Hobbies Can Be Profitable!
Do you have one or more hobbies that are relaxing and rewarding at the same time for you? Did you know you can turn your hobby into extra cash and profits almost at will if you know where to go?
You can and I will give you an example. I love to crochet and found it extremely rewarding to make afghans. I cannot tell you the immense pleasure I get when completing a project and especially if I made it specifically for a relative.
My friend Leah crochets too and asked me if I had ever considered selling them. I had thought of it but only briefly because of the time I put into each one. I had decided right away that they would not sell because I would have to put a hefty price on them for it to be worth it for me to sell.
But she showed me that people will and are buying them, and at prices that are worth my time. I have not done this yet because I’m so busy online right now, but I know it is now an option and I like knowing that it is a feasible idea for me. There is a website called Etsy (click on the name to visit in a new window) and it is a place you can sell homemade jewelry, crocheted clothing, etc. There should be a selection of sites like this, and you can find them easily my searching in Google.
I used to do a lot of tie-dying and did sell some of the items I’d done at the Barter Faire they have yearly here in Washington state. There are many hobbies people do because they like to and may have not considered that they could possibly sell their hobby products online.
An artist friend of mine makes the most beautiful and unique birdhouses I have ever seen and was even written up in the Home & Garden section a few years back in the Everett Washington newspaper. It was a hobby he started and people wanted them so he turned it into a business and is doing very well at it.
We have a Farmer’s Market every month of the summer here in Skykomish and there are many locals here that bring their hobbies to sell. This can include homemade jewelry, photography, custom gift cards with photos, crocheted and knitted projects and about anything you can imagine, and they sell!
I found out later that many of these people also sell their items online through ebay, different auction sites, and a variety of other places. If you are reading this post, then more than likely you are knowledgeable enough to google your hobby specialty and see what you can do with these fun projects.
Often times we do things we enjoy without ever a thought about a monetary value of our finished project. Why is this? Because we did it for fun or for relaxation and money simply was not the motive for creating it. If you are seeking employment or needing money….. did the light bulb go on yet?
Many people that are feeling the financial crunch have less time and funds to partake in their hobbies right now, unless they were to realize the possible earnings that could come from it. Depending on what your hobbies are they may or may not fit into this realm of thinking, but maybe there’s something else.
There are many creative ways of earning extra money and can be fun at the same time. Putting on those thinking caps could bring in some cool ideas, especially if the money is needed. Holidays can be a special time for everyone, and even more special for those that can earn money while enjoying themselves!
Yes hobbies can be profitable and enjoyable too. There are many people that enjoy receiving gifts that are specially made for them, or are handmade and therefore often considered a one-of-a-kind item. With a little creative thinking it would not be hard to put together a plan to start earning extra money.
I hope I’ve given some food for thought to someone that may benefit from this! I encourage all to have fun and to be creative and unique. I also wish you the best with any ideas you do decide to try and would love to hear about them, so feel free to comment if you want.
Have a creative day everyone, and thank you for reading my post.
Carol[skype-status].
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As Time Flies By…..
As Time Flies By So Quick And Sure
With Much Of It As Just A Blur,
But What Stands Out To Me Is My Dream
And How Its Now Possible With My Team.
Caring People Helping Me Through
What I Lacked And A Few Of Them Knew…
Through Sharing Our Lessons Of Life We Have Learned
With Each Other And Enriching In Turn
The Individual Knowledge We All Now Know
Synergy Increases As Our Team Grows.
The Bonding With Our New Family And Friends
Closer To Each Other As We Round Each Bend
Approaching The Point Of Obtaining Our Needs
Wants And Goals From Work And Good Deeds
Adding Richness To Each Of Our Lives
And Sharing The Happiness As The Team Thrives
With New Preparations And The Support Of My Team
I Am Ready For The Internet And Closer To My Dream!
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I had intended on writing a normal post but this flowed out instead.
I hope you enjoy it.
To Our Hopes & Dreams,
Carol McCrow[skype-status].
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Quality Free Training That Rocks!
This post is about quality free training that rocks! How do I know it rocks? Because I am not only receiving this training every day but I am also part of the wonderful team providing it.
We are a team working through our newly launched learning platform called Family Networker. I’ve never been a part of a close-knit team as this and I am so thankful to now be a part of this network of friends that are caring, trustworthy, and generous with their knowledge and with one another…
It’s amazing how often we can meet others we hit it off with almost immediately and end up being friends for years and more. I’ve learned that this comes from the bonds of a shared passion and our main passion is the desire to help others while we build our own successful online businesses.
