~*~*~ THE RAT RACE REBELLION TELEWORK BULLETIN ~*~*~ Dear Reader, A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR This week brings an interview with John Buckman, who founded and sold Lyris, the listserv company, and now has a growing online book-swapping initiative he runs from home. Also on tap is news of continued robust growth in the home-based call center agent movement, a note on why “Mom blogs” are predicted to be the coming thing, advice on juggling a successful home-based business and a marriage, and a wide range of screened telework jobs and freelance projects from hirers internationally. Enjoy, Be Well, and Good Luck! HOME-BASED CALL CENTER AGENTS TO GROW AT 36% PER YEAR, NEW REPORT SAYS Research firm Datamonitor is predicting continued strong growth in the “homeshoring” trend internationally, with a new report estimating that home-based agent numbers will increase by more than 36% annually until 2012. So says a recent article at industry site DestinationCRM.com. The US continues to lead the trend, but "We're seeing growth in Canada, Australia, and also in the U.K.,” observes Datamonitor’s Peter Ryan. For the article, go to http://www.destinationcrm.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=7259 RRR INTERVIEW: JOHN BUCKMAN, CO-FOUNDER OF LYRIS & HEAD OF BOOKMOOCH John Buckman, who with his wife Jan Hanford founded Lyris, the listserv company, in 1994 and sold it for $30M in 2005, has an interesting free online service called BookMooch (see links below), which lets you trade your read books for books you’d like to read. As he mentions in the interview, John, like many “serial entrepreneurs,” showed the start-up urge early, and also runs Magnatune (Slogan: “We are not evil”), an innovative record label that helps independent musicians sell their music online and gives them 50% of the sale. John works from home in London (where he was born, to American parents) and also in California, where we caught up with him by email for a chat. RRR: With Lyris, Magnatune.com, and your other ventures, you obviously have the entrepreneurial urge. Who have been your greatest entrepreneurial influences or role models, and why do you admire them? JOHN BUCKMAN: By far my greatest influence is Buckminster Fuller. He was a great inventor, focusing on things that could radically change the situation for humanity, working on such projects as cars, housing, architecture, energy, politics and diplomacy. One of my favorite quotes from him is, "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." He also understood that in order to make great change you need to create things that satisfy people's short-term goals, such as making more money or doing something more efficiently. If all you do is think long-term, your invention will not ever get there. Stewart Brand is another hero of mine. Besides the WELL and the Whole Earth Catalog he wrote a wonderful book called "How Buildings Learn" that explains that all houses grow in size, that is their natural evolution, and they need to be designed in order to accommodate and nurture that growth. I believe the same exact situation exists with software -- it always grows in size and features over time, it is never actually "done," and good design helps enable that. Richard Feynman is another hero, with his iconoclastic style, his ability to take pleasure in ordinary everyday things, but most importantly in his ability to have small insights, often based in procedures that have major impacts on the fields he was working in. I also loved the film "Defending Your Life," which I saw weeks after I graduated from college. In that film the main character has just died and has to explain the decisions he made in his life, and it is clear that when opportunity presented itself, he was fearful, and that fear prevented him from succeeding. At the time, I had a mild stutter, could not maintain eye contact with people, and public speaking was an impossibility. A few years later I enrolled in a group called Toastmasters in order to try to overcome some of these problems. I really didn't want to look back and feel that I had let myself down. RRR: Tell us a bit about BookMooch. How was it born, what's your Vision for it going out 3-5 years, and how do you plan to capitalize it as you grow? JOHN BUCKMAN: BookMooch is meant to be a noncommercial project: I made my millions already with Lyris, my previous company, so now I can afford to do things because I enjoy them and I think they are worthwhile. For that reason BookMooch costs nothing to use, there are no membership fees or costs to trade a book, and there never will be. My goal for BookMooch is simply to create the largest "bookstore" in the world, where we trade more books than Amazon could ever hope to sell. Of course, this would not be a traditional bookstore, since you don't use cash to buy a book, you can only buy a book by sending one of your books to someone else. Another goal is that BookMooch is large enough that we are able to keep books in circulation that otherwise would be lost. As it happens, BookMooch makes money by accident, because there is an "Amazon info" button next to each book at BookMooch which lets you read the comments people have left