Kids, Cash and Chaos

10 Reasons MLM is Not Owning Your Own Business

Emma — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 09:00:00 +0000

I too have drunk the cool-aid Oh, I’ve been there. Sitting in that Multi Level Marketing party, listening to the sales person rave about how much they love the business and being convinced. When I was in my early 20’s, long before kids, I sold PartyLite candles. It’s kind of embarrassing to admit it now but my husband and I even went to the National Meeting at the end of

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Easy Craft Ideas to Make and Sell

Emma — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Craft Ideas to Sell I’ll bet you’ll never guess what my degree is in. I’ll give you a clue…paper, thread, and leather are the main supplies. Any guesses? I got a hand bookbinding degree from the North Bennet Street School in Boston MA in 2007. It was the best experience ever. I got to spend 8 hours a day making books by hand. We learned how to make our own

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Terrible Speller? Get This Super Helpful Tool for Free!

Emma — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Grammar, punctuation, and spelling, oh my! It’s no secret that I am a bad, bad, terrible speller. In fact, it is one of two classes that I ever failed: 5th-grade spelling and 9th grade Spanish. My kids are getting old enough that the words they want me to spell are not ones I know by heart and I have to say, “I’m not sure how to spell that, let’s look

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599 Small Scale Business Ideas

Emma — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:00:46 +0000

Tired of looking for inspiration? Searching online for a small scale business idea? Trying to find something that makes sense in your life? I’ve rounded up posts from all over the internet with tons of different types of small businesses that you can start today. Working for yourself can open up a whole new world. As Moms we sometimes lose ourselves when our children are born. It wasn’t until I

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How to Make Money in the Gig Economy

Emma — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:00:42 +0000

Ways to Make Money in the Gig Economy The secret’s out: there’s more than one way to make money these days. While the lemonade stand days are (likely) over (although we don’t judge), you can still pull off a respectable income from the variety of different jobs outside the 9-to-5 realm—otherwise known as the gig economy. Rover.com sponsored this post. Click here for more information on my policies. Driven by

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12 Ways to Make Money Online

Emma — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Need an Online Side Hustle? Sometimes as moms we just need to make a little extra money and what better way than to make money online from home? The term side hustle get’s thrown around a lot and I actually think it’s a great term for this kind of work. As Moms we need to fit things in on the side, naptime, nighttime, early morning, whenever we get a small

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Income Report: How I Doubled My Blog Traffic This Month

Emma — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:00:06 +0000

June is my new favorite month! June was an amazing month for blog traffic and I reached over 10,000 page views for the first time. I feel like dancing in the street! June 18th was the one year anniversary of Kids, Cash and Chaos. I can’t believe it’s been a year already. I’ve learned a ton but can see how much more I have to learn. Some of the best

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Focus Music: How to Concentrate for the Solopreneur

Emma — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Music for Focus and Concentration It happens to all of us. You’re trying to finish a blog post or a project for work when your realize that you’re singing songs from the latest Disney musical under your breath. Darn kids! I have been struggling especially hard now that all three kids are out on summer vacation. It is impossible to concentrate on anything! I’ve tried using music but am distracted

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June Goals and Income Report Catch Up

Emma — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Playing Catch-Up This income report is a little funky. I am trying to play catch up after a rough few months. I spent two weeks away from my children and family during May, receiving treatment for Thyroid Cancer. Watching the doctors wheel a pill into my room in a lead lined box to make me literally radioactive was very strange. It was very difficult time for me overall and I

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Start Selling Amazon FBA with Jessica Larrew of The Selling Family

Emma — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Last year I stared checking out Amazon FBA (Fulfilled by Amazon) and stumbled upon Jessica Larrew’s blog, The Selling Family. I was amazed at the business she has built doing retail arbitrage, and inspired that she and her husband were able to be home and sell on Amazon full time. If you are interested in selling on Amazon, Jessica and Cliff have developed a course called Amazon BootCamp that will answer

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