The quality free training that rocks is the training that is being shared with us by our outstanding founder and team leader, Craig Caron. List building is his main specialty but he is well educated in many other marketing skills as well, and is sharing those methods and techniques with those that need it.
With each new team member comes an entirely unique set of opinions, ideas, and contributions. As much as we can be alike we can also be different. My weaknesses will be another person’s strengths and so on. Sharing ideas and methods with each other is a great way to also make friends and business associates.
When the variables of the team members are evenly distributed and comes up fairly well balanced, then I feel confident that team has the potential of doing great things! Blog building, branding yourself, and learning to research keywords are just a few of the benefits of this quality free training that rocks!
Go here for full details: Family Networker
*May The Force Of A Good Team Be With You!*
To Our Mutual Success,
Carol McCrow[skype-status]
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Writing Articles For Money
About a year ago a friend I was working with online told me about a website where she had started writing articles for money. I decided to try it but when I noticed the actual amount I would get paid per word I forgot about it because it didn’t seem significant enough to spend my time on.
But a few months after I had opened my account with them, I saw an email from them and decided to check into it again. I signed on and chose an article to write and finished it in no time at all. It was a very short one and simple for me to write, so I chose another and got into it writing one after the other for a few days.
Finally after a week or so I looked to see how much I had made and I was pleasantly surprised to find I had made just under $100. This company pays twice monthly so I put in for a payday to be paid to me through my Paypal account and was thrilled when I received it the next day.
That was when I learned a valuable lesson: I learned right then and there that when it comes to word count, there are definitely more words than you would expect and that they will add up real quick =)
When I’m short on cash I go on over there and write articles until I have built up the amount I want or need. What this article broker company does when you first sign up is they have you write an entrance essay on whatever subject they provide for you. They then grade your work according to their guidelines and your grade will determine how much you earn per word.
Some articles will take longer to write and every once in awhile I get requests for a revision. This means there is something about the article I have submitted that the client wants changed or altered in some way. As in internet marketing it will be important for website owners to write interesting and unique content while using keywords.
Writing articles for money gave me a new perspective and great guidelines to do my own content articles with. By following another business owner’s specific instructions its easy to start seeing where keywords fit in and what is required in general for successful articles. This article company also grades every article you write and the client also has the option to comment.
There is much to learn from writing articles for money and especially for other people. The grading can bring a professional opinion of what may have stopped you from getting a better grade, and can be very helpful for self improvement. If earning extra money by writing articles will help you out then I welcome you to check out TextBroker.
This is truly a nice place and one of my favorites to earn extra money from. So do not let the amount per word discourage you, as you will have to work for your earnings but it will add up quickly and can be very educational for those lacking experience.
It will also help pull together the importance of the keywords used and how they are worked into the content. Be sure to pay attention to their suggestions when they grade your work because you can learn from them, and their requirements are the same as other quality websites that follow the rules.
This is not an affiliate link and as far as I know they do not have an affiliate program. I was very thankful that my friend shared the link with me, and if you are truly broke, I hope this link can be very helpful for you too if you’re willing to write. It is a way to earn while you learn for many as it has been for me and will help give you the chance to get accustomed to writing articles for money!
Another thing: To write articles you will need to sign up as an author. If however you wish to have articles written for you for a nominal fee you would need to sign up as a client.
Best Wishes,
Carol
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It’s Better To Give Than To Receive
It’s an awful feeling for me when I take action to help someone when they’re in need only to have them do something disrespectful, insensitive, or downright mean to me afterward. It hurts my feelings terribly, or at least it used to. Don’t get me wrong, I still get a stab in the heart feeling but I look at it differently now.
After this happened a few times close together, I found myself feeling angry and regretful. I was angry because I had gone out of my way to help them, and regretful that in doing so my feelings got hurt. I also regretted believing them in the first place and felt real stupid for doing so.
Then I got angry at myself for feeling sorry for myself! I started thinking about all the other times I had helped a friend out and they really appreciated it by showing me in one way or the other. They acknowledged my help and thanked me, and that felt good.
Then, something from long ago crept up to the front of my mind, and I remembered something I had figured out as a kid. I was real young, maybe 9 or 10 when I saw something happen with my parents. I have long since forgotten any of the details but I do remember the end result, the impression it left with me.
