Be a Remote Concierge Contractor - MyTime

 

MyTime - Remote Concierge Work Opportunity

MyTime was founded by technology entrepreneur Ethan Anderson and in February of 2013, MyTime launched its website pilot in Los Angeles.  Consumers loved the convenience of booking appointments online, day or night. They also saved significant amounts of money by booking off-peak appointments, which MyTime discounts to help businesses fill their open time slots.
The MyTime iPhone app later launched on October 3, 2013 and will be launching the android version soon.  With this launch, MyTime will be the first app to allow consumers to book appointments on-the-go with over 2 million businesses.

What is MyTime?

MyTime is a company that is “reinventing local ecommerce.” They have built an online service where consumers can book appointments as well as purchase local services such as haircuts, house cleanings, massages, and other services from nearby local businesses. MyTime has integrated into the leading calendar applications on the market, giving them real-time visibility into each merchant’s schedule. When customers book appointments on MyTime, they will write back to the merchant’s calendar. This allows them to be a true one-stop destination to purchase services from millions of businesses across the country.

What are people saying about MyTime?

According to MyTime website, MyTime is venture backed by UpFront Ventures (Mark Suster), 500 Startups and other prominent angels. It recently won Top Mobile app at the Launch Mobile & Wearables Conference and was featured by Apple as “Best New App.” TechCrunch calls MyTime, “a rare breed of app like Uber, Pocket, and Venmo that makes life so much easier, it’s hard to remember how things worked before.” VentureBeat says MyTime is, “the Uber of local appointment booking” while Forbes refers to them as “the Amazon of local services.” Whatever you call them, they are busy building the world’s first local ecommerce destination, and would love for you to join in our mission.

What is this job like?

MyTime is providing an opportunity for people to make money as a Concierge Contractor from their homes as they provide MyTime the ability to outsource their first point of contact between MyTime and their customers and partner merchants.  Therefore, MyTime is contracting you to be responsible for fielding customer requests for appointment bookings and calling businesses to confirm those appointments. Although, MyTime has brilliant technology in place to make this process easy, they need someone who is comfortable talking to customers on the phone, has great customer service and sales skills, and has the ability to work remotely and accomplish multiple administrative tasks.

What are my responsibilities as a Concierge Contractor?

• Receive incoming customer requests for appointments.


• Communicate with customer to better understand their requirements (e.g. what kind of haircut are you looking for?).


• Call businesses to arrange appointments for business AND pitch them on MyTime services.


• Deliver an excellent customer experience, even when it’s not possible to meet a customer’s needs.


• Be the eyes and ears of the company -- help MyTime better understand their customers, merchants and what makes them tick.

What are the minimum requirements?

• 1-2 years of customer service experience, or other relevant experience


• High school degree and 18 years of age


• Available to start within 2 weeks


• Unlimited calling plan on your cell phone or home line


• Must be fluent in English

If you feel like this job is for you, email your resume to jobs@mytime.com!

Swipe Your Phone & Earn Rewards With the Fronto App

If you like making extra money and earn rewards through apps,  I think you would really like the Fronto app. By simply waking up your phone as usual, you will earn real cash rewards everyday. It really that easy and super fun!  This app is similar to apps like Slidejoy but better.  Fronto definitely offers a way to earn extra cash and rewards for doing something that you do every single day –unlock your phone.

Note: Fronto is currently available for Android Smartphone users in the United States.

How Does It Work

After you install the Fronto app, you will begin seeing different types of content on your lock screen.  You will be able to scroll up and down to see various apps and articles that you can read.  Unlike the other similar “get paid to unlock your phone” apps such as Slidejoy, Fronto also offers interesting articles. In fact, interesting articles will most likely make up half of the content that you see.

So, how does it work.  It’s simple.  When you wake up your phone, curated content, promotion and deal will be shown on your lock screen. You can scroll up to discover other pages.  If you are interested in an article, an app, or a promotion, slide left to learn more. Then you will see the content details. If you just want to unlock your phone, swipe to the right.  Now, here is the good part, when you are on the screen and you see reward points under the little article, promotion or app icon, swipe to the left. You will instantly receive your points once you have read, redeemed or downloaded an app.

