There’s a lot of negative publicity out there these days about internet jobs, but real internet jobs working from home DO exist. In fact, thousands of people work from home on their computers right now, and you can join them. The negative publicity comes from all the scams that are out there. You do have to wade through some junk before finding the good stuff. However, not all online jobs are scams. Some of them are very real, and you can make a very comfortable living doing them.

Here are some of the most popular real internet jobs working from home:

1.  Freelance writing. This is one that is pretty easy to get into, as long as you can write reasonably well. There are dozens of freelance writing job sites online where you can post your resume and credentials, along with some writing samples, and bid on jobs that are being posted. Lots of people need writing done for them, from large and small businesses to individuals who may need help with their website content or even with writing a resume or school application. Some of the most popular freelance writing job sites online are Freelancer.com, Guru.com, eLance.com, and oDesk.com, but there are also many others, so you may want to check around Google to see what you can find. Freelancer.com is especially nice because these are free online jobs listings. You don’t have to pay a monthly or yearly fee to bid on these jobs. Some of the other sites will let you bid on a certain number of jobs each month before having to pay to join the site. Other sites allow you to bid only after you’ve purchased a paid subscription. Always look for the free or mostly free online jobs sites for freelancing gigs.

2.  Freelance web design. If you have any technical skills with the internet, you can probably build a decent website. You may have even done it before. Well, there are a lot of people out there who don’t know how to build a website, but who need one for business or personal reasons. You can be the one to build it for them, and command high prices for doing so. You can advertise your services online in free classified ads sites, free press release sites, by building your own website with examples of the types of sites you can build for others, and by bidding on jobs at the freelance writing sites mentioned above (they also list jobs for freelance web designers). It’s a wonderful and lucrative way to work from home, making your own hours and being your own boss. It’s also easy to get started.

3.  Customer service. A lot of companies hire customer service agents to answer calls from their homes. This is called telecommuting. You’re actually working for the company, with your tax and employment paperwork filled out and filed, and a weekly or bi-weekly paycheck headed your way (unlike freelancing, where you work for yourself and keep all your own tax records). All you need to do to find customer service jobs you can work from home is to Google “customer service jobs at home” or some other similar search term, and you’ll come up with a lot of results for companies you can contact.

4. Adverising. Many companies need to outsource their advertising work. Just about every company needs advertising, and some need many different kinds of it. They can’t hire people to work in-house for every single type of advertising they need, so they hire freelancers to do the additional work they need online from their homes. Sometimes, they even hire these freelancers into the company and make them telecommuters. You can find real internet jobs working from home in advertising if you can either write good, compelling copy that makes people want to buy, or if you can come up with good, appealing graphics that inspire people to purchase the company’s product. You can find lstings for advertising internet jobs at Legit Online Jobs.

You see a lot of postings for free internet jobs from home these days. Everywhere you look, there are advertisements for how you can earn $1,000′s a month by typing for other companies, stuffing envelopes, and selling things on eBay for big corporations. These are just a few of the types of postings for online jobs you might see. There are plenty of others. But are these jobs real? Are they legit online jobs? Sadly, most of the time, they are scams. It’s easy for scammers (who may be businesses or individuals) to post bogus job ads all over the place. This is especially true with the proliferation of free classified ads sites like Craigslist. You’ve really got to do your homework before getting involved with any of these postings. Do some online research and see what the experience of others has been with the company or person placing the ads. Nine times out of ten, it will be a negative experience where the person applying for a job actually ended up losing money by having to constantly pay the “company” for the supplies needed to do the “job.”

The fact is, there ARE real internet jobs out there with legitimate companies. However, these companies don’t typically advertise with free work from home jobs postings in public forums that everyone can see. With the economy the way it is, and with so many people wanting to work from home, a company that placed an ad for a home-based job in a place where everyone could see it would be inundated with applications. The number of applications would likely be so high the company wouldn’t be able to go through them all. So what do companies with legit online jobs do when they want to advertise their open positions?

In most cases, these companies use private forums and job boards that require a one-time or monthly membership fee to access. This way, they can ensure that only people who are very serious about employment of this kind see the job postings, and that the number of resumes they receive will be manageable. Private boards and forums are where you will find REAL internet jobs being listed. These are the companies that will pay YOU, instead of you paying THEM. These are also the companies that can give you the “work at home” lifestyle that you’ve wanted for so long, and help you bring income to your family in a time when every extra cent helps.

So, the next time you see those free internet jobs from home postings, think twice before applying to any of them. Research them first, and you’ll find most of them are scams. Then, if you’re serious about getting an internet job so you can work at home, go to LEGIT ONLINE JOBS and join their private job board. This is the most respected place to find opportunities for real internet jobs from home in the industry, and there are usually hundreds, even thousands, of real employers looking for people just like you to work for them from your home.