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Treasure from Garage Sale Throw Aways

By Tere

Garage sales are many times as much about neighbors visiting each other than they are about making money.  But a clever shopper can find some real treasures at garage sales, even though they may be in rough form.  Nonetheless, it is entirely possible to take your hobby of hitting the garage sales each week and turn it into an outstanding career for the work-at-home mom.

The one golden rule of the successful garage sale addict is to get out early.  On your average Saturday, there might be dozens of garage sales in town.  If you hit the sales as soon as the homeowners open their garage and are ready to sell, you can grab the real treasures before the general public gets out.  One of the myths about garage sales is that mostly what people sell is all junk.  That myth comes from the fact that most people don’t get to garage sales until later in the day when all of the good stuff is already sold.

To build a work-at-home business finding treasures in garage sales and turning what you find into profitable items to sell, you must get to the sales early and bring plenty of cash.  The good items will also sell for more than your usual five to fifty cent items most people pick up.  Come with cash to spend and a good-sized vehicle to carry off the larger items.  The valuable items you will find at garage and estate sales will usually be in the furniture or large appliance categories.  Its best if you can take those items with you and take them to your property before anyone else gets a chance to see them.
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3 Great Ideas for a Free Startup Home Based Business

By Tere

Not all startup home based businesses have to cost you thousands of dollars. Many of them can be free to set up but yield the same range of profits. You just have to be extra resourceful, hardworking, and creative!

Digital Scrapbook Business

Digital Scrapbooking

Unlike with actual scrapbooks, you don’t need to invest in materials and supplies to design a digital scrapbook. Everything you need is possible depending on your artistic skills, your expertise in using designing and editing software, and of course, your creativity. With digital scrapbooks, you need only to wield your mouse in order to create works of art. Backgrounds are abundant in and free to download from the Internet. Image editing software will allow you to make simple digital photos into outstanding renditions of a person’s very best memories. To start up a digital scrapbook home based business, you’ll only need to create your own website – this, too, can be done for free! – upload samples of your work then start working on online marketing.

Freelance Writing Business

Freelance Writing

If you’re great with words then it’s easy to capitalize on it with a free startup home based business. Choose a niche first. There are many ways for a freelance writer to earn money online, but having a specialization will make it easier for you to build your reputation and consequently demand for higher rates. There are a lot of job opportunities available if you’re interested in feature writing; you can even have a steady source of income working as a part-time or full-time columnist for blogs, websites, and e-zines.  Technical writing, although more demanding, certainly pays more. You can help students polish their essays and theses. You can help business owners polish their business plans and reports to increase their chances of getting a loan. In relation to that, technical writers are also often employed online to edit, revise, and proofread technical documents.

Starting up this kind of business is easy. Again, you’ll need your own website. Next, you need to establish your credentials as well as upload samples of your works. Thirdly, you need to advertise diligently. It wouldn’t hurt to contribute your articles for free at the start. This is simply to gain more exposure for you as a writer. You can also publish a blog so that people will be more familiar with your writing. In time, you’ll be well-known and you won’t have to look for clients because they’ll be the ones to look for you instead.

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