Once in a great while, I encounter an online income training program that makes me stand up and take notice.
100K Factory Revolution is one such program.
Why?
Because this program has a price tag of nearly $2,500. If paid off on an installment plan, 100K Factory Revolution costs almost $3,000.
What exactly justifies this high price tag? To answer that question, let’s first look at the program itself.
What is 100K Factory Revolution?
This Internet marketing training program is the creation of Aidan Booth & Steven Clayton, who both earn a full-time income from e-commerce. The 100K Factory Revolution program strives to have members earn $100K/year from four websites that they create and build, and then monetize using Facebook, Amazon and Google PPC ads (among others). The program also teaches members how to drive traffic to their websites and to sell affiliate products.
The 100K Factory Revolution is the newest iteration of the original 100K Factory Revolution, which was launched in 2015 and then revamped in 2016. The newest 100K Revolution product is set to officially launch on February 27th and contains a so-called “secret weapon.”
The program makes some very bold claims, such as how its members earn thousands of dollars each week. Also, in just 60 days, members can earn $100K/year through their own e-commerce websites by following the steps outlined in the program.
These are some hefty claims for any online marketing training program to make. E-commerce is a tricky subject as I’ve seen results where people basically hit the lottery and find a store that works well right from the start. HOWEVER, experience tells me that one must build content-rich, SEO-optimized websites, generate traffic, build email lists, and create actionable offers in order to hit the income levels outlined above. And this is all in addition to creating or finding desirable products to sell.
Can 100K Factory Revolution truly deliver on all these needs and tactics and ensure that its adherents earn 100K in just 60 days?
One big clue came from the case study that the program offers on its sales page. Here, you are offered the opportunity to download a case study of someone who went from earning $0 to $750K+ in just 7 months, and all by using just one website.
If you are at all considering purchasing 100K Factory Revolution, please download and peruse this program’s featured case study content. Why?
Because this report highlights, in very fine detail, just how the program will help you create $100K websites in the space of just two months.
The 100K Factory Revolution training plan
As reported in the case study, 100K Factory Revolution consists of an 8-week training program that results in four e-commerce websites with an average 5% conversion rate on product sales. The steps are as follows:
Hand-pick a product. Here, you are instructed in how to pick popular products that not only sell well, but are highly adaptable to social media platforms, have high profit margins, an approachable price point, etc. Example products to sell and to avoid are shown.
Install your store. “Test beds” are discussed as a way to test products for their potential to make money. In essence, you set up “rough-hewn” test websites and check their traffic and conversion rates early on. The websites with the best numbers are kept and the others are scrapped.
Identify your buyers. You identify your target demographic for your product and then craft your ads to that demographic. The program also introduces you to the ‘Audience Matrix,’ a tactic for identifying who is most likely to buy your product(s).
Initiate Traffic Machine. Here, you balance the cost of your advertising against product sales and find the optimal formula where you spend the least ad money for the most product sales. A “top-secret, number-crunching advertising super-computer,” called Vulcan, is introduced. This is also the “secret weapon” mentioned earlier, and one of the main points of the 100K Factory revamp for 2017.
Optimize conversions. You optimize product sales by trying different selling tactics, including using different pricing/shipping models, trying different ad types and retargeting, refining the target audience, testing different website designs, leveraging the buyer email list, etc.
Launch your super funnel. The super funnel, as described by the program, consists of launching optimized sales pages to your audience that capture its attention and wallets.
Rinse and repeat. Here, the program tells you that you should shoot for a “modest” goal of making $8,000/month. That comes out to over $100K/year.
So, can this program deliver on its promises?
Pros and cons of 100K Factory Revolution
The 100K Factory Revolution program does make a lot of bold claims about how you’ll be earning thousands of dollars per week in just a few days.
There is also the assumption that, as long as you select the right products and optimize your products and ads, you should be making hundreds of dollars each day.
Could this be the case? Sure, your Powerball ticket may also hold the winning lotto numbers. It simply isn’t as easy as picking a product, creating an ad, and raking in the money.
Spending $2,500 on the program itself will be just the tip of the spending iceberg for you. With all the emphasis on Facebook and AdSense ads, you’ll need to dedicate your money to ad space on various social media sites and the Web itself.
A lot of your ads will fail as well. You can write off the loss of course, but it’s quite easy to lose a lot of money.
Finally, for the information you are provided, you can certainly find cheaper programs. This is on the higher end of eCommerce training we’ve seen.
As we haven’t taken the course, we cannot comment on the quality of the training and that leaves us with this question for you…
Has anyone tried 100K Factory Revolution?
$2,497 is a little too steep to throw down just to review a product, so we are opening the discussion floor up to you guys in the comments below. Please, if you have tried the program or have eCommerce experience, let us hear it.
It’s tax season again, which means one thing: scammers who are posing as IRS agents are out to get you.
The scam might occur as a voicemail left on your system, where you are warned that legal action is about to taken against you unless you call back and/or pay your taxes immediately.
