Many mothers can’t afford to stay at home with their kids full-time. If you’re reading this, it might mean that you also can’t afford to stay at home with your children, but you don’t want to get a regular job because you don’t want to be away from them for so long. You’re looking for a better solution.
How about starting your own business and working from home? It’s definitely possible, especially nowadays, and it’s easier than you might think.
There are a lot of options and, if you do it right, you could earn more than with a regular 9-to-5 job.
You’ll get the financial means to take care of your family while still being able to stay at home so you can spend more time with your kids.
Here are some ideas to inspire you.
Blogging
Looking to break into the world of freelance writing? Well, starting your own blog is a great way to show off your writing skills and get a chance to write on a regular basis about things you’re actually interested in. You can make a blog about pretty much any subject under the sun, and as soon as you submit your first post, you’re published!
Your blog also gives you an opportunity to promote yourself to various businesses and make some extra money, all while working from home and setting your own hours.
With blogging growing increasingly popular, there is no doubt that it is evolving into a legitimate career. You can make money from advertising on your blog, writing reviews, and through affiliate marketing. You can also sell content in the form of downloadable ebooks.
Become a Virtual Assistant
Wanting to stay at home with the kids doesn’t rule out the possibility of working full- or part-time. Virtual assistant agencies like Virtalent are gaining traction, especially now, with the pandemic. Companies are starting to see that remote workers are just as productive, and outsourcing is a much more cost-effective alternative to hiring full-time employees.
The advantage for you is more control over your work. You decide which clients you want to work with and how much you want to charge them.
VAs usually handle administrative tasks like managing calendars, answering calls and emails, scheduling meetings, making travel arrangements, and managing social media accounts. You’ll mostly be working with small businesses or freelancers who are starting to gain some success, so they no longer have the time to do these things themselves.
Childcare Services
Providing childcare services is a good way to combine motherhood with business. You can take care of your own kids while also helping out other parents.
You’ll need to pass a few checks to get a license, but once that’s taken care of, you can start a profitable business, and your kids will always have friends to interact with and develop their social skills. You can start advertising and inviting other moms in your neighborhood to leave their kids in your care during the day. You can also offer to pick up older kids from school and keep an eye on them until their parents finish work.
Tutor
Back in the day, being a tutor meant you either had to go to your student’s home or have them come to your home. Luckily, these days everything is done online.
What you teach depends on your skills. There are a lot of options. You could offer academic tutoring, help international students learn English, a musical instrument like the piano, or you could just help kids with their homework.
Sales
This might be your least favorite option. A lot of stay-at-home moms avoid anything that has to do with sales because they’re afraid they’ll get tricked into some sort of pyramid scheme. It’s true that you have to be careful and make sure it’s a legitimate opportunity from a reputable company. It will take a bit of research, but it’s worth it.
In case you’re afraid you don’t have the sales skills needed to be successful, know that that’s another misconception based on stereotypes. There’s nothing special about sales skills. They’re just social skills. Every time you convince someone of something, you’ve successfully applied your selling skills. You sold them an idea. It works the same way with selling products or services.
What you need the most when it comes to working in sales is perseverance and resilience to rejection. You will get a lot of nos. It doesn’t mean you lack sales skills, so don’t let it discourage you. The most successful salespeople are the ones that keep going and focus on the yeses.
Writing Children’s Books
If you like writing and you also like kids, why not combine them? As a mother, you’ve probably read quite a few children’s books with your little ones. Maybe at times, they inspired you, and you started making up your own stories to entertain and delight your kids.
If that’s the case, consider starting a business and a children’s author. It’s much easier to do these days when you have so many eBook apps and platforms like Amazon.
Craft Business
Do you like spending your time making home decors, baskets, or jewelry? What about knitting or sewing? Many people find it relaxing. If you’re a crafty person, you’ll be glad to hear that there’s a big market for someone with your skills.
Automated manufacturing and the digitization of our daily lives have created a strange, depersonalized society. It’s no wonder that consumers years for a time when people made things with their own hands and poured their hearts and souls into them.
There’s a crafting revolution sweeping the Western world with thriving platforms like Etsy, eBay, and Amazon Handmade. What better time to turn your hobby into a business? You can get a good price for your creations. Plus, social media platforms have made advertising easier and more affordable than ever – perfect for a stay-at-home mom with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Online Fashion Boutique
Do you have a keen sense of fashion? Then you could try making money by buying and selling clothes online. One advantage of running an online fashion boutique is that you don’t need to keep a large inventory because you can dropship your products to customers.
If you’ve been on social media at all, you’ve probably seen folks piling Adidas Yeezy boxes and sorting through Supreme merchandise in order to resell them and pay their rent and other expenses. Many people have made a full-time job out of reselling, and even though the market has become more crowded, it can still be a profitable business if you know what you’re doing.
Selling anything has become a piece of cake thanks to the internet. Plus, the demand will always be high because people enjoy dressing well. The resale market is expected to reach $84 billion by 2030.
