How did you get started?

I started writing when I was younger.  I have always loved to write, but I recently started writing for clients.
What do you do?

Clients give me topics and I provide web content, blog content, articles, reports, etc. about the topics they need.  I also have numerous blogs and websites of my own.
What’s your advice to a newbie?

My advice is to find something you love and start doing it.  You can make money with what you are passionate about.
What’s your motivation, what keeps you going?

I love what I do, and I am working towards having my husband quit his job so that he can work at home with me.
How many hours per week do you spend on IM?

I spend about 10 or 15 hours per week working on writing for clients, and another 10 or 15 a week working on my own projects.  (It varies, depending on family stuff.)

Stuff like that. And what is the website for your wahm group, I’ll be sure to add that.  My local group is www.lhbmamas.blogspot.com and my Southern Home Business Moms site is www.shbm.webs.com.

Shay also offers writing services at www.rockholdwriting.webs.com

If you don’t mind using elbow grease and doing things like vacuuming and scrubbing toilets, you can make big profits. Some cleaners are making $30 an hour. If you work for a company, you will probably only get paid $8-$10 an hour. It’s clearly a lot more profitable to work for yourself, but it requires an investment up front and some marketing. Or, you can also profit by managing other people who do the hard work. There is big profits to be made in the cleaning business.

People want to live in a clean house, but they don’t actually like to clean. Truth be told, not many people like cleaning. Some people have busy lives and simply don’t have enough time to clean. They barely have enough time to eat. Others have time, they just hate to clean, but don’t want to live in filth.

That’s where you come in. Residential and commercial cleaners get paid pretty good money because it actually involves work and it’s a service people need.

You can start your very own successful cleaning business. You need a solid plan so you know what you’re doing. You need to know the right paperwork to fill out and know how to market your business to get lots of customers.

Here is a guide to teach you everything you need to know about starting your own cleaning business.

I have just joined a membership site where a stay at home Mom of 4 teaches you how you can earn $5,000 (or even more) a month by niche blogging.

She reveals all her methods, secrets, tips, as well as gives step by step instructions on how to create your own niche blogging empire on The Niche Blogger. How does she know how to do all this? Because she herself makes 5K a month from home by niche blogging. And it’s not like she is at the computer all day, she is busy raising 4 kids, and you know how time consuming they are.

I obviously know how to blog myself, but I am not even close to making nearly as much as she is from my blogs. She knows a lot about how to actually monetize your blog and how to get lots of traffic.

I asked if this was just for the newbies or if it’s also for people who already know how to set up blogs. She said it’s for both. There are instructions for newbies who know nothing and there are advanced techniques for people who already know how to blog.

I am paying $8.95 a month to learn everything she knows and she says if we follow her instructions we can even make more than she does (if we put more time in it).

Who is this NOT for:

Anyone who is lazy and doesn’t want to do anything.

Anyone who expects to get rich over night.

If you are serious about blogging, if you want to learn how to make a full time income from blogging, or if you just want to set up a few blogs in your spare time and monetize them, I recommend you join me in this membership site.

Click here to check out The Niche Blogger for yourself. If you join, I’ll see you on the inside.

Proud parents of a new baby are excited to tell all their friends and family about their new arrival. Imagine if you had a business at home where you helped parents announce their precious arrival to their friends and family in a cute and unique way.

With your own Baby Newspaper Business, you can do just that. You pick how many hours you work and you can either stay home with your children while you have your own home business or this could be something you do on the side for extra income. It’s fun, it’s easy, and the product is a unique keepsake parents, friends, and family will adore. Imagine earning money from the comfort of your own home, working when you want, being able to stay home with your own kids in the process, and doing something fun and easy? Well, it’s very possible once you have your own Baby Newspaper Business. All you need is the right software, computer, printer, and a good marketing plan. It’s so easy to set up at a minimal investment, that your main concern once you start will be marketing your new business. Once you have all the necessary tools, you need to get the word out about your Baby Newspaper Business. Get business cards and place them at maternity and baby shops, send out a press release to your local newspaper, set up a simple website, hang flyers around town and tell everyone you know. You may even want to get permission to go to the maternity ward of your hospital and pass out brochures to the new mothers. Some owners of a Baby Newspaper Business are earning a full time income doing something they enjoy from their own home that they enjoy doing and proud new parents love these cute, unique birth announcements. If you would like more information on starting your own Baby Newspaper Business.

Click Here for more info on starting your baby newspaper business.

As long as women have babies, childcare will always be a service in demand. A home daycare could be an ideal solution for a mother with children who wants to stay home with them and bring in an income. Watch other children along with your own children. Your children will have playmates and you will get paid. Not to mention, you get great tax write offs.

There are basically two things you need to make sure you have before you start a home daycare:
1) Patience and love for children.
2) A suitable place to keep them.

If you have a house with a big back yard, you are a great candidate to open your own home daycare.  If you live in a cramped apartment, this isn’t a good idea until you move to a better place. Parents would like to place their children in a home that has plenty of room and a place outside to play.

Operating your own home daycare, you would decide on the hours and days. You could operate a traditional schedule like daycares do. Some home daycares offer 24/7 care. There is a high demand for childcare during evenings, nights, and weekends because most daycares are closed during these hours and lots of parents are working 2nd and 3rd shifts as well as weekends.

What you earn depends on where you live and how many children you keep and the rates. Childcare costs are high in some areas of the country, while other parts are relatively low. Many parents prefer home daycares to regular daycares because their children get more attention, they have the same sitter everyday, and it costs less than regular daycare. You could also just be a regular babysitter, but many parents feel better knowing their childcare provider is licensed by the state. Plus, if you are licensed you are allowed to keep more children.

Before you start a home daycare, you will need to do some planning and it will take time before you are officially open for business. You will need to get a license, your home will be inspected, you will need to child proof your home if it isn’t already, and get some extra toys and baby equipment and decide on meal and snacks everyday. You may even want to find a friend and go into business together. Then you will need to decide what you will charge, draw up contracts which parents will sign and begin marketing. Put up fliers, get business cards, tell your friends and family to spread the word, and put an ad in the paper. If you get word of mouth referrals, you will find yourself with a waiting list and having to turn down clients. Parents are always looking for good child care.

Some home daycares are filled up soon after opening, while others will take time to get established. An example of one successful home daycare owner is a single mother who could not afford to put her own children in daycare. If she got a regular outside job, daycare would cost more than she would bring home. She felt stuck in a big rut and worried about how to get by. So, she decided to open up a home daycare and is now making $400 a week and doesn’t have to pay a penny for childcare for her own children. She also  enjoys the benefit of being able to raise her children herself and be with them everyday. She could earn more money because she is able to watch more children, but has decided to limit her business to watching 4 other children and they are charged $100 a week. However, if she wants, she has options on earning more money from her business.  With her home daycare income and child support, she is doing well for herself and is happy.

Before deciding to open your own home daycare, educate yourself about it.

To learn how to open your own home day care click here: