Showing posts with label earn at home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earn at home. Show all posts

20 November 2012

The Best Free Canadian Business Listing

One of my tasks as a VA is to submit company profiles to different business directories online in order to increase the visibility of the business on the web.  Most of my clients prefer free directory sites and because of this I've been able to compile great websites for free business listing for both Canada and US companies.  And today, I will reveal the best free Canadian Business Listing sites to help your Canada businesses gain online exposure.

Feel free to add to this list of free sites on your comments below.

Business Listing Site Submission Link
yelp.ca https://biz.yelp.ca/signup
hotfrog.ca http://www.hotfrog.ca/AddYourBusiness.aspx
cdnpages.ca http://www.cdnpages.ca/listing.aspx
ziplocal.ca http://www.ziplocal.ca/user/new_user
business-listings.com http://myaccount.business-listings.com/SignUp.aspx
canadaone.com http://www.canadaone.com/business/addbusiness.html
cylex.ca http://admin.cylex.ca/firma_default.aspx?step=0&d=
bizcus.com http://www.bizcus.com/canada/add-new
canadianbusinessdirectory.ca http://www.canadianbusinessdirectory.ca/login.php
expressbusinessdirectory.com http://www.expressbusinessdirectory.com/AddYourBus
freewebdirectory.biz http://www.freewebdirectory.biz/add_link.php?id=68
bridgat.com http://www.bridgat.com/index.php?
ourbis.ca http://www.ourbis.ca/en/business/new_check
yellowbot.com https://www.yellowbot.com/signin/register
bccontacts.net http://www.bccontacts.net/feedback/add.aspx
weedee.com http://www.weedee.com/profiles/new/complete.asp?
wikidomo.com http://www.wikidomo.com
n49.ca https://www.n49.ca/signup
yasni.ca http://www.yasni.com/expose?wnm
shopoakville.com http://www.shopoakville.com/add
tripline.net http://www.tripline.net/create
goldbook.ca http://corporate.goldbook.ca/update.aspx
local.yahoo.com http://listings.local.yahoo.com/overview.php
iwebdirectory.ca http://www.iwebdirectory.ca/list-your-business.php
linksite.ca http://www.linksite.ca/members/user_orders_add.php
biznik.com http://biznik.com
canadawebdirectory.info http://www.canadawebdirectory.info
azypages.com http://www.azypages.com/place-your-listing#
brownbook.net http://www.brownbook.net/business/add/
ca.wowcity.com http://us.wowcity.com/login_register.php
tupalo.com http://tupalo.com/en/accounts?unauthenticated=true
exactseek.com http://www.exactseek.com/add.html
aboutus.org http://www.aboutus.org
viesearch.com http://viesearch.com/submit
diggworld.com http://www.diggworld.com/create-listing/
manta.com http://www.manta.com/profile/my-companies/select?add
ibegin.com http://www.ibegin.com/business-center/claim/13119563
411.ca http://www.411.ca/vbo/add/?s=fenadr&p=1
yellowpages.ca http://www.yellowpages360solution.ca/en/resources/edit
mapquest.com http://help.mapquest.com/app/forms/canada_business
inter800.com http://inter800.com/freelist.htm
canadapages.ca http://www.canadapages.ca/free-online-advertising.php
dakitaki.com http://www.dakitaki.com/free-business-advertising.asp
list-of-companies.org http://www.list-of-companies.org/add/
weblocal.ca http://www.weblocal.ca/submit/newbusiness
freebizads.ca/index.php http://www.freebizads.ca/Add_business_listing.php?In=ON
shopincanada.com http://www.shopincanada.com/signup/
british-columbia.servpro.ca http://british-columbia.servpro.ca/can/signup.php?
toronto.worldweb.com http://services.worldweb.com/tourism-edit.html?
businessbc.ca http://www.businessbc.ca
zipperpages.ca http://www.zipperpages.ca/advertise.html
findusfast.ca http://www.findusfast.ca/feedback/#
localsites.ca http://www.localsites.ca/article/free-listing--add
pegasusdirectory.com http://pegasusdirectory.com/submit.php
tr.list-of-companies.org http://tr.list-of-companies.org/add/
vendorland.ca http://www.vendorland.ca/vendorsinsert.cfm
websearchportal.net http://websearchportal.net/order_listing.php?level=30
reddeerdirectory.com http://www.reddeerdirectory.com/red-deer-directory-
cochranebusiness.com http://www.cochranebusiness.com/order_listing.php
prolinkdirectory.com http://www.prolinkdirectory.com/submit.php
videotron.trouvetout.ca http://videotron.trouvetout.ca/en/contact-us/get-listed
dmoz.org http://www.dmoz.org
canadabook.ca http://www.canadabook.ca/cgi-bin/canada/add.pl
businessnetpages.com http://www.businessnetpages.com/ContactUs.aspx
a2zyp.com http://www.a2zyp.com/contact.php
cmocro.com http://www.cmocro.com/add_your_service.php
vancouverkiosk.ca http://www.vancouverkiosk.ca/add.html
aroundont.com http://www.aroundont.com/contact/mail.php
lacartes.com http://www.lacartes.com/join?redirect=%2Fbusiness
directory.biv.com http://directory.biv.com/AddBusiness.aspx
somuch.com http://somuch.com/AddSite/SubmitMain.asp
directorycentral.com http://www.directorycentral.com/business/company
lookooh.com http://www.lookooh.com/update.html

03 November 2012

What Had Happened After A Year Of Working At Home?

I set this blog up for the purpose of recording all the details and progresses of starting my own home-based job.  I should have done it a year ago when I first started my work-at-home career. Unfortunately, things got very busy that I had forgotten to record the details of my online work. I have finally found the time and vision to make this blog today.  After a year and just now. Yes I know, how keen and progressive. :-)


VA services
Anyway just to fill this first page in of what happened for the past months -  I started my online job on September of 2011 and gotten my first VA job after half a month of starting, at first I worked for few hours a day then I signed up to these online workplace platforms that kept me finding reliable clients.  What I mean of reliable client is that you are guaranteed to be paid for your work.  The sites make sure that the employers and contractors are both payment- and work-secured.
There are two sites that I really like the most, oDesk and Elance.  You can try them if you are a starter VA or planning to become a home-based worker.  They have great training and support which assist you on how to work successfully online.


A couple of clients I met outside the site were fraud, they make you do the work first then after it was done, they're gone.  No response from emails or on Im's.  So make sure you get all the necessary information from your client and know how to get in touch with them before starting a project.


Right now, you have to be tough in finding a good offer to these online workplace sites. Nowadays, there are so many contractors who bid way too low rate per hour and I can't understand how they do it.  Can they even break-even for less than $1.00/hour considering that every second is recorded with an online tracking system?  Also, I can’t stand those employers who require high quality works but only offer a very meager pay. Some clients are taking advantage those who are very desperate to get the job especially those who are looking for their first work. Now this may seem a not good online working environment at all but if you find a perfect client for you, it can be a rewarding experience.  They have great customer support for all the contractors' concerns and very good payment system too. 

I only have one client at the moment that I’m working part-time for up to 20-30 hours a week.  Its project based actually, if he has more work for the week, I have more pay.  This client is very reliable and considerate.  He pays on time and on weekly basis too, which really helps a lot because the funds help pay the household bills. We met through craiglist, I posted my service on the site then luckily we found each other.  I started working with him last December 2011, so this December I'll be one year with the Company.  I honestly hope and pray that his businesses will still continue to succeed and more successes to come because this mean more projects for me and continuous funds.  I do mostly seo and social marketing tasks for him.


This is it for now, more posts to come, now that I promise!