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Swiping to the left and engaging with the sponsored content or apps on your phone is how you will earn points that you can redeem for cash or gift cards.

How Much Money Can You Really Earn?

The Fronto app pays you in redeemable points that may be converted to cash or gift codes such as PayPal, Amazon Gift Cards and Google Play Gift Cards.  The exact amount you get per interaction with sponsored promotions depends on the advertiser.

However, on average, most Fronto users can expect to earn anywhere from $15 to $100 monthly from point redemptions, so this is a little bit more lucrative than other similar apps like Slidejoy.

How You Get Paid With Fronto

Once you have accumulated at least 25,0000, you can redeem  cash in the form of Paypal or gift cards such as  Amazon, Google Play, etc.) or coupons.

You don’t have to wait to gain your rewards as payments are made instantly.

My Overall Thoughts

Although, Fronto is fairly new, it’s a keeper so far.  I love to read and I like the idea of having unique and interesting articles on my screen as soon as I wake my phone up.  I even get to learn about new apps and of course I love the idea of getting paid instantly for what I do everyday.   If you have an Android device, you should try it out and and see how you like it.   Fronto has high reviews on the Google Play store.

How to Get the Fronto App?

Download it here. Don’t forget to comment and share your experience with us.  I  would like to hear about your experience as a Fronto user.

Draw More Traffic to Your eBay Items

If you are an eBay seller and would like to draw more traffic to your eBay items and establish an audience, you should sign up for BigCrumbs – a way to generate more traffic to your eBay selling items. You can make friends with other cool eBay sellers as well as expose your eBay store to buyers who use the website for discounts and deals when shopping.

When you sign up for BigCrumbs and add your store, you'll get exposure to a community of savvy shoppers who spend millions each month through BigCrumbs.

BigCrumbs will automatically post your deals to your Facebook and Twitter accounts. So, there is no need to worry about exposure. They will do the work for you.

Get more BigCrumbs referrals. If others love your items on eBay, they will refer you as a seller.

Also, you can get money back as a shopper and by referring others to BigCrumbs. You can make real money by referring others to BigCrumbs and you will receive great exposure as a seller on eBay.

If you are interested, Get Started Now!

Find Great Freelance Work on Elance

 

Many of my fans have demanded more information about freelance work from home.  So, I thought it would be a great idea to talk about Elance - a site where you can sign up and get paid for doing almost any type of freelance work.

How does it work?

It’s easy to sign up.  You don’t need to wait to be approved to work on their site.  You just need to create an account. Once you have signed up for their website, you will see three membership options: the first option is free and the other two require payment.  If you are not familiar with the site, you should probably start off with their free version first to get a feel of the website.  It’s similar to other freelance websites like oDesk and Guru.  It’s great to pay for extra features if you are familiar with freelance work online and if you are going to be on the website constantly. The benefits of paying for extra features include your profile getting placed higher in their search results for prospective employers to find you and getting the option to add your profile to more categories.

What happens after I sign up?

Once you have signed up, you will create your worker portfolio.  It is imperative that you create an awesome profile. You want it to be attractive to prospective employers as well as stand out among the other freelance workers.  Please add a resume which will allow prospective employers to see your past work with other clients, personal information about yourself and areas of expertise.  This will help you get more job requests.

How do I get work?

There are two ways to find freelance work on Elance: the first way is to bid on jobs.  The other way is to wait for employers to contact you.

Types of Work Available

Almost anything!  You will find a lot of work requests for IT, web & mobile work, writing, project management, marketing & sales, translators, design & multimedia and office & admissions.  However, there’s also data science, legal, engineering and arch., customer service and so on.  Right now, there are a lot of requests for the jobs that I just named above.  So, if you are an expertise in those areas, more than likely, you’ll probably get hired by someone who needs work done and is willing to pay for your services.

