Friday, July 10, 2009

Making Money: Woman to Women

Hello ladies! :)
This is tidbit is just for you! No boys allowed (wow haven't said that since second grade in my tree house :p).
This site, www.womencandoanything.com if for all those business prone girlies out there who want to get ahead and just become one with all the others out there just like yourself.
We, the females with Eszbonna's MnMs administration just signed up and it has already helped us tremendously!
It has not only empowered us, but assisted us in our own business ventures.
Try it out, and let us know what you think! :)

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

* Making Money: Super Monopoly

This money making opportunity is for all of those monopoly lovers out there. And since I'm one of you, I might just meet you here.

But wheres here? Here is the annual Monopoly tournament!

Kitchener, Ontario is the location this year, and there were over one hundred gamers.

We all entered at the $20.oo entrance fee and the tournament began. There were four players at every board and one winner came out from each all the way up to the final round.

The winner of the final round wins $250.oo, the runner-up got $100.oo, the second runner-up got $75.oo and the third runner up got $50.oo; the rest went to a charity that is pre-chosen by the committee (this year it was for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation)

This year I was the runner-up and it was all very much worth it. Next year I'm going to signup again, not only because I had a blast and met a lot of people with similar interests, but because the main point of it all is to raise money for charity.

This opportunity is officially rated the best from the administration here at Eszbonna's MnMs! :)
For information on any upcoming years tournament, email us at eszbonna@gmail.com and we'll send you the details.

Making Money: Sell Through Eszbonna's MnMs

So, for all of you entrepreneurs and crafty people out there, Eszbonna's MnMs are going to offer you something that we've never offered anyone before! Something that no other blog has ever offered before!

We want to work for you! That's right we don't just want to teach you how to make money but we actually want to do it for you!

We are offering you an opportunity to sell any of your products here, for absolutely nothing, no catches, no surprises. Anything of appropriate value we will put up and add with pictures and reviews along with a log about your product.

If your interested send us an email at eszbonna@gmail.com with your name and product and we'll get back to you in under 24 hours. :)

Making Money: Avon

Avon is a company that has been around for years and helps people run their own business without having to create their own products.

If you go to www.avon.ca, then you can get all the griddy details but here are the basics:
Its a Canadian company that only accepts workers that are at least sixteen years of age. You receive catalogues every month and at the end of that month collect all the money from those who you sold to and send it in along with the order to the company itself. Then within a week or two you'll receive all the products and all that's left is to distribute.

You will be selling tons of amazing cosmetics, clothes, accessories and more!

I would suggest checking out the site before signing up, but I defiantly post this as one of my top money making opportunities! :)

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Making Money: WAHM & WAHM Canada

WAHM is no longer the sound of your child running into the glass door you just cleaned. Nope, it is now a site for all those Work-At-Home-Moms (do you see the acronym?).

Now if you need a little bit more cash or you have time on your hands when the kids take a nap (yeah, right!) you can! Listen to me, I sound like an infomercial. But it's true.

It teaches you ways, a lot like I do here (so why am I promoting them :S), to make money whle you have no time or just want to be home with the little munchkins.

Sadly, for all those who do not reside in North America, it is only for those in North America. So those of you here in Canada you would go to www.wahmcanada.com and all of you south in America you go to www.wahm.com. Pretty damn simple if you ask me.

So try it out, explore and enjoy. Im sorry that I couldn't give you any more information on wha they offer but because you are all indeviduals with different needs and WAHM has so many different options (most of which I list here too), you just have do go off and explore this one all your own. :)

Truly True Love

Have you ever been in love?


Not puppy love. Not I-love-you-today-but-not-tomorrow love. And not I-love-you-because-we're-dating love.


But real, undying, overrated, painful, uplifting, magical love. The kind that makes your blood boil and your butterflies hit the ceiling and you can feel your heart beating through your entire body until your fingers go numb with pleasure. The kind that just at the mention of their name you go crazy.

Love is amazing and in my opinion the old saying of 'It's better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.' holds true.

We would love to hear your opinions and stories on this very feathery log. :)

Bucket List

Are you prepared to die?

This may be a trivial question to some, but to others, it means the world. Like Josh here, he has terminal cancer and a year.
The minute he came out of that hospital and told us all the news, we all decided that no one was going to be sad. Why? Not because we don't love him, but because there wasn't enough time. After the year we would be sad, but until then we were going to celebrate his life and check off his bucket list.

