Work At Home Glossary

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Here is a list of common work at home terms and their definitions.

Affiliate - A person who markets a merchant's service or product and is paid a commission on a sale.

Article Marketing - An individual who writes articles related to their business.

Blog - An online journal.

Cold Calling - The process of making unsolicited calls to potential customers.

Downline - In multi-level marketing (MLM) people who you have referred.

Drop Shipping - The seller accepts the payment, but the customer receives the product directly from the manufacturer.

Freelancer - A worker who is not committed to any one employer.

Home-Based - To work from home, but may have to travel to provide their service.

Independent Contractor - A person who is not an employee of the company, but provides a service for the company under a written contract or agreement. Also someone who is self-employed.

Multilevel Marketing/MLM - A system which involves recruiting of distributors to sell a product or service.

Networking - Connecting with other business-minded people in uncovering new opportunities.

RSS - Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. It is often seen on blogs, news-related websites and forums.

Search Engine Optimization/SEO - The process of making a site and its content rank highly in search engines using keywords or keyword phrases relevant to a site's content.

Telecommute - To work at home or another remote location that is not your employer's place of business using a computer, Internet, phone or fax.

Upline - In multi-level marketing (MLM) the person who referred you also known as your sponsor.

Virtual Assistant/VA - Provides administrative, clerical, technical or managerial services for clients from their own home.

Web 2.0 - A "second generation" trend in World Wide Web which includes blogging, social networking, wikis, social bookmarking, podcasts, RSS feeds etc.
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