Welcome to another income report! I’m pretty intermittent with these, but I’m trying to be better about posting each month especially now that I’m no longer pregnant and we’re two months into life with two kids. We’re getting things down, slowly but surely. As of the day I’m writing this my husband officially quit his job and we’re in this as a family business!
Why do I share how much I make? While a lot of people find this information truly personal, I really don’t mind talking money. Especially when it comes to something like working from home as an entrepreneur. I want to be able to not only track my progress as my businesses grow, but also show others that you can make money from home.
Now let’s get to the good stuff…
Welcome to my super late January income report! What’s funny is I’ve had the video up for a while, click here to watch on Youtube. In this report I’ll let you know how I did as far as online business last month and my plans for the current month.
Now that 2017 is behind us it’s time for a recap! I have to admit that the year didn’t go as I planned. I had all these grand plans, but by the time summer hit I had things pop up (gallstones and pregnancy) that pretty much stopped me in my tracks for a good three months. I’m still recovering and trying to build my eBay sales back up to where they were before that happened, but considering everything that happened I’m still pretty happy with the year.
When I started as a freelance designer in 2012 I basically gave away my blog designs. I started on Etsy to find clients. As my portfolio grew, my rates went up and I moved to my own site and was able to stopped selling my services on Etsy. Since I was on my own I had to find a new way to invoice clients. Paypal was the first payment system I used to invoice my clients. I’ve been using Paypal for years from buying and selling online, I already had an account so it was an easy choice.
In an effort to simplify I’m constantly going through the house to donate or sell items that we don’t need anymore. We are always bringing new items into our homes and I do my best to make a conscious effort to also remove items from my home on a regular basis. My absolute favorite way these days is to sell on local Facebook groups! Some people call them Facebook Buy/Sell Groups or Facebook Yard Sale Groups. Whatever you want to call them, they’re basically local groups for a city or regional area where people can list items they want to sell. I’ve mad at least $1,000 doing this over the last 1-2 years and you can too!