Telecommute to mean work away from the office. Not all companies are web based – but you can work at home using the company’s intranet connection or by emailing, etc.

As Louise said, many of these businesses prefer someone who is local – or at least someone willing to come in every now and then for meetings.

Different companies have different expectations. I work for a company without a brick and mortar building – though it has a very major web presence. My mom telecommuted for years writing textbooks for accountants – and her company didn’t have a web presence at all. She had to go in now and then to meet with her team.

So even if a company allows telecommuting it doesn’t mean web based. Freelancing and telecommting mean two different things.

Now, with that said, most of the gigs marked “telecommute” on Craigslist can be done anywhere with an Internet connection. Plus many people who are looking to work from home writing, blogging, editing, etc., wouldn’t mind having a stable, steady permanant telecommuting gig – which is why we feature them here. REally anything you can do from your home office.

If you e-mail the details to freelancewritinggigs@gmail.com I can look after that for you.

I fell in love with it right then and there, very user friendly and easy to resolve situations.

Thanks, good idea on both accounts. I’ll check out getting Firefox again, it’s been a while.