AboutLeslie Truex Expertise I can answer questions on how to find a work-at-home job online or off including the best sites for finding jobs, how approach an employer about working at home, and other methods for creating a work-at-home job. I can also answer questions about current trends in telecommuting, how to establish a telecommuting program in a company, and how to maximize productivity while working at home.
Experience I have telecommuted as a social worker, writer, web designer and online researcher. I have provided work-at-home job announcements and tips online since 1998 at my site WorkAtHomeSuccess.com. I am the author of Jobs At Home: A Complete Guide to Finding or Creating a Work-At-Home and of the soon to be published The Pajama Mama Guide to Online Employment.
Publications My articles have appeared in various work-at-home and stay-at-home e-zines and web site.
Education/Credentials I have a BA in Psychology and a Masters in Social Work.
Awards and Honors Work-At-Home Success has been recognized and received several awards from various online resources.
Expert: Leslie Truex Date: 9/22/2007 Subject: Web promotion specialist
Question In your opinion, would this be a good workathome opportunity?
The job of a web promotion specialist involves typing short, simple articles on special websites. The articles themselves are easy to assemble, comprised of material available on the web, and do not require any special writing skills. However, knowing how to put the articles together and where to place them on the web is information most people don't have, and thus, why they can't readily jump into being a web promotion specialist.
As you might expect, a school has seen the opportunity here and is offering a short online course that teaches the skills necessary to become a successful web promotion specialist.
The school has ingeniously put all the information anyone needs to learn how to be a web promotion specialist into a few hours of downloadable video. The course actually guides you through the process of registering to work with a number of Fortune 500 companies, so that by the time you are through with the course, you are not only trained but actually employed.
You have the option of working for as many companies as you like at the same time, which is a great way to maximize your income.
Again, you are not being sold an imaginary bill of goods here, you are being taught marketable skills and guided through the process of registering to work.
Let me kow what you think?
Thanks in advance.
Answer Hi Sallie,
Learning a new skill is good and article writing and marketing is a good web promotional tactic. However articles are not the only strategy so with a title like "Web Promotion Specialist" I would think other types of Internet marketing would be expected.
Also, the "registering with Fortune 500 companies..." would make me leery. You can't just sign-up to work a "job" with a company. Like any job, you need to have the skills and experience, and of course, the company needs to actually be hiring someone.
With that said, I do see many jobs posted on the net for online PR, marketing and copywriting. But again, these may require more than just a knowledge of article marketing.