The scam might also occur through text message, where you are told where to send payment after clicking on a provided link or opening an enclosed attachment.
Don’t do it.
The Erroneous Refund
There is a new tax scam going around this year. It seems that thieves are hacking into the office’s of tax professionals, stealing your personal information, and then filing a fraudulent return in your name.
To the IRS, it looks as if you have personally filed your taxes, so the issue a refund, even though it’s fraudulent.
Now, the scammer has your personal information and will contact you directly, claiming to be from the IRS. They will demand that you return the money.
However, the scammer will have you return the money to them and not the IRS. Leaving you with a fraudulent return filed in your name and in-debt to the IRS for a few thousand dollars.
How to protect yourself
Let’s start with the basics: don’t cash any checks that show up unexpectedly.
If the return was directly deposited into your account, head to the bank and ask to speak with a manager.
For the love of God, do NOT, under any circumstances, mail a money order off to an unknown source.
Finally, and most importantly, call the IRS directly at 1-800-829-1040 (if you are an individual) or 1-800-829-4933 (if you are a business) and tell them you have been a victim of a fraudulent tax return.
On the IRS website, you can learn just how the IRS reaches out to delinquent taxpayers. This occurs through a formalized process that never involves unsolicited phone calls or threats of legal action. In fact, the IRS acknowledges that taxpayers have rights, including the rights to privacy and to appeal.
How does the IRS correspond with delinquent taxpayers?
The IRS does not call you.
The IRS sends a formal letter stating how much money is owed per each tax year. In most cases, separate letters are sent for each year of delinquency, going back up to seven years in time.
Each delinquency is assigned a notice (CP) or letter (LTR) number at its top or the bottom right-hand corner. These numbers can be searched by going to the IRS home page.
Taxpayers are notified that they can appeal the amount of money they have been assessed. Taxpayers are encouraged to pay as much as they can, but they are never told they must pay the entire amount immediately, or that non-payment will result in their arrest or a lawsuit.
Should a taxpayer agree to make payment, the IRS provides a payment page with more information. On this secure page, taxpayers can pay via their bank account or credit/debit card. There are other options listed as well, including paying with cash.
More importantly, for taxpayers who have encountered dire financial circumstances, there are several partial payment and delayed payment options available. Those options include making monthly installments, submitting an offer-in-compromise, and even delaying payment altogether.
Such alternatives can be a lifesaver if you’ve recently lost your business, for example, and simply don’t have the needed profits to make payment on your taxes. Similarly, if you’re a freelancer who has gotten behind on your quarterlies, paying your taxes in monthly installments can stop interest and/or penalties from accumulating.
The IRS Phone Call Scam
The IRS scam tax delinquency “process”
In contrast to the IRS, scammers rely on fear and misinformation to coerce taxpayers into paying their taxes right away, and without knowing the full extent of their rights or appeal options. Scammers also use different means to trick taxpayers into paying the full amount they owe, including the following:
Phone calls: IRS scammers will often robocall recipients, telling them that they must respond immediately or face a lawsuit. One such robocall call might go as follows:
This a final notice from IRS, Internal Revenue Service, which is filing a lawsuit against you. For more information, please call immediately to XXX-XXX-XXXX. Thank you.
When would-be victims return calls made by these robocallers, they’re often connected with individuals with very thick foreign accents. Sometimes, the scammers try to have their victims purchase gift vouchers and provide the ID numbers of those vouchers over the phone. Recently, a bunch of these scammers were discovered and found to be working at an Indian call center.
Emails/letters: IRS scammers may also send out emails or letters, supposedly from the IRS, that even contain case and/or letter numbers and threaten the recipient with legal or criminal prosecution if payment is not made immediately. The fraudulent letters are usually superimposed onto legitimate letters from the IRS that were collected from office trash receptacles or other refuse (one more reason to shred/burn your sensitive documents).
When the victim clicks on a link provided in the email, oftentimes a phishing page boots up and steals the victim’s sensitive information such as Social Security number, credit card number, etc. The IRS warns about identity theft via phishing on its website. Alternately, a malware program infects the victim’s computer.
Texts: Some individuals have even reported receiving bogus texts from the IRS. The messages state that legal and/or court action will be taken against the recipient unless he pays the owed money immediately.
Requests for money: IRS scammers next ask that recipients of their calls, emails, letters and texts send money. However, the money is to be sent by wire transfer or through the purchase of MoneyPak or Green Dot prepaid cards. In some cases, scammers have requested that their hapless victims purchase gift cards and just read off the back codes to them.
The government is never going to accept gift cards over cash, and this is noted on the IRS payments page as well. Likewise, the IRS will offer installment payment plans if the taxpayer cannot pay the entire sum by a given date.
What should you do if you are a victim of an IRS scam?
Unfortunately, many individuals are conned every year and end up losing thousands of dollars to IRS scammers. What should you do if you suspect that you’re a victim of fraud?
First of all, contact the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) via the IRS Impersonation Scam Reporting page.
