August Alternative Income mid-month update
Well, I have this $100/month goal for generating non-job related revenue to snowflake with until we’re out of debt. July went well on that front, I generated around $114 from a combination of selling things on craigslist, selling used textbooks, and cashing out survey rewards.
Well, we are about halfway through August and I’m not halfway to that goal this month or really, even all that close. I’ve gotten about $21 from textbook sellbacks, $2 from taking a survey, and $6.44 from a craigslist sale. I have cashed out another $10 in survey rewards that should arrive before the end of August, but even so, that only brings me up to about $40.
I’ve listed the clothes on craigslist finally, although I have a few more things I just haven’t gotten around to listing. I also should relist a few things that have expired off the listing board. You never know when someone new will be reading it. And I’ve been taking surveys. But that takes a while to build up. I think the textbook selling has mostly dried up, I check every so often but I’ve run out of textbooks worth anything I think. Although I know that a bunch of sites have been added to that sell textbooks link I have, so I should get a list of ISBN numbers together and check them one more time.
So we’ll see. I still have hope for August, but I need to get more proactive about listing things on craigslist or venturing out into ebay. We have a yardsale scheduled for mid-September, and the June one generated ~$140 so hopefully we can do as well at this one and September would be taken care of. Only $60 to go for August…. I can do $60…. I just need to *do* it.
~J
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August 14th, 2007 at 9:52 am
I would like to earn a little extra money every month, but I struggle to come up with things I can do to earn money. I know I have some things I could probably sell, but its only a short term solution. I think that is what keeps me from even trying. I applaud your effort to bring in extra cash each month.
August 14th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
You should also consider monetizing your blog. A few google adsense ads might mean a $100 check in the mail in a few months (maybe longer).