by Janelle | Mar 15, 2017
Being a single mum is not easy at all. You have to work hard to be able to provide for your children but still, spare some time to bond with them. Most single mums prefer jobs that are not so demanding. The downside is that most such positions do not pay very well and you may be forced to look for something else on the side to earn money so that you can complement your income. Here are a few side hustle ideas:
Baby Sitting
Cliché as it sounds; you can earn a decent income babysitting. An easy way to do this is to have parents drop their children at your house instead of you going to their homes. As you watch over other people’s kids, you also attend to your children in the process. This hustle has the potential to grow to a daycare where you can attend to several kids at a time, and you make more money through work from home.
YouTube Channel Host
YouTube is one of the simplest ways to make money and online business. You can create your channel and have people subscribe to it. The more popular your channel becomes, the more advertisements you can run on your channel. Google pays a decent amount to have their ads on people channels. Also when you upload videos, and it is watched by 1 million, Google pays you $ 1000 for every 1 million views on your videos. You can upload funny videos probably on your life as a single mum and tell your friends to say to others. As your views increase, you can sit and wait for your pay cheque. Pretty simple!
3. Freelance Your Skills
Instead of putting in more hours at your day job or taking up a part-time job, you can freelance your skills and make money online and earn an income from the comfort of your home. There are several popular websites where employers post freelance jobs from writing, graphic design and medical transcription to IT gigs and help needed with website building or business promotion. On Freelancer.com you can browse different categories and job listings before “bidding” on projects that you feel confident you can complete. Upwork is one of the most popular platforms, offers various opportunities within the design, web development, recruitment, or writing. Sites such as Rat Race Rebellion have numerous listings of remote work from home jobs that pay about $15 per hour. These are simple jobs such as online chat support, hotel booking assistant that you can do at home as you spend time with your kids.
Mystery Shopper
Companies are continually looking for reviews on their goods and services. It is good to know what they do differently and how to improve your services, to stay on par with your competition. Companies pay a good amount of money to have mystery shoppers test their services. Most of these payments are in cash, and the instructions are straightforward.
Voice Over Acting
It is an exciting side hustle that can pay up to $1000 per hour. If you excel at emulating how people talk, you could try this. You have to learn how to act with just your voice. Some agencies help beginners in creating standard voice demos as well as coaching on the same. Once you learn how to do voice-overs, you can approach radio stations and production companies and see if you can do an ad.
The list of potential jobs is much longer, but now we want to focus on the essential tips for single mums to make money:
Be a role model
A child needs only a good role model in its life that could help to become a quality person as an adult. Buying toys, going to expensive places or spending less time together are not a guarantee that your child will turn right when he/she grows up. A single parent who has to cope with all the problems of life and with this being a parent more often the time spent with your child to take advantage of better than parents who have time to spare, but under conventional means, time spent viewing the screen without any personal communication and entrusting.
Find the perfect rhythm of life that suits you and your child.
Try to adjust your work schedule. You should spend more time with the child and be able to do the housework in the evening when the baby sleeps. Do not be afraid to ask the employer to cooperate, as long as the new arrangement does not impair the quality and quantity of your work.
Pre-plan your free time
If you want to go for a weekend in nature, plan details. Also, if you’re going to devote some time to yourself, go to the hairdresser or to socialize. It is time to look for a babysitter if you do not have anyone who stepped in with childcare.
All the above are examples of simple side hustles/ business ideas that single mums can engage in without putting in too much effort and time. If you are a single mum with a side hustle, we would like to hear from you. Feel free to leave a comment at the end of this post.
by Janelle | Mar 11, 2017
Etsy is an online platform with about 24 million buyers for unique items. These items have to be vintage, crafted, or handmade. Most people selling on Etsy create their things. Others buy their items from other sellers and resell for profit. Selling on Etsy is easy and takes the steps below:Create an
Online Shop
Creating an online shop is a natural step for selling goods online. Most buyers will not concentrate so much on the name of the shop but the goods you are selling, therefore, choose a simple name. After selecting your shop name, create your shop design. Let the model be simple since it does not matter that much. A good logo and brand can help in the design of your shop. If you are excellent in graphic design, you can do it yourself. Otherwise, you can always outsource to someone.
Create Your Listing
Whether the item is unique or handmade craft or handmade gifts, take good photos from different angles and post on your shop. For handmade crafts, you can create beautiful designs in one color and state the different colors they can be available in. Here are a few tricks for best photo results:
Choose a neutral background
- Use props sparingly
- Have a blurred background but focus on your item
- Compare photos of other shops to get ideas of how to take your photos
Pricing Your Items
Etsy charges $0.20 for every item you list on your shop. Etsy also charges a small fee of 3.5% for every sale you make. You also need to put in mind PayPal processing fees for your payments. With all these fees in mind, you can then set the price of your items. Always check what your competitors are selling their items for so that you do not end up under or overpricing your items.
Getting Your First Sale
Having created your product listings, you can sit and wait for clients to reach you or you can market your shop to attract clients to your shop. An excellent way to do this is open a Facebook page or Instagram page and post a promotional link back to your Etsy shop. You can also promote your items on Etsy for more visibility.
