Ok, let me tell you - I am super excited about today's post because it's something I've been thinking about for quite some time. You see, when people hear I'm a blogger, they assume I'm great at photography. That's because many bloggers have craft or food blogs, and their success depends 100% on their ability to take good pictures of their creations. I am sorry to say I don't have the photography skills to be one of those bloggers (I still to writing about making money online, holidays, and having fun as a family), and I rely nearly 100% on stock photography that I purchase to accompany Keep Reading
The Money Making Theorem: How to Set Income Goals So You Can Earn $1000+ Extra Each Month
I have secret to tell you. It relates to your relationship with money. This isn't something I see many people talking about online. Actually, there aren't many people who talk about making money online in the first place. And the ones who do don't really cover this topic. What I am about to tell you in the post will change the way you look at making money for the rest of your life if you let it. Here we go..... The ability to earn extra money starts with a mindset, not necessarily a skill set. What do I mean? Let me explain. The money-earning mindset is this: Ever heard of Keep Reading
How to Make Saving Money & Making Money Fun!
I often find myself worrying about money. Do you? Do you wish you could have a life where you weren’t under financial strain? I can go weeks without really worrying about our family finances, but then I realize that I’m spending too much in one area or find myself wishing I could go on a trip I can’t really afford. That’s when I realize that we’re sometimes cruising along for the ride, not really having a full picture of our finances. And then I start to get stressed about it. This stress spills over into my relationship with my husband and taints the time I spend with my kids. My Keep Reading
October 2015 Blogging Income Report – How I Make Money with My Blog
How is everyone’s 2016 going so far? If you’re anything like me, you’re going strong on some new blogging goals for 2016. I met my ultimate 2015 goal in mid-December when I *finally* published my long-awaited ebook on blog traffic. I waited so long to publish the darn thing that the title was no longer correct – it originally read “How I Increased My Monthly Page Views from 17K to 350K in 9 Months, but because I published it several weeks after passing the 400K threshold, I ended up adding a + to the 350! I don’t like things to be technically incorrect, so that made me feel better. Keep Reading
3 Weekend Jobs That Pay $500 or More Extra Per Month
Today I'm proud to introduce a new guest writer on the blog - my brother, Charles "Chuck D!" He is here to talk about a subject he is an expert in - making extra money on the side! Take it away, Charles! My sister wrote previously about the 7 Ways You Can Make an Extra $500 to $1000 per Month, and I would like to elaborate on some simple, but non-conventional ways that anyone, I mean ANYONE, can make a extra few dollars. If you have a full time or a part time job you already do during the week, then sometimes you just want to add another side gig you can do on the weekends to bring Keep Reading
How I Make $3000+ Per Month Blogging ~ July 2015 Income Report
Maybe you're just thinking about starting a blog. Or maybe you're a blogger who's wondering how to make money from this blogging adventure....this post is for you! Find out how to make $3000 per month or more! Background of WhatMommyDoes Writing online is something I've been doing for 7.5 years. Writing on my own blog is something I just started taking seriously in September 2014. I started this blog in 2010, blogged sporadically for a bit, then took off several years in between and after having babies 2 and 3. I picked back up on blogging just after my youngest turned 2 and I Keep Reading
Christmas Wreaths to Make and Sell for the Holidays
As the holidays are approaching, I know many people are thinking about being able to afford Christmas presents. I love helping people figure out ways to make money, so I've been brainstorming easy ways to come up with extra cash for Christmas. The obvious solution hit me today - make and sell Christmas wreaths leading up to the holidays! Everybody with a front door needs one, and they are fun to make. DIY Christmas Wreaths to Sell for Extra Cash - 10 Ideas The ten Christmas wreaths pictured above are listed below with descriptions to help you figure Keep Reading
How to Make Money Selling Custom Baby Apparel & Workout Merchandise