When working with the IRS on owed taxes, use the IRS.gov site exclusively. Also, make sure that you are not dealing with an IRS subdomain (irs.scammerssite.gov) by checking if your pages all end in irs.gov.
If you have any doubts about your case, call the IRS directly. Their agents work with people directly on the phone. Agents are more than willing to help you sort through your tax questions, and can even provide you with lots of money-saving advice.
More and more companies are looking for people who can do transcription jobs from home.
Can you listen to audio files attentively? Are you a whiz with spelling and grammar? Can you accurately type 60 words per minute (WPM)?
If the answer’s yes, then there are several remote transcription companies that could use your services.
If you’re just after the list of transcription companies, jump here.
What Does A Transcription Job Involve?
At its core, transcription involves typing out speech or audio files into a written document.
Institutions and organizations that outsource their transcription needs include universities, media companies, hospitals, and even law enforcement.
Individuals, such as vloggers and podcasters, may also hire transcriptionists to help caption their work and make them accessible to deaf or hard of hearing people.
If you’re only starting out, being a general transcriptionist is a good way to go. You don’t have to have specialized training or knowledge, and you’ll be able to work with a wide variety of audio files, such as college lectures, business meetings, speeches, personal conversations, dictations, notes, and many more.
Other transcriptionists who have knowledge of a specific field of study or industry go into specialized transcription jobs, such as medical transcription, legal transcription, or financial transcription. These require more specialized training, especially for jargon and industry-specific shortcuts and phrases, but they pay more per hour than general transcription jobs.
Also, those who are insanely quick and accurate typists may go into closed-captioning where a live show or speech is transcribed in real-time.
How much can online transcribers make?
The average salary for online transcription jobs comes in at around $15 per hour. Entry-level jobs start around $10 to $12 per hour and specialized transcription jobs, mostly those in the medical field, can fetch as much as $30 per hour.
Like every other job, seniority, experience, and length of time with one company will all factor into how much you can make.
How to earn more money doing transcription jobs from home
Janet Shaughnessy of Transcribe Anywhere has put together an incredible 7-Day Transcription mini-course that will help you get paid what you’re actually worth.
The course is perfect for those who are both just starting their journey to become a transcriptionist and those looking for ways to improve their existing earnings.
Plus, it’s free. Win-win-win!
So, which companies are looking for transcribers?
43 Transcription Jobs You Can Do From Home
Transcriptionists are almost always in-demand. The following companies have open hiring pretty much all year round.
I’ve rounded up the most complete list of companies currently hiring. If you can’t find a remote transcription job from this list, this line of work probably isn’t for you.
VIQ Solutions provides various software and transcription services targeted to the legal, law enforcement, and insurance industries.
They’re on the lookout for work-from-home transcriptionists to do general transcription, insurance transcription, law enforcement transcription, legal transcription, and medical transcription.
This company hires transcriptionists from all around the world, and it states on its own website that it pays at a rate of $27 to $103.80 per audio hour.
This means that your actual hourly rate will vary depending on how fast you type.
Payment is sent monthly via PayPal. While the company doesn’t require that you purchase specialized software or a foot pedal, it does suggest getting headphones.
This company is good for transcriptionists who don’t yet have a lot of experience in the field or can’t do hours of audio transcription.
With Quicktate, you’ll be transcribing shorter files (less than 5 minutes).
The pay for this work is a quarter penny per transcribed word.
Once you become comfortable with this format, you could be promoted to Quicktate’s sibling site, iDictate, which deals with audio files longer than 5 minutes, pays half a penny per transcribed word, and offers longer assignments.
This company offers a number of client services, including captioning, subtitles, translation, and transcription.
Once you pass the qualifier exam, you are free to take as few or as many transcription assignments as you’d like.
Payment ranges from $24 to $39 per audio hour, and they estimate that the average transcriptionist earns $245 a month, depending on how many assignments one accepts.
This Austin, Texas company provides legal, law enforcement, protective services, and general transcription services.
As an SW transcriptionist, you should expect to earn $11 to $13 per hour, although your rate will increase as you become more proficient at transcribing.
The average monthly earnings of a transcriptionist are around $450 but this has been known to go up to $3,400 depending on the number and quality of audio files transcribed.
They’re hiring transcriptionists with at least 1 year of transcription and word processing experience for general transcription, and those with 1 year of experience or more in a law firm for legal transcription. However, they’re not currently hiring California residents.
This company has been around since 1989 and accepts a variety of projects, including video productions, legal proceedings, medical dictations and notes, and corporate and academic lectures.
The company doesn’t advertise its pay rate; however, Glassdoor reports that transcriptionists earn half a penny per word.
Tigerfish periodically hires for entry-level as well as for more complex online transcription jobs, but they’re currently not hiring transcribers. It’s worth checking back on this page.
TranscribeMe is a fairly well-known transcription company, which means you’ll probably be placed on its waiting list once you pass its short transcription test.
After getting hired, your projects will consist of transcribing short audio files that range from 10 seconds to 1 minute.
