Making Money from Home: The Beginning

Many moms look for motivation to start their quest. Many have the ideas but can't execute them. When I first began my journey to stay at home and earn a living, my husband thought I was crazy. He gave me a few months to find a way to make money or I would have to go back to being a legal slave. I looked at every possible way but didn't want to spend all of my money on pipe dreams and schemes. After 2 months, I started with Avon. I was never interested in selling to individuals and knew I could never make a living that way, so I focused on Fundraising. I knew schools would be interested because we all get tired of buying the same candy and Joe Corbi pizza, etc. When I explained to area schools that they could get more money by holding a fundraiser with Avon, they took me up on. Now think how many kids are in an elementary school. Now adays, the minimum is 300-500 in a public school. That's where it started. The fundraisers are held for 2 weeks. I can work 4 schools in every month that will bring me a profit of approximately $5,000, except for higher profit months in Nov-Dec and Mar-May. Out of my profit, I give a prize to the school for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, spending about $500 total per school. Then I pay my taxes on my profit. However, fundraisers are seasonal, so during the summer, I do not pull in any income from Avon. Sometimes there's more money, other times there's less. About 3 years ago, I started a publishing company, focusing on yearbooks for all schools. I have not had the opportunity to do any high schools yet, as they mostly go with the larger companies, but the elementary and middle schools have been successful. I make about $5-$10. per yearbook; the schools make about $10.00 per yearbook and the rest goes to the printer. I also make money on the advertising inside the yearbooks. This also is seasonal because I only get the money in May-June. However, I cover a large area of schools and bring in thousands of dollars.

Surveys and writing online started out as something to occupy free time. Then I found out I could make money from it. After completing them for a while, you get offers to complete higher paying surveys. You will also get requests to write an article for pay, not much, but again, money is money; just add it to the pot. I don't rely on this income, but I welcome the checks and/or paypal deposits like any other. I have started other ventures that are premature right now, but I always begin with a simple idea and bank on it. So there is hope for moms staying at home, looking for a way to generate money. With hard work, you can go from $0 to $100,000.