Teach Ballet and Make Money

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If you took ballet through the years you can now turn that knowledge into teaching dancing and make money. You will need to set up a studio. If you have a large spare room or basement you can use that as your studio. Or you may purchase a building or rent out an office space in business building. You will need to set up bars for the ballet students to hang onto. Mirrors that cover two entire walls will help your dance studio as well. The students can watch themselves and you will be able to see them at different angles as well. A CD player will be needed to play music with the ballet dancing.

Before you open up your ballet studio to teach ballet and make money, make sure you brush up on your ballet skills. Review the dance poses including the five steps used in ballet. Maybe you want to offer ballet for children ages four through eight. Or if you really know your ballet skills you can teach all of the way up to the adult ages.

Think of a clever ballet studio name or use your last name if you so choose.

Once you feel confident in teaching ballet to make money, start to advertise your business. You can put adds in the newspapers surrounding the area you live in, ads at local businesses and create a website for your dance studio.

On your brochures put the hours you are open as well as your studios’ phone number.

Once you get students you may want to offer contests of different sorts, get ready for a dance recital so parents can watch their children, hold Friday night dance parties for the teens in your town or city you live in (if your area is large enough to accommodate quite a few people). You could charge a small fee for the Friday night dance parties and offer $1.00 sodas and water. Possibly hand out free pretzels. Just remember not to offer too much food unless you want to clean up a huge mess and need a license to be able to serve food.

There are many possibilities for you to make money when you open your own ballet studio. For more information on how to teach ballet and make money, please visit http://www.preparednessmentor.com/.

Make Great Money Crocheting

Photo by Kelleys-Creations.com. Make money crocheting door socks. Go green!

If you know how to crochet, now is the time to get busy. You can make great money crocheting and selling Christmas gifts.

Some of the items you can make when you crochet are the usual scarves, mittens, hats but why not add some other items? You can make door socks. These are excellent for the cold winter months. You will crochet a long tube and fill a nylon stocking with rice. Seal the stocking and put the long crocheted tube around the nylon stocking. This is a perfect gift for Christmas to give family and friends. You can even call this a green gift as it helps to save heat.

You can also make adorable crocheted stockings to sell at Christmas time. You can make different styles such as Victorian Christmas stockings, small Christmas stockings for children and pets and regular size Christmas stockings for teens and adults. Use different color yarn when crocheting. Such as dark green, lime green for modern homes, red and cranberry so potential buyers have a choice of colors that will fit their Christmas décor.

You may want to crochet cute little ornaments. You could do shapes of stars, candy canes, angels, crosses, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Santa Clause, reindeers including Rudolph with a cute red nose, etc. You can also make crocheted ornaments and put a photo inside of it of the person you are giving it to for a gift. Leave some empty so you can sell them to buyers.

You can sell your crochet items at craft fairs, holiday bazaars, online and to friends and family. If you set up a website make sure you have a PayPal shopping cart area so people can easily buy items from you. You can accept major credit cards, checks or through PayPal. It is your choice which type of payment you will accept. Do not forget to charge shipping so you make money on your crocheted items.

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Tools to Help You Find a Job

Photo by Kelleys-Creations. Find the job you want with online tools.

Many people dream of working from home, but do not know how they can find the jobs. While others like to work outside of the home due to the interaction with people. This blog will help you find a job inside or outside of the home with websites that you can check out jobs, get help from head hunters and post your resume/cover letter to many potential employers.

Remember when seeking an online job, check if the company is listed on the Better Business Bureau website as approved or if there are complaints. You do not want to end up paying money to some fake website or scam.

Once you do find a job you want to apply for, send a professional resume and cover letter to the company. Just because the job may be an online job, does not mean you can slack in this area. Treat this job as if you were handing in your application, resume and cover letter in person.

If you like to write, edit data, fill out surveys then check out Freelance Work Exchange at http://www.gofreelance.com/join/comfort1/indexed.php.

Maybe you prefer to work outside of the home? If you check out Vault you will find one of the top thousand jobs. You also have the opportunity to win money on this website. You will have to type in the type of job you are looking for and type in the city and state where you are looking for a job. Check out Vault at http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/na/jobsearch?AID=8767604&PID=1025876.

