25 People Who Work From Home Happily

Working from home has a great number of benefits coming together with it, no wonder you too got interested! Home workers have been getting a lot of attention lately, not only they earn their money efficiently, but they also seem to be a lot happier in life and claim they would never go back to the office. According to more and more homeworkers, it seems that working from home also saves us a lot of money. Knowing all this, it sure seems like a great idea to start thinking of your own work and possibility of working from home. I myself have been a home worker for over 7 years now, I have met and seen people do miracles by just being at their homes wearing their favorite pajamas and doing their business. After doing long and very deep research, I have managed to gather 25 people who have an amazing story behind, all these people are very successful home workers who believe working from home was a key to changing their life to something better. If you are willing to read about their experiences and get to know more, please continue reading!

Ky Trang Ho, a freelance business and financial writer
Deb Shaw, the founder and head of an online research service
Abbey Ashley, a leader of 25,000 virtual assistants online
Natalie Anthanasiadis, a leader of digital marketing experts and a SEO specialist
Jasmine Ivy, an expert at online business
Safa Shaqsy, a book writer, published several books
David B. Wright, best selling author
Jaclyn Westlake, freelance lifestyle and career advice writer
Michelle Gomez, an accomplished corporate executive, career coach, and writer
Ceri Ruenheck, the president of a virtual telemarketing company and a website development company
Michaela Letendre, a graphic designer
Herndon Davis, a commercial and residential mortgage broker/loan officer
Lisa Chastain, a money coach, business owner
Sara Lingenfelter, a virtual assistant
Catherine A. Wood, the Founder and Head Coach of a personal coaching company
Jason Swett, a freelance software developer
Rachael Bozsik, virtual coach and Founder of a virtual coaching company
Kathryn Starke, an author and a Founder of a global literacy educational company
Annie Franceschi, a storyteller, and a creative director
Stephanie Caudle, a freelance publicist and the founder of an online freelance platform
Elle Clarke, Amazon Bestselling Author, publisher, and a CEO
Christine McAlister, a business and success coach
Richard Lowe Jr., a senior writer, bestselling author
Brandon Cortes, a Digital analyst
Alina Adams, the NYC bestselling author, writer of romance novels and consultant

As you might have noticed, most of these people managed to really do something great out of their business, maybe you have the same potential! How they start their days? What are the key things homeworkers need to pay attention to? These people have all of your answers. They all openly speak of their beginnings and they enjoy working from home more than ever before. If you are still in doubt and you wish to know more, I will talk about each person from the list, they all have a great story behind and I hope it will help you out realizing the great benefits people get by working from home.

Ky Trang Ho: Freelance business and financial writer

Ky Trang Ho was just like many people today, she kept on getting rejected by a handful of jobs she applied for and freelancing actually managed to help her out when she needed it the most. She is currently a freelance business and financial writer, PR consultant and she is also a proud owner of Key Financial Media LLC located in Los Angeles.

LinkedIn is a place many freelancers have a profile on, so does Ky Trang Ho. She has over 11,000 connections and over 90 recommendations. Reaching the clients she would like to work with, she always makes sure to mention she also does copywriting. Ky Trang Ho claims she always demands the payments up front and believes no one should be allowed to try your skills out and see what you can do for cheap. Just like most freelancers, Ky Trang Ho also faced clients who wanted her to work for them for cheap. It is a typical client who will ask for a cheap price for a ‘’test’’ project. Avoid clients like that, you are worth more than that.

Ky Trang Ho’s advice for you is to get a pet if you do not already own one. Her pets seem to be her favorite office mates, they provide her great company and support.

Deb Shaw: Founder and head of an online research service

At first, Deb Shaw spent a lot of time just learning about online marketing and the financial business markets. After learning everything he wanted to know, he started acquiring his first customers through his website. Today, Deb Shaw is the founder and head of research at MarketsNow, the online research service focusing on commodities and currencies.

Deb starts his day at 6:30 AM, he spends his mornings writing and editing the research, he promotes the business in the afternoons, and it is all done by speaking to other businesses in the area. He claims working from home can get very tough for nearly everyone but he believes all you need is confidence in what you are doing.

Deb markets his business through search engine marketing, he publishes the updates on all world’s major commodities and currencies each morning.