What is a bucket list, you might be asking yourself. A bucket list is a list (duh) of what you want to accomplish before you.,.how do I put this lightly.,.kick the bucket.

And one that was on all of our lists was world adventure and travel. Which is what brought on the newest segment on Eszbonna's MnMs called the Gypsy Van.

But back to the point to which we strayed off from quite a bit; Write yourself a bucket list and just do it. You shouldn't have to wait until you are dieing to write it or to do it.

Just remember that the point is not to learn how to swim unless your going to do something special with that skill like swimming the St. Lawrence. And have fun with it! Its not a death sentence grocery list, it's just your dreams and aspirations and what you wanted to get out of life. :)

Making Money: Business Part One

Having your own business is an appealing ting to many because you ca be the boss, work when you want, and get paid how much you want. All very appealing, if you ask me. But what about all the negative? Well, we don't deal with that in this log. But if you wish to find that out a Business Troubleshooting log will be coming soon!

Here we are not going to talk about the business building blocks and fundamentals but rather the business in it's self.

Today's business is based on the oldest of entrepreneurial trades: A lemonade stand.


Now, before you stop reading this and continue on saying to yourself, 'who do they think I am, Shirley Temple', just open up your mind a little and think of all the possibilities that come with the simplicity of the lemonade stand. The Girl Guide cookie sales. And school funded chocolate bar sales. Those Girl Guides along must bank in on some pretty hefty cash!


All you need is a recipe, a cause and some motivation to get it going.

Since this log isn't exactly clear on all the details, you can comment or contact us for more information with specific questions you may have. :)

Gypsy Van: Starting Out

Hey there people!


So, for those of you who don't know, the administration here at Esbonna's MnMs is heading out! Were still going to keep you all up on the latest money making opportunities and general matters but now were adding this segment called Gypsy Van!


All of us - myself (Samantha-Lynn), Alex, Josh and Kaitlyn - are off on an adventure! We've packed our camping gear and enough food to last a week or two and crammed it all into my VW Camper Van.


Right now were passing through Toronto, and let me tell you something, traffic sucks @$$. We have been stuck on the same damn street for the past forty minutes and are not moving all that quicker.

Our first stop is to be downtown Toronto, if we can ever get there, and stay for the day.
We'll sleep in the van then move on tomorrow to whereever we feel. If you have any ideas as to where we should go, comment a location! Anywhere around the world!

Making Money: Donate Plasma

I have given out information before on selling your body (get that though out of your head, you nasty), but today I'm going to show you one that truly saves lives.

Sadly my drum roll will not suffice for this because of the stupid title that gives everything away. However, I do believe that this money making opportunity is in need for some sort of big bang; You know, fireworks.

For those of you who don't know what plasma is, it's the clear, yellowish fluid of the blood that transports water and nutrients to all the cells throughout the body. But how does it save lives? Well, medical teams use it for transfusions for people who have suffered shock, burns or trauma.

To do this you simple have to follow a few simple steps. Starting with finding a local plasma collection center and checking your eligibility (you must be eighteen years of age, at least one hundred and twenty pounds, and it must have been at least three to four months since your last donation).

Remember to eat and drink plenty of water before you go and to eat something with sugar when your done (most banks will give you a cookie or donut).

In my experience I earn about $280.oo a year on this.

Good luck and remember that its not just for money, your helping someone who cannot help themselves. :)

Making Money: Pay Pal vs. Alert Pay

The ultimate dilemma for all those avid online money makers out there, as you know. To Use, or not to use pay pal.
So, I'm here to give you all he facts and make sure that you know what your signing up for before you give out your banking information. Yes, banking information, sorry folks, but you do have to trust someone eventually.
In my opinion, pay pal is the better of the two payment plans. For one thing, its more widely recognized and accepted. Just about every online work or store uses pay pal.
For another, you don't have to be eighteen to use it. Alert pay you do (obviously, as that's the only other option here).
And one of the most important tidbit about it is that alert pay charges you a fee for every withdraw! Pay pal does in a sense; Any withdrawal over $150.oo is tax free.
The final form of payment not previously listed is in the form of a check, but very few companies actually do those, and if they do, are you really going to trust that it will make it to you in the mail?
Which leads us to the last of the pay pal features today, which is wiring! Its not a waiting around for a week for your check and you don't get paid on the 15th of every month. You get paid when you want, for how much you want (as long as you've earned it ;p ) instantly.
Well, I hope this helped you in the least. I would have given you more information on alert pay, but due to the fact that I found it an inferior product once I was already signed up for pay pal, I failed to try to test it any farther and just continue to prove its worthlessness to pay pal.
Good luck and just be careful whenever you put your personal information on the internet. :)

