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How I Make $2,000+ Monthly Selling Canva Templates

Last Updated: April 21, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 Comments

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Do you want to learn how to sell Canva templates?

Looking to know how to make money selling Canva templates?

You can start creating Canva templates to sell and make money all from your home – and never have to ship a thing.

Creating Canva templates can be a great way to make extra money 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 a reader of Making Sense of Cents, Maliha, on how to sell Canva templates.

Working just a few hours a week, Maliha is able to earn $2,000 each month from selling Canva templates online.

Are you wondering questions such as:

What exactly is a Canva template? What is Canva?
Can I sell Canva templates?
How do I sell my designs on Canva?
Who buys Canva templates?
How can I learn how to make templates to sell?
Can someone with no tech skills make a Canva template?

Today’s interview will help you get started and perhaps even introduce you to a new way to make extra income.

You can learn even more by checking out Maliha’s course – Side Income with Canva Templates. You can use coupon code MICHELLE2021 for 20% off. This deal starts today and ends on April 25, 2021, and you can use it on the full purchase, not on the payment plan. [Read more…]

How I Flip Garage Sale Items On eBay As A Side Hustle

Last Updated: April 16, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - Leave a Comment

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Hello! Please enjoy this article from a reader, Rush Walters, on how he flips garage sale and auction items on eBay as a side hustle to make extra income.

Depending on who you ask, there are pros and cons to being a high school teacher. One con: income, One pro: having summers off.

Both my wife and I are teachers in a small mid-Missouri town. During my first year (2015) as a high school teacher and head boy’s tennis coach I was making a whopping $38,000 a year.

Needless to say, the budget was tight some months.

When I got married in 2018, I thought a second income would be very helpful, but a second salary would not come until 2019. Long story short, my wife is from Bolivia and was not able to legally work for a year until she received her permanent residency status (green card).

Two people living off of one middle-class paycheck, let alone a teacher’s paycheck, was challenging. Thankfully my wife and I were decent at budgeting, and have been using a successful budgeting process since we have been married, but I’ll save that story for another day. [Read more…]

How I Changed My Financial Future And Made $50,000 Writing From Home

Last Updated: March 26, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 7 Comments

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Hello! Today, I have a great article to share from a reader of Making Sense of Cents. Kate earned $50,000 from writing novels in 2020. This all started when her car was repossessed in early 2020, and her and her husband ended up living in their vehicle. By August of 2020, they were able to rent a brand new townhome and buy a car in cash, all without her husband having to return to work. Below is her story of how she changed her financial future. Enjoy!

In January of 2020, I was forced to quit my job as a graphic artist for a local firm. The pay was decent, as were the hours, but my health issues were worsened by the stress of a “real” work environment.

I had published a few books in 2019 with little success, but I assured my husband, Jacob, that I would do better in 2020 with a rapid release schedule, which is releasing a book every thirty days or so to combat Amazon’s algorithm.

My highest royalty month to that point had been December, and I made $88 from my Young Adult books.

Still, I had hope.

I’d just discovered an extremely niche genre of romance, and readers were hungry for more. I wasn’t sure if I could write the steamy scenes I saw in many of the books I test-read, and I didn’t know if I’d hit the other tropes well enough. [Read more…]

How To Make $100 A Day – 23 Real Ways To Make Extra Money

Last Updated: April 19, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 Comments

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Looking to learn how to make $100 a day?

If learning how to make $100 a day is one of your financial goals, then know that it’s a very realistic goal!

There are many ways to make $100 a day, from side jobs you can work from home to different ideas for selling things online.

Learning how to make extra money can completely change your life, whether you want to learn how to make $100 a day or have another goal.

Maybe $100 a day is your goal because it’s enough for you to live off of. Perhaps $100 a day is what you need to reach your retirement savings goals, it could help you pay off your debt quickly, and more.

Learning how to make $100 a day might help you reach a short-term savings goal too, like saving up for a down payment on a house, saving for a vacation, buying a car, and so on.

There are many reasons why you might want to learn how to make $100 in a day!

Think about it: earning $100 a day could be life changing. Whether you make that every day, every month, Monday-Friday, or just every once in a while. [Read more…]

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…]

16 Free Work From Home Courses & Resources

Last Updated: March 31, 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: February 27, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 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…]

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