Abbey Ashley: Leader of 25,000 virtual assistants online

Hating the idea of sending her child to daycare, she decided she wanted to find a way to work from home and have a flexible schedule. Abbey started looking into becoming a virtual assistant, she had no idea what it was at all. After some research, Abbey figured she would be doing fine as a virtual assistant. Soon after she already had her business cards made and began telling people about the new services she is now offering.

According to Abbey Ashley, marketing is one of the scariest parts of the business. She started by talking to her family and spreading the news about her new business. Eventually, Abbey was looking for all possible ways to market her business, she joined Facebook and LinkedIn groups, she attended live networking meetings and she eventually managed to become a great virtual assistant. Today, Abbey leads an online community of 25,000 virtual assistants. She teaches others how to work from home as virtual assistants and she even appeared in many online publications.

Abbey says you should never wait for everything to be perfect in order to start looking for clients. Most freelancers are scared to start offering their services, this should not be the case. According to Abbey, the face of business is changing, it has been changing for a long time now, everything can be done online, so can business.

Natalie Anthanasiadis: Digital marketing expert and an SEO specialist

Natalie Anthanasiadis built a successful Melbourne based digital agency, she surely knows what it takes to have a happy and thriving business. Leading the team of digital marketing experts, she is the main contact for most clients.

Natalie claims if you want to run a business from home, you should start working in a remote based role, it might give you the insights as to how things are supposed to run and that is exactly what Natalie did herself. She was looking for the opportunities on work at home job boards! Just like many homeworkers, Natalie also wakes up around 6 AM in the morning, she is involved in her business throughout the entire day and her day usually ends around 6 PM in the evening.

Natalie believes it is extremely important to stick to your own schedule, otherwise, things might get messy and you will end up overflown with unfinished work. Working from home does provide you with the flexibility, but you should never try to take advantage of that.

Jasmine Ivy: Online business expert

As an expert at online business, Jasmine Ivy is also a certified Law of Attraction teacher who loves everything related to marketing. Jasmine managed to turn a free Facebook group into a empire in 15 months of time!

She always knew she would love to work from home, she is a very self-motivated person who prefers the flexibility of a home-based business. Her start was rather simple, she put in a call out that she was available to take on the work, many people were there to support her and she managed to transition her business. Soon after, Jasmine launched a free program. According to Jasmine, you should never be afraid of the word ‘’No’’. In business, it is completely normal to hear this word from time to time and all you need to do is keep improving your business.

Jasmine starts her workday at 10 AM and finishes by 4:30 PM. While she works she tries to meet her clients, create the content for marketing or products, she also engages on social media and she loves it.

Safa Shaqsy: Author

Safa Shaqsy read a lot of novels her father used to buy for her from the bookstore. She loved reading fiction and her father suggested maybe she should write a book. Safa started writing back in 2015, and she managed to publish a couple of books since then.

Just like most book writers, she also struggled to get an agent or publisher to represent her books, in the end, she ended up opening one herself. Apparently, advertising did all the trick for Safa, she says if you want to reach out to your readers or other writers, all you need to be as loud about it.

For Safa, every day seems to be filled with activity, she attends the work in the morning and then she writes in the evening. She cares about her readers and authors and believes working from home turned out to be a great thing for her life. Today she is also a fashion, beauty and travel blogger on Instagram.

David B. Wright: Best selling author

David B. Wright is a multi-bestselling author and a Founder of W3 Group Marketing. He has been in the service marketing agency business since 2006. He even wrote and co-authored five books, together with two bestsellers. Back in the days, David figured out there are certain things he can do to make his Amazon sales go up, and this paid out great.

Originally, David started W3 group, he published his first book in order to help people with their careers, resumes and other services of business nature. He was a self-published author which means all the marketing was in his hands. David started implementing all of the things he learned, he focused on SEO due to not having enough money for a paid ad campaign. Soon, David found himself to be #1 on bing and google, even on Yahoo!.

David soon learned everything he could about digital marketing, he went to seminars, read a lot and practiced a lot on his own business before he mastered a strategy. Today, David divides his client work and his own marketing business, he responds emails, checks social media for opportunities and makes sure he has a good work-life balance. David still spends parts of his days writing and prepares a few new books in the future.

