Multiple Ways For Your Kid to Make Cash Without Leaving The House.

Once upon a time, when kids wanted to make some cash, they either begged for an allowance, broke out the lawnmower and cut lawns or performed some sort of odd job or collected bottles. In this modern world we live in now, all you need to make some extra money is a computer and a good connection. Which is pretty cool. Technology has made it possible that making money can be as easy as point, click, and occasionally type.

For those young people who would like to start earning money independently or parents of young people, who would like to see your child start making money independently, but are either on the fence about sending them out to other places outside of the nest, or they are too young to work outside the home, fear no more I have some answers for you.

Although there are many online opportunities for kids and teens there are four in particular that we know and have personally used and believe to be simple and easy. Easy enough for a kid to successfully operate. These sites/opportunities are KidzEyes, TeensEyes, Squidoo, and Zazzle. Each of these are great places to get your kid/teen started.

KidzEyes and it’s sister site TeensEyes , are particularly good sites because they are designed just for kids under 13 (KidzEyes) and teens 13 and up (TeensEyes). These two sites allow your child the chance to earn points for sharing their opinion on new products, films books and movies. These points can then be exchanged for prizes or money. (We always take the money.) It’s fairly easy to do and sometimes they even send surveys to mom and dad allowing your kid to make some extra points which equals extra money. An added bonus is the fact that they sometimes send you things in the mail to test and try out. We have received all kinds of fun stuff, new food items, sneak previews of new movies and cartoons…it’s the easiest work ever. Sometimes we tease our dad because when you do the math, on some of our projects our hourly wage was higher than his. It’s a pretty awesome job and it is really cool when we finally see some of those products make it to the shelves at the store. All of this is done without ever leaving the safety and comfort of home.

pictured is a lens we created on KidzEyes

Squidoo is a really good place for teens to earn some extra cash. The concept and Squidoo’s motto is simple, “Everybody is an expert on something!” Participants can create pages (called a lens) about all the things they like. Have a favorite movie…book…hobby? Create a lens about it. Know a cause worth telling everyone about? Create a lens about it. These lenses are fairly easy to create and as traffic to these lenses increase the lens creator has the opportunity to make money. The creator has a wide choice of modules that they can add to the lens to increase interactivity and even modules that offer commission for any sales generated from it (I.e Amazon Books, and more) It’s a perfect way to express yourself creatively and make money on the things they enjoy the most, and you can even have a percentage of whatever you make donated to good causes, you don’t even have to change out of your pj’s.

A Zazzle Gallery I set up in 5 minutes

The last site, Zazzle, is the perfect site for your child to use their creativity to make all sorts of items including t-shirts, posters, stickers, buttons, cards, and they just recently added shoes. Now your little darlings can add fashion designer to their resume, and they can see their own unique ideas and creations come to life. Setting up a Zazzle gallery is free and is painless. An added bonus of Zazzle is a feature that allows the customer to add their own touches to your products. Zazzle even has a social network feel to it, as the customers or visitors to your gallery can leave you comments or make special request of you. Again more fun that you never have to leave the house to participate in.

The best thing about all these sites is , that they are all free and pretty easy to join and although these sites (excluding KidzEyes, and TeensEyes, ) are for adults and kids alike they are really good places for your kid/teen to get started on the path of making and managing money.

I might add that in addition to making money, these sites also encourage other positive behavior, organization, time management and planning to name a few. It’s a win win situation. Initially when our parents got us started doing this we thought it was going to be work, however once those checks started showing up and we opened our own bank accounts we changed our opinion. Now we just have fun making money.

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You can Check out Some of the lenses we have created by clicking the links below:

http://www.squidoo.com/kidzeyes

http://www.squidoo.com/familymomentbookstore

http://www.squidoo.com/marvel_vs_dc

http://www.squidoo.com/iamironman

Back To The Drawing Board!

 Just when you think you have it all figured out…something or someone comes along to remind you that you dont! 

 

We have been crusing along pretty smoothly on our entrepreneurial journey, and just when we were about to put everything on cruise control, we discovered that there is a lot more that we still needed to learn.

So we have been back in training in a new internship this summer, hence the reason for our delay in posting here.  We are learning a lot of good stuff (all of which we will be sharing with you of course) 

For those of you who have subscribed by email…Thanks and or those of you who have been visiting our Squiddoo Lenses and Our Galleries, we greatly appreciate it.  We should be updating those real soon and we have a bunch of new products and items to add to our galleries.

