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How To Make Extra Money By Starting A Home Bakery

Last Updated: March 9, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 2 Comments

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Do you want to learn how to make extra money by starting a home bakery business? Here’s the equipment needed to start a bakery, food laws, tips on pricing your baked goods, and more. Please enjoy this guest post from Denise Treco. Denise ran a home bakery as a side hustle, and today she is here to help you learn how to start a successful home bakery business as well. Enjoy!

If you love to bake, you probably had some friend or family member tell you should open a bakery.

Maybe that is your ultimate dream—whether it is or not, there is a way to take your passion for baking and turn it into a profitable side hustle. I am talking about a home bakery.

Under cottage food laws, which vary by state, you can operate a home bakery. Before I go deep into the details of starting a legal home bakery, I will share a little bit about my bakery experience.

I became a first-time homeowner so that my mom could live with me after my dad passed away. You know how everyone tells you owning a house can be expensive with repairs, taxes, etc.? Well, everyone was right.

I found myself in a position where I needed to make extra money outside of my 9-5 job as a marketing director for a nonprofit to support my mom and me.

I guess I should go back a little further to say how much I enjoy baking.

I was the person in my family who brought dessert for every holiday gathering or friend’s party and always made a birthday cake for my colleagues. [Read more…]

How To Get Your Blog Featured In The Media, Magazines, News, and More

Last Updated: February 15, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 4 Comments

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Are you looking to grow your blog and business?

No matter what type of business you run, being featured in the media can improve your market reach, page views, income, and more.

How To Get Your Blog Featured In The Media

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Today, I’m excited to introduce you to Selena Soo.

Selena has landed publicity and been featured in places like Forbes, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, and Inc., Entrepreneur On Fire, Smart Passive Income, and more.

I have heard amazing things about Selena over the years, and we randomly connected one day when we realized that we were both in a small town in Puerto Rico at the same time for several months.

Media features are something that I’m always extremely happy to land, and I know that they do wonders for a blog. In fact, in 2021, I am hoping to land even more features. I have been featured on Oprah, Reader’s Digest, Forbes, CNBC, Business Insider, and so much more.

Due to that, I know how valuable media mentions are!

You can see many of my features here, and as you can see, I have put a lot of time into it over the years.

All the time I am asked how I have so many features in the media…. [Read more…]

16 Free Work From Home Courses & Resources

Last Updated: July 19, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 4 Comments

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Trying to find free work from home courses? Would you like to learn how to work from home?

Today, I have a great list of free online courses, plus webinars and ebooks that will help you learn how to start your own home business.

If you’re looking to make extra income or a full-time living, working from home can be a great idea for you to learn more about.

For me, I love being able to work from home. I have been working from home for over 7 years now, and I wouldn’t change a thing!

Many people enjoy working from home for reasons such as eliminating your commute, making extra money from home, being your own boss, having a more flexible schedule, and so on.

Also, around 50% of U.S. businesses are now based at home, and that number is expected to to grow.

There are lots of valuable paid online courses for work from home jobs, but if you’re not sure about an idea, you might not want to invest any money just yet. [Read more…]

How I Earned Up to $4,000 Per Month Baking Dog Treats (With Zero Baking Experience!)

Last Updated: June 20, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 10 Comments

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Hello! Are you interested in starting a dog treat bakery business? Well, good news, this article will tell you what you need to know. Plus, you can sign up for this free training workshop that will teach you how to start your own side hustle baking and selling dog treats.

Hi! My name is Kristin Larsen, and I run Believe in a Budget, a blog about personal finance and my experience with various side hustles. (It feels like I’ve tried them all over the years!)

As I’ve written about before here on Making Sense of Cents, my favorite online side hustle is working as a Pinterest virtual assistant. Managing Pinterest accounts is a great way to earn an income entirely online.

But today, I’m here to talk about a completely different side hustle, one that can be run entirely offline if you want (or entirely online, or a combination!).

While I love being able to work from home (or anywhere) on my computer, there is something to be said about stepping away from the computer and doing work that doesn’t involve the ‘virtual world’ – work that requires you to move around a little instead of being planted in front of a screen all day long!

In the case of this side hustle, it involves moving around the kitchen baking up beautiful and delicious dog treats. [Read more…]

7 Myths About Work From Home Jobs & What It’s Really Like

Last Updated: December 7, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 1 Comment

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I have been working from home or while traveling full-time since around 2013, and since then I have heard so many myths about work from home jobs.

Some of the things that I’ve heard over the years include:

“Working from home must be boring.”

“You must have so much free time to get chores done!”

“Aren’t all work from home jobs scams?”

“Working from home isn’t a real job”

Whether you work for yourself and your office is in your home, or if you telecommute and work for someone else, I’m sure you’ve heard some of these myths about work from home jobs as well.

Truth is, so many people think that working from home is something different, until they get to experience it. [Read more…]

20 Of The Best Entry Level Work From Home Jobs

Last Updated: August 3, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 8 Comments

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Looking for entry level work from home jobs?

Are you wondering, “How can I work from home with no experience?”

I know it may seem like every job out there today requires several years of experience. This makes it very difficult to find a job, especially if you are brand new to the field and trying to get your start.

It can be difficult to find a way to make money from home when you are brand new, but it’s not impossible to find entry level work from home jobs.

Everyone has to start somewhere, and if you want to start working from home, then I have a great list of no experience work from home jobs for you to look into.

Now, just because these jobs, businesses, and ways to make extra money don’t require experience, it does not mean that they will be easy! Remember, good things don’t come easy.

You may have to learn a new skill, take a course, and so on. [Read more…]

15+ Crazy Deals For Bloggers and Those Wanting To Work From Home

Last Updated: December 1, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 3 Comments

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are now over, so I have removed the deals as they are outdated.

If you are looking for freebies, I have listed free courses and resources below:

Enjoy!