Take Mr. Miyagi's Advice: Log-on, Log-off (& Log-on)

Last week I talked about the awesome new features myJambi has to offer. But what good are these features if you aren't taking advantage of the basic function of the website: finding trustworthy people to do stuff for you? Or the flip side of that, doing stuff for other people and getting paid.

First things first. You should log on to the site every day. New offers and wants are posted on a constant basis. You don't want to miss that opportunity to sell your custom-made Mariah Carey mixes or find someone to knit your dog a pair of monogrammed booties. myJambi is the place to go to buy and sell a diverse range of services and you don't want to be missing out.

So maybe you're just confused about the process and that's what's keeping you from making some money by answering all those proposals in your inbox. Easy as pie. Someone bids on your service, an email gets sent to you asking you to approve it. All you have to do is login to myJambi and approve the bid and you are charged a minimal fee (5% of your rate +$1) to book the appointment. For each subsequent appointment booked on myJambi with that buyer, you will only be charged $1. Keeping your payment info current on myJambi will make this process easier in the future. That said, if you aren't comfortable with the SSL encryption technology on the site used to protect your credit card information, you can delete or modify it after every transaction. You'll always get an invoice whenever you have been charged, and should you feel you've been charged in error, myJambi will take care of the issue quickly.

Ok so maybe you just don't want to pay the myJambi transaction fee. Why don't you just include it into the hourly rate you charge your buyer? You'll still come out ahead. And if you have a cash back or frequent flyer program on your credit card, you'll actually gain something for paying that small fee, in addition to the money you make selling your services. It really is a small price to pay to have access to a network of buyers that grows on a daily basis and to build up a real reputation thanks to those buyers' reviews. And don't forget that every time you work with one person, that person's entire network is going to be finding out about it as well.

So take the advice of Mr. Miyagi, tailored to the Jambi lifestyle: log-on and log-off, often.

--Lili