That translates to earning $20 per hour if you complete a sufficient number of files with high quality.
The good news about TranscribeMe is that you’ll need no special software to complete your work, and weekly payments will be deposited into your PayPal account.
This Boston-based company got its start in 2007 and regularly hires both in-house and remote transcript editors. According to Glassdoor, transcript editors earn an average of $18 to $19 per hour.
As a member of 3Play, you’ll be able to set your own working schedule; also, communication between the leaders and their employees is reported to be very good.
Otherwise, you’ll be left alone and expected to turn in your work on time (i.e., there is little to no micromanagement).
Overall, there are few complaints about this company and its management, and contractor feedback is generally positive.
GoTranscript is one of the few companies that will hire anyone in the world. It doesn’t matter where you live as long as you are capable of transcribing 10 minutes of audio within 6 hours.
Transcribers earn an average of $150 per month.
This is quite possibly the best company to get your foot in the door as a transcriber.
FFTranscription offers a wide variety of work-from-home transcription jobs in industries such as marketing and sales, medical, legal, business, academia, and many more.
They hire worldwide, but you do need an active PayPal account in order to get paid.
Pay starts at $0.40 per audio minute but you’ll gain opportunities for higher pay with experience.
CastingWords is a transcription service that accepts audio files from a wide variety of sources.
To get hired, you need to join their workshop and provide basic information so they can direct you to their transcription test, in which you’re asked to transcribe a short audio file.
If your test is accepted, you can start familiarizing yourself with their style guide and take on jobs posted in their workshop.
The pay varies greatly because it’s highly dependent on the quality scores your transcript is given by their quality control agents.
Transcription Outsourcing handles general transcription, as well as more specialized transcription jobs, namely, medical, legal, and business transcription.
To apply, fill out their online application form with all of the required information and then wait for them to contact you back to take grammar and transcription exams. They only hire US-based transcribers, and only qualified candidates are contacted back.
Legal, academic, and business transcriptions can pay as much as $48 to $66 per audio hour, and general transcriptions are paid lower.
GMR prides itself on taking a chance on entry-level transcribers, one of the few companies that offer transcription jobs from home to beginners.
Earnings come in anywhere between $1,000-$3,000 per month. Obviously, the more experience you have, the better chance you have at picking up higher-paying jobs.
There is the chance to get quick-turnaround jobs as well, and with that comes more pay.
Babbletype specializes in audio-to-text transcription exclusively for market research. Recordings in other languages can be delivered as English language transcripts for a higher fee.
To get an online transcription job with Babbletype, watch the embedded video on their Apply For Work page on their website and find out whether you’re a good fit for the company, as they have very strict standards.
Athreon provides speech-to-text transcription services mainly to doctors, but they also serve law enforcement, academics, and other professionals.
To qualify for transcription jobs from home, you’ll need to have finished a certified training program or have at least two years of transcription experience.
You’ll be considered an independent contractor and will be paid weekly via PayPal.
Their website looks a bit dated, but A and P Transcription Services is a legit company continuously looking for qualified home-based transcriptionists to join their team.
Aside from knowledge of English grammar and syntax, you’ll need to have one year of transcription experience, typing speed of 65 wpm and above, and a foot pedal and headphones.
To start your application, click on Employment Opportunities, fill out the form, attach your résumé, submit, and wait for feedback.
eScribers is one of the fastest-growing legal transcription companies in the country, and they’re continually looking for independent contractors to transcribe as well as proofread transcripts.
To start your application, simply input your email address on their application page.
This Hollywood-based company provides transcription, translation, and captioning services to their clients. They only hire US-based transcribers who can type more than 65 wpm, own a foot pedal, and have their own computer.
Fill out the form and upload your résumé to start the application process.
Don’t be fooled by the website; this company has been around since 1990 and has worked with countless companies and individuals for their digital transcription needs.
They’re constantly looking for general transcriptionists to join their team. Simply fill out their application form and you’ll be contacted back with instructions on taking a short transcription test.
CrowdSurf provides transcription and captioning services and makes online media accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
This company is perfect for beginners to transcription jobs from home; they don’t require extra equipment; just you, your headphones, and your computer are enough to get you started.
Payment ranges from $0.17 to $0.20 per audio/video minute.
Audio Transcription Center has been offering transcription services to top academic institutions, government agencies, and financial organizations since 1966.
They do require a typing speed of 80 wpm with 98% accuracy and the ability to deliver files within 24 hours or less for an hour-long file.
Payment is at $60 per audio hour for English and $150 per audio hour for foreign language transcripts.
2Scribe has been around since 2001, providing healthcare providers with transcription, dictation, and records-management solutions.
They’re accepting applications for home-based medical transcription jobs. Submit your application by emailing hr[at]2scribe[dot]com and wait for them to contact you back for software tutorials.
Allegis Transcription has been offering reliable transcription services since 1996. They’re offering online transcription jobs to work as independent contractors who already have a foot pedal and headset.