To get the word out that you are looking for a job at sonic speed, check out Resume Rabbit. At the click of a button you can have your resume posted on over seventy five sites. To submit your resume please click here http://www.resumerabbit.com/index.jsp?pid=c7d63b3c64a2198cfa05e529eaaf9903&AID=5835242&CJPID=1025876.

You may choose to have headhunters help you with your job search. You can submit your resume to thousands of headhunters to help land you the job in a quicker time frame. Check out Resume Zapper at http://www.resumezapper.com/index.cfm?rz=282.

For more information on using online tools to help you find a job, please visit http://www.preparednessmentor.com/.

How to Begin Your Postal Mail Newsletter to Make Money

Photo by Kelleys-Creations. Do you know a lot about dogs such as training them, etc.? You could write a monthly newsletter and sell it!

Do you know many people who like to receive a hard copy of a newsletter versus an online newsletter? I know I know a lot of people. I know a lot of older folks that do not even have a computer and miss out on a lot of news due to this fact.

You could start your own newsletter service by postal mail. First, you will need to choose a popular topic that people will be excited each month to receive in your newsletter. Do some research and see what is popular in your area or reach for a larger audience around the world. Subject is the most important part of the process.

You will need to come up with unique content. Write at a different view than others would to keep people interested. You will have to inform people with information that no one else can give or information that is very hard to get to get people interested and keep them.

Make your newsletter around seven pages or no more than ten pages. You will also have to charge a reasonable price so people will buy your newsletter. The price will need to pay for your cost of publishing and mailing out your newsletter. Since your newsletter is not large, you should be able to use a regular size envelope to mail it which will help you save money. Of course, you will also want to make a profit.

To get started start up a blog that you keep fresh and write in daily. Add friends. Write about things that will keep them coming back for more! Let your friends know you are planning on sending out a monthly newsletter. Create an area on your blog where people can sign up to buy your newsletter. You can easily add PayPal with a shopping cart to your blog. Freewebs.com is one such free blog site you can do this with.

You may decide to send out a free copy to people to get them hooked.

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Become a Sales Agent to Sell an Offline Product

Photo by Kelleys-Creations. Love your friend's photography? Tell him/her you'll be their online sales agent!

If you do not have your own product to sell online, you can sell a product for someone else. Think of a product you truly believe in and use. This will help to make it easier for you to promote. Once you find a product you really love, check and see if this product is advertised online. If the product is not advertised online, contact the owner of the product. Let him or her know that you would like to become a sales agent for the product online.

You can let the owner of the product know that by having an online sales agent, he or she will open the doors up to many more sales. A person with a product cannot afford to not use the most popular selling area which is online.

By becoming a sales agent for a product you love, you will most likely get a percentage from every sale that you make. You may want to set up your own website regarding the product and sell the product or products for the owner. (You will have to get written permission before you do this.) Once you make a sale through your website, you will process the sale through the owner.

If you feel comfortable, you can ask the owner if you can buy some of the product(s) upfront and ship them out from your home. This is only if you feel comfortable in spending the money upfront and if the owner agrees to this.

Make sure you know exactly what profit you will make ahead of time. You will have to do research in finding if this is a product that many people will love so you are not wasting your time. Just because you love it, doesn’t mean everyone will. Plus, look at the price of the product. Make sure many people can afford the product you are trying to promote. You want to make a good profit for all of your time consuming efforts!

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Start Your Own Online Store

Photo copyright by Proa Swimwear. Start your own online business selling items people will buy

I just read about an amazing online company. The company’s name is Zappo’s. When Zappo’s first started their online business they only sold shoes. Customers loved how they do business and started to recommend items they wanted to buy from Zappo’s. The customer service at Zappo’s is phenomenal. The company makes the new employees take a four week course in “how to treat customers over the phone.” Four weeks! Zappo’s even has a graduation party at the company once the employee completes the four week program.

The biggest thing I love about Zappo’s is that they offer free shipping--all of the time. Not just free shipping when you order from them, but if you need to send back items as well! I have never heard of a business doing that! Have you? Plus, you can order as many shoes as you’d like--and keep them for 365 days! Unreal!

