Posted on 07/02/2017 10:58:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ryan Heenan used to make $30,000 a year as a preschool music teacher. Now he makes $30,000 a month producing jingles and videos through a website caller Fiverr -- and he does so from the comfort of his home in Orange County, California.
Heenan is part of an explosion in home-based work opportunities occurring thanks to the Internet. Consumer reporters such as myself used to struggle to offer people legitimate work-at-home options. In fact, most of our stories on the subject were about work-at-home scams. But now there are all sorts of solid opportunities to make a living in your pajamas.
Websites that connect workers with clients are the game-changer. For example, on Fiverr, Heenan's venue of choice, freelancers list their services -- many starting at just $5 -- for companies to browse. On FlexJobs, companies list jobs for freelancers to consider.
FlexJobs charges a monthly fee of $15 for membership, or $50 for a year. Fiverr takes a 20 percent commission on earnings. Both sites cater to a wide variety of professionals, but Fiverr seems to attract creatives such as graphic designers, writers and videographers. FlexJobs' list of categories includes more technical options, such as accounting, project management and engineering.....
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Thanks for posting this.
What happens when the poser goes out?
Power = poser.
Typing in crappy light again, and fat fingers.
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Backup generators and/or battery banks or both. Homes today are sometimes fitted with a battery bank that will charge during cheaper electric times and power the house during the more expensive energy usage times.
Tesla has an all in one unit. For those who really want to save on their electric bill after the solar panels are paid for; there’s the solar panel route. Particularly good for those who live in sunny areas.
One day a scientific breakthrough will make solar power affordable to all. Homes will use solar roofing to power their houses.
Living off grid has become a really big thing and a big business for those who sell products to make it happen.
Start a blog in the basement of your parents home...
My Mom is in Biloxi, they don’t have basements there....
>> Now he makes $30,000 a month producing jingles
$30k * 12 = $360,000. In 3 years a millionaire...
I’ve made upwards of $12k in a given week. It was fun to imagine that as a constant revenue. Lucky if I can make that in a month, and I’m still in the red.
I’m taking Fiverr jobs and putting the money toward Bitcoin purchases.
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Two things jump out at me.
#1: the 20% headhunters fee. That’s usury.
#2: 30k per month? Maybe gross in one month recently when everything was hitting on all cylinders and a few lucky breaks panned out. Net, minus the headhunter fee of 6k off the top, taxes and the whatnot, he probably saw about 18-20k. Still really good, but in the jingle-selling world, not a thing to bet the future on, and it probably came after a lot of hustle and many more 0k months before and after.
If you got a passion in life, follow it and be the best you can be. It may so happen that you can live the dream. Technology has made it possible for most jobs to be remoted... However, if your passion in life is not leaving your house and you don’t have skills in demand, great jobs won’t be knocking your door down.
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Bkmk Fivrr check it out
R u sure?
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You know muh response was to the article?
I think there are some real opportunities here. I do have some of the skills required. It’s appetizing because there are very few jobs of any sort near me, and the few that are available are low-level retail—Walmart, for example. A depressing prospect.
After many years of struggle, a friend of mine is leading a pretty blissful life in one of the loveliest areas of the US since she began freelancing as a writer using online resources like this. Writing is a particularly difficult field to work in via online freelancing because there are so many Indian, Philippinos, and Chinese who are native English speakers
and are willing to do the work for a buck an hour.
My main hurdle is the necessary internet access. I live in a remote area where I’m not near regular internet. I have to save enough from my $10-an-hour Home Depot job to install a satellite dish, and commit to an expensive contract. That’s a major gamble for me.
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