What could you sell on Etsy? If you’ve got a idea for making handcrafted gifts, consider selling them on Etsy. It could be baby clothes to woodworking products and more, Etsy store owners can make hundreds of dollars per month or more if they sell a valuable commodity.
Here we will give some tips that you can find on handmadeology.com.
- Make a plan how to sell – You have to determine a plan and start trading with the dedication for achieving your goals. Try to treat your Etsy properly. If you treat your Etsy business like a hobby, you will reap hobby money, but if you treat it like a real online business you will bring in the money you are striving for.
- Create a photo gallery – make photos for your products. After a buyer looks at all five pictures, they should feel like they have picked up the item and looked it over and are ready to take it to the cash register and buy!
- Pricing – Many factors come into play when pricing your items, so knowing your product is crucial.
- Build your brand – invest in your branding. Try to become recognizable. Use social media for promotion.
- Understand your market – if you don`t understand market needs, then your sales on Etsy could be a failure. Always keep up with market news. Be on the top with trends.
- SEO and optimization – keywords and linking are the essential part of SEO, but you should also optimize your shop with other Etsy relevant words.
- Social Media as a part of your general marketing strategies is the cheap and very effective method to achieve your goals.
- Guest posting – One way to increase your network, get more recognition, expand more exposure, contribute to the handmade community, and build backlinks is to write guest articles for blogs.
- Enjoy sales – always make a good atmosphere and try to be creative!
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by Janelle | Mar 8, 2017
To make money on a side hustle or part time jobs, you should be in control of your working schedule and rates for your services. Some services are quite simple to do and take a short time as compared to other more complex tasks. Doing something you are good at is an excellent way to make money. We’ve mentioned some of the ideas below in our other posts here, but we’ve added to the list since then for you!
E-Commerce
Selling on online platforms can be a fast and easy way of online earning. You only create an account on Amazon, eBay or Etsy, upload photos and a brief description of your items with the price and wait for customers to get in contact with you. You do not need huge capital investment for this.
Graphic Design Service
If you are good at designing images and calligraphy, this is a great side hustle for you. You can develop simple custom-made cards, tee-shirts and branding merchandise for companies. You can also partner with website designers to help designers to create graphic designs for their clients as well.
Be an Instructor
Instructors make a decent living off their skills and most transform this side hustles into main jobs. You can instruct on anything that you are good at whether a hobby or a craft. Classes such as yoga or fitness training, music, art are prevalent, and many people will want to enroll in them. If you are a health practitioner, you can instruct on maintaining healthy diets or post and pre-natal care for expectant parents. Think about what you are good at and if you can teach a few classes on the same.
Interpretation Service
Especially if you speak more than one language or can also do sign language as well, this is an excellent service to start. Most conferences and meetings require sign language interpreters for their proceedings. As an interpreter, you can find work anywhere both online and offline. To maximize your multilingual skills, you can also offer private language lessons as well.
Transcription Service
If you love typing and are fast at it, you can convert audio recordings to text. There are many categories of transcribers such as legal, medical among others. You can start as a general transcriber and possibly be more specific in the future. Doctors, Tutors, and lawyers are the best people to start prospecting on. Production companies always need video captioners to subtitle their videos. If you can combine both transcription and video captioning, you can easily make $60 per hour as your side hustle.
Modeling and Stock Photography
People take pictures to capture emotions and memories. You can use your images to make some good money on the side. Shutter bucks is an online site where you can sell your pictures. Photographers are also looking for people who can pose as models for them. You need to be photogenic and great at striking poses to make some online earning.
Human Billboard
Most fast food outlets use human billboards to lure customers into their establishment. If you are not shy to put on a costume and approach passersby, you can try this side hustle. It requires no skills at all, but you should be ready to talk to strangers. Some can be very rude, but most will be polite and make your work easier.
Get paid to Tweet or Like
There are legitimate methods to earn money for likes on Facebook or tweets. Companies that will pay you to tweet their info on your Twitter account are top-rated among twitter community. Recently I have seen the famous chemical company which distributes a toothpaste and other products looking for tweets. Although they didn’t accept my bid, these opportunities show up almost daily. Check out Sponsored Tweets by Izea for more info for how to sign up.
Fill out Surveys
Paid online surveys are a great way to earn money. You can register at platforms which provide the best terms. , However, there are some survey companies which don`t have good credibility. We recommend Harris Poll, Opinion Outpost, and Digital Voice which are really good websites for online surveys to earn money. For more information about online surveys, we wrote before. Check out our previous info.
Bookkeeping
Both online and in brick-and-mortar stores, there are bookkeeping jobs readily available. If you love numbers and enjoy a quiet workspace, this might be the side hustle for you. Check local ads and online job sites such as Indeed, Craigslist for available bookkeeping jobs.
An extra income can help you offset some loans or pressing needs that are not covered you’re your primary source of income. What are you doing making money on the side? You can click here to find our ultimate side hustle work book.
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