FREE PROFESSIONAL CAD SOFTWARE

Found this on the net.

This software is reviewed as a great software that can be downloaded for free.

Personal Learning Edition

Maya Personal Learning Edition (PLE) is a special version of Autodesk® Maya® software, which provides free access to Maya for non-commercial use. It gives 3D graphics and animation students, industry professionals, and those interested in breaking into the world of computer graphics an opportunity to explore most aspects of the award-winning Autodesk® Maya® Complete software in a non-commercial capacity. The Maya Personal Learning Edition software is available for 32-bit Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional and Apple® Mac OS® X (for Macintosh Power PC or Intel-based Macintosh computers) operating systems.

This is the site where it can be downloaded

LATEST OUTSOURCED JOB AND HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: CAD GROUND

CADground.com is a place where draftsmen (CAD operators) and clients meet.

In this site, clients post their job requirements and draftsmen also post their profiles.

It has a 14 day trial membership and if you are satisfied, you may opt to continue being a member for a fee of $99 per year.

My only problem with this site is that it doesn't provide an escrow service. An escrow service makes the site a temporary repository of the client's money which is automatically transferred to the service provider (draftsman or CAD operator) upon completion of the job.

In CAD Ground, one thing that a draftsman can probably do to protect himself is to ask for a downpayment (from the client) before starting a project. For sizeable contracts, I would recommend that a "Progress Billing" system be implemented. Under "Progress Billing", the payment is broken down into several remittances depending on the projects percentage of completion.

Normally, a downpayment is collected before the start of the project and it is followed by another remittance upon the projects 50% completion. Another 30% payment is given after the service provider has delivered 90% of the work. The balance is paid after 100% of the work has been completed.

There are several variations of this scheme depending on the nature of the project. Should you need any help, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY (BLOGGING): JOHN CHOW'S EFFECTIVE MONEY MAKING TIPS (FREE)

HERE'S THE LATEST COMPILATION OF TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE.

John Chow started his blog just over a year ago and last September, he thought of trying to earn some money from it by joining Adsense. His first month's income was a mere US$352.94 that quickly rose to US$1,361.64. He added a few more money generating programs and his income grew steadily. By April 2007, he made $11,702.66. His income is projected to grow by leaps and bounds and I am one of those waiting for his May 2007 income report.

Wanting to share his tactics, John Chow created an e-book which is can be downloaded for free. It contains an easy to read discourse of the specific moves that he implemented that enabled him to earn $11,000++ just by blogging.

Please click here to download the e-book.

John Chow's website is www.johnchow.com.

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY (BLOGGING): BLOGITIVE

Here's our latest homebased business opportunity.

MODE OF PAYMENT: PAYPAL ONLY
PAYMENT: US$5/ post.

Blogitive pays registered members for short writing assignments. It normally prepares some kind of a press release which a member will summarize and link in his/her blog.

The linked blog made US$125 within 3 days after joining the program.

One drawback is that blogitive currently uses nothing but Paypal as a payment mode.

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: WRITE ARTICLES AND GET PAID A MINIMUM OF $725.00/MONTH

Here's our latest homebased job opportunity.

SALARY: US$ 725.00/MONTH (MINIMUM)

About.com ( A New York Times company) is looking for people (to be referred to as "Guides") who will get paid to write articles. Numerous vacancies are posted (please visit this page for the complete list) at the site.

Interested individuals may check the list and apply by clicking this link.

Here are some information lifted from the site.

How Do Guides Get Compensated?

The basis of Guide compensation is year-over-year page view growth. As of 1/1/07, if your page views grow you will never make less than $725 per month and it's likely you'll make much more than that over time (in some cases we have Guides who earn in excess of $100,000 per year).

How Much Content Does a Guide Need to Create?

At a minimum, About Guides must publish two full-length articles every 14 days and update their blog one to three times per week. However, the potential for your GuideSite is really up to you. The more high-quality, relevant content you produce, the more you can earn.

A Special Guarantee for New Guides (less than two year):

New Guides - Guides in the first two years of their contract - are guaranteed to make at least $725 per month, and it's likely that they will make much more than that over time.

THIS SITE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

Being a new blog, this site is undergoing continuous upgrades. Needless to say, I intend to continue posting everyday (from Monday to Friday). Soon, I hope to be able to be able to post even during weekends.

I will appreciate your suggestions on how to make this site better. Please do not hesitate to post it in the comments section or send it via email to bpo.asia@gmail.com.

A new post will be coming within an hour.

Regards.

LATEST BPO JOB OPPORTUNITY : EIGHT (8) MORE HOMEBASED CALL CENTER JOBS

Homebased Call Center Jobs. The links will lead you to the pertinent pages.

1) http://www.arise.com/
2) http://www.intellicare.com/
3) http://liveops.com/
4) http://www.workingsol.com/
5) http://alpineaccess.com
6) http://www.jobbankusa.com/
7) http://bangalore.kijiji.in/
8) http://www.convergys.com/

RELATED ARTICLE:
How to start a homebased call center

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY (BLOGGING): REVIEW ME

INCOME : $20 ~ 300/ article

Generating a respectable amount of regular visitors will enable you to create a lot of easy money. One is by reviewing advertisers' products and services in your own blog. With your regular readers, advertisers are assured of an audience. Despite getting paid by advertisers to write, you are not under any obligation to sing praises for the products that yor review.

Sign up at www.reviewme.com

Here's an excerpt from the site:

How it Works

1. Submit your site for inclusion into our ReviewMe publisher network. Begin by creating a free account using the link below.

2. If approved, your site will enter our ReviewMe marketplace and clients will purchase reviews from you.

3. You decide to accept the review or not.

4. You will be paid $20.00 to $200.00 for each completed review that you post on your site.

RELATED ARTICLES IN THIS PAGE:
http://outsourcing-jobs.blogspot.com/search/label/Blogging

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY : GET PAID TO WRITE ABOUT MILITARY MATTERS

Earn $US20~$35 for every 1000 word article about military matters. www.defensetalk.com offers this opportunity for contributors to get paid for their articles about:

1. News and Current events in Military/Defense field. You have the opportunity to write about current military and defense issues related to world armed forces. Criticize or expand on reports published in other defense and military publications.
2. Weapons & World Military info Database , help us build our weapons database by writing technical document on a particular weapon system.

For more information, please visit this link: Defensetalk

WILL BE BACK TOMORROW

Dear Readers,

MY APOLOGIES FOR THE ABSENCE OF ANY UPDATE TODAY.

This site will be back with a vengeance starting tomorrow.

Regards,

BPO-ASIA

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY (BLOGGING): GENERATING A MINIMUM OF $500 A MONTH FROM ADSENSE

The previous post was intended for those who's been blogging for quite sometime. It's a little complicated and newbies might find it scary and discouraging. Well, don't despair..

Here's a short article from a blog that earns a minimum of US$500/month from Adsense. It explains his Adsense technique in very simple terms. Please read the article here.

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY(BLOGGING): Market your Blog in 2007

This is from somebody who easily earns six figures (US$) per year from blogging. For a newbie in this thing, the list may be overwhelming. I would recommend that you look at the recommendations and initially focus on the easiest things to do. After that, you may gradually work on the rest of the list. Here it goes...

Problogger.net recommends the following (Please read the detailed article here):

Get Your Own House In Order

1. Write well, write consistently, don’t give up.
2. Become an expert on something.
3. Design is more important than you think
4. Get Your SEO On.
5. Publish full feeds.
6. Do interviews with other bloggers.
7. Break important stories.
8. Have a contest: Or, have regular contests, which encourage participation and buzz in your corner of the blogosphere.
9. Publish original research.
10. Put out Press Releases.
11. Work your long tail.
12. Answer your comments, in your comments, and off blog.
13. Spend time to create links and trackbacks.
14. Get Your MyBlogLog widget and work it, work it, work it (in a nice way).

Getting the Word Out

1. Join a blog carnival.
2. Join blog network.
3. Participate in forums.
4. Participate on larger blogs in comments.
5. Join Blogburst.
6. Participate in Darren’s contests.
7. Submit to blog directories.
8. Submit to Google sitemaps.
9. Submit to article directories.
10. Get interviewed.
11. Get listed on a news aggregator, or blog aggregator: Like Techmeme for technews, or Tailrank for blogging news.
12. Create free stuff for yourself and give it away: Like ebooks, digests of your favourite posts, pdfs, and so on. Make sure to include a link back in the document, back to your site.
13. Create free stuff for other people: the same, let them distribute it, get a link back.
14. Pay for pub.

Connect, Connect, Connect

1. Make friends with other bloggers.
2. Guest blog.
3. Volunteer, intern, scut-monkey your way into a blogger’s graces.
4. Get hired.
5. Network in person.
6. Join virtual groups.
7. Cross promote.

Make Social Media Work For You

1. Facebook.
2. Join Helium
3. Yahoo Answers!
4. Create a Squidoo Page Lens.
5. Use MySpace Marketing
6. Get Dugg / Netscaped / Reddited / Stumbled upon.

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: VIRTUAL OFFICE

Starting a virtual office is a good complement to other homebusinesses. It can be run together with your online jobs with minimal intrusion. If you do this well, you can actually build a big list of regular clients and the business can actually be enough to give you a regular and comfortable
monthly income.

