Ways to Make some CASH:
- Sell your stuff! We all have extra "stuff" in closets, spare rooms, the garage, etc... Get rid of it!
- Consignment Stores: There are plenty of adult and children's clothing stores around town. And let's not forget Home-to-Home in Centerville. You can take furniture, pictures, and other household items here for consignment.
- Garage Sale: It's almost spring and time to plan a garage sale. My mother, sister-in-law, and myself will be having one this year. We have done them in the past and done well. My recommendations: A) Have it the first weekend of the month. or B) If you live in or near Centerville, do it during their Annual Garage Sale Weekend. What better way to get free advertising and customers?
- Make what you have available: Let's say you have two printers, but only use one. If you are someone on Facebook and have at least 50 or so friends.... post it! This is the first lesson in sales: ask for the sell! You have to tell people what you have in order for them to buy it.
- Online Opportunities:
- Did you know you can take surveys online and they will pay you? I have never done this, but know many stay-at-home mom's who do this. Google it for more info.
- Ebates (or other sites that are like it). I am an online shopper. I have about a zero tolerance for human's inside a shopping center. And by humans, I mean teenagers who are wearing their pants down low and are just gawkward. (Yes, I made that word up.) If you online shop, go to the Ebates site first, find the store you want to buy from, and then click-thru the ebates site to get to your shopping store. During the Christmas season I received a $68 check from Ebates.
- Coupons. Print them. Use them. No more information should be needed here. Go to couponmom.com for a good starting point.
- Music downloads.... are you ready for this? GoMusicNow.com is an overseas (UK or Australian) website that allows you to download music for .09¢ - .15¢ per song. You have to create an account first and upload $25. Then every time you download a song it subtracts it from your account balance. It also keeps a list of all songs you have purchased/downloaded so that you can download them again FREE if needed.
- Auctions: I'm not a big fan of Ebay for selling, but I have gotten some great deals here. For our business we have used AuctionZip. Other than computers, there is nothing in our building that we have not purchased brand new. We have a really nice counter in our show room that we paid $50 for. The original Invoice was in the drawer... they paid $10,000. Perhaps that is why they went out of business?
- Sneaky Ways to Save
- So you know Kroger gives you .10¢ off per gallon for every $100 you spend with them, right? And you know that you plan on spending at least $100 on your kid's summer clothes at... let's say Old Navy (or insert whatever store!). Go to Kroger, buy a $100 gift card for that store. You have just earned .10¢ off your gas. And if it's during their double deal time... it could be .20¢ off. I recently remodeled a bathroom and purchased all my Lowe's gift cards there first, and then went and bought paint, lights, etc...
- Online "Points": Whatever "points" program you use, put it to your advantage. Stop thinking of it as you winning the lottery. Choose a gift card that you will use for something valuable. Say a gas card, or Target, or Wal-mart. You know, places that sell toilet paper! I mean really, do you need that Starbucks card?
- Aldi: I am a strong supporter of Aldi grocery store. Stop rolling your eyes. Between my friend Stephanie and myself we can tell you what is good or bad. But seriously, if you're making smoothies... who cares where you get that frozen bag of blueberries?! Only you know! And I'd like to go ahead and give their guacamole 5 stars.
That is it for now. Want more great ideas? Turn out Clark Howard or Dave Ramsey. :)
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