Life in the old dog yet, creating residual income
Hello Hello Silver Bloggers and all hivers!
The nights are fair drawing in
Autumn is well and truly here in the East of Scotland. Leaves are falling, others are turning colour!
So I shall not be spending as much time outdoors, especially not in the evenings.
Which is good news and it means more time for side hustles...
Do you have any side hustles going on?
I think the older we get then the more we realise it is even more important that we get income streams set up, so that we can sit on the beach sipping margaritas in our retirement! I think the days of relying on pensions are long gone, especially given the stories of pension funds being absued shall we say!
Even when I was flying round the world as a project trouble shooter in the oil industry I had a few side hustles going on.
Would you believe I imported hand made wooden masks made by friends I knew in Gabon a country in West Africa to the UK? Yep I did that for about three years until the carver passed away and her son could not do it.
So yes I have always had side hustles on the go.
Even this month I have had my blood drawn by a trainee phlebotomist, I have had my eyes tested by a student in her practical exam for her degree.
I have tried out VR headsets and even judged a leisure centre for a national award.
Throw in a bunch of 1 to 1 zoom type calls to review and test websites and I think this old dog will have more than enough to keep me doing when I stop my consultancy work.
Just this afternoon I accetped a £75 offer to review a new pensions service in a £75 call. I do like a pound a minute hustles.
It got me to thinking, I should really be writing these down.
Often I get things sent to me that I am either not interested in or are not suitable, but they would be suitable for other people.
Often they are for Americans, and even I got my sister in law to open a new bank account and test the service and get paid for it. I got 20 dollars just for referring her to the company
So come October I will be launching a website which will have many of these side hustles on it.
I remember in the 90s making writing HTML for websites for fun. Of course it is way different now but yes I have had an old domain for a few years but will dust it off and get it flying.
It will have an old and young edge to it as @deraaa has agreed to assist, as time progresses we might have a Spanish site too as there are many things open to Spanish speakers!
An opportunity to promote Hive
One thing I learnt about any cryptocurrency platform that rewards you, if you want to retain users, you need to let them see what you are doing, pique their interest.
So there will be a Hive section obviously, but more of a writing and photography slant where we can store our memories for want of a better word.
The gamers I know just laugh at web3 games. Why on earth would a gamer play these games. Perhaps the trading card crowd but not gamers on the PS5 etc.
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Side hustles are fun and being able to earn a buck or two can come in very handy sometimes. Looking forward to seeing the website.
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They are fun and to be honest, dwarfing what comes from here. Let's see what Uptober brings in the cryptoverse, but I think things have changed.
Thanks for the curation Steve.
Fingers crossed for Uptober, would be nice to quit my 9-5!
hehe yesss!
I am so pumped! If I could wiggle in words, I'd be doing it right now. Let us do this!!!!! Hmph!
Are you wiggling those words on your notebook ...
My sister does a lot of surveys and mobile games and says she often gets £100 a month. I tried the survey thing but sometimes I spend minutes doing re qual questions only to be told I don't qualify. Waste of time.
You'll have to let me know what your website is when it's up. I wouldn't mind earning a few extra pennies.
The vast majority are a complete waste of time. The only one, well there are about three, but the one that has paid me over two grand is prolific, which I went to get the link and see there is a waiting list. They got VC money and work with all the unis worldwide. You only get things to do that you are qualified for, so none of that prequal nonsense. They often have ones for a fiver too.
Talk about the Universe delivering what you put out into it @deraaa ...
As I wrote that fiver ...
I got
So have this survey in the background, which involved listening to a ten minute meditation thing then answering a few questions..
I have put the waitlist info link here if ever you want to give it a try.
Now back to that other tab answer a question or two and grab that fiver!
good on you! getting paid to meditate!! I like the sound of that.
I've joined the waitlist for Prolific, let's see how it goes. Thanks
Since they got that injection of cash, they now do tons of research projects and not only surveys. After that one I did another for £4 for gronigen university, but after five minutes it crashed. The researcher said there was a technical bug, and paid the £4 immediately. It is a legit site.
Hopefully being in the UK and a good age etc you should get in quite quick. Just shout if ever you need a hand.
Got in now and verifying myself. They ask tonnes of questions!! I'd never give them all that info if I found the site by myself on the internet. Good to know it's legit 👍 Just need to sort out linking my Paypal account, keep on getting an error message.
Thanks!!
Ah the questions are all building your profile, sometimes if you answer too many, you narrow yourself down too much. Hope the paypal works soon, one you are up and running you can cashout once you hit £6 but I have confidence in them and just withdraw a chunk at a time when I need it.
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Great, Super Ed! I remember you once mentioned the idea of doing that page when we were on Read.cash. I'm interested to see what sites for Spanish speakers you'll mention ;) Good luck with that venture 🌀
I love you and your memory Super Eli 💙 ... yes the domain is three years old from when I was talking about it then!
Wonderful to see your progress friend. Yep, side hustle is one big opportunity. It's likely you guys over there get much of it due to exposure. Nevertheless, dani is always here to work with Mr.Tengo
About your sites, will be delightful to see it launch, maybe I'll manage one part of it daily businessing, Lols. I must admit, I like yoir positive vibes; spending your time to get things done.
Hope you are enjoying your Thursday?
Thursday is getting better now I am doing things hehe.
There are different things in different countries too Dani.
I shall keep you in mind as I develop things. Hope you are having a great Thursday!
Yep friend, it's an interesting one. Always a pleasure solving some puzzle with Mr. Tengo. Admiring your considerations, thanks
You are so welcome Dani :)
Hmmm, even I was left wandering. I'm looking forward to hearing about it😬😐.
Oh are you!
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One really cannot rely only on a pension, so side-hustles are vital.
I'm already thinking what to do once I sell up and stop running the bnb. I can still sell my 'pre-loved' stuff online but sourcing and revamping becomes difficult when the old bones and joints start seizing😅
About marketing Hive, it's much needed! I've tried to find a good video explaining what it's all about, found some, but nothing explaining the basic principles.
Enjoy autumn! We're still hovering between spring, summer and winter! Weird weather here.
That would be good, something that is suitable for five year olds.
Oh yes the bnb will be a big void to fill I am guessing Lizzie!
Side hustles never a thing during working corporate years, later most definitely considered.
Opened website after learning HTML etc, (online paid for by self.) Website for myself up and running, later over a short period clients. Sadly people never realized time and effort placed into building with good SEO, later safety plugins, shop or payment connection, clients here wanted it for nothing. "Internet is free" no buster it's not!
Three years ago I tore it all down after running over 10 years, enough! So the hustle is good if the clients are!
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