They don’t publish their rates on their website, but other sites estimate that the average transcriptionist on Allegis makes $14 to $19 per hour.
eTranscription Solutions is an international web-based transcription service operating since 1999. They’re continuously hiring remote transcriptionists with verifiable experience and a high level of accuracy.
If you are interested to apply, fill out their contact form on this page.
Production Transcripts offer high-quality transcriptions for a variety of media types, such as interviews, speeches, conference calls, seminars, panel discussions, podcasts, and many more.
Fill out the application form in the above link to apply for an online transcription job.
Intentional Reach is the leading provider of church sermon transcription services in the US. While you don’t have to be a Christian to apply, it’s going to help you a lot in your job if you’re comfortable hearing, transcribing, and fact-checking sermons and other content produced by pastors.
If you don’t mind this at all and you meet their minimum requirements, go ahead and fill out an application.
Net Transcripts is a transcription company that specializes on law enforcement and criminal justice transcription.
Anyone with transcription experience can complete the online application form and attach a copy of their current resume in Microsoft Word format (.doc).
ProScribe provides medical transcription services.
The company is regularly looking for candidates with a passion for healthcare and at least 6-month time commitment.
What makes ProScribe awesome isn’t just the competitive rates, but also the potential for promotions. After all, they promote around 85 employees to leadership roles every year.
Sterling Transcription provides transcription services, including medical, legal, and general transcription.
No beginners are accepted here though. But if you’ve got transcription experience and can commit to complete at least 4 hours of audio per week, you can expect competitive pay.
Transcript Associates offers general transcription services.
The company hires experienced transcribers and pay them on a per-audio-minute basis.
This company has high standards: you need to pass a couple of typing tests and have impeccable English grammar and vocabulary.
How to Snag Work-From-Home Transcription Jobs
You might meet all the job requirements for an online transcriptionist, but that doesn’t mean you’re sure to get hired.
To get noticed among thousands of other applicants, you have to nail your résumé.
Include your typing speed (with proof if you have it), highlight your accuracy with actual percentages, and if you’re multilingual, emphasize your familiarity with dialects, accents, and regional slang.
Another step is to ace your transcription exam.
If you don’t already know how to, train yourself to touch type to increase your typing speed. Brush up on spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Most importantly, practice transcribing audio files with different talking speeds, tone of voice, accents, and ambient noises.
Pull up some videos on YouTube or podcasts with more than one speaker and practice how to differentiate one speaker from another.
Above all, double- and triple-check your résumé and transcription examination before submitting them. A single spelling or grammar mistake can turn off the recruitment agent processing your application, especially if you’ve put “attention to detail” and “proficient in grammar” in your résumé under “Skills.”
Transcription Jobs You Can Do from Home: Is this Career For You?
Online transcription jobs are some of the few legitimate work-at-home jobs that are almost always in demand.
Most companies will allow you to work at your own pace and pick up jobs as you need.
You will need to hone your typing and listening skills to qualify, but the right combination of time and effort could land you a job that pays up to $50,000 entirely from home.
If typing isn’t your strong suit, you can probably find a better-suited job for you over in my list of work-from-home jobs here.
One of the unfortunate realities of having a remote job and working from home full-time or as a freelancer is that it is nearly impossible to find work from home jobs with benefits.
You might be making a lot of money and building up your savings now, but one illness can wipe it all out if you don’t have health insurance.
Of course, you can pay for your own health insurance out-of-pocket, but individual plans can be much more expensive than the ones provided through employers.
The good news is that certain companies offer health insurance benefits even to their remote, work-at-home employees.
Sometimes, they would bundle health insurance with vision, dental, life, accident, or disability insurance.
Other companies may even offer additional benefits, such as paid time off, education assistance, mental health and wellness programs, and even 401(k) matching.
Here is a list of companies offering health insurance and other benefits.
Pick up some extra cash:
If you want to make quick money, the following three websites are always looking for new members and they pay CASH for your thoughts.
Create an account with all three to really maximize your earnings.
35 Companies Offering Work from Home Jobs with Benefits
I searched the Internet to find these companies that are currently hiring and offer various types and combinations of benefits.
Most of them are full-time positions, and most of the work is customer service-related, but there are a few exceptions.
The well-known Amazon offers both full-time and part-time telecommuting work opportunities that are mostly in the customer service field.
The average starting pay is $10 to $12 per hour and the training takes place at home.
Amazon also offers top-notch work from home jobs with benefits that include medical, dental, and vision, plus vacation days and a stock purchase option.
Asurion has a huge network of 10,000+ work-at-home employees who help the company’s 70 million or so customers process their mobile device insurance claims.
Asurion employees are provided with a top-notch benefits package that includes full medical coverage, 401(k) plan, life insurance, and flex spending accounts.
Paid training and educational assistance are also available.
The pay at Asurion ranges from $9 to $12 per hour and overtime work is available.
3. Capital One
This credit card company regularly hires work-at-home customer service reps who earn up to $13/hour and receive commission bonuses of as much as $1,000.
