I need more money- any work at home ideas?

[madison2000]

I have a full time job, but its not enough to help me pay off the debts from when I was unemployed. (20 months during the shrub's first administration.

The idea of a second job is kind of exhausting- unless I can work from home. I have good computer skills.

Anyone know something that can be done from home that doesn't require an investment?

[xmas74]

1. I'm still looking for something similar.

PM me if you find anything and I'll do the same for you.

[n2mark]

2. My ex

does web pages, His big web page is for a local catholic church, they have retreats, workshops etc. He makes an extra income and guess does quite well doing this.

[amazona]

3. me three

But in reality there isn't much legitimate (or even all that much illegitimate) you can do at home without an investment.

P.S. Not to be mean but everybody's a web designer, most people aren't going to make a dime doing this -- I myself have made, ooh, maybe 3000 dimes doing web design -- so unless the OP is a relentless self-promoter (in which case getting out of the house and into sales is the way to erase the debt) it ain't gonna happen.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[SmokingJacket]

4. I love this site:

http://www.ahbbo.com/ideas.html

Lots of ideas I hadn't thought of.

I'm thinking of starting up a little dog-poop removal enterprise. Apparently people will pay other people to remove the dog poop from their yards. Hell, I have no pride.

On edit: the list is interesting, but the rest of the site is just trying to sell stuff so pay it no mind!

[amazona]

5. i'm guessing she won't be paid for removing dog poop from her own home

Er...the original question did say "in the home."

:-)

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[SmokingJacket]

7. heh heh heh

I guess there are businesses you do IN the house, and those you do FROM the house.

"Philanthropist" is one that's always appealed to me... I wonder how you get started...

[skygazer]

6. I've been trying to figure that one out myself

I barely make enough to get by and play "juggle the bills" every month. It sucks, to say the least. I'd like to find something I could earn a few bucks doing from home but I haven't been able to find a thing.

The other day, i wrote a drippingly sarcastic letter to my doctor's office - it was a work or art, if I do say so myself. I got to thinking that I wish there was a way to market that skill. I'd write letters for people who are pissed at companies or services or whoever but don't have the ability to articulate properly. It was merely a fantasy but a fun one...

[Scout]

11. that works!

I can't remember where I saw/read about it, but there is a woman who does just that. She has a real catchy title for her book about writing the perfect complaint letter, something along the lines of:

I was shocked, dismayed and outraged!

she had a business writing the letters, then wrote the book I think. She made a good living at it.

[skygazer]

12. I love writing snarky letters

Here's the one to the doctor -

To Whom It May Concern:

Enclosed please find a check for the amount in question on the bill attached to this very charming letter I’ve just received today. I find it amazing that you threaten to place an account for such a trifling amount in collection, especially in view of the fact that it is a bill I contacted you about when my insurance failed to cover it. I called and explained that there had been an issue with the insurance that had been resolved and requested the bill be re-submitted to them. Since then, I have not received any communication from you until this threatening letter arrived today. I freely admit that I forgot to send out the ten dollar co-pay after the phone conversation but that hardly warrants such a letter as this, particularly when an amended bill was not sent from the office, clarifying the actual amount due.

I also find it bitterly ironic that this is the same office that failed to inform me of a lab test that was ordered for me (to check on a possibly life-threatening condition, namely a cerebral aneurysm) for eight months and when I was finally informed of it (upon calling for a completely unrelated bit of information), I received no real apology or any sense that the office felt in any way responsible for what could have been a tragic error on their part. Instead, I was informed that, and I quote – “It’s a very busy office. Sometimes things get overlooked.”

Well, that’s very true and I’m sorry I overlooked sending the ten dollars that is overdue, however it hardly falls under the same scope as misplacing an order for a crucial lab test. This, I suppose, is what happens when medicine is run as a money making venture and customer service is replaced by automation and blanket policies that mandate the exact same procedure for any account regardless of the circumstances surrounding it.

I realize this letter will make absolutely no difference in the way things are handled in the office but feel I must make my dissatisfaction known. I have never defaulted on any payment to the office nor have I ever had any intention of doing so. I deeply resent the tone of this letter and do not feel it is fairly applied in this situation as the bill was one that I had in fact contacted the office in regards to.

Also, please note that there is a spelling error in your letter – in the first paragraph, the word “followed” is misspelled. I suppose that is not surprising, considering that yours is a busy office and things sometimes get overlooked.

Sincerely,

[tjdee]

8. In other words, you're going to start a business?

;)

There are so many possibilities, but if you're working for yourself you have to do all the legwork in getting clients and work. And you'll probably be working for yourself, because very few legit corporations hire people to do at home work (unless you have contacts).

When I had the kid I went crazy looking for things...there are a few things, but like anything you have to get lucky--which basically means having contacts who are willing to outsource to you.

You could sell things on ebay, but amazona knows a lot about that, and it's a buyer's market there these days. You could do some freelance writing...help people fix their computers...(not sure what you mean--if you mean PROGRAMMING you may have it easier than others.)
Good luck.

[Wapsie B]

9. Here's a site with some ideas:

http://www.businesstown.com/hoco/ideas.asp

There's another one:

http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusinesses/0,6617,,00.html

Lots of ideas here.

[Wapsie B]

10. Get this book,

"Finding your perfect work," by Paul and Sarah Edwards. I know Sarah and she knows her stuff.