If you spend a lot of time within the comforts of your home, a good idea is to start a virtual office business. The most basic requirement to be able to start is this business is a phone/fax line.

How does it work? Simple.

A lot of start up or small businesses spend very little time in their offices or need people who will take their calls but cannot afford a full time secretarial service. A work at home person can easily do this service for a fee. The businesses may forward their incoming calls to the virtual office (your house number) whenever they are out of thier office. The virtual office will then take charge of receiving calls and forwarding messages and any other service that may be agreed upon.

The rates that can be charged by the virtual office will depend upon the services required by the clients (receiving calls, receiving faxes, forwarding messages, sending SMS alerts, etc..). The beauty of this program is that a virtual office can take in more than one client.

Should the work at home person (you) need to go out of the house for some errands (groceries, etc..), all that's needed is to forward all calls to your mobile phone.

How do you find clients? Blog and/or company website advertisement, word of mouth, referral, friends, etc..

Should you need more detailed information, just drop me a note and I will gladly help you.

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: Article Writing (Write4Pesos/Euros)

Most of the regular high revenue writing jobs exclusively use Paypal as its payment system. The problem is, Paypal accounts in certain countries are restricted to "SEND ONLY"- meaning, it cannot be used to accept remittances and payments.

This site believes in giving opportunities to everyone. Therefore, it will list down and analyze all money making programs and identify those that uses payment methods other than paypal. Let us hope that in the future, all these programs will start using Moneybookers, payment by checks, money transfers and etc..

For the meantime, here is one program that can also be availed by people residing in Non Paypal accredited countries.

Write4Pesos(EUROS)
http://www.write4pesos.com/

PAYMENT: THROUGH CHECKS,WIRE TRANSFER, ETC.
RATE: 250 EUROS FOR EVERY 100 SHORT ARTICLES

I've read a few reviews from the Philippines and so far, the writers all received payments. One thing though, it is difficult to get a successsful connection to the sign up page. The system is busy most of the time.
Good luck!

Here's the system, according to the site:

1. Sign Up: Start by telling us about yourself, your interests as we try to provide you the most revelant writing topics
2. Learn How: Follow the guidelines on how to research and compose short articles. Write a sample article and get accepted on the program.
3. Write the Assignment: Our assignment will requires 100 very short articles. There is no time constraint. You can work at your own pace.
4. Cash It: Once you're done... we will send you up to 250 Euros. Very simple!

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY (BLOGGING): SELLING AD SPACES

At this point, we already know about Adsense, Bidvertiser and a few other sites selling advertisements and sharing pay per click revenue with the websites that host them.

Let me point out that there is no stopping you from directly selling advertisements. www.talkingpointsmemo.com generates thousands of dollars per month from selling ad spaces. On top of that, he also make a lot from Adsense. A few years ago, Time Magazine mentioned his blog as among those that makes thousands of dollars from Adsense.



Check this link to view his advertising rates and check his blog. Count the number of subscribed ad spaces and try to estimate his monthly earnings.

Let me remind you that before you sell ad spaces, you must build your regular number of site visitors. It will give you a good credibility and enable you top command good rates.

There are many ways to do it but nothing beats quality posts and a regular update.

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY (BLOGGING): SELLING CLICKABLE LINKS

Once you have built a respectable number of regular readers, you may start selling clickable links to your site.

In my other site, I opted to enroll in Kontera's content link program. Kontera automatically links certain words in my site and every time somebody clicks on the kontera links, I get a share of the amount that the advertiser pays.

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY(BLOGGING): START A BLOG AND MAKE MONEY

You can do this even if you have a full time job. It will improve your writing ability and help you make money on the side. Theoretically, you can make tons of money even if you devote only 30 minutes/day to blogging. Let WORK AT HOME 101 walk you through the initial process.

1. Choose a favorite topic. Start a blog and name it accordingly. There's blogger.com and wordpress.com which hosts free blogs.

3. Start writing (90 ~ 300 words per post). Beyond 300 words, your post will be snubbed by the readers. I am quite guilty when it comes to breaking this rule.

4. Update your blog everyday. Readers will stop visiting your blog if they find old posts in it. Research through the internet and post something.

5. After a few weeks, enroll in advertising programs. A lot of people eventually ends up earning thousands of dollars/month only from Adsense ads.

ADSENSE:
I'm having difficulty posting the adsense links in this post but check the adsense button at the sidebar of this blog, click on it, and you will be led to the sing up page.

BIDVERTISER
Click the button (below) to enroll in bidvertiser's ad program. Don't forget to sign up as a publisher.

