How can you make money with what you are good at?

Don’t you dare say you can’t or that you’re good at nothing! And also don’t say, well I used to do this or that, but I’ve lost that talent now, or I’m out of practice.

Everyone is good at something, and some are lucky enough to be good at a whole bunch of things. Now why not turn what you’re good at into making some extra money for yourself? You may even discover it could turn into a fulltime work at home job.

Now the thing is, is to be creative. Don’t just think “Well, I’m good at massaging my spouse’s feet, so what can I do with that? Nothing!”

Get out a notebook and pencil, or start typing a page of ideas on your computer. Take just one thing at a time (that you’re good at) and look at it from all angles. Let’s look at massaging feet, for instance:

Advertise that you massage feet from home, how long it takes, and how much it costs. Look up some info as to why massage for your feet is good for you, and include it in your advert in some way.

Not into massaging other people’s feet, besides your spouse’s?

Maybe other people are: Give lessons to people to show them how you do it.

Using special creams when you massage your hubby or wife’s feet? How are they made? Can you make something similar from home, a handmade foot massaging cream, that you can sell?

Do you play music while massaging feet? What kind of music? Can you source old cds at second hand shops that you can resell at a profit as “music to massage feet to” – or buy and sell second hand books on foot massage. Just get creative! Jot down all your ideas.

Always look at everything from every angle. If you’re good with your hands or crafts, can the item be made as a cute miniature version? If it’s already small, can a larger version be made? Can it be made from different materials? Can you alter it slightly to appeal to younger people, kids, the elderly? Think!

Ok, so you’re not great at massaging feet. What else are you good at? You might get some ideas (or be reminded of what you’re good at) on our list of over 250 work from home ideas on our website. Or, here are a few more ideas:

Good at reading stories to your children? Start a “babysitting” service where you read to little kids while their parents go shopping or out for lunch – either at your own home, or theirs.

Good at decorating your home with flowers? Start fun flower arranging classes for kids.

Good at baking delicious goodies for your family? Bake for others too. Drop off menus at factories and office blocks and let people order. You can deliver the baked goodies or let people collect. Approach various schools and enquire if their tuckshops would sell your goodies. Start a service catering to parties (of kids or adults).

Think!

Of course never forget that anything you know quite a bit about – or can easily do a bit more research on, simply because it’s something you enjoy learning about, can be written about, in a blog, often (to get more visitors to your blog) and you can make money from advertisements on your blog.

Get happy massaging feet! Get happy making money at home!

© copyright Teresa Schultz 2010