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3 Ways to Generate Revenue When You’re A Stay-at-Home Mom

By Maria Bashi
Sep 26, 2016
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Every woman has a million different things she’s called to do in life. One might have a passion for her family. She stays at home and looks after the children, and on the side, she enjoys doing a host of different things Each task she sets her mind to benefits from her amazing capabilities.

A different woman might spend her days caring for others in a hospital setting, a third puts her brilliant financial mind to use in a business setting. There’s no limit to the things women accomplish every day.

No matter what they do, though, many women come to a point in their lives when they want to have children. Everybody arrives at this point differently, but most of us get there.

When the time for children comes, some women might decide to spend the first year with their baby; then they wean them off and head back into their career because that’s the way their life is.

Another woman might choose to put her career on hold to raise the family, or she might just give it a go at a much slower pace.

There is no one way to raise a family. However, if you’re in this place in life and you’ve chosen to be a stay-at-home mom, yet you also have a desire to generate revenue while you’re here, here are three things you can do to bring in some money

Become a Writer Extraordinaire

Women tend to be pretty creative. Many are regularly looking for ways to put their own flare into things they do and the places they spend their time.

If you feel like you have a lot to say, but you’re at home much of the time looking after children, you probably don’t have much of an audience to speak to. You could consider becoming a writer and write a blog that may generate income.

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In truth, there’s both a science and a grind in making this work. People don’t become popular by happenstance. If you want to generate income from your writing, you’ll have to put a bit of work into learning about business and marketing.

But the truth? It’s a fun outlet you can do from anywhere, so it might be worth a try.

Start a Home-Based Business

Most people would love to be able to work from home. Few get the chance because you really have to make the opportunity happen for yourself.

But if you’re driven and you want to make money from home, you could start a home-based business and make something worthwhile happen. A home-based business can be anything you want it to be.

You could go to beauty school and open a salon that’s run out of your home.  You could design and make a clothing line from your house. Or you could advise people on whatever it is you’re good at. The options are limitless. Do some brainstorming and see what could work for you.

Find Something You Believe in and Peddle it

Multi-level marketing companies have gotten a bad rap, some of them for very good reasons. But if you believe in the product, there’s no shame in sharing it around and making some money off the deal while you’re at it.

You just have to know what you’re willing to do and whether you’re the kind of person who would be good at this sort of thing. People naturally promote products they like all the time; the only difference is that with a company that is MLM, you’ll see money coming in.

 

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