Multiple Streams Of Passive Income… Doesn’t that sound great? It’s a concept I learned about quite early in my “blogging career” – in fact I read about it before I started blogging. Wherever I looked, these streams were described as not only streams or trickles, but as rivers of cash flowing into the open arms of people doing nothing…
I guess we all know that’s not true. It’s certainly not true in my case. There is a trickle, and a very small part of that is passive (ads, paid links), but most of what I make online is from paid posts. (i.e. work).
Spending time online has connected me with another form of freelance work though – Mystery Shopping. I came across the term on various US sites, and decided to Google it in Norwegian, to see if anything was going over here. It was! I found a couple of companies, sent applications, and was accepted. I’ve done a couple of assignments for one of them, and I’ve got 4 lined up for August so far. It’s fun, it gets me out of the house, and it’s quite well paid for the amount of work you do. Another trickle.
The other day, I got an email from another MS company I’ve been accepted by, but not done any work for yet, and that’s based in Germany. They were looking for proof readers in Norwegian/English, which is just up my alley. I’ve made enquiries, and it looks promising. All I have to do is find time for a 2 – hour training session by phone, which is proving to be quite a challenge… Must ally myself with one of the older kids – the young’uns must be kept out of the way for the duration! Yet another trickle – maybe.
So – I’ve got a few streams of income lined up. None of them passive, but I never expected that.
Stumble it!