Cons about Elance

It can be stressful bidding on jobs with so many employers in search for cheaper labor. Although, you might have bid a small amount, there is always someone who is desperate for the job and will bid an even lower amount to get the job.  In addition, many Elance workers are from other countries and what they might consider high amount, we who are in the U.S. would consider the amount to be under minimum wage.   I have never worked with this website. However, I know this can happen because I am a music expert on a website called LivePerson where clients contact me if they are interested in my profile.  There were times where I had to persuade my clients to choose me based on my skills.  Since this can be a problem, it’s imperative that you have a very good portfolio!  You definitely need to create an awesome and powerful profile so people will be tempted to hire you first instead of finding the cheapest way to get their work done.

What type of jobs can I get at Elance?

At Elance, you can get paid by the hour or get paid per project.

How Can I Be Sure I will Get Paid?

Elance guarantees payment through their escrow system, so you can do your work in peace.

If you are interested, apply here!

Please don’t hesitate to come back and give reviews about Elance! I would love to hear about your experience.

How to Publish Your Book on Amazon Kindle

How to Publish Your Book on Amazon Kindle

I received a request about how to self-publish a book through Amazon Kindle.   There are two ways: The first way is to simply do it yourself through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing website where you can independently publish with Kindle Direct Publishing.  It's quick and you can market your book fast. Publishing takes up to 5 minutes and your book will appear on Kindle stores worldwide within 48 hours.  You could make more money and earn up to 70% royalty on sales to customers in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, India, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Australia and more.  However, you will have to do it yourself. That includes making sure your format is the way you want it and so on.

To make things easier, I recommend iUniverse which is a self-publishing company for book writers.  One of the services iUniverse offers is making books that are available in their thousands of online resellers. This also includes Amazon in paperback and eBook. Therefore, iUniverse will do most of the legwork for you.

Digital Formatting and Distribution (eBook)

When your book is formatted into an eBook, it can be downloaded to a digital device that allows the buyer to adjust the font size for readability.   iUniverse will format and submit your ePub file for the Amazon Kindle, Sony® Reader, Barnes & Noble nook^TM, Kobo Books, Google Play Books, Scribd.com and iBooks Store* which is available on the iPhone and iPad application.

iUniverse will make sure to make the formatting of your ePub edition looks just like your print edition. However, some design elements of your print book may not be supported in the ePub format.  iUniverse is not responsible for making any changes to the design of your ePub edition.

If you are interested in this service, you can buy it by selecting one of the publishing packages on their website that includes it and individual image files inside your book cannot be larger than 10 MB.  

In order to meet submission standards, you must review your manuscript thoroughly to check for spelling and correct rendering of any diacritical mark such as caret, tilde, acute accent, etc.

Unfortunately, books written in languages other than English or Spanish are not submitted to iBooks Store due to Apple formatting restrictions. However, iUniverse is trying to amend this.

Other Author Services

iUniverse offers a variety of the professional services just like any traditional publishing house. These services include editorial, design, production, marketing and publicity.  This publishing company is different from other self-publishing companies as their services are developed and managed by industry veterans.

iUniverse team will work with you by incorporating your photos, graphics, sketches and ideas—to create a professional book cover that beautifully represents your book's contents.

My Thoughts

I have seen the quality of this company’s service through my aunt’s book called Poetic Praise by Claudette Scott.  She wrote her book in 2000 and iUniverse did a marvelous job helping her chose her book cover and helping her format her book.  My aunt hired her two best friends to edit her book even though she is an excellent writer.  Both friends were professional teachers.   I suggest finding people that you are close to and have them edit your book for you.  This is a lot cheaper and you can give your friends recognition by acknowledging them in your book.  Here is a link to my aunt's book as an example. Click Here  Her book is also available in eBook format with Kindle.

 

If you're interested in self-publishing your book and getting it in Amazon Kindle format, click here!

Popular Online Jobs for Teenagers

You might think it is difficult to find online jobs for teenagers as most online companies require a person to be at least 18 years of age. However, there are online jobs for teenagers who are under the age of 18 years old.

