Image source For every truth, there always seems to be an accompanying myth, and none is more accurate than the whole going to college debacle. Think about it for a moment or two. Going to college is incredibly expensive. True. Going to college means leaving with a huge amount of debt. Myth. That’s right, we…
Financial freedom sometimes seems like a party you weren’t invited to. You can see the guests through the keyhole, but have no way of getting through that door. It’s all a bit Alice In Wonderland, but without a shrinking potion to help you through. This is the case with personal finances. It’s also relevant in…
Who wouldn’t love to earn a little extra money on the side? We could all do with more funds but it takes quite a bit of investment until you can start making a decent amount of profit for the time you put in. Thankfully, there quite a lot of side hustles that you can start…
Image Given the plethora of marketing advice online, it would be easy to assume that marketing is easy. Surely it’s the kind of thing that anyone can do! Spread the word of your business or side hustle, earn more money, and ensure that your enterprise is a success– simple, right? Wrong. Marketing is one of…
Pexels.com Ecommerce businesses can be wonderful to run, but they are not without their issues. While there’s a blissful simplicity to not having to actually interact with customers face-to-face, there’s always the chance you’ll be on the receiving end of an unhappy email. No ecommerce business owner likes to have to go through the hassle…
There’s this stereotype that people in the arts drink a lot… What can I say? Some stereotypes are true. There have definitely been times out on tour where alcohol pretty much needed its own budget line. It’s also not exactly easy to find coupons for beer. Usually if you need to save some money when…
We all have weaknesses and I’ve got to say, Facebook is getting alarmingly good at exploiting mine. Because of the freelance nature of my life – both blogging and stage managing – sometimes I’m financially pretty well off and other times it’s a miracle I manage to make ends meet. One of the reasons I…
It took me until about the dozenth time starting (and running) a blog before I saw any significant financial earnings. The money I earned for a “high traffic” day was laughable – just shy of a dollar – when I look back on it. Google AdSense was effective, though, and I was proud. Fast forward…
A long time ago, I had this idea that I would side hustle some Tieks by using UserTesting – a pretty easy side hustle where you spend 10-20 minutes reviewing a website for $10 a pop. The work isn’t always available, but over time, it seemed plausible that I could earn enough to pay for…
EasyShift is one of those apps that let you take pictures or check prices in a store for a few dollars. I was pretty intrigued because the payouts seem to be higher than a lot of other microtask apps ($10-20 range). I recently started training for a part time job in the mornings that leaves…
In the constant search for how to bring in more income, you’re likely to come across an awful lot of options floating out there on the Internet. I know there are several I come across regularly that seem to promise the potential for some pretty high payouts, but I wonder about the risk levels involved.…
Coming up on 4 years of blogging soon and I’m happier than ever that I started blogging in 2013. Last month brokeGIRLrich brought in $667.10 and I made $315 from freelance writing – opportunities that come 100% out of starting this blog. For the majority of the last year, I’ve been averaging a little over…
When people think about side hustles or survival jobs, a lot of them seem to revolve around being on the same place all the time or work hours outside of 9-to-5. Any stage manager knows that doesn’t really help us out. Work hours change a lot in the theater. While you might be able to…
Have you been daydreaming of ways to get you out of the daily grind? Are you brainstorming how to bring in other streams of revenue to give you more freedom? If so, you may have the necessary drive to join one of the fastest growing job sectors in the United States: freelancing. Per a 2014…
Please note that this is not sponsored content. I just went out a paid for this course myself. This review is entirely my own thoughts on the product. The links are also not even affiliate links. I am 100% pro side hustle. Even if you don’t want to do it all the time, I think…
During my last bout of unemployment, I broadened my search for ways to bring in some extra income and found an app called Pinata. If you live in the New York/New Jersey area and have weird bouts of free time you might like to turn into some money, you might like Pinata. Pinata is an…
It started out so simply, you had one rental property and keeping up with it required hardly any effort at all. In fact, it worked so well, you happily acquired more. But now, staying on top of everything is starting to be more like a full-time job than a side investment. Said simply, it’s starting…
One of my favorite things to write about on this blog is ways to side hustle. I think almost anyone can work the right side job into their lives to bring in more income. I also know that for years in my early twenties, I thought people were crazy suggesting I could do some kind…
This post contains affiliate links. When I first started brokeGIRLrich three and a half years ago, it took me about 4 months to make any money. And man oh man, was I excited about that 0.01 commission from Google AdSense – not that it paid out that month since the minimum was $100 to receive…
Today I’ve got a terrific guest post from Courtney at Rover.com, another great site to add to your list, hustlers – especially if you ❤ dogs. Imagine this: You’re in need of some extra cash to pay off some debt. You’re looking for side hustles which could be a good fit for your current lifestyle, but…
If you can hear fairly well, Rev might be a way to bring in a little extra cash to hit your 2017 goals. Rev is a company that has 3 subdivisions – captioning, transcribing and translation. I don’t know anything about the translation pool of freelancers, but for captioning and transcribing, you submit an application…
The last few years as a freelance stage manager have taught me a lot about weird budgeting techniques, make or break numbers and saving for a rainy day. Before I was a freelancer, saving for a rainy day meant saving for something fun. Nowadays, I think of saving for a rainy day more like stockpiling…
I was recently reviewing my financial growth over the last few years and thinking about my hustling situations when I noticed something kind of interesting. Seems like there’s no hustle like a New York City hustle. I’ve done a better job saving and growing my net worth since I left, but the number of cash…
When I was little, my grandmother would always talk about pin money. It was what she called the few financial odds and ends she managed to pick up throughout the year. She’d clip coupons to cut down on her grocery budget and pocket the rest of the money from my grandpa. She’d collect coins in…
Side hustlers aren’t born overnight – in most cases. In my opinion, they’re often birthed out of frugal overload and even then, it can take a lot of tries to get it right. After I hit my frugality limits trying to pay off student loans, it was time to figure out how to bring in…