Employees with Capital One are offered work from home jobs with benefits including full medical coverage (plus dental and vision) and 401(k) plans.
The benefits increase with the number of hours worked per week, and virtual employees can work up to 30 hours/week.
Typically, two years of prior customer service experience are required.
4. Carnival Cruise Lines
Are you a whiz at vacation planning?
Carnival employs full-time vacation planners who work from home; these planners also receive a benefits deal that includes paid time off, stock purchase discounts, and tuition reimbursement.
In terms of insurance, virtual employees get health/dental/vision, and they can opt for additional plans like life insurance and long-term disability.
These agents receive full medical coverage, paid vacation time, and even pension plans. The pay starts at $9 per hour, plus commission bonuses, and goes as high as $12 per hour (according to Glassdoor).
6. Apple
Apple regularly hires “At Home Advisors” to offer product support from the comfort of your own home.
They do offer a robust work-from-home job benefits package that includes paid time off, generous discounts on Apple products, and lots of career growth potential.
You have the chance to move up into managerial roles and that comes with better benefits and higher pay.
Pay ranges between $10 to $23 an hour, depending on experience.
Enterprise offers one of the highest wages from this list of companies; some of its employed agents report earning as much as $15 an hour.
Work hours are flexible, and many agents work weekends.
The company also offers a generous benefits package that includes full medical coverage, life insurance, 401(k) plans, profit sharing, flexible spending accounts, paid training, and paid time off. Agents also receive unique rental car discounts.
Full-time employee benefits include medical and dental insurance; these benefits kick in after 90 days of employment.
Other benefits include 401(k) plans, paid time off and training, paid holidays, and merchant discounts.
The hourly pay ranges from $9 to $11.
9. Support
This company offers remote technical support to its network of customer companies via virtual agents.
As such, Support.com’s virtual agents take inbound sales calls from those customer companies and also help outside callers with their inquiries.
The hourly wage is reported as being up to $18 per hour, and there is the opportunity to earn hundreds of dollars in commissions too.
This work is full-time at 40 hours a week.
Support.com provides its work-from-home employees with medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus long-term disability and life insurance, paid training, paid time off, and holiday pay.
These options are delivered through phone, chat, email, as well as SMS and social media.
Sykes agents can be full-time, part-time, or seasonal, but only full- and part-time agents qualify for company benefits such as full medical coverage, disability insurance, paid time off, and 401(k) plans.
Part-time agents receive company benefits including medical reimbursement plan, discount on medication, dental and vision plan, 401(k) plan, and free self-paced education at the U-Haul University.
These agents also gain access to U-Haul-specific discounts and its credit union.
U-Haul wages are the minimum wage of the agent’s home state plus bonuses, so the final wage is around $12 per hour.
12. Alorica
Alorica is another company in the line of customer service that offers work from home jobs with benefits.
Pay starts at $10 to $12 per hour and the benefits include health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid time off, plus you have great 401(k) retirement plan options.
There are a variety of different jobs available from collections, to tech support, to sales.
Find the one that best suits your skillset.
13. Prialto
Prialto provides virtual assistant job opportunities with some of the best benefits out there.
In addition to full health care, you also get unlimited vacation days.
They regularly hire workers from the US, Guatemala, and the Philippines, but jobs are filled as quickly as they are posted.
If there are no open positions, be sure to bookmark their careers page and check back often.
14. TransPerfect
TransPerfect is a top language service provider that offers online translation jobs.
They currently have remote job openings for bilingual over-the-phone interpreters (OPIs), customer service representatives, and quality monitors.
Some of the positions are for independent contractors, but many are for full-time, regular positions that are eligible for such benefits as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plans, paid time off, and other attractive benefits.
15. TTEC@Home
Yet another outsourcing company offering work from home jobs with benefits, TTEC is currently hiring for various remote positions.
Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, as well as paid time off, paid sick days, paid holidays, and 401(k) matching.
Virtual bookkeepers here are full-time, W-2 employees who earn by the hour and get benefits such as paid holidays, vacation packages, 401(k) plans, and group medical, dental, life, vision, and accident insurance.
17. OneSupport
Having been around since 1993, the company has a continuous need for work-from-home customer support and technical support representatives to assist customers of wireless and internet providers.
Work-from-home positions are available, with base salaries depending on the position and requirements. Benefits include paid training, vision and dental benefits, vacation pay, and healthcare insurance.
However, this is only available in select states, so check that you’re residing and eligible to work in one of the states listed.
18. CVS Health
CVS Health offers a variety of remote jobs, including customer service representatives, pharmacy technicians, digital analytics strategists, and many more.
They provide their employees with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as paid time off and paid holidays, health savings account, 401(k) plans, and plenty of other supplemental benefits and discount programs
19. Stride
Stride is a virtual learning provider for learners of all ages and every stage of life. They’re probably most known for their Stride K12 program, which provides personalized virtual learning for the public school system.
There are currently several work-from-home jobs offered, including teaching positions, curriculum writers, software engineers, sales and operation managers, and other support positions.
