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Tax advantages for the self-employed

Are you a self-employed entrepreneur? There are special tax advantages to help you save for retirement, but too few actually take advantage of them.

Homeless wi-fi hotspots: Opportunity or exploitation?

Looking for a great way to make the Internet work better? Put the homeless to work as hotspots! Whenever you have big tech conventions, the wireless industry can't seem to provide enough capacity for everyone with their 12 gadgets. So at South by Southwest (SXSW), the homeless were employed as ...

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Scam alert for job seekers

"Psst, want the inside scoop on hiring at the 1,000 largest companies in America?" Clark reveals the latest scam targeting job seekers.

Websites that let you create a free e-book

When I was on book tour for Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times, I got question after question from people I met who said they wrote a book and wanted to know the best way to get it published. The answer I've given to this question has really changed ...

Websites that connect service people, errand runners with clients

Using the Internet to connect with people who have particular skills sets has become extremely popular in a time of high unemployment. Some months ago, I told you about a service called Fiverr.com, where people share things they're willing to do for $5. You might be able to hire someone ...

New option for self-published authors may help them break into big leagues

One major publishing house is embracing self-publishing in the era of e-readers. In an unprecedented move, Penguin Group is launching a self-publishing option through its Book Country subsidiary. Aspiring writers who have a completed manuscript of genre fiction can pay between $99 and $549 for access to a variety of ...

Connect with errand runners on the web

Using the Internet to connect with people who have particular skills sets has become extremely popular in a time of high unemployment. The New York Times recently ran a story about this trend, which some industry insiders call service networking, instead of social networking. The idea is to hire people ...

New site requires escrow payments to ensure freelancers get paid

In this era of unemployment, many people who grew accustomed to working for a single employer have turned to freelancing for a lot of different clients. The problem, though, is that freelancers do the work and then the commissioning business doesn't pay up. When I get calls from a freelancers ...

Online survey sites and focus groups that pay

I'm asked continually if people can really make huge money in their spare time by taking surveys online. The answer is overwhelmingly "no," but there are a few possible exceptions. The reality is that almost every single solicitation you see in your inbox or on a banner ad on a ...

Creative websites for hiring workers and job hunting

Editor's note: This segment originally aired in Nov. 2010 Using the Internet to connect with people who have particular skills sets has become extremely popular in a time of high unemployment. I recently told you about a service called Fiverr.com, where people share things they're willing to do for $5. ...