rachelsmom
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posted on June 15, 2002 02:21:16 PM new
I stay at home while DH works ~ and his check was AGAIN $1000 less than it should be.......3rd month in a row (commission sales). eBay is always slow in the summer so that doesn't help much. There are so many stay-at-home jobs for moms out there and soooo many scams it seems like. I was just wondering if anyone has found a good one besides eBay, that really works? LMK! Thanks,
Sherah Taylor
*Rachel 6/23/99
*James 4/15/01
*Baby BOY! Due 9/15/02
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mrfoxy76
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posted on June 15, 2002 02:23:42 PM new
designing websites pays well.....
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nycyn
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posted on June 15, 2002 07:23:02 PM new
How do you find clients?
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nharmon
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posted on June 15, 2002 08:10:38 PM new
If you find a secondary income source for stay at home moms besides Ebay- let me know too. My kids are Zach 4-22-95 and Rachel 7-24-96.
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rachelsmom
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posted on June 15, 2002 08:13:32 PM new
nharmon ~
email me at [email protected] and I'll send on what I've found. =) Sherah
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Helenjw
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posted on June 15, 2002 08:31:19 PM new
Starting a thread and then taking it to email is discourteous.
Helen
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Borillar
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posted on June 15, 2002 08:37:42 PM new
"How do you find clients?"
I started up a web design company about 7 years ago and it is still my mainstay. I advertised in a free local computer rag magazine geared towards IT professionals and computer geeks. It was free for the ads so long as I wrote a monthly column for the rag, so I'd spend a few hours a month writing for them and getting known.
I discovered to NOT sign up with search engines on the Internet! All I ever got was enquiries that went nowhere and so much spam that it would crash my mailbox each day. Instead, once I got a customer, I'd do such a dandy job at a good price that they'd send their friends to me. I got so many referrals that I finally got to the point where I couldn't handle them all, so I have been turning down new business for years while only occasional taking on the new client.
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nycyn
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posted on June 15, 2002 08:42:09 PM new
Yeah what am I, chopped liver?
Helen,
I went out tonight and was punished by God.
The Kid is on an overnight and I'm not a damn bit tired. Figured I'd wander out, get a pack of butts, and have a beer at the restaurant/bar on the corner.
Friday and Saturday nights are Geri-nites apparently. Their were two gawd-awful crooners on high volume accompanied by a pianist. (Last time I went there I met a retired detective/PI and had a ball. A Monday probably.)
I sat at the bar and picked at my calamari, couldn't drink my beer fast enough, THEN it began to pour outside. I sat there with my elbow on the bar clutching my nose/sinus bridge with my left hand.
When I get out again next year I guess I shouldn't be so spontaneous.
Sigh.
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auroranorth
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posted on June 15, 2002 09:20:05 PM new
a good source of extra cash and clients is http://www.keen.com
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Helenjw
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posted on June 15, 2002 09:39:57 PM new
Nycyn
Geri-nite and rain? You must have forgotten to pray. HaHaHa!!!
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nycyn
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posted on June 15, 2002 10:25:27 PM new
>>Geri-nite and rain? You must have forgotten to pray. HaHaHa!!!<<
I guess.
1:30 am and I'm still up. No kid to knock me out I suppose.
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gravid
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posted on June 16, 2002 07:01:59 AM new
We had a friend that was a good seamstress and she would make childrens clothing that was very bright and innovative. Not like stuff you would buy in the stores. Stuff like
bright yellow beach set with pants with a purple strip down the legs, and top with a matching decorative applique panel on the chest. It would all sell in upscale galleries and gift shop locations where it had no competition from other clothing. Lots of embroidery and sewn on buttons and rhinestones and stuff. She also did little travel storage pouches that were a flat of cloth with the edges folded over and divided into pockets along the edge with snap or button closures. They were padded and sometimes quilted and then the whole thing would roll up and tie with a ribbon. For jewelry or makeup or whatever traveling light.
Have to say she did burn out after awhile and had to stop. When her kids were grown she went back to a day job. I guess it was quite an effort coming up with nes designs constantly.
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dman3
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posted on June 16, 2002 10:12:23 AM new
I have to agree with Borillar if you want to make money for a second income or full time job avoid running your advertizing on the internet don't even bother with yellow pages or search engines its a waste of time.
