Episode 66Jan 3, 2025· 18:51
101 Ideas to Make Money From Home Part 2
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Welcome to part 2 of 101 ideas to make money from home! In this episode, we dove deep into personal care products, selling craft patterns, becoming a blogger, earning through affiliate marketing, and even making money on platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and Patreon.
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00:00
Welcome to the Bloggy Friends show.
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What's up my bloggy friends?
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Welcome back to part two of 101 ways or ideas to make money from home.
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In the first episode we covered one through 50 and so if you missed that check out the
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link in the show notes to that episode but let's get into 51 through 101 of ideas to
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make money from home.
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So number 51 coming in hot with personal care and beauty products.
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So this is similar to the things that we were talking about with selling candles and selling
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soaps.
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You can actually also create lip balms and lotions and even bath bombs or body scrubs
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to sell beauty products and bath products online.
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You can use websites like Etsy or Amazon HomeAid.
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There's a whole bunch of ideas of places that you can sell products like that.
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Number 52 is selling your clothes.
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You can use a website like Bonanza or Indycart or even Facebook Marketplace.
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If you are handy with a sewing machine and you want to make your own clothes you can
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turn that passion into a successful business.
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Number 53 and this one I found very fascinating.
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It's similar to selling clothes only you're not actually making the clothes.
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It's creating and selling craft patterns.
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So websites like Makerist or Ravelry you can market your pattern designs on your craft
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blog or social media and actually sell downloadable and printable crochet embroidery knitting
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and sewing patterns.
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Number 54 home decor.
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You can sell home decor items on websites like iCraft, Cratejoy and Arc.
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You can sell home decor products on websites like iCraft, Cratejoy and Aftcraft.
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55 design custom party decorations.
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Whether you're using Etsy or any of the similar websites where you're selling crafts you
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can actually sell handmade creations or use print on demand services to create custom
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banners, hats, dishware, games, party favors and so much more.
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Number 56 sell unique gift bags and wrapping paper.
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Believe it or not these things make up another valuable niche in the ecommerce marketplace.
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You can use your creative talents to help others give heartfelt meaningful gifts that
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are beautifully wrapped in your one-of-a-kind designs.
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57 make handmade purses and tote bags.
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Again you'll use websites like Etsy or Big Cartel or as I said in the last episode create
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your own website and sell them on your own ecommerce store.
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Number 58 create and sell handcrafted wedding favors.
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So handcrafted elements are awesome because they add a personalized and memorable touch
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for occasions like weddings, honeymoons, all the things and I've even seen ones for divorce
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parties so that's a thing.
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Number 59 start a handmade toy store.
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I have an article that I'll share in the show notes below.
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If you go to famousashlegrant.com backslash make money you can see all of the different
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things that I'm talking about on this episode and the previous one as well as links to the
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articles for a bunch of different places that you can find information about everything
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from how to start a lifestyle blog to how to start a handmade toy store.
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Alright so the next category that I want to get into is bloggers.
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Now here's the thing I am obsessed with blogging that's the whole reason I started this podcast
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is the bloggy friends show because I love talking about the different aspects of making
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money and connecting with blogging.
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So there are several things I talk about related to blogging when you're trying to make money
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from home.
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So number 60 start a lifestyle blog.
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61 is food blog.
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62 history blogger and so on and so on with travel blogs and fashion blogs and finance
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blogs and health and fitness blogs and teaching others about blogging or you can blog about
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photography or start a crafting blog, start a music blog.
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I've even seen religious and spiritual blogs or if you really want to you know split hairs
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you could set up a political blog.
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I've seen affiliate marketing websites all kinds of stuff so if you are interested in
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learning about blogging I will be leaving in the show notes a bunch of resources to
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how you could start a bunch of different varieties of blogs because let's face it if you have
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a blog you can create a business from it.
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That's just all there is to it.
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Number 73 make extra money with affiliate marketing.
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That is one of my favorite ways to make money online and I have a bunch of episodes that
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I can link back to that are related to affiliate marketing as well as articles that I've either
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written or found or a video that I have found that's all about affiliate marketing.
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Number 74 Patreon as a podcaster.
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So if you are a podcaster and you want to sell a private podcast a great way to do that
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is to use something like Patreon or Red Circle to create a membership out of it and to learn
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more about how to monetize your podcasting I will leave a link in the show notes as well.
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Number 75 is start a YouTube channel.
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76 is become a TikTok influencer.
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Now I have to mention TikTok influencer because a lot of people are actually getting paid
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to promote products on TikTok.
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Will it still be around forever?
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Who knows I highly recommend you create your own website so you can actually create an
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email list and keep in touch with your audience but if you do want to start a TikTok and start
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making money that way your best bet is to start going viral.
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So I will leave a link on how to make extra money from home on TikTok in the show notes
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as well.
