make extra money isnt just about online earnings...do you agree?
By p3ks626
@p3ks626 (6538)
Philippines
April 22, 2010 6:08am CST
A lot of people these days are always thinking about ways on how they can put more money into their pockets. We always have in my mind things that can help us money in the internet like mylot, PTC sites, investing on something and also blogging. These days I was thinking about something else aside from what the internet can give me and I came up with something that will really help me earn more money. I have a skills in baking and I could say that I am really good at it, so I am going to sell some pastries at schools. I think its a good way to generate more income since students will be eating from cafeterias and pastries I make will be there for them to choose from. I am really excited about it. How about you? Do you have other ways you have thought about to help generate more income? What is it?
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25 responses
@cbeee3 (2061)
• India
23 Apr 10
Oh yes! There are several ways of making money apart from using the internet.
But a lot of people enjoy using the net as from the comfort of our home with just time and effort we can make money. For instance, I have monetize my blog and am working on my second blog. I am a freelance writer online. But by profession I am an IT professional. So you see, its easy for me to make money online like this after my IT work.
But offline jobs have limitless options too. You can do a part-time job, take tuitions, use your skills and set up a business as you plan to. They are all great options.
Hope you have fun and success with your plan! 
@cbeee3 (2061)
• India
25 Apr 10
Oh yes! If you monetize a blog properly, you can make good money from it. Plus, once you are successful with a blog or two, you can apply the same things to more blogs and increase your earnings.
If you need any help while starting your blog, feel totally free to PM me. I will help in anyway I can. I too learnt from trial and error. :)
@Lena25 (51)
• United States
24 Apr 10
Yes, I do have others ways that I would enjoy making money but I have a problem. I would like to make and sell jewelry online but I have a problem. I do make jewelry but doing the rest like scanning it and putting it on a website like Esty is a problem if you don't know how to use the scanner. I don't know how to scan pics with my scanner and I have tried and I can't figure it out yet. I know it can't be hard to do but I always hit the scan button and I don't know where my pics go. I be trying to find them but no such luck yet. I love to make jewelry because that's my passion and I wish I had someone here to show me how to scan the pics so I could put them on sites that will sell my pieces. I am pretty new at all of this but I do be trying.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
24 Apr 10
That's a good idea selling things like that in the internet. I have friends who also sell online but they dont use ebay or Esty to sell it. They just posted photos of their products in the internet through facebook. They are earning a lot of money cause people can see it. She also tags her friends of the goods she's selling and that's it, she already have an extra income.
@sumanadep (1228)
• India
22 Apr 10
Well yes... Extra money isn't only from online
You can use your skills for other type of earning...
Simple things like painting can also become a source of extra income.
These things depend on your skills and about how much time and investment you can put in. Online earning requires less of investment I think so.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
I hope so. The only thing that I can do about it to make it successful is the quality. I think even if a certain product is a bit expensive but the quality is good then people are still gonna buy it. As long as the quality is not going to decline, its good to go.
@Saranggola (956)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
I agree but as of now, earning online is my only option because I can't really work while studying. I am not a smart girl so being a working student will only make things worse.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
I think you're English is good. Have you ever tried to get a job as an online English teacher. There are companies that offers good pay for teaching English online and they require only a few hours to work for them. If you wanted to focus yourself on your studies then that's okay and while you are doing that then you can also develop some skills and talents.
@Saranggola (956)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Really? Thanks. I didn't know that. How and where should I start finding one?
@bluemars (952)
• Australia
22 Apr 10
There are I guess a few things out there if you are lucky enough to find something stable and be able to get into it. I remember how hard it used to be but without the internet because there were no ideas to generate from. I like to come online even to just get some ideas like the ones you mentioned. It is a great place to come and learn and then go out into the world with this new knowledge and make a start on something for yourself.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Very good dear! You are very resourceful. Indeed you can very well use your talent in baking to make some money and should you improve that expertise more I believe you can even have your own bakeshop soon. Well, online earnings do give us extra money indeed but not that much. I believe selling is better than online job. Although it takes more effort, it pays anyway! Nevertheless, I have not much time to engage in selling because I have a regular job. I have just very few spare time so mylot is the best place where I could spend some of those few spare time.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
I also cant focus on selling cause I also have a primary job so I just have to ask somebody to do it for me. I am focusing not only in one school but many schools. There are so many schools here in our place so I guess I dont have to worry about profit cause I think I am sure of it already. I am actually dreaming about having my own shop or even a restaurant. Maybe in the future I will.
