[shoshanna]

Please take a moment to answer the following questions. I would like to learn more about those of you who work from home and how it works for you. I'm planning some blog posts and would like to hear more about your experiences. You can reply here or PM me. Thanks in advance! ~Shoshanna

Do you currently work from home?

How many hours a week do you spend on your home business or job?

Using that number of hours above, how much are you making per hour?

What is the nature of your job?

How long have you been doing this job?

How long did you have to do the job before it began to provide an actual income?

How much did you have to invest in order to get started in your job?

What tips would you like to pass on about working from home?

[simplesahm]

Fantastic topic...can't wait to hear the rest of your responses!

Do you currently work from home?
YES!

How many hours a week do you spend on your home business or job?
20-40

Using that number of hours above, how much are you making per hour?
It depends. Usually no less than $10.00

What is the nature of your job?
writing...and formerly direct sales.

How long have you been doing this job?
direct sales...5 years, writing...1 year.

How long did you have to do the job before it began to provide an actual income? 4 months (direct sales) 5 minutes with various writing "gigs"

How much did you have to invest in order to get started in your job?
With direct sales - I did. About $199. With blogging, I only pay for internet access and my laptop! =)

What tips would you like to pass on about working from home -
read my home biz blog...link below! =)

[rents25]

Do you currently work from home? YES!!

How many hours a week do you spend on your home business or job? 15-20

Using that number of hours above, how much are you making per hour? Hold it! I gotta find my calculator! Oh here it is! $30 to $100/hour so far. Depends of a few other things.

What is the nature of your job? Marketing

How long have you been doing this job? 2.5 years

How long did you have to do the job before it began to provide an actual income? 2 weeks

How much did you have to invest in order to get started in your job? $1

What tips would you like to pass on about working from home? You will always be the limiting factor in the success of your business. Improve yourself and your business will grow. Be willing to be a leader of people, shepherding them, tending to their needs, leading with love.

[KatieAG]

Do you currently work from home? yes

How many hours a week do you spend on your home business or job? about 25

Using that number of hours above, how much are you making per hour? It is hard to say, because I don't get paid by the hour, I get paid at the end of the job I do, which is on average about $1500 to $2000 per wedding

What is the nature of your job? I am a wedding consultant, I plan weddings

How long have you been doing this job? I just got my business up and running and I have done 2 weddings so far

How long did you have to do the job before it began to provide an actual income? it depends on how long it takes to plan the wedding. if i have more than 1 wedding at a time then i will make more money, but if i only have 1 i don't make too much in the long run because it takes about 6 mo. to a year to plan a wedding

How much did you have to invest in order to get started in your job? i did not put very much money into this career. basically i just had to buy a cell phone, a palm pilot, a fax machine and my own personal phone line at home, oh and a website. that was it!

What tips would you like to pass on about working from home? i love working at home because you still get to spend time with your kids and watch them growup. just use their nap time to your advantage, thats my tip!

[hartoog2]

Hi, here are my answers

Do you currently work from home? Yes

How many hours a week do you spend on your home business or job? Begin 20 and 30 depending were in the month it is

Using that number of hours above, how much are you making per hour? I get paid per word and the length of my articles vary so this is tough to work out.

What is the nature of your job? I'm a journalist

How long have you been doing this job? eight years

How long did you have to do the job before it began to provide an actual income? about 6 months

How much did you have to invest in order to get started in your job? just a PC computer, printer and cell phone.

What tips would you like to pass on about working from home? It's awesome. I am there for my children all the time - when they are ill, when there is something on at school etc. I don't feel I'm missing out on the working enviroment - I love being in charge of my time. Tips - you have to be dedicated and keep a detailed diary. Planning is essential and you sometimes have to say no - even though it is tough!

[lanceandnita]

Hi there, here are my answers....


Do you currently work from home?
YES!

How many hours a week do you spend on your home business or job?
10-20 minutes

Using that number of hours above, how much are you making per hour?
It depends. Usually $10 or sometimes bigger.

What is the nature of your job?
Computer graphics and writing or product reviews (paid posts)

How long have you been doing this job?
Computer graphics since October 2005. Writing or product reviews since December 2006.

How long did you have to do the job before it began to provide an actual income?
Computer graphics, at least 2 months; for writing, after 1 month

How much did you have to invest in order to get started in your job?
With computer graphics, none. I'm using my Paint Shop Pro X, Paint Shop Pro 7, Adobe Photoshop. Got them for free as brithday gifts! While blogging, it's free to sign-up!

What tips would you like to pass on about working from home -
I would recommend to check out Nita's Corner and Nita's Ramblings (paid posts).

[barefootbookslady]

Do you currently work from home? Yes

How many hours a week do you spend on your home business or job? 20 hours flexible

Using that number of hours above, how much are you making per hour? about $10

What is the nature of your job? I work with a small publisher of multicultural children's books called Barefoot Books as a "stallholder" -(think sellining pottery at the market in Morocco)

How long have you been doing this job? 3 years

How long did you have to do the job before it began to provide an actual income? realistically 3 months to get in the groove of "working smart"

How much did you have to invest in order to get started in your job? $126 gets a starter kit and sign up

What tips would you like to pass on about working from home? Keep organized and set goals both personal and professional so that when it is "work time" you can accomplish something but when it is "time off" go give those kids a big hug, go on a walk, read books together - so something fun!
This is a really fantastic site - I'm so glad I found it - cheers to all of you family members!!! Kathleen von Raesfeld in California

[mcmama]

A reminder here to all:

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[barefootbookslady]

first try to apologize! quite lame as you can see!

[barefootbookslady]

Thank you for the help! Obviously quite new to this type of forum. I sincerely apologize! Kathleen