about that book at Amazon, and people occasionally purchase a book from Amazon when they are there. In no way do I push them to buy a book, but they do anyway and Amazon pays me a commission when they do. Currently, BookMooch causes about $500,000 per year in book sales at Amazon.com, all of it by accident. RRR: Do you think you'll be hiring virtual staff for BookMooch or any of your other initiatives in the next year? JOHN BUCKMAN: Because BookMooch is noncommercial and many other people agree that it is a Good Thing, people are willing to volunteer their time to help out. So far all the tech support is handled by volunteers, as are many other functions such as mailing out boxes of BookMooch cards that people can give to their friends while they are explaining BookMooch to them. However, Magnatune, a music website that I run, does have four people who are paid to work on it, and that will probably continue to grow. RRR: We often talk here about how K12 schools could do more for the future business entrepreneurs in their classrooms. (Certainly, all children are entrepreneurs, in the larger sense.) Did any of your teachers ever spot the entrepreneur in you, and encourage you in that direction? What do you think schools could do to foster entrepreneurship? JOHN BUCKMAN: As soon as I arrived in college, I encountered people who absolutely nurtured my sense of entrepreneurship. My freshman math teacher had a business on the side making integrated circuits to control refrigeration units of local supermarkets. He recruited me to help him on this side business, even though I was just a freshman. And a physics professor encouraged me to write a television display program showing each day's events that was broadcast throughout the campus. I was very glad that my high school counselor had suggested I go to a small liberal arts college. From age 13 onward I worked at Yale University in the IT department and then in the hospital, slowly learning how to program and working on ever bigger projects, eventually writing all the insurance and patient tracking software for the HMO at Yale. Also, from age 13 on I was writing software that I distributed as shareware, which eventually made a decent amount of money and paid for one year of college for myself. So I would say I never really found a problem having my entrepreneurial spirit nurtured. :-) In fact, I think the opposite problem was the case: I was incredibly arrogant and thought that most problems would easily yield to my immense talent. It was only after college, working at a think tank, where I was properly slapped about and finally learned how hard it is to do truly good work that lasts. That was a really good lesson. RRR: You studied in Nanterre, France, in the disadvantaged and volatile "banlieu" around Paris, where North African immigrants and police often clash. In addition to ethnic differences, many North Africans are entrepreneurs and small-business owners, yet "white" France skews in the other direction, yearning for bureaucratic, public-sector jobs, with very little job and career change. Could you talk briefly about that? JOHN BUCKMAN: I got my Master’s degree in philosophy in the Paris University system, but the reason I was taking classes in the Paris ghettos has more to do with the politics of French professors. Namely, the best French academics tend to be very left wing and so take jobs at low-income schools rather than the prestigious Central schools like the Sorbonne. One major difference between France and America is that the French really believe that government works, and thus feel that huge parts of what civilization needs to do should be done by the government. That's one of the reasons they have much less charitable giving than in America. In America, we are much more suspicious of the role of government and so private enterprise and private charities stepped in to do lots of things that French people think governments should do. Unfortunately, that also tends to cultivate a "let someone else deal with the problem" attitude among citizens. RRR: If you were Nicolas Sarkozy, what would you do to close the rifts between the two? JOHN BUCKMAN: The problems in France probably stem, in my opinion, from the fact that French people feel very much empowered to fight their government, to use massive strikes against things they don't like. Unfortunately, when the government has to take actions that will cause short-term pain for long-term benefits, these are often stymied by public protests. I admire that the French are willing to do battle with their government, and they really feel that the government is there to serve them, but at the same time difficult decisions are not usually made by popular vote. If I were Sarkozy, I would quit and start a company rather than deal with these awful problems! Seriously, though, I considered moving my company to France 10 years ago, but when I saw how much bureaucracy and tax complexity the French lard onto all companies, I wanted nothing to do with it. In Europe, it is places like Ireland, England, and Poland that seem to be leading, mostly because the government stays more out of companies' way. RRR: Describe a typical day in your working life. How do