It has been nine months since I took the leap into blogging. I started my blog because I struggled to find a legitimate work-at-home job and many are seeking to work from home and struggling to find legitimate ways to make money.

I never expected to reach this point in such a short period. I am happy and grateful that I am making a significant income from my blog in just nine months.

But this was entirely possible because from day one I focused on the traffic. I knew that getting traffic would be a big challenge. Apart from giving helpful content to my readers, I focused really hard on driving traffic to my blog.

And here we are after nine months; I am over 100k page views per month. Though the traffic goes up and down, I know what helped me to reach to this point and I can work more on traffic driving strategies.

So what is getting me this traffic?

Pinterest

I know you might have heard this million times, Pinterest is the major traffic referral for many blogs. (more…)

Sometimes, when you work from home, you want to get paid sooner than waiting for the month to finish. After all, working from home is supposed to be flexible in most of the ways, even when it comes to getting paid. It is convenient to have some money in hand in case of any emergency or any urgent need.

So, today I am making a list of work-at-home companies which pay mostly in a week’s time. All of these companies are in different categories, and they might not be hiring at this point but keep checking and apply when they have openings.

Quicktate

Quicktate is a transcription company which pays weekly through PayPal. They mostly work on voicemail messages, memos, legal files, medical records, etc. They do have a background check before you get recruited.

Transcribe

This is a transcription company hiring transcribers to work on business meetings and other varied types of work. They have an assessment which you need to pass before getting hired. The payment is made on daily basis and is through PayPal. (more…)

I started my blogging side hustle about nine months ago while I was still working on my work-at-home job. At first, it was too overwhelming and too confusing to get things done on time and catch my breath.

It eventually took me some time to discipline myself to effectively get the work done on both fronts and still have time for myself and my family.

Side hustling is becoming a necessary thing these days; you won’t find anyone who isn’t into something else other than their day job. If you are getting an extra income doing something you like, then why not?

But with the hustle comes a lot of WORK and you seriously need to focus on how to manage a hustle and job and still be good at them.

Here are some things you can do to make it work for you,

Have a plan

Always. You cannot jump into this without having a proper plan of what you want to achieve out of this. When you start a side hustle, you need to ask yourself, is this only a hobby or are you having a long term plan of making this a future potential business. These questions define the way and the time you give to your hustle. Having an idea of your workflow helps you to make your decisions quicker without unnecessary delays. (more…)

Today, I have a very unique side hustle interview with Alexandra Kenin of Urban Hiker SF. She started a successful side hustle as a tour guide and now earns around $2,000 to $8,000 per month from it. That’s an awesome income for a side hustle.

This can be a great side hustle if you love traveling or you have some extra time on hand.

Let’s find out more,

Please tell us about yourself and your background?

I’m Alexandra Kenin and I live in San Francisco. For work, I’m an employee of Wordsmithie, a content and design agency. I also run a tour company called Urban Hiker SF that helps people explore the stairways, hills, and hiking trails of San Francisco.

Before I started working at Wordsmithie and creating my tour business, I worked at Google as a Product Marketing Manager. Working at Google was wonderful in many ways, but required commuting up to 1 ½ hours each way to/from work. It was also a large company and I felt like I couldn’t see the impact I was having on people’s lives (if any). (more…)

Today, I am excited to share my monthly blog and income update with all of you. I started publishing income reports from the 3rd month of my blogging, and it has been quite a journey till now.

This is my 9–month income report, and there are so many things I want to share which are going on with my blog. It has been very exciting and a busy month as I have been learning so many things.

Right from changing my posting frequency to working on different social media, I have been experimenting a lot of things with my blog. I firmly believe testing new strategies helps a lot in the blog growth.

This month has been quite good for me with regards to income and traffic, and I will be sharing how my traffic is finally picking up.

If you are thinking of starting a blog, just do it. I took the leap and started my blog, and now I am making significant income from it. It took time and hard work, but it is all worth it. I have a very easy step-by-step guide to start a blog even if you are not a techie. So, go ahead and start your money-making blog. (more…)

I firmly believe that all of us need side hustles along with our full-time job. And today, I am going to share with you all a big list of side hustles that you can do along with your job.

Whether it is to supplement your income or learn a new skill or just as a hobby, having a side hustle can give you a good side income.

Starting a side hustle also means that first, you evaluate yourself at what you are good at, it can be anything from teaching to organising to making online courses.

My side hustle is blogging, and it has been a very profitable. I never imagined my blog would be giving me a sustainable income and I am very pleased that I started it.

Blogging

I am quite happy that I started this side hustle along with my work-at-home job. The biggest plus of this flexible work-at-home online hustle is the possibility of having a high income. I am currently earning around $4000 with my blog, and all this is along with my job. There is no need for any technical knowledge, just follow this step-by-step guide and start your blogging hustle. (more…)

Today, I have an interview which might be a great side hustle for you. I am happy to interview Jenn of Drink Coffee and Prosper about making money with an E-commerce store. She earns around $19,000 per month from her online store and teaches others how to do it with her course.

Let’s find out how she did it,

Please tell us about yourself and how you started in the e-commerce business?

I’m an Army brat, wife to a Navy vet and mama to a special needs preschooler. I always dreamed of owning my own business one day but it wasn’t until I was in my twenties working in a corporate job that I hated, that I knew it was time to get serious about this entrepreneurship thing.

I was working in a high stress job, 10-12 hour days. I used to collapse when I got home, sometimes missing important quality time with my family because I was so exhausted.

The last year in that job I decided to start an online retail store. I started selling in a marketplace, called Storenvy. I was surprised that I got around 25 sales pretty fast. I kept at it and eventually moved to Shopify. (more…)

There are so many ways to make money online or offline. In today’s times, there are endless possibilities for making good income without spending all of your time in a 9 to 5 job.

I am a firm believer in having a side hustle. Having side hustles can give you more financial stability and also give you the freedom to do more in life.

There are many ways to earn a side income, and the path you choose is entirely dependent on you.

One of the most popular and a unique way of making money is being an Uber driver.

I have done quite a bit of research on this side hustle and had been talking to my friends who are Uber drivers. They do Uber driving as a side hustle over the weekends or in the evenings after their day job.

Today, I will share in detail what I have found out about this superb way of making money on the side. (more…)

These days anyone can try a hand at being a photographer. With so many brands of smartphones in the market, you can take superb photos and even sell them for extra money.

I am totally hooked on photography, and it would be a great thing to sell my photos one day.

Today, I am making a list of places where you can sell your photos and earn a good side income.

If you want to pursue this side hustle seriously, then you might need a good camera, a tripod and some lighting equipment.

But these are not necessary, and you can earn extra cash selling your smartphone photos as well.

Making money from photos is really becoming a big earner now, this couple is making a great living from their travel photos.

iStockphoto

This website is a great place to start selling your photos. It is a very popular site, and you get a royalty payout of 15% per download, and it can go up to 45% depending on your profile. (more…)

Every day so many extra money-making opportunities come up, and it can be hard to decide which ones are legitimate and more importantly which are worth your time.

There are so many apps, panels and tools which can be really helpful in making extra cash.

In my opinion, the best ways to make ‘extra’ money are always the ones where you do your routine things and still make money from it.

For example, do you know that you can make extra cash just by scanning your groceries? You can!

There are many scanning apps and programs out there, and one of the most legitimate ones is National Consumer Panel.

Today, I am going to review this panel and show you how you can make extra bucks just by scanning your purchases.

Remember this is another extra income option, this will not make a substantial income but definitely can give some extra bucks if you can take some time to scan your groceries.

Now, lets find out about this super useful panel. (more…)