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And along with that is to become an Instagram influencer or a Facebook influencer as well.
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Number 78 is to host a virtual summit.
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I did an entire episode about the benefits of participating in a virtual summit for bloggers
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and there's a lot of great resources in that episode so I will leave that link in the show
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notes as well.
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79 now this one is not as popular as it used to be but you can still get paid for live
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streaming on Twitch.
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Believe it or not you can you know Twitch your excuse me you can stream yourself doing
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video gaming or I've even seen people do things like DJing or singing.
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I watched a woman actually create her entire album while live streaming on Twitch.
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There's all kinds of options if you choose to use it to make money.
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Speaking of music you can become a musician online.
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You can stream your own music on websites like Spotify or YouTube music or Apple podcast
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or you could even teach virtual music lessons.
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There are so many opportunities to make extra money from home with your musical talents.
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Number 81 developing apps.
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If you are tech savvy and creative you can actually become an app developer.
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There are so many different resources out there for how to do it and how to actually
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sell things like paid subscriptions and app purchases all the things.
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82 is kind of a controversial one but it's NFTs or non-fungible tokens.
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There are a variety of digital assets that represent art, music, gaming items, videos
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and other real world collectibles.
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The kicker with this is you want to make sure you're insured and make sure that you have
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all your I's dotted and your T's crossed because there's a lot of issues that have been happening
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with NFTs but who knows it could be your way to make money from home that makes you rich.
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And another controversial one is making money with Bitcoin.
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Cryptocurrency has become significantly more mainstream in recent years but if you know
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how to use it and you know what you're doing it can be a highly lucrative way if you know
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how to master the system.
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I personally don't.
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I don't know how to do anything with it but it is a way you can actually make money online.
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Number 84 test apps and websites.
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Believe it or not you can go to websites like test birds, user testing or even userlytics
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and connect real world technology consumers with website app developers.
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So you can see if you find software bugs, offer feedback or improve the overall user
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experience and get paid for your time.
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Number 85 is another controversial one but believe it or not it did not actually start
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as what most people think it did and that is OnlyFans.
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Though most people actually believe that it started as a way for sex workers to make money
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online, the truth was it was supposed to be a way to connect people with their fans.
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So it has become a little bit of a raunchy subject but you can still use it to monetize
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your video content by building a following of paid subscribers.
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Whether you're doing makeup tips or fashion tips or you're trying to do cooking tutorials
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and guided workouts, there's a potential audience out there for every single topic.
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Number 86 become an online model.
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Believe it or not you can take pictures of yourself and become an online model on websites
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like Model Mayhem or Purple Port.
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You can find paid gigs online and learn all about how to become a model for different
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jobs for websites, for imprint, all the things.
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Number 87 is medical coding and billing.
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Yawn, I'm just kidding.
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I know that some people get very excited by medical coding and billing but personally
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for me it's a snooze fest but it is definitely a way you can make money online and you can
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use websites like Indeed, ZipRecruiter or even AviaCode to find contract work doing
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this.
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Work as a virtual personal trainer is number 88.
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If you have a dream of being able to make a living from your passion for health and
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fitness you could become a virtual personal trainer and you could start using social media
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and blogging to build your following and then sell online courses or even use a website
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like OnlyFans to sell your membership of your personal training.
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Number 89, very similar to the personal trainer is to earn money online as a fitness instructor.
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There are actually people who sell exercise classes on websites like about bodybuilding
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or CrossFit or Pilates, yoga, all the things.
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Some people what they'll do is they'll give away their classes for free on a website like
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YouTube and then they'll have in the description of their videos ways that people can either
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pay for the content or they could do things like buy me a coffee or all the PayPal donations,
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all the things.
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Speaking of which, if you are interested in helping support this show there will be links
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to coffee and PayPal if you would like to donate to the Bloggy Friends show.
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Number 90, make money from home on swag books.
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I mentioned this earlier whenever I was talking about surveys but they do a lot more than
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just filling out surveys.
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You can actually also get paid to watch videos, shop online, play video games and even just
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use their search engine.
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And then you take the points that you're earning and use them for things like cash rewards,
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coupons and gift cards.
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Now is it a way to get rich?
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Absolutely not.
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But if you're looking to make money online and you have a little bit of extra time, swag
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books is a great way to do it.
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Number 91 is sell stock images online.
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If you're an ambitious photographer with a keen eye for aesthetics you can actually make
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money from home by selling stock photos online.
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I've seen people do everything from creating elaborate sets in their own home to creating
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product images and all the things and they sell these photos on websites like Adobe Stock
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or Dreamstime, iStockphoto and Shutterstock.
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Number 92, very similar to the selling stock images online is selling stock video footage.
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This is actually more prevalent than ever as more people are trying to get their videos
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on YouTube, they're looking for what's known as B-roll.