you avoid the isolation that some home-based workers complain of? JOHN BUCKMAN: I tend to alternate between being very sociable and a "nose to the grindstone" schedule, typically in two-month chunks. I find that if I work really hard for more than two months I tend to burn out, and then I need months to recuperate. Also, as smart as I might think I am, I find that talking through all my ideas and trying to act as a salesperson (persuading people that I have a good idea, or failing to persuade them) really improves the quality of the work I do. Generally I have a very simple solution: I always have lunch out with somebody else, but usually business-related, but not dealmaking. We talk about our lives, our goals and ideas and try to help each other. A good restaurant lunch each day also gives me a reward for having worked for five hours straight. I typically work seven days a week for two months, and then take a week or two off, perhaps traveling. I also find that if someone gets excited about your idea in some noisy place while they're drinking alcohol, you probably have a good idea. The Internet isn't that different from a noisy bar. RRR: You play the lute, and you love books. If you had to choose between books and music, which would you choose, and why? JOHN BUCKMAN: Books contain the collective knowledge of hundreds of years of the most brilliant people who existed. I couldn't live without them. RRR: You spent 12 years growing Lyris with no venture funding. What would be your favorite tips or words of wisdom for aspiring or current entrepreneurs based on that experience? JOHN BUCKMAN: -- It will take at least six years, probably 10 out of your life. Make sure you can deal with that. -- You will have to work harder than you ever thought, really doing 14-hour days seven days a week for several years. -- If you don't own your business, the politics, fundraising and stress will burn you out. -- Your first three attempts at running a business will all fail; gradually you will suck less at it. -- I destroyed four companies before I had mediocre success with the fifth, and my sixth was quite successful. My seventh and eighth are still in progress. -- There is nothing better than finding yourself independently wealthy in your mid-30s, with lots of experience so that you can be much more effective with the ideas that now pop in your head. ## Links from the interview: -- BookMooch: http://www.bookmooch.com -- Magnatune: http://www.magnatune.com -- NY Times interview with John Buckman, with more detail on how BookMooch works: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/business/media/15mooch.html “MOM BLOGS WILL BE THE NEXT BIG THING” “Mom blogs are poised to become the next big ‘It’ when it comes to the internet -- they’re gathering power like no other blogging niche and will only get bigger and better.” So said blogging guru Darren Rowse this week, posting from his home office down in Melbourne, Australia. Darren is picking up on the “tectonic shift” in the marketplace toward female buyers, who here in the US make an estimated 80%-90% of all purchasing decisions. Similar trends are afoot in Australia, China, Canada and other countries as well. (Naturally, this also means that men are losing purchasing power. Here at my house, for example, my 8-year-old daughter makes all the decisions. This is why I am wearing a unicorn costume as I write this. It was the only thing in my closet besides the Webkinz.) Why do advertisers care about “Mom blogs”? Easy. Blogs written by moms and other women -- when the content is “women-oriented” -- are like free focus groups, telling advertisers what women are interested in and concerned about, where the trends are headed, “what’s hot and what’s not.” (For similar reasons, if advertisers ruled the world, kids would be required to blog.) Advertisers can also use “women’s blogs” directly, as a venue for their ads, to reach the purchasing decisionmaker more effectively. Women’s blogs are also a cost-effective vehicle for product reviews and “product placements.” In the latter, similar to the Hollywood version, bloggers get paid to mention a product or service. (This has been going on in blogs since at least 2004, when 15 bloggers were offered $800 per month to mention a company in their posts.) Blogging ain’t for everyone, though As any successful blogger will tell you, blogs, to be popular, take work, and often over a long time. Superstar Darren, for example, who earns six figures now, began blogging in 2002, and didn’t pursue it as a full-time job until 2005. (See links below for his story.) Other successful bloggers will cite the family strains their blogging efforts sometimes cause, and the pressure to come up with compelling topics several days a week. (One successful mom blogger, who goes by the name of “Dooce,” carries a pad and pen everywhere she goes, to catch ideas and happenings for her blog. Her husband has quit his job to assist her with the blog -- a situation that might not work for every couple!) If you do decide to start a blog of your own, Chris and I recommend Helium. (Disclosure -- We have an affiliate relationship with them.) Other options are Wordpress, TypePad, and Blogger. Links for further