Their benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, disability and parental leave, voluntary life insurance, accident, and hospital supplemental plans, 401(k) plans, paid time off, and professional development programs.
20. Google
Google has an option on its careers page to show only remote-eligible jobs.
There are hundreds of available positions across types of jobs ranging from entry level to senior level positions as well.
It’s Google so the benefits are going to be top notch across the board.
21. Humana
Humana is a health insurance provider that currently has several work-from-home opportunities available, including software testers, risk management professionals, and sales representatives, among others.
Remote workers are eligible for benefits, which consist of medical, dental, and vision insurance, health plan incentives, disability, life insurance, 401(k) plans, parental leave, paid time off, holidays, volunteer time, and jury duty, and various discounts and bonuses.
22. DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is an entirely remote search engine company and they have employees in 15 different countries around the world.
They are regularly hiring so take a peek at their careers page and see if anything sparks your interest.
Their benefits package is top notch and they are fully invested in their employees well-being.
23. Aetna
This health insurance company develops and maintains healthcare tools and resources for patients, hospitals and other health organizations.
You can find remote jobs in project management, app development, case management and consulting at Aetna.
The work-from-home jobs here offer paid time off and health insurance benefits.
24. Autodesk
Autodesk makes software for businesses across a wide array of industries and hires remote employees, including customer success managers, sales representatives, technical account managers and federal account executives.
This IT company offers their employees benefits such as health insurance, dental insurance, 401(k) matching and time off.
There are often vacancies in roles like data entry clerks, QA personnel, system developers, software programmers and customer care representatives.
As for benefits, Xerox usually offers health insurance, dental and vision insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.
26. Dell Technologies
Remote jobs at Dell include outside sales specialists, data architects, sales account managers, tech support analysts, and clinical support analysts.
Dell Technologies employees are offered competitive pay, health insurance and dental insurance.
27. Change Healthcare
Change Healthcare has remote work available for coders, auditors, quality assurance analysts and clinical readers.
The company adds health insurance and dental insurance with its competitive salary.
28. Intuit
Intuit has remote opportunities for bookkeepers, accountants, tax associates, customer support specialists and marketing managers.
The company provides health insurance and paid time off as employee benefits.
29. American Express
American Express hires remote employees for the credit card company’s customer service and sales departments.
Aside from providing work-from-home employees with computer equipment, AMEX also offers benefits like retirement, Visa sponsorship, and insurance (medical, vision, and dental).
30. Slingshot
Slingshot, a consulting company, regularly offers remote positions in sales, customer service and product development.
Aside from having competitive salaries and paid time off, Slingshot employees also get free gym memberships and 401(k) plans.
31. PartnerCentric
PartnerCentric is a female-led, fully remote marketing agency.
The company regularly hires market analysis, account managing, strategy development, business development and sales. They offer health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, 401(k) plans and time off.
Their full-time agents take home paid vacations and sick pay, full health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), 401(k), and travel discounts.
33. UnitedHealth Group
United Health Group has many remote jobs available, including clinical quality registered nurses, and clinical practice consultants. There are also non-medical roles like coders, statistician care advocates, beneficiary education representatives and directors of payment integrity associates.
These work from home jobs have benefits like health insurance, dental and vision insurance, and retirement plans on top of signing bonuses.
Most jobs here include benefits like health insurance, dental and vision insurance, employee discounts, paid time off and retirement plans.
35. Thomson Reuters
Remote careers at Thomson Reuters are available for journalists, legal editors, sales executives, accounting, pre-sales engineers, software engineers, auditing CPAs and customer success managers.
What makes Thomson Reuters awesome is that they offer plenty of benefits to their employees, such as tuition reimbursement, retirement plans, and health insurance, dental and vision insurance.
Work from Home Jobs with Benefits are the Best WFH Jobs
Work from home jobs with benefits are like the holy grail for remote workers and freelancers.
Hopefully, you can find a position that you like from the list above.
If none of these companies feel like a good fit for you, here is a massive list of work from home jobs that you can look at. They’re all legitimate, but I can’t guarantee that you’ll get benefits.
Recently, I was reading the biography of Philip K. Dick, the author of such notable stories as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (the story that the movie Blade Runner was based on), Total Recall and Minority Report.
Philip published 44 novels and 121 short stories in his short lifetime of 53 years. It is assumed that part of the reason for his prolific writing is that this is how the author earned his living. When Philip needed some money, he relied on his imagination to produce a story; that story was then sold to a magazine.
Authors today can still make money by writing fictional stories and essays and selling them to magazines as well as traditional and online publishers. The easiest way to do this is by submitting the work to a literary journal.
There are plenty of such journals to choose from. While many literary rags are tightly associated with a college or university, others are “free -standing” structures headed by a devoted team of editors, journalists and sometimes even marketing folks. In most cases, these individuals have regular jobs outside of their literary interests.
20 Sites to Get Published (and Paid) for Your Literary Submissions
Here is just a sampling of 20 available literary journals that pay money to writers for submitting their prose, essays and poetry. Most of these sites are free to enter and submissions can be made online (saving you on postage).
