper English and still want to do writing work, then you should first try to improve your English writing skills. You can find lot of Online English Learning Courses for Free.
Some Final Words
This opportunity enables you to earn legit money online without worrying about scams. Free online jobs means that you will never invest any money from your pocket. This means that you simply cannot lose any money. So you should never worry about scams while working at these sites.
Best Of Luck
A special Thanks to freelancing sites: these sites have enabled us to make a decent living online while we can stay at our home.
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