“I don’t know about you, but paying for convenience is worth the cost.”

I am not one of those people who will have an Only Fans page 🚫 or any page where I have to put aside my values, dignity, or morals to make money . If you have a site like that, hand claps to you, I can’t do it. I still won’t wear certain things around my dad. For instance, if I am going to visit him, but right after I am going out with friends, I am not going to wear what I’m going out in around my dad. I won’t even change at his house, I’ll change in the car if I'm crunched for time just to avoid my dad seeing my revealing outfits. ⛔️

And I also have that mindset of everyone doesn’t need to see what I’m doing all the time. Sometimes I’ll snap a picture and share it to certain people, but I was never on the bandwagon of showing the world where I am at, who I am with, and what I am doing. Although, I am an advocate of sharing information that could be useful to others.

A lot of you ask me about different ways to make money. I make money in several ways. I am a W2 employee for one company and I am a 1099 employee for several other companies. I also have a few investment ventures that include properties and the stock market. And of course I make some change from this site. Lisssennn…I like nice things and I like treating myself very good. 💅🏾Now if a man comes along and wants to take over all my major expenses, which is really my living expenses, such as home and auto, then BABY, tell me what you need from me, you can have it all! I’m still going to make my own money, but Sweetie, let me know what you want me to do and I’ll do it! 😉

But here’s a little tip from Auntie Ray: “Fellas, find you a woman who adds income to your household and not a woman who just depletes yours ❌️. And ladies, don’t be that woman who can only by drinks and a t-shirt every now and then but, can’t buy your man anything else.” ❌️

To make good money on the side or even with your own business, the best thing I can tell you is to learn a skill, be great at that skill, package it up, market it, and put a price tag on it. And if you are partnering with someone, make sure they know the same things you know or more. Below is a break down of different revenue possibilities.

Website, Videos, Podcasts

Having a website, creating videos, and having a podcast are great ways to make money. They key is knowing your audience and gravitating the topics relative to them. With this site, it took me about 2 years before I saw some decent revenue and the income is not steady nor is it the same each month. It all depends on of of you. 🥰

There is another website that I have been working on the last 2 years. It is more geared towards business topics and working professionals. The site actually began as a project while I was studying at University of Alabama 🤓. I got a lot of good feedback from it that I decided to make into a little baby business for right now. I write HR and employment related articles and I provide professional development downloads at different costs 📂. I have earned some revenue already from the site, but I still consider it a little prototype site because there’s still a lot I want to do with it. I could hire about 2 people to help me get it to a certain level, but I want to make sure it meets a certain standard first before I hire people.

📌 Here is a peak at my some of my Professional Articles (it looks a lot different from this site. Yes, Auntie Ray knows her shit!) And here is a peak at the Professional Development Downloads I offer. Look, I didn’t get this far in life to be inefficient with my knowledge.

eCommerce: Esty, eBay, Amazon, Mercari, etc.

Selling online another great way to earn some extra cash. During the COVID lockdown I was still working, but I was stuck in the house with a lot of downtime, so one day I decided to go through my closet and clean out anything that I no longer wear or have never worn. Trust me, I had a lot of clothes with the tags still attached. Judge me later, just hear me now. I sold my clothes on Mercari and within 3 months, I made a good amount of pocket money, just from things I don’t use anymore 💵! Ebay is a good platform for this too. Esty is great if you are crafter or creator. You can also sell digital products on there too. I know a lot of teachers sell generic lesson plans on there. For other platforms to sell digital items or virtual services Fiverr and Upwork are good. With Amazon, they have a sellers program and I know of a few people who do well with that. *Mind you all these platforms do charge some sort of selling fee. 📊

Investing

Investing is one of the best ways to earn passive income. I have 2 avenues of investments. The one I enjoy the most is the stock market. The market can be unpredictable and volatile, but in my experience, I have never lost more than I put in 📈. Even when I lost some money last year, I already made all it back this year and then some. 📕 I even published a beginners guide in 2020 that covers all the basics of the stock market. I offer the eBook on my business site and even though it’s almost 3 years old, I still get multiple downloads from it each month. Link to my eBook HERE. 📍

Do what you will with all this information, but don’t say I never gave you some pointers on where to start! I don’t believe in scaling back because of finances, I believe in making more money. Like I said, I like nice things and being able to afford convenience in not cheap. 💸