If you think starting your own online store sounds good, take some tips from Zappo’s. Treat customers with the highest of respect. All too often businesses do not do that these days. Why? Businesses know they can get away with it. If you can keep your customers happy, they will come back to you. According to the CEO of Zappo’s, 75% of customers are repeat customers. That is a huge number!

For your business maybe you want to sell clothing? Jewelry? Scrapbook items? Whatever it is you choose to sell, do a lot of research and make sure the item or items are something people really want to buy. Don’t try to sell something that is so unique no one has even heard of it--much less want to buy it.

If you create your own website, do research on items that can sell well online, offer free shipping and have excellent customer service, you are on your way to creating your own online store just like Zappo’s.

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Make Money Playing Music at Churches and Weddings

Photo by Kelleys-Creations. Make money playing music at churches and weddings.

If you know how to play the piano or organ you can make some pretty good money playing at churches and weddings.

Some churches do not have volunteers to play the piano or organ on Sunday mornings. Here is where you come in. You can leave your card with the church minister, reverend or priest. You may find yourself hired for one or two jobs each Sunday. Some church services are at 9:00 a.m. and other church services are at 11:00 a.m. Hopefully you can find two churches fairly close together and make extra money.

Remember that some churches are open on Friday nights as well. You may want to contact them so you have a steady job for Friday nights as well.

Once more and more people see you playing for churches on Sunday mornings, you may be asked to play at a wedding. This is excellent exposure for your music talents. Other ways to advertise that you play the piano or organ is to use word of mouth. Tell your friends, family members, co-workers, spouse’s co-workers, etc., that you play the piano and/or organ. You can let them know you have reasonable rates. You can also give them a cassette tape or CD so they can listen to you play the piano and/or organ.

Of course, hang signs and cards up at your local businesses and surrounding areas. Design an eye catching sign with your phone number on so people can call you for more information. You may want to burn a lot of CD’s at once so you can hand them out whenever the situation arises.

Save your receipts on the paper, computer ink, business cards and CD’s that you use for your business. Once you get hired you will want to keep track of the mileage that you drive so you can write that off on your taxes as well.

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Drive People to the Airport to Earn Extra Money

Photo by Kelleys-Creations. Drive people to the airport to earn extra money.

If you get the word out that you will drive people to the airport to earn extra money, before you know it you will have a full grown business.

To start, make sure your vehicle is in tip top shape. Once you have taken care of your vehicle,place ads in the newspaper, hang them up at your local grocery stores, Laundromat, restaurants, gas stations, hair salons and any businesses that will let you hang up a sign, brochure or business card.

Create a website as nowadays online is the way to advertise. Freewebs.com will allow you to create a website and put all of the information on it. Give family, friends, co-workers, etc. your business card and website address. Make sure you give everyone on your e-mail list the link to your website. Ask them to please pass the information onto their friends, family, co-workers, etc. in the area you live.

A lot of people do not want to leave their vehicle at the airport, so if you drive them to the airport this will give them peace of mind and earn you extra money. Also, people are so busy these days with work, family, commitments, etc., that it is difficult to find someone to drop off and pick up a person at the airport, thus more reason to start your own business driving people to the airport to earn extra money.

To do this job you will have to be available at all hours. Remember some people take red eye flights to save money. You may want to charge a little more for flights that are at odd times. To figure out how much to charge, add in your gas money spent and mileage to and from the person’s home and airport. Here is to a successful business driving people to and from the airport!

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Can You Write?: Rewrite Poorly Written Ads to Earn Money

For Sale: Chair. $300.00. Handmade. Add your own flair to ads and make money!

If you can write well than you can rewrite poorly written ads, that others have written, to earn money. You know you have seen them in newspapers and online. An ad with poor grammar and/or just a blah ad. You can add a little pizzazz to the ad which may help to draw more customers interested in the item(s).

You can make money on poorly written ads by contacting the person trying to sell the item(s). Offer to rewrite the ad with the flair that you have and ask for a 1% commission on the sale of the item(s).

To find potential customers search CraigsList.com. For this type of job you can write the ads for people all over the United States. You do not need to only work for those that live in your area--so this opens up a HUGE territory of potential clients. When looking for people to write for search for large ticket items. People will make more and your commission will be larger. Plus, no one is going to pay you to rewrite an add for a measly $10.00 ticket item.

