Excellent Ways for Stay-at-Home Moms to Earn Extra Money
Being a stay at home Mom is a huge privilege as it benefits our children in so many many ways. That said, some families may feel the stress of only one income, and Mom might feel just a bit more secure in her decision to stay home with the kids if she could also bring in some extra earnings, you know, just a bit. Also, Moms who left the workplace to take care of their kids may just feel better about themselves if they continue to work in some way. Not to worry, with just a bit of effort there are many ways to earn extra income while devoting yourself to your children, you can do it! Keep on reading for some helpful hints to get the gears turning.
While they are certainly happy taking care of their children and home, there are still stay-at-home moms that want to earn some money as well. A traditional 9 to 5 job, even from home, may be virtually impossible to manage along with taking care of children, though there are still plenty of opportunities to be had. Here are examples of just a few of them.
Getting Started
Most of the following jobs require standard office equipment at the least and some dedicated workspace if at all possible. If you don’t immediately have the funds available, do not worry, you can always apply for a personal loan through a private lender. By taking out a loan to help get your work from home dream started, you can finance and repay later on a monthly schedule that works for you.
The Literary Route
If you have writing or editing skills, you may want to choose any number of the online writing opportunities that are available. There are many freelance positions writing content for companies looking to advertise their services or products through informative articles, ghostwriting e-books for those who market certain things, or even writing your own blog. If it can be written, you can make money from it on the internet.
Teaching Others
Everybody has a skill that they can teach others and now is the time that you can take advantage of the opportunity to monetize it. There are things you can teach in person if you so choose such as music, dance, art or fitness, or other topics that can be taught completely online. Whether it is from a free website you have created or by uploading videos to a place like YouTube and offering them on a subscription basis, there are many ways to make money from the knowledge that you already possess.
Entrepreneurial Spirit
If you have a little bit of entrepreneur in you, take a chance and corner a niche market that may be unfulfilled in your area. Unique opportunities such as doing voice work for audiobooks or local commercials, selling thrift store and garage sale finds via online auctions, becoming a mystery shopper, or a freelance photographer. There are many other ideas as well. Literally, almost anything you can think of can be monetized and made successful with a bit of ingenuity and a lot of hard work.
Traditional Positions
If you are more comfortable with more traditional business positions, there are plenty of those that can be done completely at home and online. Customer service agents, transcriptionists, data entry, telemarketing/sales, all of these, and more can be easily done with little more than a laptop computer, Wi-Fi connection, and a quiet workspace.
Daycare
Many stay-at-home moms make the option to take care of other’s children at the same time they are taking care of their own. They figure that since they are already at home with children, why not make a bit of money taking care of a few extra children as well. There is also the added benefit of your children making new friends with the other children.
I hope these ideas have been helpful, and the main thing is to have patience and take it one step at at time to make sure that the children, who are you number one priority always get the care you want to give them!
