{"id":3631,"date":"2011-11-07T07:58:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T15:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2011-11-06T23:01:16","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T07:01:16","slug":"should-you-ignore-the-ads-when-looking-for-a-work-at-home-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/should-you-ignore-the-ads-when-looking-for-a-work-at-home-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Ignore the Ads When Looking for a Work at Home Job?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re to believe the ads you see on this site, other work at home sites, on search engines when you look for “work at home” and even on television, you’d think work at home jobs were everywhere. You’d probably also think a lot of them sound really shady.<\/p>\n

You’d probably be right about a lot of them being shady, although not all ads promote bad opportunities or scams. There are some real gems in there too, just hard to spot under all the garbage. Could it be simpler to just ignore all the ads when you’re looking for a legitimate work at home job?<\/p>\n

Personally, I wouldn’t suggest that. I would suggest that you be more careful about what you see in an ad versus what comes from a genuine personal opinion. It’s not always easy to tell the difference, unfortunately.<\/p>\n

An Example<\/h2>\n

Let’s say I’m telling you about Home Job Stop<\/a>. I recommend it here on this site because I’ve heard many good things about them through the years. I also get paid a commission if you buy a lifetime membership through that link. While I recommend that site because I believe it’s a worthwhile investment for people looking for a work at home job, it’s also an ad because I get paid for it. Do your own research if you need opinions from other people – just be aware that others may also be getting commissions depending on what they recommend.<\/p>\n

Nice part is, they don’t have ads on the Home Job Stop site, just work at home job leads.<\/p>\n

Now let’s take a look at one of the schools I recommend for medical transcription – the Andrews School<\/a>. I don’t get a commission or anything else for recommending them. They’re just a good school, and so they’re on my list of good schools for people who want to become a medical transcriptionist. That’s not what I would call an ad because there’s no payment of any kind from them to me. I also mention Career Step<\/a>, which is an ad, yet also a really good recommendation because I was recommending them even before I knew they had an affiliate program.<\/p>\n

Finally, there are AdSense ads and various banner ads around the site. Those are more obvious ads. Some I have control over, some I have very little control over, to the point where I don’t even know which ad you see compared to the ones I see. The ads I control I’m picky about.<\/p>\n

Ads Are Everywhere<\/h2>\n

Sometimes people complain about all the ads on the internet. Certainly some are a pain, such as ones which cover the part of the site you’d like to see, but is that really so different from what you see in the rest of your life? TV, newspaper, magazines… ads are everywhere. It how many media companies earn the bulk of their money, and it’s not always perfectly clear where the line between commentary and advertising lies.<\/p>\n

No matter where you see advertising, you should be taking it with a grain of salt. Not all of it is worth your attention. Not necessarily scams, just really difficult to earn money with. Be careful, do your research and you can decide if an advertised opportunity is for you or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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