A Different Type of Job
Telecommuting is being looked at as an attractive alternative to 9 to 5 for more people every year. There are many tasks that involve receiving some form of electronic data, manipulating it in some skilled way and then returning the data in its altered form. That sounds pretty technical and boring, but lots of jobs fit this description. And none of them should technically require that you put on pants and leave the house.
You could be a reviewer, which would mean you take some form of media and you read it, or listen to it or watch it and then you offer your expert opinion on its qualities.
You could be a translator, you take something that has been produced in one language and you create a document in another language which closely matches the meaning of the original.
You could be a proofreader, you receive a document that has been drafted in a high production manner and you fix the spelling, grammar, style etc. to the point where it can be used for its intended purpose.
You could be a transcriber, you receive audio files and listen to them while using your high level typing skills to work at home to create a text document. The health industry produces massive amounts of operative notes and other information that must be transcribed to stand as a record of patient care. Other fields that outsource transcription are legal, municipal politics, real estate, news media, the list goes on.
I think that filling in surveys for money is mostly a scam, but if you are part of some unique demographic, you may be able to cash in by participating in case studies. I knew a set of identical twins that did this. It’s not really a job of course, just an opportunity for, at most, several hundred dollars.
There are various models for monetizing blogging as well. As this blog develops I am going to consider different ways to use it as an income generator.
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