I like The Money Shed and I have been a member here for quite a while. There is a lot of great (truthful) advice here and so I'm hoping for some advice. I am simply sick of working as a boring 'paper pusher' in government offices for not very much money.
Been trying to get this 'work for yourself online' thing off the ground for years, without much luck. The main problem is that I have to make at least £1,200/month to replace my salary and I could never see myself making that online.
But...I have decided that you are only beaten if you give up - so I'm looking at 'online entrepreneurship' again.
I am working on a plan - instead of doing one thing online to make £1.2k per month I would do a variety of things [see below] (my guess about what I might earn is in brackets. I would be open to your comments/ suggestions etc (no matched betting, though)....
Surveys (£50 - £100/month)
Freelance proof-reading (£50 - £100/month)
Freelance article writing (TextBroker, People Per Hour etc) (£100 - £200/month) (I have sold articles on PPH in the past)
Sell my spare stuff on Amazon/eBay (£25-£50/month)
Mystery Shopping (in Manchester) (£75 - £125/month)
Microtasks /Clickworker etc (£10 - £25/month)
User Testing (£10 - £25/month)
But that still makes a £600/month shortfall.
One of the things I like about this idea is the variety of tasks I can do - this variety is missing in any other line of work I would be able to do. Another thing I like is that these ideas could be generating an income within a month.
So one question is, do these figures look realistic. Another is can you suggest how I might make up the shortfall. Lionbridge have turned me down but I am on Appen's mailing list. (But isn't that just working for someone else???)
Thanks.
Been trying to get this 'work for yourself online' thing off the ground for years, without much luck. The main problem is that I have to make at least £1,200/month to replace my salary and I could never see myself making that online.
But...I have decided that you are only beaten if you give up - so I'm looking at 'online entrepreneurship' again.
I am working on a plan - instead of doing one thing online to make £1.2k per month I would do a variety of things [see below] (my guess about what I might earn is in brackets. I would be open to your comments/ suggestions etc (no matched betting, though)....
Surveys (£50 - £100/month)
Freelance proof-reading (£50 - £100/month)
Freelance article writing (TextBroker, People Per Hour etc) (£100 - £200/month) (I have sold articles on PPH in the past)
Sell my spare stuff on Amazon/eBay (£25-£50/month)
Mystery Shopping (in Manchester) (£75 - £125/month)
Microtasks /Clickworker etc (£10 - £25/month)
User Testing (£10 - £25/month)
But that still makes a £600/month shortfall.
One of the things I like about this idea is the variety of tasks I can do - this variety is missing in any other line of work I would be able to do. Another thing I like is that these ideas could be generating an income within a month.
So one question is, do these figures look realistic. Another is can you suggest how I might make up the shortfall. Lionbridge have turned me down but I am on Appen's mailing list. (But isn't that just working for someone else???)
Thanks.