Monday, July 6, 2009

Making Money: EBay

Old old school money making is a garage sale. Old school is an online garage sale, aka EBay. And sadly, there is no new school version. So, we go the old school way!
EBay is an often apparent way of making money to many. But, actually going through with it is another thing.
Unlike the other Making Money tricks I give you, this one dosn't have any truly specific guidlines.
You could sell things you don't use anymore. Or you could resell things you bought for cheap or at a second hand store. But the point is that you could do all that but its all up to you.
So, good luck with your old school virual garage sale. :)

Making Money: Surrogacy, Freezing Eggs & Donating Sperm

Many people cant experience the gift of children and some people don't want to. These two types of people are meant to share the gift with each other through surrogacy, egg and sperm donating!
For the guys out there, you're only option is to donate sperm, but luckily for you its not dangerous and you could do it every week if you wished. All you have to do is locate a sperm bank in your local area.
For all the ladies out there, you can choose between surrogacy (which is being the oven to the bun, don't mock my sorry excuse for a metaphor ;p ) and donating your eggs. Both of which are, not necessarily dangerous, but not exactly what the guys have.
If you plan on donating your eggs, I would suggest you post an advertisement in the classifieds of www.surromomsonline.com. And even if you go down the surrogacy route, you can go to that site.
However, if you decide on surrogacy I will just say that you would probably better off skipping the middle man and going straight to a clinic that does surrogacy.
In my opinion, this is an amazing money making opportunity because it is not only very well paying, but it gives another family, the chance to have a gift that they themselves cannot do with you.
Whatever your option in this case, think it over immensely. It is a big decision to say I'll have someone else's baby, or to say I'll give this couple my baby, because remember women cant reproduce eggs;you get what you get, for life. Another thing to remember is that most doctors wont remove your eggs and most couples wont let you carry their baby unless you have had a baby before.
Good luck in your decision with this extremely important endeavor! :)

Bring Home Mom

The term 'bring home baby' is no longer used in appropriateness in our new day and age. Instead, 'bring home mom' is what is now replaced.
Yes, I know, strange but in the slightest of ways it makes sense.
Before and after you leave the hospital, the baby doesn't change, it's still a baby. But before and after you leave the hospital, you change, you're no longer a pregnant woman, your a mother; a caregiver.
And all the things that come with the title crash in, on, and around you like a giant tsunami against a beach. The difference is, a tsunami is easier to deal with and it takes less time to do so. In fact, the only thing that's similar is that you can see both coming and never have enough time to prepare!
I have an enormous respect for moms and especially home moms!
If you do too, or even if you don't, I suggest you listen to the song 'Mr Mom' by LoneStar.

Homeless Youth

A mother, as of twelve seconds ago, looks down at her baby, her child, her precious angel and thinks, 'Hello my baby, my child, my precious little angel. What is in store for us?'.
A child, as of twelve second ago, looks up at his mother, his protector, his angel and thinks, 'Hello my mother, my protector, my angel. What is in store for us?'.
The same mother, as of fifteen years ago, looks up at her baby, her child, her precious angel and think, 'What the hell was I thinking? What a disappointment!'.
A child, as of fifteen years ago, looks down at his mother, his protector, his angel and thinks, 'Why don't you want me? Being a kid involves stupid shit!'.
@Copyright

This is a classic situation for a parent-teen relationship and the end result rarely results in the child ending up homeless, however it does happen.
Some of you who are reading this are probably saying to yourself, who cares? That's not me or my kids, you say.
And all I can say to that is, you may be right, but it could be you.
I, myself am a child of the streets, and let me tell you something; it is one of the worst things in the world! The only positive thing that comes out of it is that everything else for the rest of their lives will seem golden in comparison.
I don't want to bore you with all the details and statistics and I'm not asking you for any sort of donation. But if the word spreads then awareness is spread. And when awareness is spread, things change for the better.
So lets change things for the better for these kids. Spread the word!