That impression has been the true meaning of “It is better to give than to receive” for me. This is what I learned and believe to this day:
When I give from my heart for no other reason but to give to and help someone, I get an overwhelming feeling of satisfaction that I was able to find it in my heart to do so and that I was able to. I realized that even if my help was not appreciated that I have the right to still feel good about my effort. Unless my help was done in a manner that ended up being harmful, there is no reason for me to feel bad or guilty.
I just need to remind myself that if my efforts were not taken in the manner I expected, it does not take away from what I already did. I made my effort with heartfelt intention and nothing changes that. Not even if it doesn’t get accepted or is not appreciated.
Of course the feeling I would get would be dampened but I know I tried and I still make sure to give myself this credit. Once I fully realized this, it all fell into place. The main reward is not any kind of pay back from the receiver. It comes from within yourself.
I realized that even if my help was not appreciated, I was rewarded two-fold. I was 1) REwarded with the realization that I had the ability to actually help, and I was 2) REwarded again when I actually did help another, and received the REward of the warm, wonderful feeling of knowing that I had helped another.
When a person is the receiver of the help, they are Awarded with the assistance that was so kindly and unselfishly given to them. They were Awarded because of you. There is no reward for receiving, not really. Appreciation for receiving help perhaps, but very different.
Only you know how much you truly gave, so your own good feelings for the deed you have done will be in direct correlation to how much of yourself you actually gave. I don’t mean monetary value either; I mean why you gave it… Your motive-
Whether you gave for the one reason of to be helping another, or if you gave it to boost your ego or to make yourself look good. I like to believe that most people do good things for others for unselfish reasons and because they enjoy helping others.
But as we all know, there’s always going to be that one bad apple that will try to spoil the whole darned bunch! Just be sure you are never perceived as that bad apple and do your utmost best to keep it that way. Thank you for reading my post concerning my perception of…..
“It’s Better To Give Than To Receive”
Have a wonderful day!
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Family Networker Has Launched!
YES!
WE HAVE LAUNCHED!
Take a look at my new page by clicking on “Family Networker” in the menu.
This is an awesome team and I am so proud to call it my team. We work together helping each other to build ours and each others blogs, lists, and businesses. We also share free training on list building and much more.
We have weekly webinars that are very useful and beneficial- and I always learn something of value.
Go take a look at Family Networker by clicking on the tab above and if you like what you read, then click on any of the hyperlinks to get full details.
This is the beginning of an incredible team that has already grown by leaps and bounds… Join us and prosper with us as we build and learn together.
Best Wishes To You All!
[skype-status]
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Making Conversation
This post will concentrate on overcoming shyness and insecurities that can hinder the desire to communicate with others. I have experience with this and recall a detailed and step-by-step approach I used to overcome this myself.
I can tell you my way of thinking on this, and if you find something I say to be helpful then by all means, adapt it to benefit yourself with it. Remember that it is very important to be yourself and to use your personality.
When I first admitted to myself that I was afraid to talk to people, I knew I had to change that about myself. I would watch as my friends could approach a complete stranger and strike up a conversation without feeling stupid as I did.
It bothered me so much that I tried doing what they would do, but I always felt stupid and would trip over my words. What was the matter with me, I would think to myself. Why was this so hard for me?
It dawned on me that I lacked something my friends had, and that was self confidence. I also had a low self esteem and was very insecure with myself. After realizing this, I decided it was all a state of mind and I could and would change it.
I did a lot of self analysis and finally decided that I was just as good as anyone else and that I did have self value- as much as everyone around me at any point. I was basically no different than anyone else. Once I believed this I realized I already had more confidence in myself!
I was always trying to step out of myself and compare myself with others while trying to stay objective. This is NOT an easy thing to do! In fact, if you have a close friend you can trust it may be beneficial to discuss it with them so as to get an outside opinion of yourself. This will be entirely up to you.
I started testing my new-found need for courage and began striking up conversations with strangers in public places like on the city bus or at the grocery store. I found it to be much easier than I thought it would be!
It wasn’t long before I started speaking my opinion in places like at work or class while I was in college. Not every effort was completely successful but most turned out real well and I soon forgot my previous apprehensions.
I learned that humor is a must when talking with strangers. Most everyone has a sense of humor and can relate to it so it can be a silence-breaker at times. Light humor is all I’m suggesting.
Being empathetic with people can go a long way in appropriate situations. Not in a real personal way, but more in a general way like if someone trips in front of you. You can offer your assistance and help them to not be as embarrassed.
