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If you’re a new mom, you just had your second child, or you’re now seeing the value of working from home as your children grow up, the world is your oyster. For many years, this phrase has been used but it was limited to those with the best opportunities for the longest time. Now, with the introduction of the internet, there is numerous free work from home jobs for moms. Today, we’re going to explore this idea and hopefully give you motivation for the future.
What Is Working From Home?
Before we head into the ideas, we first want to discuss the ideas of working from home briefly. As mentioned, the internet has meant that you can achieve this dream with just a laptop and an internet connection. All things considered, there are some amazing benefits to working from home including:
- The ability to set your own hours,
- Working without a boss breathing down your neck,
- Spending more time with family,
- Smashing through any previous earning ceilings you perhaps had, and more.
This being said, we want to underline the importance of hard work and dedication. In recent years, millions of moms have failed in their venture because they thought working from home would be easy; they thought they could just work a couple of hours a day and become a millionaire. Sure, some opportunities, like online surveys, allow you to dip in and out but the earnings are limited here. If you want to start a business and earn good money, you’ll have to dedicate your time to make it happen which means learning not to get distracted when at home.
Best Opportunities
Without further ado, let’s take a look at the best free work from home jobs for moms. By ‘free’, we mean opportunities that don’t require much else than your computer and some form of connection to the internet since these are basic requirements (watch out for a couple that break away from this mold, though!).
Online Tutoring
Just as the name suggests, you could tutor children / young adults from around the country over the internet. Nowadays, there are some superb platforms that allow you to create an account, work with students, and gain positive reviews. As you help more and more people, your service will become more desirable. Of course, you will need knowledge on a certain topic so this first opportunity is especially good for retired teachers or those who have taught in some capacity. Here are a couple of websites where you can register for jobs; tutor.com and tutorhub.com
Offline Tutoring
On the flip side, we come across our first offline suggestion and we’re sticking with the same theme. If you prefer to tutor students face-to-face as opposed to using the internet, this is a great solution. Although we would advise some form of an online presence so people can find you, such as a simple Facebook page, you could still do everything offline with flyers, leaflets, and the old-fashioned word-of-mouth.
Social Media Specialist
Moving back online, social media has grown exponentially over the past decade but there are still some businesses who don’t know how to use the platforms efficiently. If you use social media frequently, you could be of assistance to these companies. Considering they gain your expertise while also paying less than they would to hire somebody specially, everyone is a winner and you can work from home. Here is a site for Social Media Specialist Jobs
Bookkeeper
Admittedly, this is one that may require a qualification if you haven’t delved into the niche previously. However, it’s one you can pursue with or without the internet and it allows you to utilize a potential ability for math. Every year, small businesses are looking for an affordable solution to filing their taxes and staying on top of their finances. Since you can work from home, help a number of clients at the same time, and work around your family, this is one of the best free work from home jobs for moms we could suggest. If you work as an Accountant or Bookkeeper now, it wouldn’t be a huge step to go it alone.
Web Designer
As we saw with both the Social Media Specialist and Bookkeeper jobs for moms, the business world is booming and this lays the foundations for our next option as a web designer. As new businesses open and existing businesses look to update their websites for the changing market, you can be ready and be waiting with a freelance service. Whether they want to hire you for the creation/overhaul or as a regular consultant, this will depend on the client but there is certainly money to be made.
Blogging
Even as we start to get comfortable with 2018, everybody is still talking about blogging and this is for good reason. With so many people using the internet on a daily basis, the market for entertainment, learning, and useful information is always growing. Assuming you can offer something unique and worthwhile, you can make money through:
- Affiliate Marketing,
- Product Reviews,
- Selling eBooks,
- Creating Courses,
- Selling Advertising Space,
- And so much more.
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Babysitter/Nanny
If you plan on working from home to accommodate children anyway, why not consider looking after a couple more to earn some money? With this option, you get to spend time with your own children while also looking after the children of others while the parents work. In truth, everybody wins because you earn money, you spend time with your children, all the children learn from the interaction with one another, and you could even gain friends from the adults.
Writer
If you search online these days, there are some fantastic freelance websites that allow you to sign up, build reviews, and earn money. With a skill in tow, such as writing, it doesn’t take long before you gain a reputation for good work and the customers will flock to your profile. We like this option because you have several options depending on whether you want to write articles, eBooks, fiction, guides, online courses, or even copy for businesses. You can get started with fiverr.com and upwork.com
Photographer
In years gone by, it was incredibly tough for photographers to get the recognition they needed to make a career from their skill. Today, hundreds of thousands of pictures are used and needed online on a daily basis for blogs, publications, stock websites, and more. If you choose to work with stock image websites, you could actually become a partner and supply them regularly to then earn money when they’re used/purchased. Submit your photos at Shutterstock.com
Selling Crafts
Finally, you will have the small investment of buying materials for this one but you may have noticed a theme running through this guide of turning a hobby into a paying job. With every solution in the list, there’s an opportunity to use skills and equipment you already have to earn money. With the likes of Etsy, you have a superb platform to start selling your handmade goods. In the past, plenty of people have used this free work from home job for moms and some have even had their products go into mass production.
Do you have a hobby that can be transformed into a job? Continue your research today and you might just come across a life-changing idea!
I hope you enjoyed this post and if you have any questions about work from home jobs or you just want to leave your own personal experience, leave a comment below. I would love to hear from you!
This is excellent my wife still hasn’t got into the whole stay at home thing. But due to blessings and a new job, she can do that now and she still has the desire to work. So I’m gone set her up a blog tonight when I get home. How do you say I goi about this through Hostgator or GoDaddy?
Hi William… thank you for dropping by and taking the time to comment.
William BOTH HostGator and GoDaddy are good companies however personally I feel Wealthy Affiliate is better.
Simply for the fact you can start and build your website for free in 30 seconds flat using their SiteRubix platform.
Not only that Wealthy Affiliate will provide for your wife the Education and expert help to turn her passion into a thriving online business.
Wish you much success… Moni
Hi, Moni! Thank you very much for this post. Working from home would be very good. I’m grateful for all the options you listed here. I’m particularly interested in Blogging because a lot of people have given me a positive report about it. What would you recommend me to do to start doing this activity? Thank you very much in advance.
Hi Henry.. thank you for dropping by and taking the time to comment.
Henry, blogging is a great way to make an online income.
To start any online business you really need 3 things, Education, Website and Expert help. My advice would be to start out with the Wealthy Affiliate Starter Membership which is completely free. This will include your own niche website, a website builder and training that will walk you through the entire process to get you up and running online. Then in time if you want to improve your skills and benefit from the Premium features you can take advantage of that.
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Great suggestions! As someone who’s an empty-nester now, I think these ideas would be great for anyone looking to do something fun after all the kids are gone too!
Thank you for dropping by and taking the time to comment.
I am happy you got some value from the article.
Best wishes
Moni
A very good post thank you for sharing. Your post has given me lots of ideas to explore further.
I want to congratulate you on a very professional and informative site.. keep up the good work!
Hi Nickoy.. thank you for dropping by and taking the time to comment.
I appreciate your kind words and I am happy you found some value in the article.
Best wishes… Moni