It is my passion to help every woman who wants to stay home with her kids, to be able to do that.
You do NOT have to be a blogger to make money from home. There are a gazillion and one ways to make a living online.
If you need to make money yesterday, I’d highly encourage you to look into reselling. This is THE fastest way to make money from home in my opinion.
The jist of reselling is to buy something (or get it free) and sell it again at a fair price. The difference between what you paid for the item and what you sell the item for, is your profits.
Get Started Reselling
Reselling is one of the quickest ways to make some money, when you need it fast!
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If you want to buy things to sell, you can look for deals at Target on their clearance shelves (or anywhere you are shopping that has a good clearance), thrift stores, yard sales, Craigslist, eBay (purchase in lots and separate them to sell), and Slickdeals.
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Making Money for Beginners
Maybe you’ve never realized you could actually make money from home, or with your computer. Let me assure you, it can be done!
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More Long-term, Stable Income
Long term, stable income is not something that comes quickly. While the payout is little to nothing the first year or so, long term, the payout is much larger.
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Making Money by Not Spending
Many times the best way to “make” money is by folding it over and keeping it in your pocket, so to speak. The more of your money you don’t have to spend on things, the more you will be able to save, or free up for more necessary things.
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Money Saving Strategies
If you’re new to how to save money on practically everything, be sure to keep reading to find out my money saving strategies!
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Frugal Living Principles Everyone Needs to Know
20 Ways to Save Money on Your Monthly Bills
5 Ways to Save Money on Name Brand Clothing
When you’re in dire financial straits it can be scary, trust me, I’ve been there. But with some elbow grease, determination, and hard work, I want you to know it’s possible to make an income to help support your family!
Hi Sarah,
What a great resource! Definitely bookmarking this for future use. After reading this I realize that I need to do a much better job of planning out my editorial calendar, sticking to it and being consistent. Thanks so much for the advice!
Absolutely Kimi. Glad to help. 🙂 Yes, the editorial calendar is so vital to my blog. I cannot even imagine life without it! Did you see the free printable editorial calendars here? Here’s also 2016. They suck up very little ink and have plenty of space to write. 🙂
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Sarah,
You are my new hero! I feel hope now where before there was none. Thank you so, so much for your generosity of spirit. I love to write, and just had no idea of where to begin. I have totally recommitted to my blog. My focal point is the retired market. There are lots of people all at loose ends now that they retire. One doesn’t realize that even if they look forward to their lives being their own, there is still a huge feeling of loss at losing the source of self-esteem that comes of being a star at their career. I know I was not prepared. So, there are a great many coping strategies to pursue, and I would like to talk about it to hopefully bring a fresh POV to life as a retiree – the reality of it.
There would also be health concerns addressed, stress-coping mechanisms, art, music, lots of humor, how to make some money to supplement SS, best beauty products for 60+, cooking, TV recaps/movie reviews, and lots more.
My concern in starting is that the technology is a bit overwhelming. I am assuming (hoping) that I wouldn’t have to do it all at once. I want to have nice pictures, so I get that, but there is just so much to learn!!
Do I have to do everything at once, or can I just go to BlueHost and begin?
Thank you so much!!!!!!
I don’t think you have to do it all at once. Just do what you can as needed. There’s always a huge laundry list of things to do on a blog, but be sure to go through my free course here, which will share with you EXACTLY where to focus your time (and what not to do).
Here is a different one for ya. I am 53, a LPN and a great nurse. I am currently working for a group of doctors, helping to assess patients to admit to our rehabilitation (Physical) hospital. I have held supervisor positions and charge nurse positions. What am I saying? I feel a calling to work from home. I am a young at heart and looking for my age. I love helping people. I get dismissed from most work at home jobs in nursing because I am not a “R.N.”. I have more knowledge in healthcare than alot of R.N.’s. My heart is in helping and serving, whatever that may be. Blogging, working at home as a nurse, crisis intervention. You are probably wondering, “why is this lady emailing me”? I feel really connected to you and your life as I have lived a similar life. I had great parents and a wonderful childhood, but the adult part is very much the same. I totally understand if you don’t respond back to me, as healthcare may not be your niche, but my fingers just started typing and my heart guided the words. I wish you so much love and happiness in this and upcoming future! Signed kindred spirits. AKA-Belinda
Thank you so much for your wonderful information. I have been blogging for about a year and I am struggling to keep going. Not sure what to do next. Your story is so inspiring, and you make blogging sound so easy.
Debi, blogging is definitely not easy. There’s a lot to it. The bloggers that win…are the ones that don’t quit. That’s all I’ve done. Keep persevering, keep pushing through, don’t quit, keep trying, keep serving, keep focusing on others, keep trying and testing new things to see what works and what doesn’t. <3
Absolutely amazing post Sarah! Thank you so very much for all the information. I was having trouble figuring out where to start and now I have a very clear path thanks to you.
Karla
p.s. I too am in 2018 B-school class, all the best with it!!
Always glad to hear from a fellow BSchooler. 🙂 I’m so excited to start the program and get connected!!! So glad the post helped you! Now…you left us all on a cliffhanger after that. lol…what’s your plan?! 🙂
With the help of B-School and the great tips you provided, I am going to start an analytics consulting company empowering nonprofits and small business owners successfully track and use all the valuable website/marketing data they are capturing. Website analytics can be something that is very intimidating to many but it provides very valuable information on your consumer and how they are interacting with your product/service.
My other passion is to provide tips on how to live a more sustainable life, however that may look for you. I feel that we can all do our part in making sure we take care of the earth and I can honestly say that it has brought me such peace and happiness. So I have an Instagram account for it called Corazon Verde Azul and I plan to start blog and sharing the changes I have made, what has been challenging and what has worked really well.
Lots of fun stuff for sure.
Cheers,
Karla
Definitely sounds like a lot of fun. I’m very green as well. Our family recycles everything we possibly can. Our recycle bin is ALWAYS filled to the top and usually just one bag of trash in the garbage bin. 🙂
That’s really cool about analyzing and tracking info. I’m HA-UGE on analytics. I created a Blogging Binder where I track a lot of stuff. Analytics really help us make the best decisions on our blog and I feel like if more bloggers pulled more data, they’d do a LOT better, be more successful, and make more money, b/c really, the ideas and plans are all there in the data. 🙂 That’s exciting about your plans! All the best in your endeavors! 🙂