reading: -- Darren Rowse’s story: http://tinyurl.com/2n6htc -- Check out “Scribbit,” a good example of a “mom blog” (thanks to Darren Rowse for the reference): http://scribbit.blogspot.com/ -- A Wall Street Journal piece about controversial “mom blogger” Dooce: http://tinyurl.com/54ae5a FROM THE R3 MAILBAG -- QUESTIONS ABOUT WORKING FROM HOME, AND OTHER RAT RACE TOPICS DEAR R3: My home-based business is finally starting to take off, but it’s also taking more and more time away from my family. My husband is getting really upset. But if I don’t work hard at it, the business won’t succeed. What should I do? R3: When a home-based business starts to take off -- and you’re finally rewarded for your hard work, anxiety, stress and sleepless nights -- the excitement and satisfaction can be heady indeed, like nothing you may have ever experienced. You earned it, you deserve it, you should revel in it. You may feel, as some people do, that the business is your “baby,” and your baby is growing up. On the flip side, your husband and children have a different perspective, lacking the euphoria that justifiably colors yours: Mom used to be available for us, now she isn’t. Mom used to linger at the dinner table with us; now she’s in her office, checking email. The wonderful wife can be wondering about her clients. The devoted spouse can be devoted to the project that has to get out the door by midnight. No one in this scenario is “wrong”; it’s just a question of balance, and communication, and making the new business a family effort rather than an individual one. Here are some thought-starters to make things better: -- Make sure you keep your family in the loop as things develop. “Manage expectations.” If a big project is looming, prep them for your preoccupation or absence. If a profitable client is demanding, too, explain why you have to be responsive. -- Regularly draw the connection between the money you’re generating and the family’s material well-being and plans (in other words, the reasons you and your husband decided a home-based business would be a good idea in the first place). -- Involve your children in business tasks and, where appropriate, pay them something for their contribution. Young ones can help tidy up the office, or stamp envelopes, or put fresh paper clips in the bowl. Older ones can package materials for shipping, or do research online. -- Depending on your husband’s personality and how you mesh together, consider how he might play a role in the business. Could he help you with your website, your bookkeeping, your research? -- And finally, keep an eye on your own involvement with the business. As many entrepreneurs know, commitment can turn into obsession. If you and your husband have planned a larger enterprise, and “everyone’s on the same page,” fine. But if not, watch out for the “part-time thing” that turns into a demanding -- and ultimately unwanted -- guest in the home. PS -- Next week, we’ll give him the same advice. FRUGAL AND SIMPLE LIVING Here’s a good group of freebies for the week, ranging from keychains to sippy cups! (US-only unless otherwise indicated.) Enjoy! -- Free Nad’s hair removal gel (US & CAN): http://www.smoothexperts.com/ -- Free Juicy Juice Sippy Cup: http://www.juicyjuice.com/Login/Register.aspx -- Sample Bible bookmarks for children, http://www.biblebookmarks.com/samples.php -- Free StonyField yogurt for pregnant or nursing women: http://www.yobabyyogurt.com/yomommy/freetrial/ -- Free Seven Oaks organic crunchy garlic, with olive oil: http://www.garlicgold.com/index.php?id=53 -- Free “Mountain Travel Sobek” keychain (international): http://mtravelsobek.com/catalog/ -- L’Oreal Skin Genesis samples: http://walmart.triaddigital.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid31048.aspx HIGHTOWER & SCHERER WORKSHOP AT FT. LEONARD WOOD, MO., USA If you’re a US military spouse at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., or know other spouses there, Kathie Hightower and Holly Scherer are bringing their free morale-lifting workshop -- "Follow Your Dreams While You Follow the Military" -- to town on May 10. For details, call the Ft. Leonard Wood Army Community Service Center, at (573) 596-0212. For more on Kathie and Holly and the workshop generally, see http://www.militaryspousehelp.com . RAT RACE QUOTE OF THE WEEK “God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest.” -- JG Holland Rebelliously Yours, Michael Michael D. Haaren, Editor-in-Chief The Rat Race Rebellion =>=> New Leads for Home-Based Jobs and Projects <=<= *Editor’s Note: All positions are screened, but we can’t of course “guarantee” the legitimacy of any hirer or lead, so please do your own ‘due diligence’ as well! All positions are paid unless otherwise noted. The amount of compensation is included in the summary when given in the underlying lead. Also, please note that on occasion the hirer will decide to change the description or the availability of the job or project shortly AFTER the summary is published here. (Unfortunately, we have no control over this.) Therefore, be sure to read the underlying ad carefully, and apply promptly for any job that interests you. ||||| 1. Writers for Website Content ||||| US-based web