On top of all of that word spreading, Eszbonna's MnMs has administered a donation system to which all funds will go to helping the homeless children in N.A. So don't forget to donate! :)

Making Money: Capitalizing

Have you ever heard of the saying, "You need money to make money"?
Well its true. But what does that mean? It means, in the simplest form, that you cant buy a store without the capital (cash) to do so.
So I guess your next question is; How the h3ll do I get that?!
And yet again it comes in the simplest form.
Getting a loan is usually what people jump to first because it easy to do and its immediate. The problem with that is you need to find someone who will give you a loan and you need to find a way to pay it back - even if your business falls through.
Saving up for it yourself is the second most popular option. It may take longer and has a much greater risk for you to lose your savings but is my second favorite option for capitalizing (mostly because there is no interest).
Getting a partner. This splits the costs and responsibilities of everything in half. However it also splits all the decisions in half which can be a problem if you don't agree with your partner.
And finally, drum roll please...my favorite and most used strategy for capitalization is to receive a grant. A grant is free money for education or business, usually given by the government or organizations. For a business I would suggest hitting up the government before organizations and then if all else fails try any of the above.

Making Money: Blogging

This in itself is a money making jackpot!

Advertising is what makes the media world go 'round. And now its your turn to take advantage of that.

Writing about whatever is simple and there is no check in and out like a regular day job. You can write twenty posts today and none for the next two weeks and still get paid without doing anything.

The key is your followers.

You need an audience to make advertisers want to promote through you, your ideas, thoughts and words.

To get that audience, you need a target. Both of audience and topic. These can vary in every way. Your audience could be, like in my case, anyone who wishes to make money fast, easy and legit and some small talk. And your topics might include, like in this case, exactly what your target audience is and wants.

But where do you find the advertisers once you have that soight after audience?
I suggest going to the blogs 'add-ons' or going to Google's AdSense and creating an account.

Whatever your blog, or if you even venture out to do one. I wish you good luck! :)

Making Money: myLot

I have given some ideas for making money easy, fast, legal and from home once or twice before. But this one might just blow them all out of the water.
Why, you may ask? Sorry to burst your bubble, but its not because it makes you more money. Its not because it is faster. Its not because its easier. And its not because its any more legal. Its because its not a site that is primarily for income.
I can just see you reaching for the X now, but wait.
A site primarily for income would be a PTC site, this site is an online interactive disscussions page.
You talk and comment and add friends and make money from it. Not meaning to sound like a broken record, but sorry for bursting your bubble. You wont make as much money here as the income oriented sites, but it is more fun and something that will make you money just for voicing your opinion.
To be honest, I joined for the money but I stayed for the empowerment that it gives you. When you voice your concerns, thoughts and ideas and people respond with interest and thought-provoking comments, you feel important and special.
I know this sounds like a loser type thing but its true. And its something that you have to experience to understand.
I highly suggest this site to anyone with an expansive mind and a search for interacting with those who are of great intellect and wide imagination. But remeber to have fun when doing so!

Making Money: Sell Your Hair

Sell your hair!?!
I know what your thinking. Your thinking that I'm a creep and that your never going to read my blog again. But let me tell you something, you can get hundreds - I repeat hundreds - of dollars just to sell some inches!
My theory on this is, if your getting it cut anyways, why not get paid for it?
Now, since I never let my readers go off and do something I wouldn't do, I did. I grew out my hair over the last summer and posted my ad in http://www.hairtrader.com/. Within a week someone had bought 10 inches of my hair for $600.oo!
In my opinion this is the newest and hottest 'sell-yourself' money making opportunity that has hit this world since donating plasma.
I would suggest doing some research before entering this 'field' of work by seeing what most customers want and how much your hair is worth.
I wish you the best of luck and I hope you'll contact me with your results! :)

Psychic Illusion

Crystal balls. Palm reading. Numerology. Astrology. Spells. Potions. Encantations.

For centuries psychic and magical abilities have been seen as evil, phony and those who practice such things are remarked as outsiders and crazies. But why?

Why have we turned the fun, interesting and imaginative sciences (thats right, I said sciences) into nothing but a joke or a Vegas juts-for-thrills scam?

I personally love that kind of thing. Magic, psychics, illusions, they are all what we loved as children and killed along with Santa and the Tooth Fairy as we grew into adulthood.

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