June 12th, 2006
Most home workers and freelancers sooner or later are faced with the problem of extra weight. When you sit the entire day glued to your monitor it does not help your shape. So, I recommend you to print out weight loss tips from Chris Pirillo’s great article: 50 Weight Loss Tips. Not sure you will apply all 50, but no doubt you will find a few things that work for you. Every technique has comments. I just post top 10 – I guess they are most important:
• Dietary control and exercise.
• Change your lifestyle.
• Join an online support group.
• Take before and after photos.
• Hire a substitute teacher.
• Start reading labels.
• What’s so funny about bovines.
• Tell your family.
• Go public.
• Identify your exercise.
The entire list of 50 weight loss tips plus comments are here.
Summary:
The tips are from the persons who tested the listed methods. You know t is the best way to learn from other people’s experience. I think it is a great article to print or bookmark. In my opinion 90% people have an issue with their weight in their lives. And if you work from home it is nearly 100%.
[tags]weight loss, weight loss tips, work at home, home based jobs, freelance jobs[/tags]
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June 9th, 2006
Research firm Sperling’s BestPlaces and Intel Corporation have conducted a research: Best US Cities for Teleworking. Initially I should show the difference: telecommuting and teleworking.
Teleworking is a sort of telecommuting which goes beyond simply allowing employees to work from home or an alternative location a couple of days a week. Instead it enables them to work at any time or place that allows them to successfully complete their work.
How are the areas ranked?
Eighty of the largest metropolitan areas in the US were included in this study of the “Best Places for Teleworking.” To create the rankings, Sperling’s BestPlaces evaluated each area’s factors in the categories of commuting, office-based workforce, internet infrastructure, extreme climate and natural hazards. The climate category included the annual number of days with heavy snow, rain and ice which may disrupt a commute. The natural hazards category measured the risk from hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes.
- – - Extra large metro areas – - -
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Rank
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Metro area
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Pct office workers
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Gas saved annually (million gal.)
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Hours saved annually (million)
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Total savings annually (million)
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1
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Washington, DC-VA-MD
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72.1%
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38.3
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21.81
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$1,160.6
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2
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Boston, MA-NH-RI
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69.7%
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38.1
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18.32
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$947.4
|
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3
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Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
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65.1%
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42.0
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15.21
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$741.9
|
|
4
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Chicago, IL-IN
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63.9%
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63.0
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39.13
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$1,832.8
|
|
5
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San Francisco-Oakland, CA
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70.2%
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36.3
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20.00
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$1,147.3
|
|
6
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New York, Newark, NY-NJ-CT
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65.8%
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89.3
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67.63
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$3,201.2
|
|
7
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Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD
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66.2%
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41.8
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25.50
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$1,151.1
|
|
8
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Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
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65.4%
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46.2
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22.23
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$1,031.2
|
|
9
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Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
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66.7%
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27.5
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10.77
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$550.1
|
|
10
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Seattle-Tacoma, WA
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64.7%
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26.7
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13.08
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$600.5
|
|
11
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Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
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63.0%
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39.6
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18.92
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$844.0
|
|
12
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Miami, FL
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63.0%
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44.4
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24.62
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$1,024.6
|
|
13
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Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
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62.9%
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111.1
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55.85
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$2,593.6
|
|
14
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Detroit, MI
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60.2%
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41.3
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17.34
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$806.8
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15
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Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
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62.9%
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27.3
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12.53
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$551.7
|
|
16
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Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
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55.1%
|
12.4
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7.16
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$285.5
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[tags]telecommuting, telecommuting jobs, telework, outsourcing, home based jobs, work at home, freelance[/tags]
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June 9th, 2006
Craigslist is probably the most popular place to seek freelance projects, telecommuting jobs and home work – if you scan the listings you will discover many projects that are posted regularly. Unfortunately, the competition for the posted jobs is cut throat.
How to increase your chances to get the desired job? Put yourself into the employer’s shoes. There is an post ‘Tips for applying to a job from Craigslist’ that should help you to improve. The key points are:
1. Cover letter has to answer the employer needs.
2. Don’t send much unnecessary info. Nobody will read your long messages.
3. Don’t send your cover letter as an attachment. With so many applicants, the employer will not waste time on opening attachments.
4. Respond with the title of the job advertisement in the subject heading. It helps to save time.
5. Be open and honest.
You can find the full article here.
Follow these simple steps. You are not guaranteed the work, but it will definitely help you to increase your chances. Good luck!
[tags]craigslist, home job, work at home, frelance, telecommuting jobs, job application[/tags]
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