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Customized Girl for Moms Affiliate. All opinions are 100% my own! Ya’ll know I love finding new ways to make extra money. Today I found another great option. It’s a cool website, Customized Girl, where anyone can create designs (tees, tanks, sweatshirts, bags... lots of stuff) and post them for sale in a personalized online store. How to Get Started Making Money with Customized Girl Creating a storefront with Customized Girl is pretty simple! From start to finish, I was all set up with my storefront (and 3 custom creations!) in about Keep Reading
A Super Simple Way to Earn Money
I am compensated for this post by Bing Rewards. All opinions are my own. Regular readers of WhatMommyDoes already know that I love sharing simple tricks for saving money and making money. Today I found yet another way to make money. It’s through Bing Rewards, and it couldn’t be simpler! Super Simple Way to Earn Money by Surfing the Web Bing Rewards is a neat program that allows you to get paid doing something you already do on a daily basis – SURF THE WEB. Seriously. I signed up so I could test it for myself, and found it really easy to do. Before I started, I looked up what Keep Reading
7 Ways to Make Money Helping Your Elderly Neighbors
When I was 19 years old, I lived with my 90-year-old grandmother. It was the best thing for me....I got to spend time with her and listen to all of her wonderful stories about growing up in the 1910s, 20s, and 30s. I would help her with all kinds of things around the house, anything she couldn't physically do herself. Even though she was mentally perfectly fine to live on her own, her phsyical capabilities couldn't keep up with the demands of keeping a home. This time with my grandmother opened up my eyes to all the things that the elderly need help with. I thought it would be nice to Keep Reading
How to Get $15 in Cash Signup Bonuses Right Now
WhatMommyDoes readers know I love sharing great deals of all kinds! I'm always on the lookout for ways to save money or make money. I recently located a few different websites that pay you $5 just for signing up. Here they are! $5 Signup Bonus Offer #1 The first website that offers a $5 signup bonus is Swagbucks. Swagbucks is a leading online rewards site that gives free gift cards to its members for completing online activities like taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos and playing games. They have awarded over $65 Million in rewards to Keep Reading
13 Ways to Make Money as a Virtual Assistant to Bloggers
As I mentioned in my post 7 Ways to Make $500-$1000 per Month, if blogging is a great way to make money, then offering virtual assistant services to bloggers is the fast track way to make money online. Bloggers are a busy bunch. Lots of us are parents and juggle managing a blooming online business with taking care of our kids and managing our homes. Managing a blog can be a job in itself, so the more popular your blog becomes, the more you need to do to keep it running. It wasn't until I became a blogger that I realized just how big of an industry it is. Thousands and thousands Keep Reading
5 Survey Websites That Actually Pay You
As a continuation of my post 10 Ways Moms Can Make Money on the Side, I decided to investigate survey websites as an option. Years ago, I kind of wrote them off as scams because I never seemed to be able to "qualify" for any surveys despite turning over my personal information up front. These days, survey websites are more well known and after so many personal friends have mentioned them to me as a real way to make extra cash, I figured it was high time I gave them another shot. This is my quest for survey sites that actually pay. Way to Make Extra Cash - Survey Websites Note: Survey Keep Reading
A Stupid Easy Way to Make Money
Looking for an easy way to make money fast? Everyone who knows me personally knows I ALWAYS find crazy ways to make money. I just love the thrill of trying out new things, and am extra stoked when I can make money doing it. There is one simple way that I make at least a few hundred dollars per year that I try to tell everyone about! It really is SO CRAZY EASY, it's kinda silly! RELATED POSTS How I Make $5,000+ per Month from My Blog January 2016 Income Report - $9,997 A Really Easy Way to Make Money My around the holidays is a website you've probably heard Keep Reading
5 Websites That Will Buy Gift Cards for Cash
Did someone give you a gift card for your birthday or Christmas that you could use, but you’d really rather have the cash instead? Well, these days you’re in luck because there are lots of places to sell gift cards for cash instantly. At first glance, it seems wrong to exchange your unwanted gift card for cash, but sometimes the most well-intentioned gift giver gets is wrong. If you don’t need clothing, but are always short on gas money, then gift card buy-back websites could be a nice solution for you. Sometimes you just don't need that H&M gift card or Walmart one and you'd rather Keep Reading
