Business Marketing Maladies (And The Solutions)

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…

bevRAGE Review

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…

Side Hustle for Fun Goals

Side Hustle for Fun Goals

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…

How to Up Your Blogging Game (and Earn More Money)

How to Up Your Blogging Game (and Earn More Money)

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…

How Little Bits Can Add Up

How Little Bits Can Add Up

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…

Is EasyShift a Good Way to Make Extra Money?

Is EasyShift a Good Way to Make Extra Money?

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…

3 High Risk Side Hustles & 3 Lower Risk Alternatives

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.…

How I Make Money as a Blogger

How I Make Money as a Blogger

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…

3 Ways to Side Hustle to Greater Financial Freedom

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…

Pro-Blogging Secrets Course Review

Pro-Blogging Secrets Course Review

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…

Piñata: The Brand Ambassador App Review

Piñata: The Brand Ambassador App Review

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…

Best Tools to Minimize Freelancing Headaches with Xero

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…

Side Hustle — With Fluff

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…

Rev Up Your Side Income

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 Splurge/Hustle Balance

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…

That New York Hustle

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…

The Hustle vs. Pin Money

The Hustle vs. Pin Money

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…

My Side Hustle Journey

My Side Hustle Journey

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…

3 Years of Blogging Recap

3 Years of Blogging Recap

When you poke around the internet trying to find side hustles to bring in a little extra money, one of the top hits you’ll find is advice to start a blog. This is probably because you are actually reading someone’s blog, so they’ve actually done it and are speaking from experience. Blogging can be a…

10 Essential Pointers for Property Sellers

This year, property prices in Thailand rose by an average of 1.7 percent for single houses in Bangkok, recorded for the first quarter, reports Thailand Business News. That’s certainly good timing for you if you plan to sell your home. With a lot of investors and buyers scoping out local prospects, you could end up…