Jaclyn Westlake: Freelance lifestyle and career advice writer

Jaclyn Westlake is freelance career advice and lifestyle writer, she can be found everywhere, Forbes, Business Insider, The Muse, her own blog even. For the past four years, Jaclyn worked exclusively from home. Just like most of us, Jaclyn also dreamed of quiet mornings in her favorite pajamas with coffee and work from home, she just never knew it was actually really possible! She reached a breaking point at her start-up job and slowly decided to write resumes for family and friends, soon after, it became a viable business and it became a freelance writing career she always dreamed of!

Jaclyn speaks of her beginnings and they seem quite simple too, she made a bare-bones website, put a short bio and a list of the services she provides, she sent out the emails to her friends and in no time, she had a bunch of clients to work with. Jaclyn claims she relies heavily on social media, networking, and advertisements. She wakes up early in the morning and finishes most of her work by 4 PM, sometimes she does a little more work around 8 PM if she feels motivated enough.

Jaclyn says every freelancer should stick to their schedule, it is always easy to continue sleeping but do not let it happen too often. Be honest with yourself about your work style and try getting out of the house more whenever you are free of work.

Michelle Gomez: Corporate executive, career coach, and writer

Having over 18 years of experience in the logistics and transportation industry, Michelle Gomez is known as a strong advocate for women in the workforce, she mentors many women to professional and personal development. She has an insane urge to encourage and inspire, she is a career coach and a writer.

Just as most freelancers, Michelle Gomez also markets her business through social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, IG and even YouTube), her blog and she attends networking events and conferences. Freelancers seem to have a thing for early mornings, Gomez does too. She wakes up early and prepares her children to school, after she drops them to school, she begins her work and tries to have it all done by the time her children school is done. She gets seven hours of sleep at night and makes flexible adjustments to her schedule. Michelle claims it is important to be disciplined with your time, keep a good daily routine and never underestimate your work projects.

Ceri Ruenheck: President of a virtual telemarketing company and a website development company

It’s Your Call is a b2b virtual telemarketing company established back in 1994. Ceri Ruenheck is the president of this company and a noted speaker and author of the e-book. To market her business, Ceri needs to go to networking events, blogs, she does telemarketing, direct mails, PR, trade shows and all kinds of conferences.

At the start, Ceri was not sure how is she going to market herself to the companies who wanted to start inside sale groups. She managed to get it all going and today she divides her day between Customer service and sales/marketing, she believes networking events are a great way to relieve the isolation that can appear from working at home.

Ceri claims organization and discipline are the keys to a successful business, it is important to know why you want to grow your business and keep trying no matter what.

Michaela Letendre: Graphic designer

Michaela surely knows how to make the brands visually attractive, she is a graphic designer ready to make great logo designs, website designs, promo materials and any social media management you might need.

As a work from home mom, she always wanted to have it this way, she launched her own boutique and joined a support group on Facebook, this group was for boutique owners. Soon after, the group fell apart, so she made her own boutique owners group, this turned out to be a great success for her career. She is now a branding consultant for the Facebook group and enjoys working on the graphic design as she always did. Her dream came true. Knowing Michaela is so passionate of the business she runs, it is obvious she too, has some advice for all of us!

Michaela wishes she valued her skills and time more than she did back in the days, she believes many home workers do this – they pretty much give away their services even though they are aware of the effort they had to put to do it all properly. Michaela says you should never under-value yourself as a freelancer, you need to follow your passion and you will succeed for sure!

Herndon Davis: Commercial and residential mortgage broker/loan officer

As a commercial and residential mortgage broker/loan officer, Herndon Davis actually operates across 46 states in the US. He provides great broker services to his clients and runs an extremely successful business. Partnering with both Residential and Commercial lenders, he has great flexibility at doing any type of business related to these fields.

Herndon loves the independence home from work gives, he enjoys seeing his own business success and appreciates being able to be his own ‘’boss’’. He loves working from home in general, being a person who works from home has surely had an extremely positive impact on Herndon as a person too.

Just like most, Herndon uses social media to market his business. He wakes up early, has breakfast and checks his emails first thing in the morning. He has a respected schedule and even manages to grab enough time for a gym! Distraction and lack of motivation are something Herndon warns about, it takes a lot of discipline not to be distracted from work when working from home.

