The TRUTH About 99% of the Data Entry/Home Typist Jobs

Elizabeth Martinez

I know you’ve seen the ads- “Work at home filling out forms” or “Data Entry- Earn $200 Daily filling out forms.” They are very tempting and they entice you with a high income. They are NOT scams, they are simply misleading.

These “data entry” jobs aren’t really jobs, they are businesses. You own your own business and your “job” is to fill out the “form” for Pay-Per-Click ads. You are promoting other people’s products. This is not a BAD thing, when you think about it most retail stores do this well, they simply do it in a different manner. They have the products in their store, but in this case, you would simply be placing online ads for other people’s products. This is typically called Affiliate Marketing, but some of these programs like to “hide” it as a home typist or data entry job. There are a few places where you really CAN be simply a data entry person or home typist, but they are typically referred to as a Virtual Assistant job or Administrative Assistant.

There are two issues with these programs or systems as many of them call themselves. First, they advertise as though it is data entry where you are filling out forms for other companies and then paid. They do not say that you are placing ads and that in order to get paid your ads need to produce a sale. Let’s assume that you pay for their system or for their information and you get the information and you might be disappointed, but decide to try what they say. This is where the second issue comes into play. Their systems make it sound very easy. They say that all you have to do is get a clickbank ID (for free), search for a product to promote or multiple products, and then place some PPC (pay-per-click) ads and watch the sales come in. There is, however, a great deal more to it than this. You need to do a lot of research and will need a lot of

If you are interested in the data entry that is really Affiliate Marketing, you do not need to spend $40, $50, or even $100 on a type at home system to learn this. Chances are you will spend a great deal MORE than that initial investment just learning how to use PPC ads effectively. A much more useful resource for affiliate marketing is a membership with The Wealthy Affiliate. They don’t try to “sugar coat” affiliate marketing. They do not try to say that all you have to do is place a few PPC ads and you’ll see amazing results. They also provide a great deal of tools to help you research the right products and right keywords for your campaigns AND they have learning resources to teach you how to do the research necessary. Affiliate marketing is not a get rich quick scheme, but it can work much better for you than a 9-5 job and with a little effort you could be making $10,000 or more a month. Just remember, there is more to it than just filling out a form.

Liz Martinez has been working from home for 3 years. She is dedicated to helping others reach and exceed their goals to work from home through her site: http://www.YourHomeBizGuide.com You can find out more about The Wealthy Affiliate at http://www.yourhomebizguide.com/musthave/wa