Blogging for the Benjamins

Find Projects for a Profitable Woodworking Business   By Thaddeus Van Dyke (This as-told-by essay omits names and contains fictionalized elements. It is intended for entertainment purposes only.) I came to Kingston, New York to escape the stress of my white collar job in the city. But I started my woodworking business to escape the boredom. I moved in with my girlfriend. We live in a historic two story family house with New England stone chimney.  Our three acre lot includes fruit trees, lilac and berry bushes. And we’re just minutes from Kingston Point Park and of course the Hudson River.  I put a down payment on the house with money from my impossible Wall Street job. And for a while they let me telecommute for a reduced salary. But soon money started getting tight. Find a New Opportunity with Your Own Woodworking Business   How to Turn Basic Woodworking Skills Into a Business I guess I rediscovered woodworking out of loneliness and boredom. I say rediscovered bec...

Make $25 to $50 per hour By Izabella Wójcik (This as told by essay omits names and contains fictionalized elements. It is intended for entertainment purposes only.)   They call me Dolf and I sing in a death metal band in Oslo, Norway. There I spend my evenings screaming my voice raw at clubs. The strain on my vocal chords gets even worse when we go on tour. It happens to be great fun but we make very little money. And when my voice finally gives out, I face the question of what to do and how to provide for myself, my girlfriend and our adopted Pug, Felix. Recently, I discovered social media marketing. I also discovered it’s a job I can do from anywhere – even on the road. Make money while using Facebook Get Paid to Do What You’re Already Doing I took charge of running the band’s social media accounts on Facebook and other platforms from the beginning. So the learning curve seemed less to me. But honestly, if you post regularly about what you do day to day and find you have follower...

Learn the secrets of online investing!   By Bituin Mahinay (This as told by essay omits names and contains fictionalized elements. It is intended for entertainment purposes only.)   I spent my days unloading cotton from trucks but dreamt of a better life. Some in the U.S. and the rest of the west seem unaware that today Pakistan is one of the world’s leading cotton producers. Though forced to take manual labor to support my family, I planned to enroll at a nearby university to learn computers and create a better future. One day I met a girl who worked with her family in a much harsher environment than I did. Picking cotton in the field by hand proves a challenging endeavor. But I became enchanted by her smile and her resilient spirit, even when faced with such realities. After time passed, I asked her father for permission to marry. He readily agreed but confessed he harbored doubts about my prospects. I assured him his daughter would never know want then set about working to ...