Lisa Chastain: Money coach and business owner

Lisa Chastain is one of the people you might want to look for if you need independent advice, mentoring or coaching towards success. She too left her higher education job just to stay home with her son, she had a vision, she wanted to work from home! Looking and searching for all of the things she could do from home and still earn money, she realized she was great with coaching, helping people, life.

Lisa does her marketing business online over Facebook, she also has a YouTube Channel content to explore different topics. Having a nine-year-old son, she has a rather busy life. She often goes to community meetings, referral client meetings or working on marketing. She does enjoy writing articles and doing interviews and believes at first everyone needs to hire a mentor. A good mentor was life changing to Lisa and her business turned great after reaching one out.

Lisa claims working from home is equally a challenge as it is a gift if you enjoy autonomy and you can easily keep yourself motivated, working from home will be one of the greatest things you will discover!

Sara Lingenfelter: Virtual assistant

Sara is a real supporter to moms who work from home, she is always found spending her time with her son, she enjoys outdoors and watching movies. Sara is the CEO of Virtual Biz Partner, she has a great record of managing and growing businesses, she does a lot more simplified than most. Overall, Sara is an amazing virtual assistant with great researching abilities,

To market her business, Sara has been listed in some online directories, she does Facebook ads and referrals too! Doing what you love is what should keep you motivated, if you love and enjoy working from home, you will succeed! Sara says you must trust yourself more than you already do, do not let anyone tell you how to run your own business!

Catherine A. Wood: Founder and Head Coach of a personal coaching company

Catherine A. Wood has a personal coaching company made to help those who want to make a big impact in the world. Her clients often call her a guardian angel for their dreams, because she can really make them happen.

Throughout life, Catherine always wished she could work from home, she wanted to be her own boss and that managed to lead her into her work-at-home career as an entrepreneur. Wanting a career with enough freedom and flexibility, she chose professional coaching as her work. She enjoys being a source of support and inspiration for other people and believes coaching is a perfect job for her.

Catherine does a lot of organic marketing, she also finds social media and the internet to be a crucial part of marketing nowadays. She publishes articles on her blog and Huffington Post, she is always active on LingedIn and other business marketing pages.

Jason Swett: Freelance software developer

Jason Swett is a developer, author, trainer and a former panelist of the Ruby Rogues. Jason put his first website online back in 1996. He worked with various organizations such as Lenovo, HP, VMware, and others, but he is also a co-organizer of the largest programming meetup in West Michigan.

Like most freelancers, he was once a full-time employee. Today Jason works as a software developer and markets himself mainly by maintaining his network of peers.

Jason believes if you wish to work remotely, you should seek for people who have the remote work idea you wish to have as well. Knowing what they did might give you a lot of freedom to do it all yourself!

Rachael Bozsik: Virtual coach and Founder of a virtual coaching company

Rachael Bozsik actually started her own business at 2 AM in the night, in her college dorm room. Thanks to her networking skills, she managed to help people with professional confidence, she helped many women landing their dream job. Rachael says her career chose her, she coached her friends and friends of friends for free, she would see these women succeed and she realized she could professionally start coaching. She spread the word and received many inquiries in her inbox. She made a official business website and made coaching a full-time job.

Just like most, Rachael also markets her business on social media, network marketing speaking events, and referral programs. Her team uses Instagram and Facebook on daily basis, she does everything to inspire young women to understand the only sky is the limit. Rachael believes people should not be afraid of the failure, but stopping, she claims a good organization and well-respected schedule are one of the key things towards great success!

Kathryn Starke: Author and a Founder of a global literacy educational company

Kathryn Starke is a great author, a founder of Creative Minds Publications. After resigning from being a full-time elementary school teacher, she finally had enough time to focus on her writing.

Kathryn’s days are always busy, she starts her mornings reading emails and checking all of the social media news, she is consulting in a local school, attends reading meetings and creates literacy resources. Her afternoons are usually all about phone conferences, and evenings are always related to some events or dinner meetings. Each day, Kathryn gets to support a new teacher, school or reading organization. Social media is a powerful thing when it comes to marketing, get your schedule ready and get to work right away!