hosting firm Heritage Web Solutions is looking for freelance Writers to “write, type, edit/proofread, stylize, format, and create client content for web pages.” Must have “2 years college (English Maj.) or equivalent” and type 70WPM. Responsibilities include: “-- Attempt to contact the customer within 24 hours of being assigned to the account -- Conduct interviews to determine the information that the customer wants on each page they've purchased the service for -- Finish writing content and submit to customer for approval” Pays 5 cents per word and $10 for each interview. => Learn More: http://tinyurl.com/45jdsb <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 2. Medical Transcriptionists (US) ||||| US-based MedScribe Information Systems is looking for full-time MTs with at least 2 years’ ER experience. 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Bloggers on Finance and Music ||||| US-based Oversee.net needs Bloggers on Finance and Music for two new blogs. => Learn More: http://jobs.problogger.net/view/1270 <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 6. Customer Service Representatives (Tech Support I) ||||| Web hosting firm Lunarpages seeks Customer Service Reps for Level I tech support. “Internet and computer skills to include but limited to: * General knowledge of the Internet including surfing and how to search terms using search engines such as Google. * Operating Systems * Email Clients * General knowledge of HTML Editors * Ability to use an HTML editor a plus” => Learn More: http://www.lunarpages.com/jobs/csr.html <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 7. Technical Program Manager for Multinational Co. ||||| CPL Eastlink, the “international division of Ireland's largest recruitment and HR Solutions organization,” is advertising for a Program Manager for a multinational IT firm. “This position is part of Global Product Development - Europe team, based in Dublin, Ireland, and works closely with Client’s Company teams in the US and around the world. Remote work/telecommute options are available for qualified senior candidates.” Requirements include at least 5 years’ related product development experience and 3 years’ recent programming experience. => Learn More: http://www.jobpilot.com/misc/adframe/jobpilot/7d8/10/10290859.htm <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~Advertisement~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Chris and Mike here -- Do you need writing experience to qualify for freelance writing, blogging, proofreading or editorial jobs? Want to demonstrate your expertise for hiring managers or prospective clients? We recommend Helium (it’s free). 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Web Designers (“Anywhere in the US”) ||||| US-based web hosting firm Heritage Web Solutions is looking for freelance Web Designers. => Learn More: http://tinyurl.com/4a3o34 <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 10. *Merchandising Reps, to Stock Shelves and Do Product Demos (US states & Puerto Rico) ||||| US-based Actionlink is advertising for part-time Merchandising Reps, to do such things as demonstrate products and stock shelves in stores. Must have reliable transportation, with insurance, and be able to lift up to 40 lbs. *(Editor’s Note: Although this is a mobile rather than a home-based position, we include leads of this kind from time to time in response to strong reader interest.) => Learn More: http://www.actionlink.biz/merch_job_desc.asp <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 11. Technology Blogger(s) for Australian Site ||||| Oz site “Mr. Gadget Australia” seeks one or two Technology Bloggers. “Mr.Gadget Australia is one of the country's top gadget sites therefore we seek high-caliber writers only.” Must make at least five posts per week. “US$5 per approved post will paid as well as 15% of the blog's Google Adsense commission for that month.” => Learn More: http://jobs.problogger.net/view/1274 <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 12. Expert on Adult / Continuing Education (“Anywhere in the world”) ||||| Information supersite About.com, owned by the NY Times, is looking for a part-time Expert (“Guide”) on Adult / Continuing Education. “The ideal candidate will be a published writer with experience in either admissions or teaching of adult learners.” Guides receive a minimum of $725 per month in the first two years of their contract. Compensation is also based on the popularity of their pages. => Learn More: http://beaguide.about.com/topics.htm <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 13. Freelance Chemistry Editors and Writers (US-oriented high-school materials) ||||| US-based educational content developer Quarasan is looking for Chemistry Editors and Writers. Requirements include textbook writing / editing experience. => Learn More: http://tinyurl.com/2ld2wh <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 14. “CSS Zen Master” (“Anywhere”) ||||| Photo supersite SmugMug “is looking for a CSS expert to create SmugMug Themes on a full-time basis. We want art gallery-type designs in many styles - ranging from elegant to festive, seasonal, sports and holidays.” => Learn More: