HOW TO EARN DOLLARS WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR HOME, Series Post No. 1

I would like to start the New Year of 2011 by sharing with you great ways of making money without leaving your home.

But before I start I'd like to clarify a couple of things:

• I am doing this post, and all succeeding posts, on this subject matter under my Global Filipino blog because i believe that one does not have to be working or residing outside of the Philippines to be a Global Filipino;
• To those Filipinos who are already working outside of the country as OFWs, this could be a way of earning more (dollars);
• I am assuming that people do not have a lot of time reading and absorbing tons of information they encounter in the worldwide web. And for that reason, I will do this as a series of posts (take note of the "Series Post No. 1" in the title of this post); and

My real intention really is to help or, more appropriately, "encourage" people to maximize their time and turn those "idle" moments into real money making activities.

So let's get on with it!

Today, I'm going to show you how to make money online that requires no direct expense. All it takes is your time and, yes, the desire to earn. I said "no direct expense" because obviously it will cost you something to access the internet. Right?

Are you an 8 to 5 worker who need an extra source of income? Or are you someone who plan to retire and is looking for something worthwhile to do after retirement? Are you a housewife who wants to make money at the luxury of being in your house? If so, then this is for you.

In this post, I'm going to feature oDesk - a website where freelancers get to meet people or companies who need services such such as data entry, research, computer programming, marketing strategists, and even virtual assistant, etc. You name it, it's all there.

I find this website user-friendly with some cool features such as:

1. Email notification of the available type of jobs that you opted to follow. For instance, if you chose to be notified of all available data entry jobs, oDesk automatically sends you the latest available data entry jobs right into your email;
2. A Skills Test that will help you boost your qualification. I suggest you take as many skills test as you can. The good thing is, if you are not satisfied with the result of a skills test, you can choose not to show it and you can schedule a retake. And the cool thing is- it's free. Other similar websites charges you a fee for taking skills test. A turn off actually.

In short, what you do is register in oDesk and carefully study it's features and what it can do. Take time to set up your oDesk profile which include setting up your resume, take skills test, etc.

When you're ready, search for jobs being posted, review them if it suits your preference, then bid for the job.

You will find out everything you need to know once you get to the oDesk website.

I wish you all the best!! And watch out for my next post.

Make that move now and click on the link to find out more about this post's feature - oDesk.