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101 Ways to Make a Living was first published in the September 2011 edition of the South African magazine,
ZA Difference. 101 Ways to Make a Living's authors are Teresa Schultz,
a work at home mom, Ann Juli James, a writer/researcher at ZA Difference,
and Theresa Muller, the CEO and Editor of ZA Difference. Visit the
ZA Difference website
101 Ways to Make a Living
To make a life...
...When there are no jobs
Use what you know to make money
Here are some ideas:
Teach your own language.
Many people would pay to learn how to communicate in your mother tongue. Offer conversational classes in your
language to high-school kids, university students or embassy staff.
Language translation.
You may know one or many of the languages of our multilingual nation of ours. Register your freelance services with
businesses that offer translations, transcription and secretarial services.
After-school and holiday classes for children.
Teach children what you know, i.e. bake a cake, set a table, send an email, cook an omelette... Parents will appreciate
the afterschool care combined with skills development - especially during school holidays.
Know how to sing or play a musical instrument?
Do a gig at a restaurant or pub in exchange for a meal. Arrange that if the patrons like it, you must get
paid for subsequent performances. Offer lessons.
Coach a sport.
If you know the how and what of a particular sport, i.e. cricket, rugby, soccer, netball, tennis, swimming, etc.
offer your coaching services to schools in your vicinity or become a private coach to rich kids.
Teach your artistry
to aspiring performers or coach professionals wanting to get better at what they do. Teach business
professionals who are scared to speak and perform in front of their peers. Many varsity students have the time and
will to learn dancing. Offer one-on-one lessons at a reasonable cost.
Train the corporate world.
Don't limit yourself to training individuals or private groups of people. Polish up your act and cash in on
the billion Rand corporate training market.
Mass produce your advice.
Selling your product or service one-on-one limits the amount of money you can earn to the number of people you
can personally see. To increase your profits without significantly increasing your work, consider turning your
expertise into booklets, books, computer programs, MP3s and DVDs that you can market in quantity.
Sell your recipes.
Collect your own and your family's favourite recipes in a laser-printed booklet which you can also sell in PDF
format online.
Typing, transcription and data-entry.
Offer your fast and efficient typing skills on an "as-needed" basis to businesses that need or offer this
kind of service, or to journalists who need to transcribe voice recordings of interviews. Advertise your service
in the "smalls" of the local newspaper. Many people may need the service on an ad-hoc basis, but not
often enough to warrant employing someone. Beware of online data-entry jobs, especially if you are required to
pay a fee before you can start work.
Sell your information and knowledge on the web.
If you have access to the Internet, know how to create a website and use email, you could multiply your income
for many of the above information-based services. Be warned, that the learning curve is long and tough.
Become an industry consultant.
Have you been retrenched or ousted because of BBEE requirements or economic downturn? Go back to your former
employer and offer your services on an ad-hoc consultancy basis. They get the benefit of trained personnel
without having to pay payroll taxes and benefits.
Use what you have to make money
Here are some ideas:
Rent out a room in your house.
Make sure you have a contract with house-rules ready and get a copy of the renter’s ID before you give them
the keys.
Rent out space in your garden.
Allow other people who need to earn an income to grow produce in your garden.
Rent out the wall in front of your house as advertising space.
Does your property face a busy street? Is the wall prominent? Then go offer advertising space on the wall to
businesses in your town. Find out what billboard companies charge and calculate what your size space would
amount to at about 50% of the going rate. It's a win-win.
Offer a secure space in your home for school kids to do their homework in after school.
Many working parents are worried sick about what their unsupervised children are doing at home, but don't know
what to do about it. You could augment this service with transport from school, a healthy afternoon snack,
help with homework, extra lessons, swimming lessons... and even a ready-made supper to be picked up by the
parent when they come to get their child. Do find out if you need a license to do this.
Do you have wheels?
If so, why not offer your services to transfer people from hospital or airport to hotel, to move items bought
at a department or second hand store to people's homes, or to deliver anything on
an "as per availability" basis?
Do you have an email address, a postal address and a phone?
Become an "admin office" for others: taking messages, collecting their mail, getting email for them.
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MAKE EXTRA INCOME! SELL ZA DIFFERENCE MAGAZINES!
Either buy the "Business in a Box" - and get 100 magazines for yourself and others to sell - or start off by
buying and selling just five at a time until you can afford to buy the "Business in a Box". Look in the
ZA Difference magazine which you can buy at some CNA's, some Spars, and some Exclusive Books stores, or
visit the ZA Difference website
page about the business-in-a-box
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