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Survey Junkie Review – Learn How To Make Extra Money In Your Spare Time

Last Updated: July 3, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 4 Comments

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Welcome to my Survey Junkie review!

If you are searching for paid online surveys, then I have an easy site for you to learn more about today.

My Survey Junkie review is going to explain what this site is, how it works, and how you can earn extra money with surveys – which is exactly what I used to do.

Back when I was paying off my student loans, I did a lot of things to make extra money – I sold items on eBay, managed social media for companies, mystery shopped, and took paid online surveys.

The online surveys didn’t make me rich, but they helped me have a little bit of extra money so that I could pay my bills. And, taking online surveys was flexible too – I could do them from home, on my lunch break, on the weekends, whenever.

All I needed was an internet connection.

I am so grateful for the surveys I was able to take years ago, and now there are even more survey companies so even more people can make money online with surveys. [Read more…]

Should I Start A Blog? Here Are The Top Reasons You Will Love Blogging

Last Updated: June 16, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 3 Comments

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Are you wondering should I start a blog? Have you been thinking about starting a blog for a while? Maybe you’re trying to find a way to make extra money?

Today, I want to share why I love blogging so much, and how much it has changed my life over the years. My story may answer your question of should I start a blog.

A lot of people wonder if I started blogging to make extra money.

The truth is that I had no idea you could make money blogging when I started Making Sense of Cents.

I was so clueless when I first started my blog. And, it seemed like a very random thing when I first heard about blogging, but I decided to go ahead and create a blog of my own.

Making Sense of Cents was started simply as a way to keep track of my own personal finance journey. Most people in my life didn’t even know I had a blog. [Read more…]

How A Mother-Daughter Team Made $66,000 From Selling Their Blog in 8 Days

Last Updated: June 18, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 2 Comments

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Interested in learning how to sell a blog? In today’s guest post, Sarah Nuttycombe shares how a blog was sold for $66,000 in 8 days. She shares how you make money from a blog, tips for selling websites, and more.

Most everyone knows you can make money from learning how to start a blog, yet few people know you can make even more money from your blog by selling it.

I’m Sarah Nuttycombe and I’m a Content Specialist with Empire Flippers, the largest curated marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. I want to let you in on the lesser-known world of blog selling and how you can earn a life-changing sum of money for your blog.

A growing number of women are entering this industry and selling their blogs for tens of thousands, and sometimes millions of dollars on our marketplace. Women are doing incredible things with their online businesses, and their journeys are some of the best case studies to learn from.

This is why I’m excited to bring you the success story of a mother and her three daughters who made $66,000 from selling their blog in just eight days. [Read more…]

25 Of The Best Weekend Jobs – Make Money This Weekend!

Last Updated: May 3, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 4 Comments

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Are you looking for the best weekend jobs?

There are several positives of finding weekend work.

Some people like that they are only working on the weekend, but weekend jobs also let you make money in addition to your Monday through Friday job.

Weekend jobs are a flexible way to make money in your spare time, and that’s a great thing for lots of people.

For people with regular 9-5 jobs, you are probably limited with the amount of money you can make at your job, like if you are paid a salary.

A weekend job lets you make money in your spare time.

Or, perhaps you are in school or staying at home with your kids. You need a job that works with your schedule. Finding a good weekend job will fit in with the rest of your life so you can make money in your spare time. [Read more…]

How We Reached Financial Independence Using Airbnb & Real Estate – Plus Strategies During The Pandemic

Last Updated: May 12, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 1 Comment

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Hello! Today, I have a great guest post from Boris and Susan. They purchased their first real estate property in 2017, and became Airbnb hosts. This was a 4-bedroom home that ended up generating them $120,000 in revenue in the first 12 months. They now host close to 10,000 guests per year across all of their properties and do all of this remotely. Below is their story, enjoy!

A foreword given the current state of the world

We wrote this post back in February to describe and share our experience using real estate and Airbnb over the past 3 years to build additional sources of (semi-passive) income. As everyone else, we had no idea that the world would change so dramatically in less than a month after that.

