What Do You Work at Home Mom's Do?

Updated on October 18, 2009
R.J. asks from McKinney, TX
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I need to get some extra income coming in here and I have a newborn baby and a toddler. Not exactly worth paying daycare to go back to work full time. What do some of you do to make extra money. I don't want to sell anything from home. I don't have the patience or personality. I'd rather put the kids in daycare if it came to that. Any other suggestions?

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S.A.

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I am also looking to working from home to stay home with my son...have you started working for any one of these companies or another one? If so which one and how's it going?

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M.G.

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I just started working for West, and my husband is in training for Arise. Both are work from home legit companies, and both allow you to create your own schedule and work when and how often you want. West takes longer to get started, but there's no cost at all up front. Arise is immediate, and it costs a little for the training, but you get paid much better than with West (west is little more than min wage). Anyway. . .I highly recommend either company. My husband's aunt has worked for both companies for over a year now.

www.westathome.com
www.arise.com

Check them out. They are pretty easy jobs. It's basically answering phones for thos infomercials you see and taking orders.

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R.R.

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I work for a web based text in search engine. Basically, I sign in, and receive questions that people send in, I search the answers and send them back with a link, and the person receives it on their cell phone. I get paid per message. I work only evenings and some weekend hours, and make $200 to $350 per month.

If you are interested, pm me and I'll tell you how to sign up.

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B.P.

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I am a producer for an internet based health insurance broker, which was just small leap from what I did in a Bricks and Mortor office.

I have friends who are medical transcriptionists and do medical billing and coding.

There are actually companies now that hire individuals to work out of their homes to take their inbound calls for customer service. The only thing is that it cannot sound like you are in a home based office (no kids, dogs, doorbells, etc). You would probably need someone to watch the baby or schedule yourself to work when your hubby is home.

I've also done some mystery shopping. I'm in a rural area so it's kind of hit or miss, but I cleared almost $90 last month. It's not a huge amount but it does help!

Best of luck to you!

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M.M.

answers from San Antonio on

I am currently looking for personal assistant for my growing home business...a mom to work from home doing online email work and customer service phone calls for me.
I have been working from home for 4 years now and my business has done so well that I can't keep up. I only work part time putting my 2 small children first so I need to find someone to help out now that my income has increased so much I can afford to hire someone to help.
You can pm me if you are interested.
M.
www.WorkatHomeUnited.com/JOBS

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T.O.

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Paralegal.

But you really need to do whatever you did before kids at home. That's the best way to make decent money.

Around here there are:

-Sales people at home/when they don't travel.
- A marketing programs director from a very big financial/banking group.
-Event planner.
-Aflac sales person, when not out on calls.

and me.

So find how to do what you did before kids at home and pitch it to your old company or to a new one.

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T.B.

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If you have a creative side you could get into graphic art (creating logos, ads, brochures...) There is free software available for download (Gimp being the most reputable that I know).

If you have some creative flare and are good with computers, you could get into website design. All you really need to learn is html and css.

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M.N.

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The first thing you should know is that the internet is full of scams, only 1 out of 10000 sites are legit and paying when it comes to online jobs. If you want to register to any work at home job, i will suggest you to google it first with the word scam at the end of the search to see testimonials and comments.

You might want to know where to start with online jobs. The first thing i will tell you will be PTC or paid to click sites. They pay you, moms who are just at home sitting on the front of your computer to click ADs or online advertisements... so How do you start

first register here:

http://www.neobux.com/?r=vishner

http://www.neobux.com/?r=vishner

click the link and register...

respond to this request with your email and i will teach you more.

or google NEOBUX.com to learn more. HAPPY ONLINE JOBS MOMS

T.F.

answers from Dallas on

I do substitute teaching on occasion.

For the most part, we run our broker/consulting on raw materials out of our house. I get calls from people who need specific products, I set them up with suppliers who have the products.

We have been in this industry 20+ years so it is something I have learned over the years with my DH.

I am an ex corporate marketing person for a major snack food supplier in the area.

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T.J.

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I am a Home-Based Travel Agent with TraVerus Travel Network. They are based out of Allen, Texas.

There is a company based in Allen, Texas called TraVerus.
They are in a $7 Trillion Industry and it's really fun.

Stay at home moms and single parents are joining everyday. They are making an extra $500 or more per month, part-time.

Take a look at our website, www.TravelBargainsDirect.com.

This might be something you'd enjoy. You will also save money on taxes.

We have webinar presentations on 10/31 and 11/1 you can attend.

Here are the links and times:

10/31

3PM EST
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/167540660

9PM EST
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/632874728

11/1

3PM EST
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/418059306

9PM EST
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/327400772

Call if you have any questions, ###-###-####

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J.M.

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I'm a photographer. I used to do home-daycare, but when I started giving photos of the kids as gifts to the parents, they all suggested I do it professionally. A couple of years later, I'm photographing kids, babies, families, weddings, even industry parties for some local radio stations, and I love it!
Think of what YOU love to do, and figure out a way to turn that into a career. Be realistic, though. I love kids, which is why I tried the home-daycare thing. But, as it turns out, I HATE cleaning up the poo, pee, and vomit of non-relative-kids...which is really the biggest part of home-day-care. Ick.

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M.H.

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Hi R.,
I too am a mother of 2 kids nad wish I could provide more for our family. It is hard when you have to pay for childcare. I just found a new company that I hope to make some good money with and I wanted to share it with you. The company name is Qivana. You can google that to read a little more about it, but it is going to be big. It is a 2 product total core health system with a probiotic and an energy booster.
*Probiotic suppliment--aide in healthy digestion and absorption, enhance the immune system, helps maintain healthy levels of intestinal flora
*energy and vitality product--stabilizes blood sugar, promotes lower blood pressure, energy surge of 6+ hours, promotes mood stability, helps manage stress
It is still in pre-launch mode and will be going online March 1st. This is set to be a billion dollar company in 5 years. The enginers and founders are all from big corporations which you can also google. Derek Hall-CEO and Craig Johanson. The way this will work for your own business is that you send people to your web-sight, have them read about the products, choose to get a free 5 day sample then you follow up. They will be able to see how much better they feel and will want to sign up. There is an autoship account so you will not be deliverying or stocking shelves. Plus there are no parties to attend. It's all very easy. There are several ways to get compentation from selling. You will get a % from each sale that you make plus anyone you sign up and on down the line. The best thing is because this is so new everyone is going to be wanting to try it out. This is where Mary Kay and other such business where at their start up phase. You can see how well they have done. I'm very excited to have found this new company. Let me know if you would like more information. ###-###-####

Thanks,
M.

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