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Posted By: Sandi Bowman In Response To: PLease Help!!! (lisa mccullough)
Saturday, 8 July 2006, at 8:09 a.m.
> I was hurt on my job of 8 years and can not work at this time out of the
> house, because of pain and a need for ANOTHER surgery !!! I was checking
> out the internet and wanted to try and find a job that I could do at home,
> but I am afraid of getting scammed. Do any of you know about a man named
> BILLY BRIGGS ?? His site is WORK AT HOME.COM. I do not have the extra
> monies to be scammed, that is why I am looking for work through the
> internet. Is there really any jobs that are legit on the net? PLEASE HELP
> !!! CONFUSED IN TEXAS.... Lisa*Lee
Hi, Lisa,
Dennis is absolutely correct in his response. I would encourage you to take him seriously and to follow through on the suggestion to devour MaaMaw's scams section on this forum. However, that isn't going to solve your immediate problem so let's see if I can get you thinking about what you CAN do to help yourself.
Your best bet might be to create your own job based upon any skills that you might have. I don't know what kind of work you have done or anything about your background so please don't be upset if I suggest the impossible for you.
Do you know bookkeeping or are you a good typist (not fast, but accurate and have a working knowledge of business and manuscript formatting)? If so, you can get work without leaving your home simply by contacting the local colleges and offering your services to students for doing their reports etc. You can contact local businesses via phone, explain your services ect...and try to get billing accounts for small to medium businesses.
If you have a particular skill you could teach or tutor, you could offer those services and do them in your home.
If you sew, knit, crochet, etc...there are folks who would pay you to make or repair garments and family heirlooms for them. Run small classifieds or do an inexpensive radio pitch for your service...and don't forget flyers posted around. You can get friends, or hire others, to place them around for you. If you add a small ref # space to the flyers, you can offer the folks a percentage of any work that comes in from their flyer placement. Their ref # will tell you whose customer they are. This is one way to assure that your flyers don't end up in the trash instead of being properly distributed.
You obviously have access to a computer since you posted here. Have you considered using your computer-related skills to help others in some way? I can guess that your skills there are limited but, compared to many others you may be way ahead of them and could help them 'get started'.
Are you artistic? Consider doing custom designs for local print shops. You may even set up your own transfer designs to sell in fabric stores, craft shops, ect. If you paint, folks love to have miniatures of a favorite photo painted.
Have you contacted any of your state and local offices to see what kind of services may be available to help you? Leave no stone unturned...when people see that you're not willing to accept charity and are trying to help yourself, they'll often go out of their way to help you. You never know who knows someone who needs something you can provide. ASK!
Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery, Lisa...and much success whatever you do.
Sandi Bowman
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