Ways to earn extra cash?

[SecretSquirrel193]

Can anyone suggest some ways to earn some extra cash in a few hours each evening, ideally from home? Am so skint its not funny right now

how about Virtual Assistant type work - could you do that? does it have to be in the evening because of existing work commitments?

That looks interesting. Mitchy Do you do this?

no, but heard something on R4 recently - on Womans Hour I think, probably still on Listen Again

OK. I might have a better look at it later. I could do stuff from home.
I'm not working at the mo because I'm a SAHM, but money is tight so would be nice to do something or even just feel like I'm doing something about trying to earn iyswim.

You could be a Body Shop or Avon representative. I have also done mystery shopping, you can apply online and do visits to shops/pubs in your area. I earnt £100 the first month i did it, £300 the second month!

here is link to the programme: virtual assistants on woman's hour

What did you do before you had kids? What skills do you have? I have got work recently as a copywriter through www.peopleperhour.com. I think partly I have won the bids because I am pitching myself quite cheaply - but I figure if I wasn't doing this I would be doing nothing, so it is better to be doing a job cheaply then not doing it. You could bid for VA stuff through PPH.

I also write academic essays freelance via an agency. I work for www.oxbridgeessays.com, you have to have been to Oxbridge to write for them but if you have a degree at all then there are other sites you can write for - google for 'custom essays', 'write my essay' or similar and you should find a few sites. You need to have access to a good library to get the texts you need.

I also thought about doing Avon - but I ordered a catalogue and decided I wasn't keen enough on the products to sell them well - might be something you could do though, especially if you go to a lot of toddler groups and could sell there?

Ooh - I also spent a few months this year working for a company called Butler Hill - it was internet based, looking at search engine results - I can't say much more because it was a big client and their confidentiality agreement was pretty full-on. You just need a high speed internet connection to do it. The only problem is you have to do 4 hours per day, which as a SAHM was too restrictive for me, especially as I can't guarantee that DH will get in from work on time. They are still recruiting, here it is.

Thanks Mitchy
Intergalactic I was a bar/pub manager for a large brewery before I had children and before that I did a few years in market research and data entry.

Research and data entry are definitely things you could do freelance - have a look at PPH to get a feel for the type of stuff that comes up.

Will do. Thank you