Annie Franceschi: Storyteller, and a creative director

Annie Franceschi is a storyteller and a creative director of Greatest Story Creative. She began her career at the Walt Disney Studios but she traded her dream job to become an entrepreneur. Today, Annie has branded over 50 businesses and advised hundreds of entrepreneurs.

Annie is a very creative person, she is a graphic designer, a strategist, and a writer, she knew small businesses need creative partners like she was. They needed logos and taglines! Annie says she enjoys being able to pick her schedule and work in yoga pants. Annie claims speaking is her favorite way of marketing her business and believes you need to build a business around what you love to do. Use all of your skills and motivation and eventually you will have your empire too!

Stephanie Caudle: Freelance publicist and the founder of an online freelance platform

As a freelance publicist and the founder of Black Girl Group, this group is a platform connecting African American women and creates innovative and engaging content for them.

Stephanie markets her business on Twitter and LingedIn, she does a lot of keyword research and puts a lot of time into identifying the terms her key audience searches to find her. Stephanie claims you should never be afraid to market yourself and your own success, be proud of what you do and keep it out loud!

Sticking to the schedule you made yourself might be hard at first, but it is all about discipline, being your own boss does not mean slacking, you are not going to disappoint anyone but yourself!

Elle Clarke: Amazon Bestselling Author, publisher, and CEO

Elle Clarke is one of Amazon’s Bestselling Authors, she is the publisher of I am QUEEN Magazine and she is here to help women embrace the pain of their past. She helps people turn their pain into profit and embrace their inner Queen within.

Elle always knew she would be an entrepreneur, she, however, decided to pursue her childhood dream and write instead. She started as a freelance writer, barely finding any clients to pay her, she continued writing and somehow became a contributing writer for the Huffington Post and Forbes.

Her best marketing strategy seems to be speaking and social media, she believes everyone needs to have a team behind them to run a successful business.

Christine McAlister: Business and success coach

As a business and success coach, Christine McAlister became an expert at turning tragedy into triumph. She owns a company who helps women quit their 9-5 jobs and helps them create a growing online business of their passions.

To market her business, Christine says she prefers Facebook groups, live streams and podcasts, she also writes articles and sends many newsletters. As busy as she is, she even manages to catch time to ride on her horse.

Christine believes you need a lot of confidence to take action and succeed at home business. You need to continually invest yourself in order to improve!

Richard Lowe Jr.: Writer, bestselling author

Richard is the senior writer and owner of the Writing King, 2013. He decided to pursue his dream of becoming a bestselling professional author. He always wanted to be a writer working from home, he wanted to be his own boss and make his own hours the way he wants.

Richard markets all of his business through his blogs, he has three of them and also uses social media for certain marketing strategies. His morning consists of the social media routine and two blog articles. He spends a couple of hours on any paid gigs and then writes the books for the rest of the day.

Richard says it is important to keep a track on the popularity of the subject you write for, some subjects simply do not sell as good as you might think.

Brandon Cortes: Digital analyst

Brandon is a respected digital analyst of Gillware Data Recovery. He loved marketing and advertising since he was in college, he knew he would pursue a career in this field. He updated his resume and made it stand out by picking a very bright design showcasing some of his digital skills.

Brandon uses Facebook, Google+, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn to show his work, he offers many partner programs and discounts for students, military, educators, and government. Brandon believes you need to have a working space to work from home, he claims you need to try your work from home and see the great benefits you will gain. Working from home can have a great impact on your self discipline and motivation.

Alina Adams: NYC bestselling author, writer of romance novels and consultant

Aline Adams writes great romance novels, she is the best-selling author on Amazon and has a private consulting business helping parents know all of the school options they have. Aline also started her own business just because she wanted to be with her kids, she wanted to be able to set her own hours. Thanks to her great pieces of advice, many parents looked for her and soon, she even wrote a book giving all of the information they would need.

Today Aline visits schools regularly, she visits religious organizations and many other businesses. This is a perfect job for Aline, she does consult over the phone or in person during the day, she always attends all of the parent activities and has enough time for her children! She feels like she is helping people and it is her favorite part of running a business like this.

To succeed as a home worker, Aline claims you need to have a lot of discipline and self-confidence, you need to trust your own business strategy and follow your dreams, even if you fail a couple of times.

25 People Who Work From Home Happily