Before we go we also want to say Welcome to all our new affiliates who signed up recently, make sure you keep us updated on your first month in business, we loved to know what kinds of things you have learned and what the experience has been like for you so far.

 

Okay that’s it for now…

 

The Teenpreneurs Crew 

Teaching Kids About Money on Squidoo

Many parents fail to teach their children about money, mostly because their parents didn’t teach them anything about money. So it is not surprising that most kids get the concept that you need money to buy things, but they don’t understand the concept of having more money coming in than going out, or the basics of having and maintaining a budget. (Continue reading the rest at our lens on Squidoo)

Be sure to Check out these other interesting Lenses that deal with Kids and Money:

Kids & Money: Teaching Wealth Habits to Your Kids

Parents’ Top Kids and Allowance Questions

Parents Have your Kids Take a Stand!

A Lemonade Stand that is…

Okay…I know that our tag line says more than Lemonade Stands and Newspaper Routes, it’s true that our entrepreneurial pursuits are a bit more aggressive than that; however we can’t discount them as a valuable means of kids and teens to develop their business skills and from what we hear some people actually make decent money from these things. Speaking of Lemonade Stands…

Sunkist Announces their 5th Annual “Take A Stand!”

This year Sunkist is teaming up with proud supporters Rubbermaid® and Domino®/C&H® Sugar, and they are inviting kids 7 to 12 years old across America to Take a Stand® for their favorite charity. It’s a rewarding way to squeeze some fun into summer and give back to the community. (get the complete details here)

This year marks their 5th annual hosting of this event. Reportedly more than 15,000 kids from across America and Canada signed up to participate in the even last year. In addition to the children’s participation, some officials got involved as well, leading to Mayoral proclamations being made in major cities such as, Buffalo, Dallas, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh.

Because of the overwhelming support that Sunkist has received in response to this event, they are planning to not only provide 20,000 free lemonade stands to kids who are looking to make a difference; but the first 500 kids will also receive a Sunkist Summer Fun Lemonade Kit which includes a hand juicer, peeler, a ‘how to’ brochure and a recipe booklet.

So Moms and Dad’s, Teachers and Community Workers, be sure to sign your kids up this year, let them “Take A Stand.” This is a great way to have fun, learn responsibility and have a positive impact on the community.

You Can sign up for the program here Take a Stand!

We Do Squidoo

What exactly is a Squidoo?

And why would anyone admit to doing such a thing? Squidoo is not only a fun way to share the things you find interesting or like, but it is also a good way to generate some online income.

So What is Squidoo? Squidoo, is a collection of web pages (called lenses) built by regular people (not just webmasters) These lenses are as creative and unique as the people who make them. Squidoo’s premise is that everyone is an expert on something, and it provides the platform for everyone to share their knowledge and their passion with the world.

Squidoo generates revenue through ads and affiliate links. They give 5% of what they earn, right off the top, to charity. They use 45% to cover their overhead, and the remaining 50%, well that goes to charity or to the people who build the pages. They leave that decision to the lens builders, they can either donate all, a part of or none of their share to charity. (we donate part of our earnings to charity, you can never be hurt by giving)
Signing up for Squidoo is FREE! Once signed up you can start creating lenses right away. We must offer you a word of caution, it is addictive, once you get started with it, you might not want to stop.

We have managed to generate a meager income from Squidoo so far, but we have only been tinkering with it. We have decided to be a bit more aggressive and start producing more lenses. We also decided to take advantage of Squidoo to begin promoting our other business ventures. Over the course of the next 30 days we are going to monitor our results and share them with you. We have already started following some of the Squidoo Master’s on Twitter, let’s see if any of their “genius” rubs off on us

While we are working on our lenses here are a few links to get you started in the World of Squidoo:

Squidoo is the world’s most popular site for building free, single pages about your passions. Highlight books, blogs, vids, online shops, or just spread the word about stuff you love. Bonus: you raise money (for you or charity) at the same time. It’s fast, free, and supereasy.

Step by Step Guide To Lensmaking

Make Money Online with the Monetizer

9 Free Things to do to Build Traffic for your Lens (Or Website)

Be sure to check out our lenses as well via the links in the right sidebar.