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Make Money Online As A Freelance Writer Or Virtual Assistant

February 5, 2016 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 52 Comments

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Hello! I have an extremely informative interview to share with you today that will show you how to make money online as a freelance writer or virtual assistant. My last side hustle interview with Caitlin on how to become a freelance proofreader was quite popular. Due to this, I knew I had to interview another successful friend of mine about a different type of online business that many of you have expressed interest in as well.

Today, I want to introduce you to my friend Gina. She is a professional writer and virtual assistant. In just six months, Gina was able to earn over $4,000 per month as a writer.

In our interview, she shows how this can be a possible career or side hustle choice for you as well.

If you are looking for a new job or even just a side hustle, this may be something for you to try.

Check out the interview below for more information on how to become a freelance writer or virtual assistant.

P.S. She also has a great free writing course as well as a free virtual assistant course if you want to try them out for free. [Read more…]

40+ Side Hustle Ideas and Tips From The Experts

January 25, 2016 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 99 Comments

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40+ Expert Tips, Ways To Make Money On The Side, and Side Hustle Ideas. There are many different ways to make money on the side and many great side hustle ideas. With this post, you'll hear from several experts about how you can make side hustle income. Here on Making Sense of Cents, I talk a lot about different ways to make money on the side and the many great side hustle ideas. I do this because I truly believe that making money on the side can change a person’s life.

After all, learning about different ways to make money on the side changed my life.

My main side hustle a few years ago mainly consisted of me blogging here on Making Sense of Cents. Then, it quickly grew, my income matched and then exceeded my day job income, and I actually made the decision to leave my day job in order to pursue my side hustle full-time.

As you can probably tell, starting a side hustle significantly improved my life and it's something I will ALWAYS be extremely happy about. My side hustle income allowed me to pay off my debt quickly, leave the job I disliked, start working towards my passion, and travel extensively. [Read more…]

Become A Brand Ambassador And Make Extra Money

January 22, 2016 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 34 Comments

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Today, I have a great post that will teach you how to become a Brand Ambassador. If you are looking to make some extra money, this may be the gig for you. Enjoy!

How does getting paid $18-$100 per hour for representing your favorite brands at awesome events sound? What if you made money simply for making people happy at places like Coachella, the Super Bowl, and exclusive trade show conventions?

Welcome to the best kept extra money secret ever!

My name is Kenny Azama, I hold down the fort at BrandAmbassadorWorld.com, and for the past 3 years I’ve been “working” as a Brand Ambassador and making an average of $2,000 per week.

I’ve represented some of my favorite brands such as Nike, Oculus, Samsung, General Mills, and Chevrolet at amazing events such as Comic Con, E3, The Super Bowl, the US Open of Surfing, and Coachella.

If you have a friendly and outgoing personality and want to use it to get into amazing events and make money, this is the perfect job for you! [Read more…]

Make Money Proofreading By Becoming A Freelance Proofreader

January 15, 2016 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 59 Comments

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Hello! Today, I have an amazing interview to share with you that will show you how to make money proofreading by becoming a freelance proofreader. I recently had the chance to interview Caitlin Pyle, the blogger behind Proofread Anywhere, who explains how this may be a possibility for you.

In 2014, Caitlin made slightly over $43,000 by being a freelance proofreader, while also going on several fun vacations.

If you are looking for a new job or even just a side hustle, this may be something that you want to look into.

Check out the interview below for more information on how to make money proofreading by becoming a court transcript proofreader or a freelance proofreader.

Caitlin also has a great FREE 7 day course just for people who want to stop wasting time and start making more money with their proofreading skills. I definitely recommend that you check it out.

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How I Paid Off Over $100,000 in Debt With the Help of eBay and Garage Sales – And How You Can, Too!

November 20, 2015 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 71 Comments

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Hello! Enjoy this blog post from a blog friend of mine. Veronica has an AWESOME story to share and hopefully this post will help teach you how to sell on eBay.

Have you ever hosted a garage sale where people arrived 2 hours early to look through your old junk? Did they seem overly eager to snatch up what you deemed to be garbage?

If this sounds familiar to you, those people probably weren't hoarders-they were ‘flippers,' and that old ‘junk' you just sold to them for 50 cents might have just paid their bills for the month.

My name is Veronica, and I am one of those flippers.

My husband Andrew and I are both full time health care professionals, garage sale ‘flippers', bloggers, and seekers of financial independence. We have been paying our bills with the help of garage sales, estate sales, auctions, and eBay for the past few years, and have made quite a dent in our once-staggering amount of debt!

To date, we have completely paid off $96,500 in student loans, our $15,000 wedding, $5,000 in credit card debt, a $6,500 car, and over half of our mortgage- $76,600 and counting!

No, we didn't receive an inheritance or win the lottery. [Read more…]

Make Money Selling Books – An Easy Side Hustle For Anyone

October 30, 2015 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 27 Comments

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Hello! Enjoy this post about how to make money selling books from a blog friend of mine. You can check out other ideas in my side hustles series here.

I like books. In graduate school, I read a lot of books.

For seven years, I worked at a couple of bookstores and now for at least the past decade I have purchased books at clearance sales, library sales and garage sales and then flipped them on Amazon for profit.

Another strategy that has also proven quite rewarding is by selling books, CD’s and DVD’s at chain bookstores. I know that several franchises, with stores in multiple cities, purchase used books. Half Price Books is one of them. But my experience and specific tips are based upon sales to Hastings Entertainment, although I suspect that most of the strategies I’ll share are applicable to other establishments as well.

While I do buy used books at garage sales, library sales and such, the better deals may occasionally be found at retail establishments.

For a couple of years, I purchased books at one franchise with a local store which would discount new books to as low as 47 cents each. I would purchase a shopping cart load, resell the more valuable books on Amazon, donate certain needed titles to a university library being developed elsewhere, and trade in the majority of the others at Hastings Entertainment.

Then for several years another bookstore, that has since gone out of business (understandably), would discount their new books that had been in stock for a couple of years. They would gradually lower the prices until they would sell a sack full for $15.00. [Read more…]

The Perfect Passive Income Real Estate Investment

October 2, 2015 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 21 Comments

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Hello! Enjoy this blog post from a blog friend of mine.

An investment in REITs offers the benefits of real estate investing without the hassle of buying individual properties. Find out why it should be part of everyone’s investment strategy.

Ever since Will Rogers made his famous quote about real estate investing in the 1930s, people have been lining up for their share of the profits. Few investments have created as many family legacies and created more wealth than real estate.

My own experience in real estate investing started in 2002, just after getting out of the Marine Corps. I took a job as a commercial property agent and started rehabbing single-family houses for rent in my spare time. Of all the passive income strategies in which I’ve invested, real estate has been my favorite,

…and also one of the most frustrating.

Promises of a six-figure income as renters pay off your mortgages and investing strategies that involve little more than collecting your checks are about as far from reality as a bad sci-fi flick. I had as many as six properties before selling all but a couple in 2006. Phone calls come in at all hours of the night for repairs and bookkeeping alone can be a part-time job. [Read more…]

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