Take Surveys

Having a survey taking job is the easiest and straightforward option to make extra cash online. These involve paid surveys that are organized by online market research companies that actively seek out the opinions and feedback of the public. This can include movie surveys, health surveys, entertainment surveys and even focus groups. There are several survey panels that welcome a person who is at least 13 years old.  Once you have created a personal profile, you can start taking paid surveys. When you take surveys, you can be rewarded in cash or points or even gift cards. Points can be redeemed for PayPal (cash) or other gift cards like Starbucks, Amazon and many more. To get you started, here are a few popular and trusted sites: CashCrate  and SurveySavvy. The typical compensation is $2 for every survey completed and it takes about 20 minutes or less to complete a survey.  In addition, CashCrate is also a Get Paid To (GPT) site; therefore, your teen can earn money for doing other cool activities like watching short videos, playing games or adding new apps on their smart devices, etc.   Another GPT site that your child can use is InboxDollars.

Write Content

One of the best online jobs from home is content writing.  If you are an excellent writer, you should become a freelance writer for companies who are looking for talented people like yourself.  Students who have proficient English and have mastery over other foreign languages have an extra advantage.  If writing is easy like 1, 2, 3, I would suggest writing for websites like Guru.com and Demand Studios (Demand Studios pays very well and pays every two weeks.  I used to be an eHow writer for this company).  If you setup a strict plan for yourself as a freelance writer, you can hit your earning goal with no problem.

Online Programming Jobs

If you are computer and programming savvy, then you will have a lot of job options on the internet. Talented programmers are greatly in demand, whether you work online or off-line.  Be sure to check out websites like  Elance.com.  This company has one of the largest varieties of computer programming jobs online for teens.

Product Reviews & Music Reviews

Writing product reviews should be a great option for students.   Websites like iWriter.com and PeoplePerHour.com, both are ready to give good money for excellent reviewers. In addition to giving product reviews, teenagers can also give music reviews for websites like SliceThePie.

Creating and Selling Art Work

Artistic? Then you should start selling your crafts on places like Etsy.   Etsy helps you setup a nice cool online storefront with its amazing collection of useful toolkit. Before you start, make sure you setup an account with PayPal.  This will allow your customers to pay you for your items.

Sell your Brand Name Items through Poshmark App

Poshmark is a community of incredible women who sell new and gently used fashion from their closets at unbelievable prices including teenagers!  It's fun and easy! Download the iPhone or Android app (https://poshmark.com/getapp) today and get started with your first sale in just 30 seconds.  Also, you can claim a $5 gift card when you're signing up with this code BCSUG.

Sell stuff on eBay

One of the best ways to make money online. eBay sellers love it and swear by it.

YouTube

Finally, let’s talk about YouTube.  I overheard my 17-year-old cousin talking about YouTube the other day as she was telling her friend how so many teenagers are making lots of money off of their YouTube channel and this is really not hard to believe.  When it comes to advertising, YouTube equals that equation.  So, if you love to create videos and not camera-shy, then YouTube might be your vehicle to success. YouTube has a huge amount of promotions that would definitely help you to successfully monetize your videos!  To learn more about monetizing your videos, click here. Whether your 12 or 16 years of age, YouTube is a great way to start making some cool extra money from home while doing what you love.

Telephone Mystery Shopper – Earn Extra Cash For The Holidays

Christmas is almost here and this will be a very good time to earn extra cash for the holidays.  Center QA is a growing company and always in need of exceptional candidates to represent their company throughout the United States.  Call Center QA is looking for people with excellent telephone skills, listening skills, detail oriented, excellent writing skills, and a desire to provide a great evaluation service to their clients.

What does this company offers?

Call Center QA provides call center evaluation and competitor analysis services to business call centers in the United States and now employs part-time telecommuters from all over the United States.  Disabled adults and home-based parents are also a part of their call center evaluation team, and this company believes in employment that accommodates family and believes quality of life makes for a much more productive and positive workforce.  Call center evaluators work a variety of hours and schedules.

Is this the right position for me?

Yes! This job works with your lifestyle.  They encourage those with call center or customer service related backgrounds to contact Call Center QA about their call center evaluator positions.  In addition, they will also consider applicants with different backgrounds who have the right set of skills to work with them. Whether you are a parent, disabled adult, grandparent, student or just a person looking for a second income, you can benefit from this employment opportunity.

How do I get paid?

You will get paid via PayPal.

How do I apply?

