- Hey, Angie Nelson here from
theworkathomewife.com.
Recently, someone left a comment on my channel
asking me to share some of the many ways
that I make money from home.
And I'm more than happy to oblige.
So today we're going to be discussing
some of the
many ways that I have earned money from home
over the last 11 years
that I've been working from home full time.
Make sure you stay until the end of the video
to find out how you can learn more about the industries
that we're talking about today,
in addition to some others.
Now if you are new to
my channel or new to my blog,
the work at home wife,
I have been working at home full time since 2007.
So for over 11 years now
I have made full time income from home.
But over those 11 years I have not made my money
in the same ways.
I sometimes joke that
I've had 197 jobs
over the last 11 years.
That may be a little bit of an exaggeration
but maybe not.
I've had a lot of different jobs.
I've tried a lot of different industries.
And that's one thing that I've always really enjoyed about
working from home is that
you're really not nearing your first work at home job.
You really have the opportunity to
try out a lot of different things
that you haven't tried before.
And see if there are different
services and industries that you really enjoy or
that make you more money than others
and where you like to really concentrate your time
in going forward.
And also don't forget that the online world
is constantly changing.
Every year we're seeing different types pf jobs come
online and different companies pop up.
And this is a great way that you can kind of
get your feet wet in a lot of different,
a lot of different service areas
and see what's going to be a great fit for you.
Now my work at home journey actually started
long before I started working from home.
Initially I was involved in things like direct sales
with companies like Arbonne and Tupperware
and that's how I got involved in a lot of the work
at home forums that were going on at that time.
But to be honest with you
direct sales is definitely a legitimate industry.
But I was horrible at it.
Selling was not my, especially in person selling,
was really not my forte.
So, I did not find a lot of success
in the direct sales industry
but being involved in those forums
allowed me to start reading up on some of the other
opportunities that were out there,
and at that time,
I had a full time job that I really loved.
So it was really just like looking for some ways
to make extra money
and that brought me to things like mystery shopping.
And some of the small tasks like this
were available then and are till available now
like Amazon MTurk or Mechanical Turk.
I have a whole video on that here on the YouTube channel.
But that is how I first got involved
in the work at home world.
When I was on my lunch hour
I was doing hits on Amazon MTurk.
And just making a little bit of money there.
And that kind of introduced me to
some of the opportunities that were available there
and some of the services that were needed
such as transcription, and data entry,
things like that that I was doing on MTurk at that time.
And I was just making pennies per task
but it was a little way for me
to make some money on the side
wile I as still having,
holding down that full time job.
Now as I felt more and more out of love with my
full time job I started looking for ways
that I could earn a full time income from home.
And I wanted that to happen rather quickly.
I didn't want to have a long transition.
I was really ready to just leave my day job
and start working from home full time.
So, I started looking for opportunities
that were going to provide me
with that consistent paycheck and paying me an hourly wage
and paying me at a consistent basis.
And that brought me to customer service work.
Now, customer service work
is not most people's dream jobs.
It certainly wasn't mine.
But it was what I was going to do at that time
in order to get my income replaced ASAP.
It was the holiday season.
There were a lot of companies that were hiring.
So I took a job with two different
customer service companies
and I started working from home full time
doing customer service work.
I was on the phones,
doing what I needed to do.
Getting an hourly wage.
Getting that full time paycheck.
And most of the time you're not able,
there are a few companies that do offer full time
customer service positions.
And some of those are even employee positions
that will offer you benefits.
In my case they were two companies that were offering
part time positions.
So I kind had to piecemeal
my way to a full-time check there.
And that's often the case with online work.
Now, while I was working those costumer service jobs
my main priority at that point
was to start my virtual assistant business.
That is one of the things
that was at the top of my priority list.
I didn't want to work costumer service a long time
but I was willing to do it
in order to get that paycheck coming in.
But my goal was to get my virtual assistant business going.
And within a couple of months
of working those costumer service jobs
and doing my VA business on the side,
I was able to leave those costumer service jobs behind
and focus solely on my virtual assistant business.
Now as a virtual assistant,
again, I was doing a lot of different things.
I was going where the work was
and using the skills that I had
in order to make that full-time paycheck happen.
I had a lot of different clients
and I was working with the knowledge
that I had and the demands of my clients
in order to make it work.
I was doing a lot of freelance writing
for a long time that there is still
a huge demand for freelance writing.
For a long time I was working strictly with bloggers,
helping them to make sure that their posts
were written and formatted and scheduled to be published.
I was working on their email newsletters.
I was doing comment moderation on their blogs.
I was doing a lot of different things
that are required to support a blogger's business.
And there is so many bloggers out there today
that are earning a full-time income
and are more than willing to outsource
some of those tasks to others.
So if you have the desire to get involved
in that industry, it may be one that you want to look into,
especially if you do enjoy writing.
With blogging
the majority of
the work is revolving around content creation.
And a lot of time that's written content.
So we're talking about things like research,
writing, formatting, editing.
A lot of those different aspects go into blogging.
So if that's an industry
that you are interested in, you may want to look into that.
I was also
working for a few offline
clients at that time too,
you know, non-bloggers, non-website owners,
you know, people like authors and coaches,
and some different really small solo business owners,
doing some of the things that they needed done
like costumer service.
There were a couple of companies
that I answered their phones like an online receptionist.
And especially when it comes to phone work,
like I said before,
it's not an industry that a lot of people
think that they want to be involved in.
So there is always a lot of demand there.
And a lot of people have trouble
finding someone that can handle their costumer service
or can answer their phones in some of those,
whether they're at lunch or they're taking the day off
and they just need someone to
be on call to answer those phones.
If it's something that you are willing to do,
that may be a service
that you may want to consider offering.
Now during those years as I was a virtual assistant,
I also experimented on some other platforms as well.
I did have services that I offered on Fiverr
that only took me a few minutes to complete.
But it was another platform in which
I could offer my services and get clients.
And at that time there was a big demand
for the services that I was offering.
A lot of those were repeat costumers.
And it was just another way for me to
fill that client funnel
and get some more work.
And that may be something
that you may want to consider as well,
is offering your services
on some of the different platforms that are out there.
But one thing you do need to consider
if you are going to put your services
on a third part site like that
is you do need to consider the fees.
With Fiverr the services that I was offering
they didn't take me more than 10 minutes
at a time to complete.
So between the fees and some of the other things
that were involved, I was still making,
it was still important to make sure
that you're getting a profit.
So you don't want to be offering services
for five dollars that are going
to take you an hour to complete.
You need to make sure that you always have
your bottom line as a top priority.
Now there was also a time during those years
that I was doing data entry for a company.
I don't believe that the company that I was working for
at that time still hires remote workers
but one thing to know about data entry,
as I know it's going to come up in the comments,
it's such a popular industry that there is
going to be a lot of companies that aren't
even going to pay you $3 dollars an hour to do their work.
This company did pay a good wage
but I was also on the wait list for them
for over three years.
And that is pretty typical of data entry work.
It is something that is really entry level
so the companies are either going to offer next to no pay,
or if they are offering a good wage
there is probably going to be a really long wait list.
So that is something that you need to keep in mind.
And it may be, if you have fast typing skills
there are some other great industries that you can consider.
Like transcription.
Now as I was working as a virtual assistant
to other bloggers, I was also building up my own blog.
And that is how I earn a full time income today,
is is strictly from my blogging endeavors,
over at the work at home wife.
And there my income is really diversified,
just as it always has been.
I've always had a lot of different avenues
that are bringing in money.
And that's really the best way
to do it when you are working from home.
You never want to have all of your eggs in one basket.
Because companies do come and go over time.
And it's not unusual to wake up one morning
and the company that you have been contracted with
is no longer in existence,
or they are no longer going
to be contracting remote workers.
So it is something that you really need to have
in the back of your head all of the time.
And make sure that you are diversifying your income
and that you have different avenues
available to you at a moment's notice.
And also that you are saving some money back if you can,
so that you aren't in a bad place
if one of these incidents should happen.
And getting back to my blog, you know,
some of the ways that I have diversified my income
over there is through affiliate marketing.
There are a lot of products
that I promote on my blog that I earn a commission
if someone clicks over and signs up or
makes a purchase.
I also do sponsored posts from time to time.
That's not really my favorite way to make money
but it is something that can be lucrative
in the right situations.
I also have ads up on my site
that earn me money.
And from time to time over the years
I've also sold my own products,
whether it's eBooks or courses.
And those can be a great way to earn money trough your blog.
And blogging also brought me to YouTube
and this is another way that I've diversified my income.
YouTube pays me.
I make money here through the ads
that they place on my videos.
So this is just another way that I am monetizing
my online life and making sure that I do have a lot
of different avenues that are coming in
and helping contribute to my bank account.
And over the years I've had a lot of other things
that I use to make money on the side.
From time to time I will do some online flipping.
I had a video here recently where I talked about
how I had sold some books often
I had on my bookshelf that I'm no longer going to read.
I sold those and earned some fast cash that way.
I've also sold things on eBay or Poshmark
in order to just make some extra cash.
It's not something that I do regularly
but if there is something that I have laying around
that's worth some money
that I no longer want
I'll go ahead and list it online for sale.
That's a great way to make some fast cash.
And I always make sure that I am getting cash back
whenever I am shopping if I can.
I use a lot of these great apps
that are available today like Ebates or Ibotta
that are paying me cash back
for some of the purchases that I have to make.
If you are going to be shopping these days
you may as well see
if you can any get cash back from those purchases.
And as always you are probably doing surveys right now
for a little bit of extra cash.
And those are some ways
that I still have in existence today.
Swagbucks is still a great little site that I use frequently
in order to make some extra money that I can.
I use most of my Swagbucks earnings for Amazon gift cards.
But they will also pay you through a PayPal
if you redeem your earnings that way.
Otherwise, can get gift cards
to a lot of great popular sites.
And while we're talking about legitimate surveys
Pinecone Research is another one
that you may want to look into
if you're not already a panelist there.
That was one of my first
the first surveys that I signed up for.
Back in the day it was really hard
to get into Pinecone Research.
But it is a great little survey site.
They pay $3 dollars per survey.
It is not going to be something
that you are going to get a ton of surveys from.
But $3 is pretty nice when those surveys do pop up.
And it is a legitimate survey site
that you can get involved in as a panelist.
And I'll make sure to leave a link
to that in the description below.
Now, as I said in the beginning of this video
and as you can see from all of the different jobs
that I have had over the years,
you are not marrying your first work-at-home job.
Take the opportunity to try out some different industries
and see if there are different things that you like.
You know maybe you don't have the best typing skills
so something like transcription or data entry
is going to be out of the picture for you.
And that's perfectly fine.
There is probably going to be another industry
that is going to be a great fit for you
based on your individual skills and interest.
So take some time to try out some different things
and different opportunities.
You know, research some of the ideas that are out there.
I would caution you against doing too much research.
Sometimes we get into that rut,
where we overthink things to the point
that we never get started in anything.
So make sure that you are being
cognizant of that little fact there.
And make sure that you are moving forward all of the time.
If something isn't working out,
move on to the next thing.
There are going to be some work at home jobs
that pay great and some that don't.
There is going to be some that are really flexible
and some that aren't.
There is just a lot of variety out there.
There is something to fit everyone's needs.
You just need to take the time to.
Take the time to find it.
Now we have gone over a lot of different things today
so if you do have questions about a specific topic,
make sure that you leave me a comment below.
I'm more than happy to answer it
and to direct you to some further resources
on specific industries if you need them.
Or maybe create a video in the future about
a specific industry if there is one
that I haven't covered yet.
So go ahead and leave me a comment below
with any questions that you have.
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Until then, I wish you best of luck
in your work at home job search.
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