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So from leisure and travel to lifestyle and sports videos, companies are looking for stock
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video footage of a bunch of different things for a bunch of different niches.
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So there's a lot of different websites you can sell stock videos on but a few of them
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that are very well known are Pond5 and VideoHive and actually I think there's also a way that
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you can sell on Vimeo as well.
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Number 93 is write book reviews and summaries.
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Now this could be twofold.
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One is that you could sell your writing for websites like Kirkus Media or the US Review
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of Books or you could actually create a book review website where you're reviewing books
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and then you sell it through affiliate marketing.
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Number 94, do market research.
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So again this is similar to the surveys that were mentioned in episode one, part one of
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this 101 ways to make money online.
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And basically what it is is companies need to know how consumers feel about their products
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and services and they're willing to pay for your opinions.
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So you can go online to websites like Small Business Knowledge Center, Nielsen Computer
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and Mobile Panel, a bunch of different websites and do market research studies and get paid
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in cash and gift cards.
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Some of them however just a heads up, they only pay you in product and those are obviously
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the ones that are not going to give you what you're looking for.
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If you're looking for actual money, don't choose the ones where you're getting paid
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in product.
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Number 95, share your expertise on a website like Just Answer.
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If you've established yourself as a qualified expert in your field, you can make extra money
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answering questions from home related to your area of expertise.
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It's free to apply on a website like Just Answer and then you just go through their
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verification process which usually takes a week or two but you can set your own hours,
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choose the questions you want to answer and then start earning money instantly as you
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help others.
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Number 96 I have to say is another controversial one but some people are actually making pretty
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big money with this and that is peer to peer lending.
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If you use online platforms like Kiva, Prosper and Peerform, it connects lenders with borrowers
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through a secure and streamlined application process.
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Now of course this means you have to already have money to be able to make money but it
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is a way to make money online and from home.
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Number 97 is to start your own consulting business.
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Whether you specialize in finance, HR, marketing, technology, whatever the case may be, you
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can capitalize on your knowledge and experience by starting a consulting business.
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You can then advertise your service on freelance websites or apply for remote consultant positions
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through online boards.
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Whatever you choose to do with starting a consulting business, I highly recommend you
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create your own website so that you can use that as your portfolio and your base of how
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people can find you.
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Number 98, yet another controversial one is make money from home doing what's called credit
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card churning.
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I do not recommend this at all but there are actually some people that make big bank from
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doing this and basically what it is is many banks and credit unions are offering rewards
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for opening credit cards and meeting minimum spending requirements.
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Basically the way that it works is once you are done earning these profits, you cancel
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the card.
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You collect your sign up bonus, then you stop using the card, you cancel the account before
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you have to pay any annual fees.
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I have an article that you can read if you want to learn more about credit card churning.
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Again though, it's one that makes me very nervous but I would be remiss if I didn't
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at least include it in how to make money from home.
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And number 100 is earn cash rewards for losing weight.
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If you're looking for extra motivation to lose weight, you can consider signing up for
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a website like Healthy Wage.
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The way that it works is you say that you're going to lose a certain amount of weight and
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if you get that number that you're trying to hit, you can make money.
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So how it works, you say what your goal is and you place a bet and deposit cash.
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If you meet the monthly target, you get your initial wager back and you earn a reward based
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on how much you put in.
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But if you do not meet your weight loss goal, you lose the money.
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So some people think that that's not a good idea because it's basically gambling with
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your weight.
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But if you're looking to lose weight and make money from home, that is an idea.
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And finally number 101 is teaching English online.
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Now every single article I have ever read about how to make money from home mentions
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teaching online English classes as a fantastic way to earn money working from home.
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You don't actually need prior classroom experience, but most online language schools do require
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potential teachers to have a current Teaching English as a Foreign Language certification.
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There are a lot of different ways that you can apply to be an English teacher who's teaching
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people that don't know how to speak English how to speak English.
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And it could be a really easy way for you to make money from home if you have the ability
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to do so.
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I'll leave some links for all the different ways that you can do this.
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And hopefully one of these ideas inspired you to start figuring out ways that you could
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diversify your income streams.
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So whether your goal is supplementing your income or making a full-time switch to working
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remotely, there are obviously as I think you have learned from these two episodes, there's
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a wide variety of accessible options for how to make extra money from home.
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What I recommend you do now is identify your strengths, your goals, and your priorities
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to find an online side hustle that works for you.
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And if you determine that what you're trying to do to make money from home doesn't light
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your fire, pick something else.
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The great thing about how we're living in these times is you can do so many different
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things from home.
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So again, if you go to famousashleygrant.com backslash make money, you will see resources
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for a bunch of different ways that you can make money online or from home.
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And I hope this and the previous episode inspired you.
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And until next time, may your page views be high and your balance right below.
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