A. Basic typing skills; where you can type about 30 words per minute.
B. Basic computer skills; where you can operate the computer, internet and Microsoft word documents.
C. Basic knowledge of English where you can read and write simple English.
Data entry is the simplest form of work and the most searched term on the internet in the category of home based jobs. It is a simple typing job any one can do and does not require any special skills. It involves the entry of data from one form to another form; for example conversion of data from the picture format (JPEG or PDF) to Microsoft word format.
You can work from the comfort of your home or form an internet/cyber cafe. You have feasible timings; you can work in your convenient time. How much work to do depends on you, you work only when you feel like working? Since this is an opportunity from the Internet you have the flexibility of working from any corner of the world.
Although data entry is the easiest way to earn money online, it consists of the biggest scams of the internet. Out of the 100 websites which says they provide data entry work, only 1 websites is genuine and the rest 99 websites are scam. They take money from you, give work to you and never pay you.
Apart from the conversion of data from picture to word format we have two other types of earning methods in the data entry business. They are called copy-paste jobs.
In simple words it is a Link building job. You will be posting a number of links in forums. You will earn a good share for posting Simple links in forums. You can either post a new question or reply to any thread on forums.
The link building work is given by large SEO (search engine optimization) companies where they want their customer websites to increase the page ranks in the search engines and to get good traffic.
Ad Posting
Ad posting process is simple: Register into the Classified Websites, select categories which actually allows ad posting or the category which suits your ads, copy title and description and paste in classified websites, click on post the AD. That is it; you have completed the job successfully.
The data entry company will provide you all the work details including AD links and website addresses to post the Ads. After posting the Ads you need to send the URL of the link of the forum where you posted the content. You get paid for every valid Ad posting which is reflecting in the website when searched with the URL link.
How much do you get paid?
Accuracy is an important part in this data entry business. You will be paid good amount when your quality of data entry is above 98% and will be less paid when the quality is less. It also depends how you post the Ads into the Ad networks and forums.
Normally you get paid through Check, Online transfer or PayPal