When thinking about working at home or starting a home business the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is working on the Internet. I would like to talk today about other options.
Working at home offline.
There are many options and the jobs still give you the flexibility of being your own boss and earning an income. These are the ideas that I have found to work at home.
Tutor/Private Instructor
Do you play a musical instrument? Are you expert at math, English, a foreign language, writing, accounting, yoga, meditation? Any area of expertise that you possess can be shared with others for a fee, and usually a half hour session is sufficient. Would you rather teach four or five half hour sessions at $25 each (that's two and a half hours of work) or spend fourteen hours taking phone center calls in your home? If you are good at it, you love it. Turn that love into profit.
Professional Organizer
Organization skills are a talent that a lot of people are lacking. You can make very good money by taking a look at messy closets or kitchens of people and redoing them so they look nice and are easy to maintain. If have an OCD kind of personality and if you thrives on making order out of chaos, this could be your thing. To get started I would go to a site like Vista Print where you can get 250 free business cards and start posting them at the grocery store or other common areas and see if you get interest, you would be amazed by what people will pay for.
Local Travel Guide
Do you live in a tourist city? Do you enjoy hunting, fishing or hiking? If so, you have a special skills and you can rent yourself out as a guide and do what you love at the same time. Walking tours are popular in historic areas, and you don't need anything but initiative to get started hosting them.
Pet Sitting/Dog Walker
If you love animals, this job can be a lot of fun for you. Post an ad in the paper and see what kind of interest you get. As a pet lover and someone that works long hours, I am very grateful to anyone that can help keep my best friends fed, walked and happy.
Personal Chef
If you love to cook, you might well have a future as a personal chef. Because a personal chef generally cooks in the client's kitchen, you don't have to worry about whether your own kitchen meets local standards for hygiene and safety. Many personal chefs spend an afternoon cooking for the entire week, then freeze and label the meals, that way you don't have to work at one client site for an entire week.
Tech Writer
Lots of technical writing is outsourced. If you are the sort of person who can describe in plain English how to do things or assemble things or understand and use software, you can pick up technical writing work at www.elance.com or www.guru.com.
Event Planner
Planning weddings, graduations, anniversaries, corporate celebrations, and community events requires an aptitude for organization, detail, and thinking on your feet. If you have these skills consider an event planner business. Once you are able to successfully plan a few major events, word or mouth will get you a steady stream of clients.
Concierge/Personal
There is not enough time in the day. Ask anyone they will agree. Why not rent yourself out to take care of those tasks that professionals, couples and families don't have the time for. Typical you will be asked to make travel arrangements, party arrangements, picking up laundry, go shopping or even just run to the post office. Finding a few really good clients can keep you in work indefinitely.
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