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Spring Clean Your Home for Extra Cash
Over 50 Places to Sell Your
Stuff! Leslie Truex has been providing
legitimate resources since 1998 and offers a variety of useful home-based
career resources
Selling my used items online has saved my
financial behind several times over the years. When you need cash fast, selling
your used and unwanted items can be a quick way to do it.
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.
This is something to consider as you clean out the clutter during spring
cleaning. While donating the items you don’t want and need can get a tax
deduction for charitable donation, you might make more by selling your stuff.
In fact, it might be easier to part with items if you knew you’d make money
from it.
Below are over 50 resources for
selling your unused and unwanted items online.
Neither my husband nor I
have gotten a raise in quite a few years, much like the rest of the country,
but our expenses have gradually been creeping up. We've done all we can to find
ways to reduce our expenses but we've finally hit a point that we really need
to have more income to make ends meet and still be able to save for the future.
With our current work schedules, I am in the best position to find part-time
work but not if it means paying for childcare to do so. Can other work-at-home
folks recommend any sites they have used to find work-at-home gigs? I know some
of these sites charge a monthly fee. Are any better than the others? Are there
any that seem like they are a sham?
Of course, more folks today,
especially retirees and women, pursue businesses of their own, even
micro-businesses or sideline ventures.
This is a good avenue to get your feet wet without a lot of time or
capital.
How do you earn a
little extra money each month? Here are some new ideas.
Get Paid to Write
Greeting Cards
Greeting Card firms still pay anywhere from $25 to $300 for your
submissions. Here are a few ways to get
started:
>Start by figuring out
your forte: There are three basic types
of greeting card text…Verse, prose and punch lines. Browse the card aisle at your local store and
read through samples of each. Which
style mirrors your own favorites? Look
at the reverse side of the card to find the publishers information and contact
them to see if they’re accepting freelance submissions and what their
guidelines are [often they have websites that you can check].
>Firms such as Blue
Mountain Arts [SPS.com], Oatmeal Studios.com, CalypsoCards.com and other companies
are eager for submissions-be certain to study their writer submission
guidelines closely.
These guidelines clue you
in to the type of greeting a company is seeking, they also spell out important
details such as how many submissions they’ll accept, if they prefer their
submissions via the USPS, on index cards and so on.
Whatever your sentiment,
it is important to use as few words as possible. It’s all about getting to the punch line as
quickly as possible…or, if it is a heartwarming card, it means getting to that
emotional moment [that ‘Kodak moment’ as quickly as possible.
Perhaps it's time to contemplate whether you could
earn enough money if you became self-employed, having your own business.
How to Start a Business
With (Almost) No Money (Entrepreneur): "You’re excited to start a business. Maybe
you have an idea, or you’re just fascinated with the idea of launching and
growing your own enterprise. You’re willing to take some risks, like leaving
your current job or going without personal revenue for a while. But there’s one
logistical hurdle stopping you: You don’t have much money."
Getting an Unsecured Line of Credit for Your
Business
Qualify for an unsecured business line of credit by keeping these factors in mind.
Qualify for an unsecured business line of credit by keeping these factors in mind.
Resources:
MyLifeStyleCareer.com
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Retirement-Online.com
– online coaching for retirees
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/ - Ideas for a world out of balance
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Yours for another revolution,
Bruce ‘the Poor Man’
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2 comments:
These are some truly excellent, out-of-the-box ideas that my husband I will certainly look at. They way the economy went during the past decade, we can use some help!
Just about everyone I know needs extra cash-especially those with kids!
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