Another area online to search for ads written by people is eBay. Search large ticket items on there as well. Or you may want to contact a seller that has a lot of items for sale on their eBay account. This could make your newfound business thrive. People that make their living selling their items on eBay would make a fantastic customer for you. Not only will you save them time, but you will create masterful ads for them.

To help sell yourself to potential customers, create a website online and show examples of your work. At first take a poorly written ad and you can creatively rewrite the ad. This way potential customers will see your abilities and are more likely to hire you. You can also set up a PayPal account with a shopping cart on your website so your customers can easily pay you.

For more information on rewriting poorly written ads to earn money, please visit http://www.preparednessmentor.com/.
　
　
　
　

Rent Out a Room

Photo copyright by Kelleys-Creations. Rent Out a Room

If you are in need of extra money you could rent out a room in your home. As long as you have the space and are comfortable doing this, this is a perfect way to make extra money. Whether you need the money to pay your mortgage, bills, or other items renting out a room is the way to go.

If you rent out a room in your home, you may not have to get a second job. Perhaps you are laid off and are urgently in need of money and renting out a room in your home is the way to pay your monthly bills.

You can ask around to your friends and family if they know of someone who is in need of a room to rent. If you cannot find a friend of a friend, family or friend of a family member you can advertise. CraigsList.com is free to advertise on. You will put the area you live in, describe the room and for maximum results show a photo of the room you are planning on renting out.

If you know ahead of time what the rules of the house will be you may want to post them. Otherwise, when interested people start to e-mail you, you can show them the room and then go over the rules. For instance, does the renter of free access to the kitchen? Or maybe you want to limit kitchen times from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Then offer the kitchen again around your family dinner time. The choice is yours.

Does the room you are renting have a bathroom off of it? Or is there a bathroom near it that could just be for the renter? If so, you could charge more money for rent.

For more information on how to rent out a room in your home, please visit http://www.preparednessmentor.com/.

Sell Your Baked Goods for Extra Cash

Sell Your Baked Goods for Extra Cash

Are you always baking and everyone loves to come to your house? The smell of bread seething through the air. The following day you have warm chocolate chip cookies filling the house with the heavenly aroma.

If you love to bake and you do it well, you could contract your baked goods to people. For instance, contact businesses and drop off samples of your goodies. Give them your card and tell them you can bake for business meetings or special work luncheons.

Let your friends and families know that you will bake your goods such as fancy candies, cake, pies, strudel, etc. for parties and holidays. Ask them if they would like a sample.

Whenever you bake take a photo of your delectable’s. Make sure the photo is of the dessert up close and personal as it will look simply mouth watering. If you do a fancy cake or item make sure you get a photo of the entire thing. This way people will see how talented you really are.

You can list your items for free on CraigsList.com in your area. This will help with more advertising on your newfound business for extra cash. You may even want to create your own website. There are many websites you can set up for free. One such website is http://www.freewebs.com/. Later you may want to upgrade and pay an annual fee.

Advertise at local grocery stores, Laundromats, gas stations, schools, businesses as mentioned, etc. Give your signs and business cards to friends and family and ask them to pass out your information to people they know that are close enough to order from you.

You can sell your baked goods for extra cash and before you know it, you will have a profitable business. You could be the next Mrs. Smith and her chocolate chip cookies boom! Now is a fantastic time with the holidays just around the corner. Many people are too busy to cook or bake cookies, here is where you step in.

*Make sure you check with your city or town's laws on starting your own business and businesses related to foods.

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Make Money Holding a Car Wash

Photo by Fabiano Proa of Proa Swimwear. Break out the bikini and make money holding a car wash.

Do you or one of your friends and/or family member have a business in a great location traffic wise? If so, ask him or her if you can have a car wash. The car wash will be donations only. You know you have seen it before. Young people in their swimsuits and bikinis giving FREE car washes. The only request is that a donation is made to some charity that the car washers are trying to make money for. Once you get permission from your friend, family member or a business in the town/city you live in, you can make money for yourself.

