| It seems like everyone would like to work from home | | | | Contractor. Other people run home businesses that |
| these days. That's not surprising. The idea of running a | | | | function by providing services of some sort to others. |
| home business from the comfort of your own place is | | | | Writers, freelance programmers and freelance |
| pretty difficult to resist! | | | | graphics designers are examples of this model. It can |
| The influx of people looking for home business | | | | be a lucrative route to follow, but it has a downside |
| opportunities are exposed to a great deal of | | | | due to its usually labor-intensive nature. |
| information about working from home. Some of it is | | | | Marketing. While contractors undoubtedly market their |
| bad, some of it is good. Some is downright confusing. | | | | services, we're talking about something different here. |
| A lot of that confusion stems from the fact that | | | | There are people who make their living from home as |
| working from home can mean very different things to | | | | Internet marketers selling their own products or acting |
| different people. There's no standardized definition of | | | | as affiliates for other vendors. This can be a real |
| what the term entails and that can raise questions in | | | | moneymaker and has the opportunity to create |
| some people's minds. | | | | passive income streams that the other routes cannot. |
| In an effort to make the whole thing a little easier to | | | | We could come up with other categories, too, but |
| understand as you encounter new information, it's | | | | these are the three most common work from home |
| important to realize that there are at least three | | | | approaches. When you realize that the same words |
| different kinds of work from home arrangements. | | | | can apply to some very different situations, it should |
| Employee. Some companies will hire you to work for | | | | enable you to better understand the context your |
| them as a regular employee. Instead of commuting to | | | | information sources are working from. That should add |
| the office, however, you can work from your home. | | | | more value to the information you encounter, as you'll |
| These telecommuting opportunities are one variation | | | | be more easily able to determine what issues are in |
| on the theme. They're jobs, just like any other job, but | | | | play. |
| with a different venue and some unique advantages. | | | | |