Jobs you can do while working at home

Working at home used to be almost impossible about 10 years ago, unless you were a sewer, or other skill based jobs.

Today with the advances in technology,working at home offers a lot more jobs to people.




Are you a good writer?

Photographer?

Organized person?

Call center agent that has to stay at home due to family?




You can still continue working. All you need are basically a good pc and internet connection. Read More

Here are some jobs that are in demand.




SEO writer

Blogger

Virtual Assistant

Calendar Booker

Appointment Setter

Article spinner

Transcriber

Web developer




Not everyone can just start working at home, especially if you dont have the needed skillsets. No worries. Here is a company that can help you. You can enroll at Home Based Elite and get certified. They will even help you find jobs!

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How to start your own call center.

How to start your own call center?

First of all, dont get into the call center business if you have never had any experience in the Call Center industry. or dont have anyone that you trust that you can rely on.

So, now you want to start your own center. First, you need to have an account. By account, I mean a campaign or project.

Campaigns are usually classified as 2 types:

1. Inbound

2. Outbound.

It's a lot easier to find outbound campaigns than inbound campaigns. A lot riskier too.

Once you have your campaign, you need your office or center to run the campaign from. You have 2 options to this:

A. Build your center from ground up. Find a suitable office space, rent it. Buy the partitions, tables , computers, chairs , headsets and the various other things that you will need. Apply for the internet connection. ( If you dont know what you need - ask around.)

Setup the office for use.

After that your set to go!

B. Lease you office space requirements.

There are a lot of facilities that offer seat leasing. Basically, it means that you lease the seats ( usually means 1 table/ chair/ pc plus internet connection) from a company that offers those services.

When seat leasing, its very important to keep in mind a couple of things.

1. Noise level in the site ( Too many people doing calls means higher level of noise and makes it harder for you and the person you are talking to, to understand each other.

2. Internet bandwidth available.

3. Office location

4. Availability of places to eat. (especially at night)

To get a better understanding about outsourcing, download this free outsourcing guide.

 

VOIP Calling Plans

With all the advances in technology nowadays, calling around the world have become very easy and affordable. Here are a couple that we have used extensively in the past.

Skype - offers unlimited calling plans to a lot of countries around the world. It offers unlimited calling to the USA for both landlines and mobile phones.( unlimited in the sense that you do not exceed 10,000 minutes per month or call 50 different numbers per day.)

Skype also offers online numbers which you can subscribe for a fee, so that people from the country you subscribed to can call you back. It even offers numbers per state in the US.




Yahoo Messenger - YM also offers calls to countries, but no unlimited calling plans.


Magicjack - As far as we know - magicjack only has unlimited calls to the US and also includes an online number. Check the fine print with magicjack. As far as we know they already have a limit to the calls you can make. One drawback of the earlier version is that you need to attach the magicjack to a PC.

* Magicjack plus - no need for a PC anymore - just plug in to your router and attach your phone.




GoAutodial - is a voip provider that has 2 options - a public and a private option. Try it now - the public option provides free 120 mins for a test. They also offer A-Z calling options.

 

Outsourcing, is it really something new?

Outsourcing, is it really something new?

Come on, really. Is Outsourcing new to business? How come there are a lot of fears about it? Outsourcing has been around for years and years.




Businesses have been outsourcing projects and workloads for a very long time. Here are some  examples of outsourcing that has been around for a long time.

Janitorial or cleaning services.
Marketing or Visual graphics
Health services.



A lot of things have been outsourced to other specialty companies by other companies to save on their costs. Imagine, hiring an entire department of Doctors to manage your companies employees health benefits. Or hiring dozens of people for your Janitorial needs. A lot of business would probably close down in a few months especially the small to medium sized ones. The good thing about outsourcing is that companies get the benefits of the services that is being outsourced at less the cost in their budget. Being able to contract out for projects that are short term without bloating their headcount.

Outsourcing also saves companies in terms of training, since they are about to take advantage of contractors with very specialized skills needed for the specific project.

Earning from home...

Earning money even when you're at home has never been easier. With the advances in technology and the increased access to the internet, there are now a lot of ways to earn cash.

There are sites that you can register to that will pay you to read emails from their subscriber clients based on the area of interests you indicate in the registration process.

One of those sites is http://www.emailcashpro.com. Once you register, you will receive around 2-3 emails per week ( depends on your interests ) that will contain links to websites, once the website is opened, your account is credited a certain amount and its done!!

You can also earn thru the referral system. Invite your friends to sign up and you get points for each friends activity.

 

But, beware. There are a lot of bogus sites out there. Especially, those sites that ask you to pay to join them.

 

Headsets, headsets and headsets

To all of us that have worked or are still working in the BPO industry, headsets are our best friend, constant close companion and everyday tool.

There are a lot of headsets available in the market today. From 3.5 jacks, USB's, to RJ 11 jacks. Choosing the best headset that fits your needs is very important.

Here are some of the brands available in the market today.

Plantronics

Jabra

VXI

STH

Logitech

A4 tech

 

Each of these brands have their own unique models and differentiators for the headsets. Knowing what you want and what you need is very important. Along with the budget that you're willing to spend.

The newest entry in the Philippine market is the STH brand. Distributed by Sagabay Technologies who is dedicated to providing quality, affordable and durable headsets for all types of call centers. Sagabay Technologies has a wide array of different models to choose from based on your needs and your budget.

Check out their most affordable noise cancelling headset the STH00235. The STH00235 is a 3.5 mm jack headset which is stylish, comfortable to wear, durable and most importantly affordable.