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.

For more information on how to make money playing music at churches and weddings, please visit http://www.preparednessmentor.com/.　

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.

For more information on how to sell your baked goods for extra cash, please visit http://www.preparednessmentor.com/.　

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.

For more information on making money holding a car wash, please visit: http://www.preparednessmentor.com/.　　

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!

For more information on how to make money at Etsy bidding on jobs, please visit: http://www.preparednessmentor.com/.