Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Proofreading

Over the last few months I have spent countless hours checking out numerous internet marketing sites, auto responder emails, job sites and EBooks and have found a common flaw in a LOT of the material that I have seen.

There seems to be either a lack of interest or a lack of competency in ensuring that the written content of material is correct with regards to spelling, grammar and punctuation.
I am fully aware that numerous words are spelt differently in the U.S.A compared to Australia (which is where I live) but they are not the things I am talking about.
I also know that English may not be the first language of some people and this makes the task even harder.

I know the competition among internet marketers is enormous and growing rapidly.
Therefore the quality of resources used should constantly be checked and corrected if mistakes are found. I would like to offer my expertise to anybody needing it. This will ease concerns about the accuracy of content because having someone else do it means it will inevitably be done faster and they can move onto the next task.

I charge by the job, not by the hour, and calculate it based on the size and urgency of the job. Please email me if you want to utilise my services.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Different ways to earn money

This is the year 2009. Things are very different to 5, 10 and 20 years ago in so many ways.
Employment is very different. 20 years ago the majority of jobs were standardised hours. People worked 9am - 5pm or maybe a nightshift.

Today people work a variety of ever changing hours across all seven days of the week.
Employers and workers have different expectations from their working life and also their life outside of work. A lot of people are also now working from home and earning an income from a variety of different ways. This means new skills have to be learnt. Working from home is completely different to working from an office or factory.

The age of the computer and the World Wide Web Internet has made the world seem like a much smaller place as communications, jobs and many other things have changed through the invention of this technology. Those of us in the "baby boomer" category, or even older, have had to learn to adapt to the ever changing environment in which we find ourselves.

I believe this is a good thing because it enables people who may be limited in their ability to get out of the house, for whatever reason, can still work and live life because of the computers and what they represent.

It also means that employers can offer people work in different ways and thus enabling them to employ people that they may not been able to in the past.

So if you are someone who is looking for ways that you may make use of your computer to earn money, or learn new things, then give it a go! You have nothing to lose.
Feel free to post your comments here and let others know what you are doing.