How to Get Started Freelancing

How to Get Started Freelancing

Making money online isn’t easy but it can pay off big if you apply the right strategy and stick with it — much like anything else in life. As someone who recently quit my day job to freelance full-time, I understand how to get started freelancing for extra money. This type of work — creating [...]

NYC Fines Airbnb.com Host $2400 for Renting Out His Home

Airbnb Host Fined

The same city that banned big sodas is now making it harder for New Yorkers to rent out their homes, or for you to find alternative lodging on your next trip to NYC. This week, a local judge ruled that a resident who used the service Airbnb to rent out his home was in violation [...]

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Applying for Yet Another Job

Surviving Unemployment

When I graduated from college back in 2001, I started my post-college job search with incredible optimism. That lasted about a week. I quickly realized that, while there were untold numbers of potential positions available out there, very few of them fit with my education and qualifications and my own career goals. In desperation, I [...]

10 People Using Vine That Are Making That Money

Vine Make Money

Looking to make a quick buck or earn extra money on the side? Here are 10 Vine* videos (each 6 seconds or less) with ways you can make some extra cash. *Vine is the new wildly popular video app from the folks at Twitter. 1. Clean out the garage and invite the neighborhood to your [...]

19 Fun Summer Jobs for Teens and College Students

19 Summer Jobs for Teens & College Students

Do you (or your teen) have a job for summer yet? It being graduation season, I thought I’d share some common summer job opportunities for teenagers and college students to make extra money. Some of these I’ve done myself. Others are just some of the more common jobs you hear about. Be sure to share [...]

Virtual Assistant: A Job Worth Your Time?

virtual assistant jobs

If you’re a good fit for the work style, and know where to find the best jobs, being a virtual assistant has plenty of benefits, including great pay. There are now more than 4 million administrative assistants in the U.S. according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many of those are now virtual assistants. The [...]

Best and Worst Jobs of 2013

The Evolving Part-time Job

Know someone graduating from high school soon? Looking for a career change? Check it out…the latest list of best and worst jobs is up. Sorry, Newspaper Reporters Topping the list of worst jobs is newspaper reporter. The reasons for the low rating are low pay, long hours, high stress, and of course a shrinking industry. [...]

I Made $180 Simply Waiting in Line at the DMV

Make Money at the DMV

The Department of Motor Vehicles. There are few places in this world that are more dreaded. Last Thursday, I had an expired out of state registration that needed updating and I was forced to make a visit. Just moving from Florida to Connecticut, I’ve had to go to the DMV a few times; each time [...]

How to Find a Company with Great Work-Life Balance

Work-Life Balance: Tips for Finding More Time with Family

When Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer officially cancelled all telecommuting and work-from-home for her company earlier this year, the decision caused an internet firestorm. Everyone from Yahoo employees to business experts weighed in on the decision, alternately lauding the tightening of often-abused policies at Yahoo and lamenting the step backwards in 21st century productivity. Whether Yahoo’s [...]

How to Find Business Ideas that Work – Focus on Scale

Scale a Business

As a blogger, I stumbled into a business idea that scales pretty efficiently. I can reach thousands of people each day with my words using the power of the Internet and search. When I say, “scales” efficiently, I mean my product/service (in my case, blog posts) can be served up to exponentially more and more [...]

5 Different Ways to Increase Your Income

How to Spend Money Wisely

Politicians in Washington continuously battle over how to reduce the budget deficit. Some favor a reduction in spending while others advocate an increase in taxes, or both. When we manage our personal finances, we are faced with a similar choice: you can reduce our spending or you can increase your income. Yet the vast majority [...]

7 Small Business Mistakes to Avoid

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When you’re running your own business, it’s easy to get lost in the weeds and miss some of the small business mistakes you’re making. Here are some of the mistakes that I’ve made over the years, plus some mistakes that some of my podcast guests have shared with me. Caution, I’m still a work in [...]