Web Design and CSS

1. Transcriptionists listen to an audio or video file and type the words spoken into a text document. Transcriptionists have the opportunity to specialize in topics such as medical transcription, legal transcription or general transcription. You need to purchase a headset and foot pedal to get started in transcription. The best places to find private clients are outsourcing websites such as oDesk, Elance and Guru.

2. Writers use their language skills to craft stories, website articles, brochures and marketing materials. As a writer, you have many paths you can go travel to gain clients. Outsourcing website such as Guru, oDesk and Elance feature clients who need writing services such as blog posts, product descriptions and website articles. Another alternative are content farms such as Associated Content, Suite 101 and HubPages that allow you to create content and participate in a revenue sharing model for AdSense revenue.

3. Web designers create websites for private clients. This includes the technical aspects of setting up WordPress sites, writing blog content and writing HTML code for static websites. Web designers market their services on the local level, Internet sites and by answering classified ads. Communication with your clients is electronic in nature so web design is an excellent work from home opportunity.

4. Graphic designers are in high demand for designing logos, websites and e-book covers. E-books writers need professional covers to market their books online. Many businesses need graphic artists to design attractive logos for their businesses. This type of work is ideal for work from home opportunities as communication through electronic means is all that is required.

5. Photographers sell their photos on websites such as iStockPhoto and Getty Images. Clients display your images on websites, in brochures, in magazines and in marketing materials. There are many options for selling your photos. You can keep the copyright and let others use your work with a back link to your site. This gets your name out as a photographer. The other alternative involves selling the copyright to the photo and getting a higher payment for the photograph.

6. Virtual labor includes working as a virtual assistant for businesses. Many companies hire people to send out mailers, update blogs, update mass tweets to social media sites and take surveys. Outsource websites such as oDesk work well for bidding on these types of jobs. Amazon Mechanical Turk also provides a platform for doing manual, virtual labor work from home.