What are some "make money ideas" for stay at home mom?

[Brad Callen]

I have a friend that has no interest in learning anything "internet marketing" related, but wants to make a few extra bucks while at home with her kids.

She's not looking to strike it rich. Just something legit that brings in a few bucks.

Can you guys think of any "brain dead" jobs that can be done at home by someone that needs very little training, if any, to do it?

Thanks!

Brad

[Asher]

Originally Posted by Brad Callen

I have a friend that has no interest in learning anything "internet marketing" related, but wants to make a few extra bucks while at home with her kids.

She's not looking to strike it rich. Just something legit that brings in a few bucks.

Can you guys think of any "brain dead" jobs that can be done at home by someone that needs very little training, if any, to do it?

Thanks!

Brad

Get her to work as a VA for you to answer your
customer emails?

Asher

[Brad Callen]

Hey Scott, do you know of anyone that's actually using that?

[Brad Callen]

Asher, I've already got plenty of "VA's" and being in the software development business, we need really tech savvy people.

Brad

[Michael Mayo]

Hi Brad,

<P O R N> J/K

Seriously, If she has any skills such as knitting or making crafts she could
use ebay to earn a few bucks. I have a neighbor down the street that sells bead necklaces and hand made Shaw's via ebay.

Hope that Helps,

Have a Great Day!
Michael

Originally Posted by Brad Callen

I have a friend that has no interest in learning anything "internet marketing" related, but wants to make a few extra bucks while at home with her kids.

She's not looking to strike it rich. Just something legit that brings in a few bucks.

Can you guys think of any "brain dead" jobs that can be done at home by someone that needs very little training, if any, to do it?

Thanks!

Brad

[PotPie Queen]

Hi Brad =)

GPT (Get Paid To) sites are a decent idea in this situation. CashCrate is a good one.

She can make a few extra bucks doing the offers and surveys and then, if she gets a little "hooked" to it and wants to amp it up, there is a multi-tiered referral program where she can make bonuses and a percentage of her referrals earnings.

While not all GPT sites are legit, I can tell you that CashCrate does pay and they have been really straight up. I haven't done a thing with mine for probably two years now and I still get paid from my referrals activities.

GPT sites are an easy way to get your computer to bring some money into the household while allowing her to work on her own schedule. They are also a 'soft' introduction to internet marketing so it gives her the option to just do her thing, or to really run with it.

I did pretty well with GPT sites and I know Amy Bass did really well with them, too.

Just a little tip tho: Make sure she signs up with a 'disposable" email address (like a gmail) and to NOT use her primary email address. The surveys and offers can cause a lot of email and she won't won't her everyday account to get all clogged up.

Hope that helps =)

Jennifer
~PotPieGirl

[Rob Anderson]

Brad. i can be a big help, but i am very worried about the forum rules. i am very nearly finished doing a product exactly about that.
P.M. on its way.
rob

[Asher]

Originally Posted by Brad Callen

Asher, I've already got plenty of "VA's" and being in the software development business, we need really tech savvy people.

Brad

I see... well, thinking of any "brain dead" jobs is
actually pretty hard for people who use their brains
to work.

So if she can't do "brain live" work, she might have
to do grunt work instead. And since she's taking care
of kids, that might be out of the question.

So... maybe she'll have to do some learning and
rejuvenate the "dead brain"?

I dunno, just trying to help.

Asher

[Alex Taylor]

Some good ideas might be things that internet markets must do but hate doing, like article submissions, backlink building, forum posting etc. These things don't require any special skills or knowledge, and there must be a lot of demand for that kind of help.

[Rob Anderson]

Originally Posted by ScottNorfolk

THIS is a good resource.

thanks scott.
a great jv opportunity for me.


Rob

[uncle randy 71]

How many children is she currently caring for, in her home? She could offer her services as a babysitter for one or two additional children.

If she is skillful with laundry duties, she could offer to do some drop off laundry/ironing work.

She might not fit the bill as a Virtual Assistant, if the children are rather young. Too much focus required to take care of the children in order to work on the phone.

If she can take her children along with her, maybe offer to do errand services for the elderly in her local area.

I realize none of these are computer related, but they might work around her current situation and the "brain dead" requirement you mentioned.