85% of internet users are looking for 100% free service that will pay millions and cost them nothing the other 15% believe that if a service is free it's not worth using but are not willing to pay a fair amount to use these service.
if you looking toword any type of computer or programing service forget advertizing on the internet to people who are always on the net the part that arent hacking at it them selves looking for free advice get there help from outside the community in ways that Borillar describes because they believe regular internet users can not be trusted they go to trade papers and magazines when they are looking to hire outside for these things.
best way to find a good at home job that provides regular income Call or go to your local county CO-ARC they always have much work that can be done remotely and never enough in house help to complete it the type of work that can be delivered to your home to be completed and call them to pick up and bring more when done.
they pay vewry competive wages above min wage plus pay a rate per peice of completed work.
I work in a factory thats send millions in secondary work to the local co-arc to be done much of it is things that can be sent to privite homes for completeing such thing as putting tubes into plugs for squeeze meter bottles.
things such as placing the caps on the collapsable storage containers you see advertized on TV now and then since the 70s and packing them in the shipping packages with postage on them and getting them to the postoffice for shipping.
CO-ARC or coarc as its became know stands for County Creative Opportunity & association for Retarded children
this group has become a big employer in many cities town and villages employing and helping far more then just the retarded in these counties and many factories provide endless opertunities for these groups to provide income and education to old and young
from teaching high school age kids Skills and trades to makeing retired members of the community usefull once again.
check your local yellow pages and trade papers for the nearest COARC near you you will be suprised at the opertunities that are out there you never even concidered or knew about as this is county and community funded and little advertized.
This is not just a small rink dink group any longer many communiies have one or more huge building they work from and privide door to door bus service to get disabled and none disabled people get to work as well.
doing every thing from piece work to plastic molding auto repair metal fabrication, computer repair and services, community gradening, product assemblly and a great number of other things.
http://www.Dman-N-Company.com
Email [email protected]
[ edited by dman3 on Jun 16, 2002 10:26 AM ]
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Borillar
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posted on June 16, 2002 10:22:18 AM new
I used to have this grilfriend that was a stay-at-home mom and what she did was to go shop the thrift stores for good quality sweaters. Then, she'd attach extra buttons and glittery-type stuff to the front of it, making them look very attractive. She'd buy the sweaters for about $2 each and sell them for $15 to $20 each through friends and referrals. Believe me: they were quite pretty and people liked stopping by her place to look at what was available for not a lot of cash.
I saw an advertisiment on the tube yesterday of interest. It was for a hand-held gun that instant sews butons onto a shirt. One-squeeze on the handgrip and the button or bobbin was securly in place. Nice tool for the above idea.
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mrfoxy76
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posted on June 16, 2002 04:33:58 PM new
if your work is up to a high standard and the price is right no matter what you do word will get around and work will be steady all year round depending on what it is you do!
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auroranorth
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posted on June 16, 2002 04:35:28 PM new
could go on tv and see 900 ft gods that tell everyone to give you their money or you will explode at 7.pm on tuesday
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Borillar
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posted on June 16, 2002 05:23:15 PM new
"could go on tv and see 900 ft gods that tell everyone to give you their money or you will explode at 7.pm on tuesday"
I swear, sometimes you have the best way of putting things.
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rocketmom
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posted on June 16, 2002 10:26:05 PM new
Hi Rachel,I have a good stay at home job,but that's a misnomer because it involves me and my youngun to hit the road Thursday mornings and hunt the yard and estate sales for treasures. My son enjoys it because he has his own wish lists,(tabletop archade games).
It does involve some investment in books on values on collectibles and you must find a good antique mall to sell in. You only need a small space that you can run lots of stuff through quickly. Check out your local antique malls for prices and rent costs.
Like anything worthwhile it takes work, but after you spot the Chase chrome ice bowl designed by Russel Wright and the Ruba Rombick relish dish on the 25 cent table you'll be hooked. I found these two items this weekend.
I knew nothing about antiques and collectibles until I started reading books, and I don't mean just looking at the pictures, but reading the text.
I buy 2 books a month, some are great some are a waste of money, but I learn something from every one.
You can make a decent income if your heart is in it and you're not afraid to clean up 50 year old grime.
Hope this is some help. This is how I got to work at home and at the same time make hubby think I'm a genius. Good luck!
Regina
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Linda_K
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posted on June 17, 2002 05:43:09 AM new
rachelsmom - Sounds like you already have your hands full. But if you are knowledgeable in that area, the web design is very profitable.
Don't know what state you live in, nor your level of patience, but maybe (??) you might give consideration to daycare (?)
In CA one could care for up to 6 children by themself, or 12 if they had a helper.
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