http://www.authenticjobs.com/jobs/2243/ <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 15. Communications Writer / Editor for Financial Services Org. ||||| US-based Financial Services Institute, “an advocacy and membership organization for independent broker-dealers and independent financial advisors,” seeks a Communications Writer / Editor to handle its newsletter and website content, help staff prepare presentations, etc. Must have relevant experience. “Will consider freelance, contract or as full time staff.” => Learn More: http://tinyurl.com/3knt8t <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 16. Managing Dir., Content & Community, for Educational Nonprofit (“Anywhere in the US”) ||||| US-based nonprofit Teach for America, a “national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools,” is looking for a full-time Managing Director, Content & Community. A sampling of responsibilities (quoting from lead) includes: -- Collaborating with other team leaders to shape the direction of Teach For America’s online presence -- Using qualitative and quantitative sources to understand corps member needs, set measurable goals and determine priorities -- Overseeing a team responsible for the design and upkeep of online content and communities that aim to improve teacher performance and inspire ongoing self-improvement Requirements include a Bachelor’s and at least 5 years’ experience in management. => Learn More: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/276946-244 <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 17. Automotive and Car Bloggers ||||| US-based web design and marketing firm FOS Commerce is looking for Automotive and Car Bloggers for a new blog network. Themes will include Cars for Women, Hybrid Cars, Car Tuning, etc. => Learn More: http://jobs.problogger.net/view/1271 <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 18. Senior Web Developer for Canadian Company ||||| Canada-based GSA Search Consultants is advertising for a Senior Web Developer with at least 5 years’ experience. “This position is based on beautiful Prince Edward Island where you can enjoy the island’s famous friendly and relaxed lifestyle. The competitive salary and benefits will put you in the area’s top 10% of earners. “If you are unable to move to the Island, it may be possible for you to work in this position remotely.” => Learn More: http://tinyurl.com/4yhybe <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 19. Director, Regional Outreach, for School-Improvement Nonprofit (“Anywhere in the US) ||||| US-based nonprofit Teach for America, a “national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools,” is looking for a full-time Director, Regional Outreach. A sampling of responsibilities (quoting from lead) includes: -- Overseeing the development and execution of marketing strategies to build a vibrant community of participants on the Teaching and Learning Center online -- Liaising with the Teacher Preparation, Support and Development Teams to maximize formal opportunities to introduce TFANet to corps members -- Prompting program staff to make contributions to the site in the form of underlying factors they are discovering and the learning experiences they are finding/crafting to address those needs Requirements include a Bachelor’s and at least 3 years’ experience. => Learn More: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/276949-11 <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ||||| 20. Expert on Working Moms (“Anywhere in the world”) ||||| Information supersite About.com, owned by the NY Times, continues to seek a part-time Expert (“Guide”) on Working Moms. “The ideal candidate is a strong writer with experience in the consumer space writing about parenting or women’s issues, in particular the role of the working mom. It is essential that the Guide is, or has recently been, a working mom, so that she can write about relevant issues, plus have the knowledge of the issues working moms face and the options available to them.” Guides receive a minimum of $725 per month in the first two years of their contract. Compensation is also based on the popularity of their pages. => Learn More: http://beaguide.about.com/topics.htm <= ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ******************************* That’s this week’s issue, Dear Reader. Until next week’s issue, don’t forget to visit us for fresh job leads at http://www.ratracerebellion.com/job_postings.htm ! Rebelliously Yours, Michael -- Michael D. Haaren, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief Staffcentrix, LLC Email: mhaaren@staffcentrix.com Co-author of the bestseller on working from home as a Virtual Assistant, THE 2-SECOND COMMUTE, now available at Amazon.com or http://www.2secondcommute.com. See what else we’re up to on the Web, at http://www.WAHBoom.com (our new work-at-home site for Boomers), http://www.msvas.com (our Military Spouse Virtual Assistant community), and http://www.fse-entrepreneur.com (our Foreign Service spouse e-Entrepreneur community). ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ All contents copyright 2008 Staffcentrix, LLC, "The most trusted name in home-based careers."(TM, SM) All rights reserved.