In 10 seconds, I found a pair of Nike running
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 4:27 am
In 10 seconds, I found a pair of Nike running shoes I had worn once. They didn’t fit quite right, but I had already thrown out the box and receipt (dumb), so they sat at the back of my closet for 6 months. Those went up on eBay about 3 minutes later…
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The next thing I found was a pair of jeans I hadn’t worn once, despite owning them for almost a year. Same story. They didn’t fit well, but I had already cut the tag off. Why did I even have these still? Anyway, up on eBay another 3 minutes later…
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Neither of these are guaranteed to sell of course, but if they do, that’ll be an extra $125 to go towards my $388.
Not bad for 10 minutes of work, plus I thinned out my closet which my girlfriend greatly afghanistan phone number database . Win-win.
That still left me with a pretty sizable gap, and I didn’t want to take a ton of time looking for more stuff to sell. So, I turned to making some extra money with my craft: writing.
2. I’m using my skills.
This morning, I searched through my Gmail folder I keep to tag all conversations I’ve had with freelance clients (and potential freelance clients) over the years. I frequently turn to this first when I’m looking to restart client relationships and pick back up where I left off with someone when I need more work.
validate-business-idea-client-opportunities
In a few minutes, I found the right opportunity.
I reached out to the editor for a business-related blog I used to write for earlier this year, but for some reason things just fizzled out and I hadn’t pitched a new piece since April.
This particular blog pays $250/article, which is now a little ways below what I typically take for writing a post (a lot has changed this year), but I’m doing this to prove a point ?
Check it out. Blurred because they don’t like publicly sharing writer rates:
validate-business-idea-ebay-nike-shoes
The next thing I found was a pair of jeans I hadn’t worn once, despite owning them for almost a year. Same story. They didn’t fit well, but I had already cut the tag off. Why did I even have these still? Anyway, up on eBay another 3 minutes later…
validate-business-idea-ebay-jeans
Neither of these are guaranteed to sell of course, but if they do, that’ll be an extra $125 to go towards my $388.
Not bad for 10 minutes of work, plus I thinned out my closet which my girlfriend greatly afghanistan phone number database . Win-win.
That still left me with a pretty sizable gap, and I didn’t want to take a ton of time looking for more stuff to sell. So, I turned to making some extra money with my craft: writing.
2. I’m using my skills.
This morning, I searched through my Gmail folder I keep to tag all conversations I’ve had with freelance clients (and potential freelance clients) over the years. I frequently turn to this first when I’m looking to restart client relationships and pick back up where I left off with someone when I need more work.
validate-business-idea-client-opportunities
In a few minutes, I found the right opportunity.
I reached out to the editor for a business-related blog I used to write for earlier this year, but for some reason things just fizzled out and I hadn’t pitched a new piece since April.
This particular blog pays $250/article, which is now a little ways below what I typically take for writing a post (a lot has changed this year), but I’m doing this to prove a point ?
Check it out. Blurred because they don’t like publicly sharing writer rates: