Did you know you can make money donating plasma? Not only do you get a great feeling from helping your fellow humans (more below!), but you can actually make good money doing it. First, why is there a need for plasma and why are companies like BioLife willing to pay you for yours? (Note: this […]
Amazon FBA Business: make money at home with the largest online retailer
I’m so intrigued by this last post in the series on using your tax refund to start a home business. My guest today is Kim Coghlan. Kim and her husband Perry run an Amazon FBA business. And they manage their business while raising 13 kids! I’ve been following Kim online for many years. Her blog […]
Start an Etsy Business: how to make money from your designs
This is the third post in this series on how to use your tax refund to start a home business. If you’ve ever wanted to start an Etsy business, this interview is for you! Etsy is the marketplace for creative types who want to showcase their goods to the world. Etsy business owners sell all […]
Making Money With Rover
This month, I’m doing a series on how moms can use their tax return to start a business from home. This first interview is about making money with Rover. If you’re unfamiliar, Rover.com is like the Uber of dog-sitting. It matches pet owners with caretakers. Pet lovers go to Rover.com to find someone trustworthy to […]
Use your tax return to start a business at home: interviews with work at home moms
This post is the first in a series. The topic? How to use your tax return to start a business at home. Why am I talking about this? Why Use Your Tax Return To Start a Business at Home? As I have written about before, economic dependence is dangerous. A home business allows a woman […]
My biggest money mistakes and what I now do differently
It’s embarrassing to talk about your biggest money mistakes, but I’m writing this anyway. Hopefully it will help others avoid the blunders I made. My husband and I sometimes talk about the fact that we’ve spent the last several years undoing the damage we did from poor decisions in early adulthood. For example, we spent 5 […]
How to invest small amounts of money, even on a tight budget
One of the regrets I have about how I’ve handled money in my life? That I didn’t start investing earlier. I didn’t know how to invest small amounts of money. (Because small amounts were all I had!) Wait, I take that back. When I was very young I worked at Starbucks. A portion of my […]
Diversifying Your Online Income: how to protect yourself from the changing internet
Some of my readers have online businesses or are interested in the topic. I’m sharing something that’s become increasingly important to anyone who works from home, and that is: the importance of diversifying your online income. Diversifying Your Online Income: why? Things change online, quickly. Social media outlets change what they show your audience. Google […]