Abyss & Apex– This journal accepts entries on “speculative and imaginative fiction and poetry” and looks for stories that are character-driven. Payment for published entries is at 6 cents/word for up to 1,250 words, and it appears that longer entries (up to 10,000 words) receive a flat rate of $75.
AGNI– This print and online journal accepts essays, poems and fiction for nine months of the year. Accepted entries are paid $10 per page for prose and $20 per page for poetry, with a $150 maximum payout.
Analog– This print and digital magazine publishes science fiction stories 20,000 words or under. Winning stories are paid 8-10 cents/word. Science must be an integral part of the submitted story.
Apex– This magazine is looking for sci-fi, fantasy and horror short stories that span no longer than 7,500 words. If accepted, payment is 6 cents/word.
Asimov’s Science Fiction– Started by the author of the same name, Asimov’s Science Fiction accepts stories up to 20,000 words in length that are strongly character-driven. Winning stories are paid out at 8-10 cents/word for the first 7,500 words, and 8 cents for each word over 7,500.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies– This periodical seeks narratives that introduce alternate worlds and/or realities and focus on character trajectories. Submissions should be no longer than 11,000 words. Payment is at 6 cents/word.
Boulevard– This publication accepts essays, fiction and poetry of up to 8,000 words. Payments for published submissions are $100-$300 for prose and $25-$250 for poetry.
Camera Obscura Journal of Literature and Photography- This periodical accepts prose and poetry submissions, with published entries being awarded $1,000. The general word guideline is 250-8,000 words, but the periodical is quite flexible on this matter, and even entire novellas (up to 30,000 words) are accepted. This was one periodical whose guidelines I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
Cincinnati Review– All genres of fiction are published here, with the criteria being that the “work has energy” and is “rich in language and plot structure.” Published entries earn $25 per double-spaced page.
Clarkesworld– Submit your sci-fi and fantasy fiction here; published entries earn 10 cents/word up to the first 5,000 words, and 8 cents/word for each word beyond 5,000. Entries must be between 1,000-16,000 words.
Lightspeed– This sci-fi journal accepts science fiction submissions that range from 1,500-10,000 words in length, with stories around 5,000 words preferred. Writers who are published earn 8 cents/word.
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition– Started by Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter back in 1981, this contest accepts stories no longer than 3,500 words. The prize is $1,000 plus publication of that story in the Saturday Evening Post.
One Story– This periodical publishes just one story of literary fiction every three to four weeks. Stories must be between 3,000-8,000 words, and accepted entries earn $500.
Shimmer– This periodical is looking for speculative fiction stories that contain strong female characters and plots. Contemporary fantasy tales are most welcome. Payment is at 5 cents/word or a $50 minimum. Submitted content should not span beyond 7,500 words, and the preferred length is 4,000 words.
Strange Horizons– If you enjoy writing “what if” scenarios, this magazine is looking for writers of speculative fiction. Accepted entries must be 10,000 words or under; payment is at 8 cents/word.
The Antioch Review– Article, fiction and poetry submissions up to 5,000 words are welcome here, and published entries are paid at a rate of $20 per printed page.
The Georgia Review– This journal publishes essays, fiction and book reviews on varied topics. While there is no length limit, the majority of published stories run about 5,000 words. Payment is $50 per printed page.
The Sun Magazine– This publication accepts several different literary media, including essays, interviews, fiction, and poetry. Submissions should span no longer than 7,000 words. Payment ranges from $300-$2,000 for essays and interviews, $300-$1,500 for fiction, and $100-$200 for poetry.
The Threepenny Review– This publication accepts fiction stories up to 4,000 words as well as poetry and pays $400 and $200 for published entries.
Virginia Quarterly– VQ accepts fiction spanning 2,000-8,000 words, poetry and even non-fiction. Payment for short fiction is $1,000+, poems are paid out at $200 each or $1,000 for a set of five. Personal essays or literary critiques get 25 cents/word.
How to Get Published and Paid for Your Fiction (Again and Again)
One of the advantages of online submission is that you can take one short story or poem and send it out to a handful of literary sites without too much effort. This vastly increases your chances of being published- and paid.
Another good tactic? Read the submission guidelines. Editors say over and again how many literary submissions are good…but fail to meet submission guidelines and so are deleted or tossed. Don’t lose out on your chance to be published because you didn’t read and follow directions.
You may also wish to invest in some writing and editing software, which can save you on time and frustration down the line. The Novel Factory is a decent piece of software that costs about $40 and helps you organize your chapters and characters. The Hemingway App helps track your spelling and grammatical errors and alerts you whenever you’ve committed a writing faux pas (like writing in passive voice).
Finally, don’t become discouraged if your first attempt at getting paid for your literature doesn’t work out. Most authors have to make several attempts- and draft revisions- before being published. If you are able to, find yourself a fellow writer, editor, or even a friend to look over your words before sending them out. And accept their critique in stride.
