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The Best Online Tutoring Jobs – A Flexible Way To Make More Money

November 6, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 1 Comment

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Looking to find one of the best online tutoring jobs from home?

There are a variety of work from home tutoring jobs, from teaching English to helping students with their homework.

You might spend 30 minutes teaching a lesson, a few minutes answering questions online, or working one-on-one with a student in a video lesson.

These jobs can be very rewarding because you are helping people learn new things – this is one of the best feelings in the world!

In addition to being rewarding, online tutoring jobs are very flexible ways to earn money.

You get to pick the times and days that work for you so you can work around your full-time job, while you care for your kids, and more. [Read more…]

How To Start As A New Freelance Writer

September 27, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 5 Comments

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Today, I want to introduce you to Laura Pennington Briggs. She is a former teacher turned freelance writer and author.

She has delivered two TEDx talks on the freelance economy and is the author of “How to Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business” with Entrepreneur Press.

In our interview, she talks about how she started freelance writing in 2012 and just a year later she had gone full-time and was making a great income from it. She also shares how this is a great way to make extra money or even as a full-time career.

Check out the interview below for more information and be sure to check out Laura's book on how to become a freelance writer – Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business: The Complete Guide to Starting and Scaling from Scratch.

Want To Make Money From Home? Here Are 17 Of The Best Online Jobs

September 17, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 6 Comments

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Are you looking to find one of the best online jobs out there?

Luckily for you, in today's world, there are actually quite a lot of online jobs that pay well.

Some of the best online jobs are work from home jobs that involve you working for someone else, or you may be able to even start your own business.

And, yes, many people earn a full-time income while working online jobs from home.

So, if you are looking to start making extra money or if you want a new career path that lets you earn money from home, this list of best online jobs is especially for you.

My hope is that what you read in this article will spark your interest and possibly inspire you to learn how to earn money from home. [Read more…]

21 Ways You Can Learn How To Save Money In College

August 12, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 4 Comments

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Looking to learn how to save money in college? With ever rising college costs, it can really help your current and future finances if you learn how to save money.

Tuition for an in-state public college averages around $25,290. Private college tuition costs twice as much, at an average of $50,900, according to Value Penguin. If you want to go to an elite, four-year university, the cost jumps to $68,000 per year.

And, if you're going to college for something like medicine or law, you may end up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years that you are in school.

As you can see, college can be very expensive.

However, I want you to know that you can learn how to save money in college so you can get a valuable college degree on a realistic budget. [Read more…]

How To Make $300+ Weekly As An Online Tutor With Course Hero

August 1, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 12 Comments

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Are you looking for a flexible side hustle as an online tutor? If so, read through this Course Hero review to find out how you can start earning around $300 a week as a Course Hero tutor, with top online tutors earning $500 a week. And, it’s all from the comfort of your home.

Course Hero is a website that helps high school and college students with course-specific questions.

Using the website, students connect with Course Hero tutors on a wide range of subjects and classes, which makes this a great side hustle for people with different educational backgrounds and experience.

Tutors earn an average of $3 for each question they answer on Course Hero. Earning between $12-$20 per hour, Course Hero tutors earn an average of $300/week. [Read more…]

How I Made Money Blogging From Home In June 2019

July 10, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 18 Comments

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Welcome to June 2019's business report where I show you how I made money online and traveled full-time last month. It's time to look at this month's update and see how I did.

If you're new to Making Sense of Cents, you may be wondering why I would want to publish my business report each month.

This all started out as my extra income report because, in the beginning, it was all about the money I was earning from my side jobs. In my side income reports from the beginning, I included all of the income I made except for what I made at my day job.

However, I left my day job as a financial analyst in October of 2013 and now my monthly business reports consist of the many ways I earn a living with my business. [Read more…]

10 Powerful Lessons That Every Freelancer Needs to Know

June 5, 2019 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 5 Comments

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Hi, it’s Ariel, Michelle’s editor. Over the past couple of years you’ve seen me here on Making Sense of Cents talking about real life frugality, staying in a small house, and editing and writing strategies. Last year, I turned my freelance side business into my full-time job.

It’s been nearly a year since I went full-time with my freelance editing and writing business (you can read more about that here).

The learning curve has been steep at times – I had (okay, sometimes have) absolutely no clue how to run a business. More often than not, I turn to Google for advice, searching for things like “how to file estimated quarterly taxes” and “how to set your freelance writing rates.”

There are best practices, but if there’s an official rulebook for freelancing, I haven’t been able to find it. [Read more…]

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