6. Advertisements will appear in your blog and whenever your readers click on the ads, you will make money.

Eventually, you will learn new things such as how to drive more traffic into your blog, how to maximize earnings and countless other opportunities but for the meantime, start your blog.

WORK AT HOME 101 will be regularly updated. Stay tuned to this site.

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: SPONSORED REVIEWS

Start a blog, create a decent number of visitors and become a paid reviewer.

**Payment Mode: Only Paypal for now. Please stay tuned for any update.**

The site says it best;

"Earn cash by writing honest reviews about our advertiser's products and services. Write reviews in your own tone and style, and gear them to your audience's interest."

What exactly is a review and what do I need to do to get paid?

A review is an article you write about an advertiser's service or product. Depending on the requirements set by the advertiser the review may be required to be anywhere from 50 to 500 words. You are not required to post a "positive only" review. We encourage constructive criticism but will not tolerate hateful or unconstructive comments. Any review you agree to do must be completed within 7 days, but we strongly encourage you to complete the review as soon as possible. The review must be publically viewable on your blog homepage and be permanently archived.

How many blogs can I register with SponsoredReviews?

You may register an unlimited number of blogs as long as they meet the minimum requirements.
What are the minimum requirements for a blog to be accepted?

* Your blog must contain at least 10 posts with 200 words of unique content each.
* Your blog must not be completely automated or appear to be created solely for search engine traffic.
* Your blog must have at least a 3:1 ratio of non-paid to paid content.
* You must complete all accepted reviews within 7 days.

Am I required to disclose that the review is paid?

Yes, you must disclose that each review is paid. You can simply state "This is a Sponsored Review" at the bottom/top of the post, or you can integrate it into the content. You can also include a site-wide disclosure statement notifying your audience that you get paid to write certain content.

When will I be paid for reviews I write?

We pay on a bi-weekly basis. You will be paid within 14 days of submitting the completed review URL

How will I be paid?

You will be paid via the PayPal account you submitted when you signed up.

How long do I need to keep the review on my site

Reviews should be permanently archived on your site. We will however only require that they stay up for 30 days. Any blogger found to be removing their reviews after 30 days consistently will be removed from our network. Advertisers are purchasing reviews under the assumption that they will be archived.

BLOG DIRECTORY

This link also appears in the sidebar of the main page of this blog.

For bloggers who wants to receive increased traffic, submit your site in the Blogger HQ directory by clicking on the logo above this sentence.

LATEST HOMEBASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: Get Paid to Read Emails/Ads

"In some countries, $126/month may be too small. But looking around the net, I've gotten the impression that the cost of living in some areas are low enough for $125/month to become an acceptable home income (on the side)."

There are a lot of paid to read emails or advertisement programs running in the internet. One receives an email and clicks on the links to advertisers contained in the letter. This is an easy money program but the income it can provide may not work for everyone.

THE SYSTEM IS SIMPLE:

1. Open an account - earn a singing bonus ($5~10 depending on the program).
2. Refer friends - earn a royalty fee for every new sign up ($0.01~ 1.00 depending on the program).
3. Make Money by reading emails/advertisements sent to your email account (Usually $0.02 / mail).
4. Make money every time a referral reads emails/advertisements (usually, $.01/mail).
5. Earn from your referrals, referral (2nd Tier) reads emails/advertisements (usually, $.01/mail).
6. Payout is after you have earned at least $25.00

ANALYSIS:

I ran an experiment and signed up on a number of programs. Here is my assessment after a couple of months:

For the purpose of analysing the long term sustainability of the program, do not factor your initial earnings (sign up bonus). Try to forget about it, for the meantime.

For you to make $10 in direct income, you will have to read 500 emails. Your direct referrals should read a combined number of 1000 emails for you to earn another $10.2nd tier referral should have processed 500 emails to deliver that last $5.

That’s 2,000 emails for you to make $25.

PROPOSED STRATEGY:

1. Enroll in 10 programs and get 10 active direct referrals
   
2. Get another 10 active 2nd tier referrals (recruits of your recruits).
   
3. Reading one email advertisement per day will require 13 days before your earnings qualify for payout.
   
4. In a month, you would have made $66 dollars.
5. On the second month, enroll in 10 more programs and get 10 active direct referrals and another 10 active 2nd tier referrals. Reading one email advertisement per day and you would have made $120 dollars by the end of the 2nd month.

CONSIDERATIONS:
In some countries, $120/month may be too small. But looking around the net, I have the impression that the cost of living in some areas are low that $120/month is an acceptable income. Among other issues, you will have to address matters such as failure of the site give you credit for some of the emails read. It's up to you to decide. Should you have suggestions, please let me know.