Personal Shopping/Styling Services How I Made My First $100 Helping a Friend Shop for a Wedding Outfit My friend was stressed about finding an outfit for her cousin’s wedding. Knowing my love for fashion, she offered to pay me if I helped. We spent an afternoon shopping; I pre-selected options based on her style and … Read more
myFICO Why I Paid for myFICO (Even Though Credit Karma is Free) – The Real Score Difference! Ever wonder why the free credit score on apps like Credit Karma looks different from the score your bank sees? It felt confusing! I learned most lenders use FICO® scores, the ones myFICO.com provides directly! Paying for myFICO … Read more
Selling Crafts & Handmade Goods (Etsy, etc.) How I Made My First $100 Selling Crafts on Etsy (My Simple Start) I started small, listing just five hand-painted mugs I’d made as gifts. Taking photos with my phone near a window, I wrote simple descriptions focusing on the unique designs. I shared my new Etsy shop … Read more
YouTube & Video Content Creation How My First “Bad” YouTube Video Got 10,000 Views (And Why) My first video was awful – shaky phone footage, terrible lighting, rambling commentary. I almost deleted it. But it was about solving a very specific, frustrating software bug I’d encountered. Weeks later, views started climbing. Turns out, many people … Read more
Viral Video Ideas How I Found a Viral Idea That Got 10 Million Views My videos felt like tiny whispers in a hurricane, getting lost instantly! I dreamed of making something HUGE that everyone saw, but felt clueless. Then, I stopped trying to invent genius ideas and started listening intensely – to trending sounds, to … Read more
E*TRADE (Stock Plan Services) My ESPP Journey with E*TRADE: How I Bought Company Stock at a Discount Saving up for that ESPP felt like putting coins in a special piggy bank each payday! Watching the pot grow on the E*TRADE site was exciting, knowing it would buy company stock cheaper, like getting a secret coupon. … Read more
Wave Financial How I Run My Entire Freelance Business Finances for FREE Using Wave Wow! Imagine having a super helpful robot manage all your lemonade stand money, make pretty bills, AND it doesn’t cost any allowance! That’s Wave Financial! I use it to track all the money coming in, see where it goes, send nice … Read more
Automation Consulting (Zapier, Make/Integromat) How I Saved a Client 10 Hours/Week with One Zapier Automation ($300 Project) A small marketing agency owner was manually copying contact form submissions from emails into their CRM and a spreadsheet – a tedious task taking hours weekly. During a consultation, I identified this bottleneck. I proposed a simple Zapier … Read more
Debt Payoff Calculators (General Tool Category) How a Simple Debt Payoff Calculator Showed Me I Could Be Debt-Free YEARS Sooner Feeling like my debt would stick around forever felt like being stuck in sticky mud! Then I found a free online debt payoff calculator. I typed in my balances and interest rates, added how much … Read more
Online Courses & Coaching How I Made My First $1000 Selling an Online Course (About My Hobby!) I was obsessed with indoor gardening and shared my journey on Instagram. People kept asking for specific tips on propagating succulents. Seeing the interest, I outlined a simple step-by-step video course. Using my smartphone and basic editing software, … Read more