[Kappa]

I'm a stay at home Mom. Why wouldn't she want to learn about IM??? She has you willing to show her right? Is she just not wanting to have the learn? It will be so much more profitable for her to put several weeks into learning. No one is going to pay her to be brain dead, kwim? She is going to have to hustle one way or another. The best option I can think of is like above, doing some casual babysitting.

[motivated]

Transcribing is always good if she can type and can be started for free. Writing blog posts and reviews can be fairly non demanding and regular work, if slightly low paid. Another idea is to offer directory and social site submissions and link building services.

[reapr]

Originally Posted by Brad Callen

I have a friend that has no interest in learning anything "internet marketing" related, but wants to make a few extra bucks while at home with her kids.

She's not looking to strike it rich. Just something legit that brings in a few bucks.

Can you guys think of any "brain dead" jobs that can be done at home by someone that needs very little training, if any, to do it?

Thanks!

Brad

Online auctions probably have a low learning curve if you pick the write stuff to sell.

Using squidoo or hubpages is as easy as it gets to IM with stuff.

[David Walker]

Hi Brad,

If she is a native English speaker and has an interest in writing then she could earn a decent amount writing articles. There must be loads of Warriors right here who would love a great writer rather than having to constantly trial and reject mountains of poorly written garbage professing to come from "College English Majors" and the like.

If writing isn't her thing then link building could be a great option - you don't need to learn anything to complete the Paul/Angela type methods as you get a comprehensive workbook telling you exactly where to place the links!

David

[Joe Fier]

Right when I read the thread title, I immediately thought of the idea of article marketing for others. But it looks like David beat me to it!

I'd recommend something along those lines and look up positions on Elance.com or GetaFreelancer.com. If she proves to people that she could perform their jobs to how they asked, there's a good possibility to receive a consistent workflow from them.

There are a ton of people looking for these types of positions, so I'd tell her to hop on those sites right away!

Joe

[Andyhenry]

Hi Brad,

I think she should find something she's interested in and can get motivated about - perhaps something in her community and start a blog and have people add content - perhaps what's going on in local schools, what charitable things are happening in her community, local sports teams and results etc...

If she keeps her eyes open for opportunities, you can probably help her outsource the creation of a small software app that her visitors would love and pay for.

As long as she feels it's worthwhile - she can do well.

Andy

[AmyBrown]

I'd recommend she read "Cash Machine for Life" by Loral Langemeier and see if anything there inspires her. I've sent copies to most of my family and friends and several started micro businesses. She's coming out with a new book in September titled "Put More Cash in Your Pocket" that would also be applicable.

I rarely recommend IM to those who ask about making money, however I always provide info on how to use internet marketing to boost new or existing businesses.

Amy

[Kirahster]

There is a service called ChaCha, I am sure plenty of people on here have heard of it. The hire people to work from home and when someone asks a question, the person at home looks up the answer online and answers it.

You can also tell her to check out babycenter.com there is a forum/commuity on there for work at home moms.

She could sell avon, scentsy candles, etc.

internetbasedmoms.com also has a lot of information

[affilcrazy]

Brad,

Work as a voice over on internet marketing videos.

Someone sets up a great marketing video, but thinks they have a boring voice! So they hire someone to do the talking! I don't know about anyone else, but for some reason i am more influenced and trusting of a female voice. (Perhaps i have some deep-rooted psychological issues, but that's for another thread! ).

No training required. You just need a voice, a script and to be a women! Also it will introduce her to IM kinda!

Cheers
Partha

[pheonix44]

Why don't you make some small reports about being a stay at home mom. Look for some high traffic forums in this niche and try to establish a newsletter for it. Sell the reports for 5.00 with upsells. I am sure you would have at least minimal success with this. There are a lot of stay at home moms out there and they would love to hear some nice juicy stuff to get them through their boring days.

[TiffanyDow]

Brad she might do well making simple Squidoo lenses with Amazon modules. The more you have the more you make and it'll offer residual income. She can do separate accounts - for instance, I have a Christmas account - it makes a ton Sept-February but a little all year round.

She could do lenses on specific topics too - like parenting. Anything that sells on Amazon can have a lens about it pretty much and she wouldn't need to learn anything about websites. She can use the modules AND her own Amazon Associates ID.

Here's an example of one of my lenses that makes me about $500 per month during Sept-Feb:

Best Toys for Toddlers

If she can do that she can make enough to be happy.
tiff

[AaronJones]

Brad,

Have her buy a keyword software.(maybe you might know of one to recommend :-))

Then do keyword research for people who don't want to do it themselves or invest in software just yet.