Reasons you may want a car wash:

1) Maybe you need extra cash for college tuition. You could let people know that the money is being raised to help with college funding.

2) Maybe you are starting your own business and need more money upfront. You can let people know the donations are going to help start a new business to help the economy.

3) Maybe you just need some extra money so you can healthily feed your family and pay off your monthly bills. You could say the car wash is for a needy family.

Or you could ask for a few bucks right up front for the car wash. People like their cars hand washed usually better than paying a lot more money and have the machines wash it. This way people also know they are donating or paying for a helpful cause so they will get the warm fuzzies knowing they helped.

You will need a hose, a few buckets depending on how many helpers you can find to donate their time, car wash soap, sponges, soft towels and you may want to offer a car waxing for extra added money.

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Make Money at Etsy Bidding on Jobs

Make Money Bidding on Alchemy Jobs on Etsy: Homemade candy.

If you have a unique craft or handy service, than you may want to check out Etsy.com to make money. You see, on Etsy they have a tab that lets you bid on jobs along with posting your items on your own page. When you bid on jobs, you will go to the area of Etsy that says Alchemy. Next you will click on the tab that says custom. Under that tab, you will see that people will list what they are looking for and you will tell them how you can fulfill their order and the price.

For example: Wanted cake maker in Vail, AZ or surrounding town/city. I need a cake for a baby shower. Here are a few samples of the style of cake I am looking for. (Photos posted.)

Ideal price: $40.00

Deadline: November 15, 2009

Quantity: 1

Ship To: Vail, AZ 85641

OR

My 3 year old son loves rockets and wants to be a rocket for Halloween. I prefer a Halloween costume made out of felt. Use your imagination to create the best rocket costume. I have included a link to the rocket costume that I think he would love. You do not have to create the costume to a tea, just an idea.

Ideal price: $50.00

Deadline: October 25, 2009

Quantity: 1

Ship To: Milwaukee, WI 53222

You will find jewelry to be made, knitted scarves wanted, hand made wedding dress, unique birthday present wanted, party goodie bags for 7 year olds, purses, chocolate, candy, etc. You are sure to find something you can create and make money on Etsy’s Alchemy.

First you must join Etsy.com. It is free to join. (You only pay a minimal fee if you decide to take photos and post your own items on your own page.) Next click on Alchemy. Follow tab as mentioned above to custom. Start looking at all of the orders needed to be filled! At this time there are 149 order requests for you to choose from. You can bid on more than one job. Good luck!

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Ways to Set a Budget to Save Money

Ways to set up a Budget to Save Money: Know ahead of time if you can go out to dinner.

If you are living day to day and spending money without keeping track of it, before you know it, your wallet is empty. Even daily or weekly essentials can eat up your cash.

Examples:
Monday: Fill up your gas tank, buy a soda and sandwich.

Tuesday: Stop in the grocery store for a quick dinner. Pick up a boxed chicken dinner, potatoes and cole slaw. Grab a six pack of soda.

Wednesday: Go out for lunch with your co-workers. After work stop for an ice cream cone at the Ice Cream Shop.

Thursday: Buy yourself and a few co-workers a cup of coffee to treat them. Stop at the gas station and fill up your tank again. Buy a few lottery tickets to take your chance, another six pack of soda and a few candy bars.

Friday: Who cooks on Fridays? Stop for Chinese dinner to unwind after a hard week’s work. Take in some clothes shopping or window shopping that turns out to be a spending spree.

Maybe these are some of the things you do or maybe you have other habits that slowly eat your cash up. Before you know it on Saturday you are broke. If you get paid bi-weekly or monthly, this is not a good thing.

First and foremost paying your bills on time is the number one priority. Ways to set up a budget include setting money aside to pay your bills. Keep your credit score excellent. Once the bills are paid off, set money aside for gas and food. Shop for items on sale and get coupons online. The rest of the money set for fun things. Put this money in an envelop. Once that money is gone, you know you cannot afford to stop at the gas station or store for that extra soda, go out to lunch or dinner, freely spend money on clothing, etc.

If you are able, it would be wise to keep a portion of your check to invest in your future. You will need the money for retirement so you can live a comfortable life in your golden years.

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