Passive Income
How Many Eggs are in Your Work at Home Egg Basket?
How many eggs are in your online income basket?
Getting to work from home can be great. One of the things many people do is find more than one source of income, to protect their lifestyle. By having several sources of income, or income eggs in your basket, you protect your ability to earn, should something go awry.
Some, who are telecommuters, don’t worry as much because their job is considered as safe as any other full-time job but if you are a freelancer or have your own business, this isn’t always the case because you’re regularly searching for ways to earn. Several sources of income could mean safety and it could also mean that you’re making decent money.
Tips for Having Multiple Income Eggs
- Find some quick paying go-to options. That way, if you’re in a pinch, you can get grocery money fast or money to take care of an unforeseen expense quickly. Wherever possible online entrepreneurs should have a few make money fast options.
- Network. Talk to other entrepreneurs and freelancers. That way you can share leads and potentially share overflow work.
- Work on developing some passive income streams. If you build websites with affiliate marketing, network marketing, or contextual advertising, for instance, the initial work could be time consuming but those sites could become passive for you, creating income that generates itself and presents you with monthly payments. Learn more about affiliate marketing and passive online income opportunities.
Strive for a delicate balance when adding income eggs. Too many could feel overwhelming and result in lack of balance but some regular ones, some passive income-building options, and some strategic fast-earners could be the ticket to reaching your financial and career goals.
3 Types of Freelance Writing Gigs and How to Find Them
Most freelance writers have several sources of writing work where they can get paid to write articles. Some are ongoing, some are one-off, and some are gap-fillers. All can be good. Read on for a bit about each of the above categories and how to go about getting those types of writing jobs.
- Ongoing
Finding regular writing clients can be a good thing. Do a good job and you might get ongoing writing work.
- One-Off Jobs
By marketing yourself, you can find writing jobs that are one-off scenarios. Someone might need a press release written, might decide that they want to write a new sales letter, want help re-vamping their website content, or want another freelance writing service. Marketing can help these clients find you.
- Gap fillers.
There are content companies and busy clients that may offer you an all-you-can-write buffet. Having a few of these eggs can be a good thing because you can make fast money writing when you need to up your earnings or when you have a gap in your schedule. You an also spend some of your gaps working at upping your passive income streams through writing for revenue sharing sites, such as InfoBarrel and HubPages, or through developing content for your own sites and blogs.
How to find Writing Gigs:
Find ongoing and one-off clients by marketing on an ongoing basis. Freelance writers who market can get found by clients and some of those clients could provide you with regular work.
In terms of gap fillers, sign up with a writing agency, start a profile on a freelance bidding site such as Elance, sign up with content companies such as Textbroker, Internet Brands, and Demand Studios so you can dive into one of these options as and when you need to.
Getting paid to write articles can be a business of feasts and famines. By diversifying your incoming writing work sources and by continually marketing yourself you can have a wide array of options available.
Examiner.com Now Accepting Canadian Writers
If you’re like most Canadian freelance writers, you know of more than one source of passive writing income that you can’t take advantage of because of lack of a social security number. Up until recently, Examiner.com was one of those scenarios. But Examiner recently launched a Canadian edition. I’m the new Coronation Street Canada Examiner.
About Examiner
Examiner is a site that presents information on many topics. Guides are experts in their topic who run their own Examiner website.
The Pay at Examiner
The Examiner pay structure is based on page views and a rate that’s not published but is a combination of several things including readership / popularity. I have read about Examiners making a few pennies a day to a few thousand dollars a month.
How does Examiner.com pay?
Examiner pays you monthly via Paypal. If you earn money in the month of November and hit their minimum threshold, you’ll be paid around December 20
There is a lot of debate on various sites about whether or not the site is worth the effort but I won’t knock it until I give it a fair shake. That’s why I chose a fun topic. The soap opera I chose to write about is something that I watch for 30 minutes weekdays so to sit and write a post or two while watching my favourite show as well as getting to chat to others about it really appeals to me. If I make money at it—fantastic!
If you’re interested in becoming a Canadian Examiner or an American Examiner, feel free to visit Write for Examiner.com. If you find this post valuable, feel free to list me as your referrer: Dana Prince.
