How to Find Work From Home: Micro Jobs

Micro jobs, small tasks performed for pennies, is the latest on line phenom. Human Intelligence Tasks or HITS is what one of the sites, Amazon's Mechanical Turk, calls it. Small tasks that only humans can perform, some of which are so mindless it's possible to accomplish at night while watching television.

Tasks include taking surveys, liking a Facebook page, testing useability of websites, bookmarking articles in social websites, translating, transcribing, writing small posts and the like.

It's not likely anyone could making a living using these sites but making extra spending money is a definite possibility. However, if it's keeping you from working on your Hub Page, it might not be the best use of your time, lol!

Before signing up with any of the sites that offer micro-tasks, however, I suggest you review the payment policies and user requirements carefully. You might also want to sign up with a throw away email account since many of these tasks require a signup which are basically collecting leads for advertisers.

All tasks require proof that the task has been performed by pasting a code or other proof into into a window on the page where the task is described. For this reason, it is important to open the website where your task is to be performed in a new window (right click on address) to keep from losing the original page and available for pasting the verification information in when finished.

Cha Cha
Answer questions for small amounts of money-.02-.20 cents
Users have to apply and agree to a minimum 1 year contract
Payout set at $100

ClowdCrowd – This is a Facebook app with small jobs available. Answer questions, create resumes, edit documents, write product descriptions, write business guides, grade translations in different languages. Pay for tasks range from $.02 to $14.00. Users must pass a skills test to qualify to accept assignments in certain categories and are assigned a credibility code from 1-100. The higher the credibility, the higher payment you will be eligible for. Payment is made daily through PayPal for all tasks completed in a day.

Clickworker – Requires qualification test to do some jobs. Example: writing 220-250 word texts in English about coupon for $1.90. Other job listed paid .25 to analyze and categorize football video clips with several plays. Basic assessments help to evaluate spelling, grammar and foreign-language knowledge while projects assessments teach you specific requirements you need to fulfill when working.

Daytipper
Offers cash prizes of $100, $75, and $50 to the top three tip authors with the most popular and useful tips in a given month.

Field Agent
If you have an iPhone and you'd like to get paid to perform simple tasks like taking a photo or filling out a survey, and complete simple tasks (like taking a photo) directly from your iPhone and get paid. It really is that simple.

Fiverr – Post any job you are willing to do for $5 (you get $4 after Fiverr takes its share). Examples of job offers for $5.00: voice overs, videos, Photoshop your picture, draw your picture, and all sorts of useful and some not so useful but amusing offers.

Mechanical Turk (MTurk): This site is owned and operated by Amazon. There are jobs that require signing up for accounts, writing short articles, surveys, translations, transcriptions, etc. and range from a few dollars down to $.01. Payout is through an Amazon debit card or Amazon credit on purchase.

Microworkers Select jobs you like, finish tasks & submit proof, earn money. New users get $1.00 credit automatically added to their account. Types of jobs: Liking a Facebook page, creating backlinks, tweet a link, post their link to Social bookmarking sites.

My Easy Task You get paid once the Employer approves your work. Employers ask people to Blog about their product, Post reviews to forums, Digg their website, Complete a survey.

My Lot Tasks
Besides the share of revenue My Lot members get for doing social networking, MyLot.Tasks pays for completing small tasks like writing a couple paragraphs about a topic to finding an image online that meets various qualifications. You will be paid (called a Reward) for your efforts after you reach the $10 payout, once a month through Pay Pal.

Naming Force – Crowd sourced naming contest. Come up with ideas for names for projects and businesses and get paid $100 to $250 if your name is selected.

Picky Domains
Crowd sourced naming contest of domains or slogans. Get paid $25-$35 if your name or slogan in picked.

Slice the Pie
Fans get paid to review new music and support emerging talent for $.04-22 cents per review. Reviews must be at least 100 characters.

Squadhelp – Crowd sourcing contests for business name suggestions, usability advice, conversion optimization and more.Winners of contests receive $50 to $200.

Start up lift
Helps startups get exposure and receive feedback. "Awardee" of the assignment gets paid $5 for giving their feedback. Not all submissions of feedback are selected for payment.

3to30 – A lot like Fiver, 3 to 30 refers to how much you will charge to do a particular job that you offer for $3 to $30 per job.

TryMyUI
Apply to test websites for usability by signing up on line and doing sample video. The usability test lasts 15-20 minutes and you can expect to have 1 or 2 tests per week.They pay $10 per test.

Whatusersdo
Get paid $8 per test for giving feedback on websites. To apply, must do a sample recording of giving feedback on a site.

To find more How to Find Work From Home See:
Writing for Websites that Pay
Revenue Sharing Websites.
Writers Websites for Freelance Jobs
Job Boards for Freelance Writers
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