YOU MUST BE A CURRENT RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION

IMPORTANT:
After you register you will be taken to a thank you page with the latest test calls you can download.
Please add that page to your list of favorites.

To apply, click here!

 

Become a Virtual Assistant – TimeEtc

Time Etc. is a flourishing company that regularly hires home-based virtual assistants.  Since 2007, Time Etc. has claimed to handle more than 20,000 tasks per month for their clients and is a leading virtual assistant company.  If you are interested in this company and meet Time Etc.'s requirements, you should fill out an application to become a work from home Virtual Assistant.

 

Where do they hire?

I believe they hire in the US and in the UK.  The majority of their business clients are from the US and the UK.  You must have proficient English skills to qualify for this job.

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What kind of work do you do for Time Etc.?

As a virtual assistant, your duties depend on the needs of your clients. This includes everything from filling out forms to scheduling and making travel arrangements. You will get paid on an hourly rate for the work that you do.

In addition, there might be an opportunity to use other skills you might have such as marketing, blogging, social media or content creation.  You will never get bored with your job. You will always have something fun to do and this job can fit around your lifestyle such as raising children, volunteering, etc.

How much does Time Etc. pay?

The pay rate ranges between $11 and $16 an hour. Pay rate also depends on your experience.

When does Time Etc. pay?

Time Etc. pays monthly via PayPal.

What will my schedule be like?

You will work at least five hours a week, Monday through Friday.  If hired, you must commit to working for Time Etc. for at least a year.  However, this is a flexible position.

What do people say about working for Time Etc.?

I found a news article through Time Etc. Press link.  Read the article about Star Lerthattasin who worked with Time Etc before running a holiday business in Thailand with her husband. See the full article here

Equipment you'll need:

• A PC or Mac


• Microsoft office


• An internet connection


• Skype and headset or handset


• A printer and paper

What Time Etc. need from you:

Availability during the working week (Mon-Fri)
Be available for at least a year
Able to work at least five hours per week
At least 2-3 years commercial experience
Good English skills
Good organizational skills
A reasonable home office set up / quiet area to work

If interested, Apply Now!

Virtual Assistants - Zirtual

Right now, Zirtual  are continually accepting applications.  Their goal is to hire 300 “Zirtual Assistants” in the next year.

Zirtual are hiring for both full-time and part-time positions.
Like an administrative super hero, a Zirtual Virtual Assistant use  high-speed internet connection to make the world a better place for clients every day. ZAs are equipped with internet research skills more powerful than any locomotive and are able to demolish difficult problems and organize those who have never been organized before.

What does this job entail?

You will schedule appointments with the greatest of ease and save the day with lightning fast travel bookings.

What is a full-time schedule like?
Full-time Zirtual Assistants start at $12 per hour and work from 9AM to 6PM each weekday.  Full-time employees qualify for benefits.

Interested in part-time work?
Part-time ZAs work from 10:00AM to 4:00PM each weekday and start at $10 per hour.

Where do they need applicants from?

Zirtual currently has a need for applicants from the following states: AZ, CO, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MO, NE, NM, NV, OH, OR, TX, UT

ZA Applicant Minimum Requirements:

• You must be eligible to work in the US


• You must be over 18 years of age


• You must have completed at least one year of college (minimum of 24 credits earned)


• If you have already applied, you must wait 30 days before reapplying


• You must reside in a state that we are currently hiring in: AZ, CO, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MO, NE, NM, NV, OH, OR, TX, UT

 

Skills & Qualifications:

•     Strong desire to help people and a positive attitude


•     Prompt responses to clients' questions and requests


•     Amazing customer service skills


•     Familiarity with standard assistant tools like Google Docs,     GCal, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.


•     Solid phone access; landline or dependable cell phone


•   A high-speed internet connection


• Superb writing skills


•     Extremely detailed oriented


•     Expert communication skills


•     Strong organizational skills


•     Strong problem solving skills


•     Excellent time-management skills


•     Must be extremely flexible and highly adaptable


•     Dedication to ongoing learning and personal growth
  You also must be 18 or older to apply

Education

• High School Diploma or GED required


• One year of college (or 24 college credits, no trade school)

For more information about this job opportunity, click here.