When I talk to my friends about financial independence and/or
opening a business, I often get these two excuses:
“I have a full time job already; I don’t have time for a
second job”
or
“I have NO money. I
don’t even have the money to purchase a business license – there is no way I
can begin a business on the side.”
But that’s the great thing about 2013, you don’t have to
take a traditional moonlighting job or make a huge financial commitment like
starting a business to make extra money to achieve your goals. There are so many ways to make money these
days, especially if you have access to a computer or a tablet and WIFI service. In fact, there are many ways to make extra
income and all you need is time, patience and a willingness to make a few
changes in your life.
The key to financial independence is to develop a plan that
will gain
your independence. You realize already
that the things you are doing are not working for you. You have a full-time job, but you are barely
making ends meet. Or you have several
part-time jobs but no benefits for you and your family. Or you’ve been looking for a job and the
economy is just not working for you. Or
you are in a black hole of debt with seeming no foot-holds to get you out of
that dark hole and it feels like you are going to be a slave to it
forever. These common financial
situations or a combination of them often causes one to fall into a state of
hopelessness and helplessness – but there is a way out. I know that when you are mired in such
situations it looks like money is scarce but may I venture to say . . . money
is plentiful and it is all around you.
You just have tap into it and take the correct steps to change your life
and your life’s circumstances.
Let’s look at the steps:
- Set an ultimate goal that will help you gain a better financial footing;
- Make a list of the minimum things you need to begin working on your goal (wish list);
- Make extra money to fund the items on your wish list.
The key to success is to make extra money with a goal in
mind.
This is very important --
otherwise you become like me, caught in a hamster-wheel of life, where situations
keep draining any extra or new money you earn.
Simply put, if you don’t have a clear, concrete idea of what you are
working toward anything that comes up will set you back.
Okay, let’s follow the steps above:
Set and express your goal:
Example: I want to
open a social media consulting business, where I will help small businesses and
organizations in my community develop and expose their brand to a wide
audience. Ultimately, I would like to expand this company to not only allow me
to freely do what I love, but expand the business to hire other love social
media professionals.
Great goal right?
What resources do I need to begin my business?
Computer Laptop $600
to $1700
WIFI (for the year) $600
Smartphone (one year) $500
Business License/Fees $150
Business Cards $50
WIFI (for the year) $600
Smartphone (one year) $500
Business License/Fees $150
Business Cards $50
TOTAL $1900
- $2,800
Great, now I know what I want to do and what I need to begin
– but the big problem is: I don’t have any funds, equipment or resources to
open this business. I have exactly $0.00
to put toward my goal. So how do I raise
funds for this?
Well, I am in luck because if I just open my eyes and look
around. Money is everywhere! And there
are many opportunities out there that will help me make extra income. If I get
to work, within a matter of a few months, I will be able to quickly make the
money I need to purchase a laptop, afford my WIFI, pay my business fees and get
me started.
Use this
list of quick ways to make extra income
What are these quick and easy ways to make extra
income? Well, I have a list of 50 plus
ways to do this. Here are some ways and ideas to begin to make money now.
Arts/Crafts
Create and Sell e-books
Customer Service Reps
Design and Sell T-shirts
Design web logos/web pages
Develop an Online Course
Domain Name Flipping
Event Ticket Sells
Focus Group Participation
Freelance Work
Garage Sales/Virtual Garage Sales
Handyman Services
Help Teachers
Holiday Decorator/Christmas Lights Hanger
Laundry Service
Micro-Jobs (new)
Mother's Assistant
Organize Others
Personal Shopper
Plain Maintenance
Resume Writing
Scrapbooking
Sell Bottled Water
Sell on E-bay
Sell Photographs
Sell Your Gold Jewelry
Sell Your Poop (new)
Sell Your Poop (new)
SEO Writing
Sewing
Squidoo Writer
Staff Special Events/Conventions
Tutoring
Virtual Nurse
Voice/Music Lessons
Wash Cars
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be e x p a n d i n g on each of these
methods of extra income, describing in-depth each method and outlining how to successfully
do these extra money- makers so that you can reach your goal, whether it is
starting a business, getting out of debt, or creating an emergency fund.
But do me a favor . . . let’s help each other out. In the comment section below, tell me:
(1)
Have you tried to make extra money doing any of the above suggestions?
(2) How successful where you?
(3) Do you have any other “making extra money”
ideas that I did not think of?
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