However, although it certainly did change – especially given that the travel and hospitality industry came to a grinding halt and caused a few heartburn-filled weeks – the fundamentals remained valid.

As we’ll discuss towards the end of the article, we’ve been able to make adjustments and pivot in a way that kept our properties occupied, covering costs, and still generating a profit (albeit a smaller one than usually).

The truth is that if we’re looking at a 3-9 months horizon, things will remain challenging and uncertain. However, this was never a short-term strategy for us, as we try to plan for the next 3-10 years and make decisions based on that sort of a timeline. But first, let’s start in the beginning.

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Here’s how it all got started as Airbnb hosts.

For many years, real estate was not really on my radar.

I was happily renting, enjoying the flexibility that it offered, and generally thought of real estate in the context of owning your own home – mainly that it limited your options and didn’t really bring too many positives, other than the hassle of maintenance and doing your own lawn every Saturday.

When I met my wife, Susan, on the other hand, she grew up with a completely different mindset.

When she was growing up in China, the common wisdom was that you should always strive to own your own place as soon as you can afford it.

When she moved to the U.S., she maintained the same viewpoint that owning real estate is a key to becoming financially secure. [Read more…]

How I Make Money Selling Printables On Etsy

Last Updated: July 4, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 8 Comments

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Do you want to learn how to sell on Etsy?

Looking to make money selling printables on Etsy?

Yes, you can sell something like printables on Etsy – and never have to ship a thing!

Creating printables on Etsy can be a great side hustle because you just need to create them once, and you can sell them an unlimited amount of times.

Today, I have a fun interview to share with you. I interviewed my friend Cody on how to sell printables on Etsy. I’ve met him in person a couple of times, and he is full of knowledge, especially when it comes to side hustling!

Cody started with zero graphic design skills and didn’t know how to create printables when he first started. It’s something he learned as he went along. [Read more…]

The Free Blogging Planner Workbook

Last Updated: May 14, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 2 Comments

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Looking for a workbook to get you started with your blog?

The Blogging Planner is a free workbook that I created just for you!

I started my blog, Making Sense of Cents, in August of 2011 and have built a great business.

It allowed me and my husband to leave the day jobs we disliked to pursue something that we loved.

Now, we travel full-time, make a great living (last month we made over $100,000 blogging), have a flexible schedule, have more time to spend with loved ones, and we are able to retire early.

In this free workbook, you’ll receive printables such as:

Start a Blog Checklist – This checklist will help you lay out your ideas and give you a list of things to get started on.
New Blog Post Steps – This sheet will help you think of new content to write, as well as the checklist to remember for each blog post you publish.
Daily or Weekly Blog Planner – This will help you lay out the tasks you need to do each day or week for your blog.
Blog Stats – This page will allow you to visualize and keep track of your blog stats over the year.
Monthly Goals – This part of the workbook will help you to better visualize your goals over the year. This is a great way to lay it all out so that you know what you are working towards!

You can download the Free Blogging Planner Workbook below.

Enjoy!

I also have a free How To Start a Blog Email Course.

I’m sure many of you are interested in starting a blog but aren’t sure where to start. There’s a lot that goes into blogging, but I make it easy with this course.

With this free email course, I will show you exactly how to create a blog, from the technical side (it’s easy – trust me!) all the way to earning your first income and attracting followers. Each day for seven days, you will receive an email in your inbox that will help you create a successful and profitable blog, all from the very beginning.

Here’s a quick outline of what you will learn in this free 7-day email course:

Day 1: Reasons you should start a blog.
Day 2: How to determine what to blog about.
Day 3: How to create your blog. In this lesson, you will learn how to start a blog on WordPress. My tutorial makes it very easy to start a blog.
Day 4: How to make money blogging.
Day 5: My tips for passive income from blogging.
Day 6: How to grow your traffic and followers.
Day 7: Miscellaneous blogging tips that will help you be successful.

You can sign up by clicking on this link, or by entering your information in the form below.

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