That was just a quick example that hopefully helped the point I was trying to make. Ask yourself how you would want to be approached and treated by a stranger. Try your ideas and see how they turn out, adapting them as you see fit.
The more successful you are in conversations the better you will become with them and even enjoy them. Remember to try to be in tune with yourself and keep replacing those insecure or inferior feelings with positive feelings about yourself so the negative eventually goes away.
It becomes easier to identify these feelings the more you think about them and make efforts to overcome them. The more comfortable you get with opening up and practicing conversation skills the more natural it will become to talk with others.
Being human qualifies everyone to be an equal on a general level, and always remember that. You are no less than any other human, but you can better your skills so you can converse with others comfortably and easily.
If you think or meditate on this daily, and do your best to set out to better yourself in this area by trying exercises of your own as discussed, you will succeed. How long it will take will vary from person to person but with a positive and determined attitude it can be achieved.
This post is about communicating with strangers when you have insecurities or a low self esteem. I hope this has been a help to you and that you will check back soon to check for more posts.
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The Power In Teamwork
Team work can be awesome when the members consist of like-minded individuals who all participate to the team in their own ways. Members that know list building will share their knowledge and techniques, just as those that know article writing or search engine optimization (SEO) would share knowledge and techniques of their respective expertise.
The more team members there are, the more skills there are likely to be collectively within the team. Mix this experience together with determined and motivated marketers and with the new bond those team members have gained with each other, and you’ll have a happy group of friends that have helped each other to build their own businesses.
This is the ultimate in teamwork because the bond they have built with each other can produce a synergistic effect. This opens up the possibility of this team becoming unstoppable and leading to a solid and profitable business, which can lead to a better life and financial security.
Much of the outcome of this team will be reliant on a combination of factors with the members themselves. Personality, intent, ethics & morals, and many more individual differences can all play a part in the type of bonding found between the members, but one of the most important areas is trust.
There must be a minimal level of trust between the members and the constant acceptance that trust needs to be gained and always worked on for the team to be able to grow on solid ground.
Think about how important it is to you to be able to trust specific friends and acquaintances for an assortment of reasons. What happens if you find yourself working with someone you have become leery of? I don’t know about anyone else, but I get uncomfortable and if the feeling continues, I will leave.
I must feel at least a certain level of trust with those I choose to work with, or it won’t work for me. That is the power of a good team! It is also important to be sure you conduct yourself in a manner that will assure you don’t take advantage of anyone without being aware of it.
Another issue I feel is very important is for each member to be open to realizing the reality that everyone is different in their own unique ways. Even you, and even me. No matter how alike you are to someone else, there are always those differences that make us each a true individual.
If you keep the individuality issue in your head it will help to understand and even tolerate others’ opinions and biases. I am constantly reminding myself that “We are all entitled to our own opinions and character differences, so who am I to judge?” Living by this statement has taught me to get along with a variety of people that I would not have given a chance otherwise. Many of these “unique” people are now my best friends! Opening your eyes to “different” can be very refreshing at times.
To wrap this up…..
If you have trust with your teammates, then you have potential partners and friends. Partners and friends help each other by sharing their knowledge and techniques, instructing each other, and working together in an honest and friendly atmosphere.
They also let you know when you are doing something wrong, and help you to learn the correct way so be sure to be open to accepting constructive criticism. Learning how to give constructive criticism is also important so the problem can be addressed without animosity when teaching or training others.
Yes, a good and solid bonding between team members can build a very strong team with the potential to become unstoppable with their synergistic mind frame of determination and motivation. This is my perception of teamwork and feel it necessary in many situations when it comes to learning to earn realistic home profits successfully.
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Hello & Welcome, World!
Welcome to Realistic Home Profits.
If you are looking for ways to earn realistic home profits and using your computer with the internet, you have come to the right place. In order to earn any profits online, there are things to know and steps to take that can almost guarantee success.
What will be offered here will be true and realistic methods, with absolutely no promises of overnight wealth or instant riches. No one should ever make outlandish claims such as those but you will find it in every nook and cranny of the internet.
Training is important and so are partners, but the ultimate can be found when training within a team of partners. That is what I’m doing and it is helpful in so many more ways than I ever imagined!
I am looking forward to sharing my experiences and knowledge, in addition to making new friends along the way. If this sounds helpful with what you are doing, I encourage you to check back often as I am constantly learning and will want to share it all here.
Thank you, and once again- Welcome to Realistic Home Profits!
To Your Success,
Carol McCrow.
P.S. Watch for my upcoming post……..!
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