I was reading on the BBC website that a nurse from Poole has been forced to take on a second job to help with the rising costs of living.
Jude Hartford, a mother of two, has taken a second job with an energy company to help make ends meet… I suppose that is one way to get some money back from the overpriced energy companies!
It pays better than her nursing job and has more flexibility allowing her to collect her children when they leave school.
The job may pay well and give her certain benefits, but she’d rather not have to work two jobs as it leaves her with very little time to spend with her family.
Jude, like many others, felt that she had no option; she told the BBC: “Everything is ridiculously expensive right now, we need the extra money.”
A recent survey by insurance company Royal London, which questioned 4,000 UK adults, revealed that 16% of workers surveyed have taken on an additional job to help pay for the increasing living costs.
If that figure was accurate across the whole of the UK that would equate to 5.2 million people have taken on second jobs… makes you question the accuracy of the unemployment and employment figures.
The Royal London findings were higher than the official figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which suggests around 1.2 million UK workers now have second jobs.
However, the ONS figures also suggested that the number was rising and it might have easily increased dramatically recently tying with the figures from the Royal London report.
The Royal London survey also uncovered that a further 30% of those questioned were considering looking for a second job or way to make extra money if things didn’t improve soon.
Rising living costs and price rises are eating into people’s wages leaving them with very little left.
The survey highlights the fact that for millions of workers in the UK, one job is simply not enough.
Working more hours is not a realistic option for many UK employees. 28% of full-time employees already work over 48 hours a week with a fifth of them admitting to working more than 56 hours every week.
There is a limit to how many hours a person can work and there isn’t always the overtime offered.
A huge proportion of the population are now basically earning to survive only.
This is not a healthy position to be in; made worse by the fact that winter is creeping up on us.
Sarah Pennells, a consumer finance specialist at Royal London said: “We know that many households started reining in their spending six months ago as costs first started to rise, but with bills continuing to climb, it could be an incredibly tough winter ahead.”
“While many have resorted to making significant spending adjustments, others, despite working all the hours they can, just can’t keep their heads above water.”
“While the government’s energy price freeze announcement will have brought relief, escalating costs across the board are deeply worrying with only one in 10 adults confident they’ll be able to cope financially.”
The rising costs are not just impacting finances, the Royal London report says that 64% of adults questioned say that they are currently feeling overwhelmed.
It’s a hard time for a lot of people and as much as I want to help by making suggestions on the how to make money, I have to recognise that at a time like this, some of them won’t be as good as they would be at other times.
For example…
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Yesterday I read a short report about a man who started a side job in the early 1980s where he would sweep up and remove rubbish for people before he started his day job.
It was a great side business as he had very little money to invest and it required just a few pieces of inexpensive equipment.
He charged people just under £50 an hour and it grew into a big six figure business for him allowing him to leave his day job.
I don’t know if he was working for businesses and companies or for the public in general.
What I do know is that if you were to try and do that today, it may not be a successful way to make extra money.
Firstly, there are many rules and regulations regarding the removal of waste to consider and unless you approached large successful businesses, the general public may be reluctant to pay for someone to sweep up for them while they are cutting back on spending and considering taking a second job themselves.
Businesses and companies may also have their own staff for that or have a company which comes in and takes care of it for them.
It would be very easy for me to say… ‘all you need to do is purchase a sweeping brush, a bin, a few bin bags and a dust pan and brush and start clearing up for people.’
It may work for one or two people, but it is more suited for a more affluent time where most people are not struggling and have plenty of disposable income.
The great thing about that business idea is that you don’t need a lot of tools and they are relatively cheap to buy meaning that the cost of entry is incredibly low.
There is another way to make money which also has an incredibly low cost of entry, is in huge demand, and that you can start today… maybe right this minute… and that is ‘writing’.
I’ve talked about writing before and I will probably talk about it a whole lot more in the future because…
- It is something which can generate a lot of money.
- Is easy to do… and no, you don’t need to be a naturally gifted writer either.
- Can be started today… if you already have a laptop or tablet.
- Costs virtually nothing to get started… depending on what type of writing you focus on.
- You can do it from the comfort of your own home at a time that suits you. You can work around your family and you do not need to ‘be at a certain place by a specific time’.
- You can do it from anywhere in the world as long as you can connect to the internet to send and receive work.
With writing, you can…
- Make money writing articles, emails, sales letters, eBooks, video scripts etc for paying clients via marketplaces such as Fiverr.com, Guru.com and Upwork.com.
- Upload and sell articles on marketplaces like ConstantContent.com.
- Earn money publishing content to specific websites like Medium.com and Vocal.com.
- Write eBooks & reports to sell on Amazon, Google and other platforms including your own website.
- Publish content on your own website(s) and make money through advertising revenue.
- Publish content on your own website(s) and make money by charging a monthly fee for people to access it.
- Make money promoting other people’s products (affiliate marketing) writing and sending simple emails to an email list and publishing articles to your website(s).
There are many different ways to make money as a writer.
Some are simple and others are a little more difficult to implement. Some can make money right away while others may take a few weeks or possibly months before the money starts to come in.
For example: You could go to Fiverr.com today, set up a profile and offer your services as a writer providing short 300 to 500 word articles for £5 and potentially land a gig where you would get paid £4 (£5 – £1 fee) today if you delivered the finished order today and the client was happy with it.
I’m not saying that it will happen for you, but it could do. It has for others.
One of our staff once tested out Fiverr.com and he made around £100 in a few days writing short 300 word articles for a couple of clients.
Please note; you don’t have to just charge £5 on Fiverr, many writers charge a lot more. But starting a new profile with no feedback, it would be advisable to start low and then increase your prices as you go along.
There are writers who make thousands of pounds each month writing for large successful companies that are happy to pay over £200 per article because they know that each article they buy, will earn them more back than what they pay out.
The way to really profit from writing is to write for those companies who can and will pay more.
That means that you can do less work and you can focus your effort and attention on each job without needing to rush or feel stressed.
The best thing about writing is that you can do it from the comfort of your own home and work around your family. There’s no need to ‘be at a certain place by a specific time’.
As long as you get the work finished and sent to the client on time, it doesn’t matter when you do it… or where you do it.
You could write in your spare room, the summer house in your garden, or in a coffee shop overlooking breathtaking views.
Writing is a completely mobile business. It gives you a freedom very other businesses can.
Discover more by clicking the link below:
Find Freedom As A Paid Writer
Kind regards
John Harrison