@feijiangjun (245)
• China
23 Apr 10
Of course ur right.But making money online is more attractive for me , because it is i have more freedom in such an earning program. And what's more, not everyone has a particular skill to make an extra money in the real world. So the Internet, the virtual world could be another choice
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Right! But there are so many things to be considered. There are a lot of people earning online through blogging but its also not a very easy process. You have to be patient with it too. I have a friend who established her name for 3 months and she already started earning these days. Internet is indeed attractive. Even more attractive if you know what to do. No matter what kind of sideline you have or we have, we all need to be patient.
@hagirl (1295)
• United States
23 Apr 10
My husband has started making wishing wells, baskets, wheel barrows, and wagon wheels out of landscape timbers..... he just started and we already have orders..... I hope this goes off very well...... there are other ways to make money and you just have to find your talent and go with it......
@de_toya (2429)
• Indonesia
22 Apr 10
Yes I agree with you. We can make extra money offline. We may take part time job according to our skill. If we have good skill in selling, we may become freelancer salesman or sales promotion girls. We may also become affiliate in insurance company. We can do it in our free time.
I make extra money offline by selling pulse for prepaid phone cell. I can do this job while I do my main job. I make money using my phone cell. I have many friends in my office. They are may customers. I enjoy this job and my friends (my customers) also like it because they do not need to go out to refill their phone cell. Even if they are at home or in the journey to somewhere, they just send me short message to make an order.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Actually, I dont have a very good skill when it comes to selling so what I do is that I am going to leave my products in the school cafeteria. I also have a primary job which means I cant be at schools and sell my products for the whole day. I am just going to go back to the school cafeteria after classes. I am targeting not only one school but many schools.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
That's really great! Believe it or not I experienced that too. I got paid for fixing somebody's hair. I didnt do with with other people but just within my family. My sister is always asked to host programs and she always ask me to make her hair-do. I didnt ask her that much, just a percentage of what she's paid for being the host. It was not much but it was enough to buy me a snack.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
There are a lot of people who are looking for interior designers and these designers actually got a lot of pay. Its a good skill to develop. Sewing is also a good skill. you can learn how to sew curtains and pillow cases. That's another income generating skill.
@ttzhu111 (51)
• China
23 Apr 10
I really agree with you.My present job is a hotel staff.Generally,we work two days and then rest two days so I 've got so much leisure time.I am planning to do some small business something like take-away,handbags,clothes...In fact I do have many ideas when time is proper and money is enough I will start something.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
22 Apr 10
Hi p3ks, It is nice to hear that you are putting your skills into use and planning to earn some money with it.I think it is a great idea.If you succeed you can make a substantial income and forget about online earnings which is very limited anyway...all the best
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Thanks! I am actually learning more skills that will also help me generate income in the future. My mother in law as also one of the most influential person in my life these days since she's the one who taught me my skills and she is still teaching me other skills now. Its really great. I dont tend to get rich but at least have more income.
@Ruskim (37)
• Norway
22 Apr 10
so far apart from the technical training am getting at the univerrsity i guess the internet is my next source for earning some money
@mac_fish (723)
• China
22 Apr 10
Hi,p3ks626
I agree with that statement,there are virtually much more ways to thick our purses than only make money online.
The reason why Many people take online money as thier first choice to purchase is probably conventient and could work at home with a ease.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
That's the advantage but there are only a few people who are successful in online earnings maybe because they dont know how to do it or maybe they are not aware of the things that they are suppose to do. It is indeed an advantage to generate more income with the comfort of your home when you have online earnings and if you have other things in your mind then that's better.
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Apr 10
As far as I am concerned, I think it will be so good for me to earn money online. Though I agree with you so mcuh that earning extra money is not just about to make money online, we still can make money in the reality life. But I usually enjoy a lot about the earning money online,which can help me to much money then. So I prefer it so much. In my profile I have done such amount of sites to help me to earn money online. have a nice day my friend.
@kar295rocks (2116)
• India
22 Apr 10
Great - you are using your own talent to fget some bucks! You can sell it on eBay as well for some rate within your country!!
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
I think its a good thing for people to develop their talents cause there are so many advantages that people can get from their talents. I am really glad I have a talent in baking and yeah, I am also planning to sell my products online. Its really a very good way and easy way for me to earn more money.
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
I have this little simple snack bar at a near marketplace in our town, I targeted the masses so I sell cheap snacks for them...My snack bar's name is MACKIE'S CORNER. Well, I am still thinking and researching more affordable snacks for my target customers so to increase my income per day. I also design customized t-shirts,caricatures and logo. These are some of the ways I am doing right now to earn extra money...
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
That's really great! Actually, it is also my dream to have my own restaurant. I was also thinking about the same thing like getting a snack bar. I think its really a great thing to have. I just wanted to get it in a place near schools so I can be sure that there are gonna be students who are gonna buy it.