Or do something like this with one of the many tools out there.

Aaron

[LilBlackDress]

Hi Brad,

I have a free work at home site that has a ton of at home jobs. There is a section on affiliate marketing and the site also includes many other ways to make money....

~selling photos online
~writing Santa letters
~pumpkin painting
~working for a call center
~VA assistant jobs
~mystery shopping
~owning your own online health store
~selling photographs online
~surveys, get paid to etc. type sites
~making and selling chocolate bouquets
~ebay sales
~Amazon sales

and tons of other ideas.

I also have a work at home writing site that gives the details on different content sites to write for.

I have pm'd you a link. If anyone else wants it, just pm me.

[sellerscompanion]

I wrote a quickie guide on how I make $500-1000 extra per month selling a certain kind of cheap, used item on eBay. She can order the guide on my blog at Selling on eBay Blog. She can click on the Buy It Now button in the upper right corner of the page.

CC

[midasman09]

Here's a few programs I've helped "women" make money with;

1) Appointment Reminder Service - for Doctor, Dentist, Chriopractor, offices. "$30 a day per office". 10 clients = $300/day x 5 = $1500/wk

2) "Odor Removal Service" - for local Car Dealers to "De-Stink" their trades. Product costs $3 per car...we charge $35/car = $30 per car profit. 10 Cars a day = $300/day x 5 = $1500/wk

3) "Welcome Magnets" - a Refrigerator Magnet mailed to New Movers. $1.25 per magnet per sponsor. 20 Sponsors = $25 per Magnet x 100 Magnets per Month = $2500/mo

4) "Employee Discount Cards" - Discount Cards given to employees by their employers as a "Gift". Sponsors pay $295 per 1,000 Cards. 20 Sponsors = $5,900 per 1,000 Cards

5) "Auto Buyer Thank You Cards" - "Thank You for Buying" Cards sent to Car Buyers, giving them a FREE Oil Change in 30 days (to bring them back to dealership) Car Dealers pay $10 per Card. Depending on how many cars they sell per month. Nowadays, 40/mo average = $400/mo to you. Your cost about $1 per Card = $360/mo x 10 Car Dealers = $3,600/mo

Just a few ideas of things I've done in 30 yrs.

Midas Man

[Rob Thayer]

I'm surprised no one has suggested Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome

This is something that Amazon put together that matches up people (your friend) with businesses that are looking for small, often repetitive tasks to be accomplished. The pay is not fantastic -- about 1 cent to 10 cents per task -- but I can see where it would add up if you're a hard worker. Keep in mind that these are usually things that can be done very quickly, if you work efficiently. And it's backed by Amazon, so no worries about whether or not you're going to get paid.

On the flip side, this is a resource that some of you IMers out there might want to use to get various work done in your own businesses.

[Rob Thayer]

Oh, and what about Associated Content? If she can enjoys researching and writing articles, she can make some nice bank there.

Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

[josh123]

Article marketing...using it to promote either adsense or affiliate (in my experience affiliate products are far better). It's the best source of free traffic out there in my opinion.

[Randy Meirndorf]

I have a buddy that runs a few of those drive up espresso stands, and his wife makes gifts baskets, with candy and fake flowers from the craft store. Total cost is about 15 bucks to make and sell for $50.00 at the booths. Pretty easy and can have the kids help.

[Netbug]

Hey Brad!

Ask her what are her talents that she can offer to people for a service, solution to a problem that is where she must start at first. What is she good at or expert at. Then see if there is a market for it or demand online for whatever she can do.

From my own experience my wife was needing extra cash and I told her why don't you try eBay auctions. After I gave her the run down on it and trained her on just a few things.

That is all she does, I can't get her to do nothing else.

What she did was find a hot niche that she can buy locally cheap and sell if for a profit on eBay I am really proud of her. She is paying off her new car and her vacations with it.

But anyway a lot of people can get started with online auctions. Many have including myself.

I wish her enormous success!

[Angela Wills]

There's some ideas on this site though they're not really brain dead stuff:
Real Home Based Business Ideas for Women

Santa Letter Business
Virtual Assistant
Craft Blog
Review Blog
Recipe Blog
Paid to Type
Paid to Write

[AlbertF]

I think legitimate paid surveys will suit her very well considering it can be very fun and daring at the same time. You can read more about legitimate panels that we recommend here Opinion Outpost: Legitimate Paid Surveys ? Moola Days.

[Alice Seba]

If she is interested in writing and doesn't want to mess around with trying to market her own articles, we take applications here:

Freelance Writer Opportunity

We get a lot, so I can't promise anything...but it's something. She'd get paid for her time invested, not like a biz op (like mentioned above).

Alice

[Nicholas William]

TOO MANY OPTIONS!!!
She should approach this like someone choosing their career.... figure out what you love and what you're good at then pick something that includes those two. Then you will enjoy it and you're naturally going to do well

[Rob Anderson]

here is a quick one.

but you wont be home that much.

you set up a delivery system for old people in old age homes. you give a % to the home.
you set times and then do the running, drug store trips, grocery shopping, picking up take outs. all the small things.
the cheaper you are the busier you will get.

[RichGal]

Make a blog on her hobby?
Take one more kid from neighbourhood to look after?
Crafts?
Articles?

[nick1123]

I have a link in my signature for a free e-book that shows people how to make $100 a day working from home. Maybe she would be interested in that.

[Johnson Tay]

Posting links on google

[apple87jane]

She has to find out her interest first, if not, she will never get the right job. As tay said, posting link to google, It's easy but need lots of time.

[Amy Bass]

I would have her read my blog My Debt Free Goal it has a lot of my experiences of getting started in IM as a stay at home mom as I struggled to get out of debt. I think she would like it.

[Brad Callen]

Thanks for all of the great ideas everyone! I just sent her everything and she was very grateful.

Brad

[andas09]

hey brad you`re not testing the water for a new product are you?

If she has has a good circle of friends (women), then why does she not try avon . com its a company for women. She can become representative and earn some decent commission for selling cosmetic products, i think is about 20 or 25% of sales.

I know people that do this and the hardest thing is filling out the order form. Defo easy pocket money.

cheers
paul

[Rob Anderson]

here is another.
get her to start a membership site.
(called a club in the old days)
like a knitting circle.
or some kind of snazzy book club.
whatever.

[Shannon Tani]

Many of the stay at home moms that I know do party plans. These are direct selling companies where someone hosts a get-together where she can show off the products. Popular ones are books, candles, and "romance prodcuts".

Love,
Shannon

[Adway]

Originally Posted by Brad Callen

I have a friend that has no interest in learning anything "internet marketing" related, but wants to make a few extra bucks while at home with her kids.

She's not looking to strike it rich. Just something legit that brings in a few bucks.

Can you guys think of any "brain dead" jobs that can be done at home by someone that needs very little training, if any, to do it?

Thanks!

Brad

Can she write well? Doesn't have to be perfect. Like at a high school standard.

If so, then definitely let her in on AssociatedContent.com. Tell he to signup and start writing 400 word articles. (Be sure she checks the exclusive rights to AC box when submitting her article.)

Write a few articles each day on what she likes. She can look at other articles for examples and follow them.

Pretty simple stuff there

Write 5 Articles/ Day - Should take 1 1/2 - 2 hours. 5 x $3 = $15.... Thats $450/month.

And if you are worried about whether or not AC actually pays. They really do. I have been paid 10 times from them back then and I have heard they have only gotten better these days.

[SMP]

If it's just a few extra bucks she wants then article marketing would be where I would start. It might be different if, say, she had defined the amount she wanted to earn but, by the sounds of it, it's just a time filler with a little to show for her time.

My sister makes and sells dress jewellery and greetings cards on eBay. She chose these because the materials were so cheap and there was already an active market on eBay. She also has children that she has to be able to work around so this was ideal - just 1-2 hours per day.

I have to say, though, try to persuade her to have a look at IM. See how she feels when she sells her first few affiliate products

Good luck to her.

Steve.

[Kristy Taylor]

Transcribing is much more difficult than it sounds - transcribing just one hour of audio takes approx. four hours of typing.

You would have to look at her skill set first to see what she already knows and take it from there.

Blogging or lens building would probably be a good start, parenting/child related by the sounds of it.

Ta
Kristy

[Josef_Benjamin]

ebay?

start selling stuff around her home. Used baby cribs, baby clothes, old shoes, old toys, etc.

My auntie did this and she started making money fairly quickly this way

[katkay]

I think making money by affiliate links are the best way.