Millionaire BlogAre you raising millionaire kids who know how to make, save, invest, and share their money? Subscribe to the Millionaire Blog and join me on the journey to building wealth - one kid at a time. Jul 30, 2010, Jobs for 13 Year OldsHere are 5 unique jobs for 13 year olds to make some extra cash... Permalink -- click for full blog post "Jobs for 13 Year Olds" Jul 30, 2010, Jobs for 13 year olds: 51 Unique Ways to Make MoneyLooking for jobs for 13 year olds? Here's 51 unique ways to make money for kids... Permalink -- click for full blog post "Jobs for 13 year olds: 51 Unique Ways to Make Money" Jul 26, 2010, Best Teen JobsHow to brainstorm the best paying, coolest, teen jobs around... Permalink -- click for full blog post "Best Teen Jobs" Apr 1, 2010, Xbox 360 RepairHow to Make $5,000 a month: Xbox 360 Repair Permalink -- click for full blog post "Xbox 360 Repair" Feb 8, 2010, Audion From Your Home To Be in a CommercialHiya teens! Would you like to audition to be in a commercial? Then here's your chance to WIN A ROLE in the season finale of YouTube's Gig channel and STAR in a national commercial! Here's How To Audition Online for YouTube's Gig Channel Follow These 5 Steps: 1) Click HERE
2) Click the "Download Your Official Audition Script" button at the top of the page.
3) Record your audition using any video camera (even your web cam). Follow the script closely, but feel free to add your own personal touches. 4) Then, when you're done, Click HERE again and select "View Comments, Related Videos and More". 5) Select "Post a Video Response", where you will be prompted to upload your audition video. Once its reviewed, it will be added to the top of the auditions to be seen by everyone including the client, Network For Animals. The most watched auditions will be considered for the ultimate prize: to be flown out to Hollywood for the chance to star in a national commercial for Network for Animals and an episode of "Gig". Be sure to share your audition with your friends! So what are you waiting for? This is your chance to be the next big thing! Good luck! Sonja Permalink -- click for full blog post "Audion From Your Home To Be in a Commercial" Feb 2, 2010, Easy Jobs for College StudentsHiya teens! Are you a college student looking for an easy job? Do you think you can squeeze in 10 hours a week? Then check out Uloop! Uloop is a website that allows students to buy, sell, trade & promote with other students on campus. If you are a full-time student at a four-year university or college in the U.S., you can apply to be a Campus Representative, working up to 15 hours a week to help get the word out about Uloop to your fellow students. For more information or to apply online, check out the Campus Representative Program at: http://rep.uloop.com/ Happy college job hunting! Sonja Permalink -- click for full blog post "Easy Jobs for College Students" Jan 23, 2010, Millionaire Kids, How to raise your kids to make and tithe millionsWant to know how to raise your kids to become a successful, self-made millionaire? Then teach them that making money is essential...but tithing is VITAL. Jan 22, 2010, Jobs for 14 Year OldsHere are some profitable jobs for 14 year olds you can start right from home Permalink -- click for full blog post "Jobs for 14 Year Olds " Jan 21, 2010, Jobs for 14 Year Olds OnlineLooking for jobs for 14 year olds online? Here's the highest-paying online job for teens that I've ever come across... Permalink -- click for full blog post "Jobs for 14 Year Olds Online" Jan 21, 2010, Super Child ModelHow your child model can start earning thousands of dollars or more appearing in TV commercials and print ads... Permalink -- click for full blog post "Super Child Model" Jan 20, 2010, Interview for Ways to Make $500 Dollars in a MonthHappy Hump Day! I just finished interviewing a Hollywood producer for my new book... 51 Underground Ways to Make $500 Dollars in a Month Online. Talk about being nervous! And he told me exactly how you can make $50,000 or more selling your movie idea to producers. But there's a trick to getting producers to listen to your idea. If you don't know this "trick", you won't have a prayer. It's GOOD stuff! Sonja P.S. If you'd like to be one of the first to get your hands on my new-almost-finished book...shoot me an email at millionairekids@gmail.com. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Interview for Ways to Make $500 Dollars in a Month" Jan 18, 2010, 51 Underground Ways to Make $500 Bucks Online in a MonthHiya teens! Do you ever get so excited that you feel like you're going to pop?! Yep...that's me right now! You see, I'm almost finished with a new book I've been working on for the past 9 MONTHS. My goal was to have it done by January 1st, but it's taking longer than I thought. But trust me - it will be WORTH the WAIT! If you want to be one of the first to preview this one-of-a-kind, not available in ANY store... Jobs for 13 year olds: 51 Underground Ways to Make $500 Bucks in a Month... Shoot me an email at millionairekids@gmail.com and I'll put you on my high priority list and keep you posted. Happy Monday! Sonja Permalink -- click for full blog post "51 Underground Ways to Make $500 Bucks Online in a Month" Jan 12, 2010, Become a Fashion Designer For TeensAre You To Young to Become a Fashion Designer? Here are 10 tips for how teens can get started in fashion design... Permalink -- click for full blog post "Become a Fashion Designer For Teens" Jan 12, 2010, Easy Way to Make $100 Bucks This Week-EndHiya Teens! Could you use a quick $100 bucks spending money this week-end? Here's how I accidentally made $400 dollars last Saturday morning while drinking a cup of hot chocolate... The night before, I happened to be browsing through my cookbooks looking for something to make for dinner. I decided that I had too many cookbooks and decided to sell a couple of them on eBay. One particular cookbook was A Betty Crocker Cookbook on Chinese cooking by LeAnn Chin. Have you ever eaten at LeAnn Chin restaurants? It's the BEST chinese food you'll ever taste! I forgot that I had a couple signed cookbooks by LeAnn. So I decided to sell one of them on eBay to free up some space. Besides I didn't need two of the same cookbooks. I must have bought an extra for a gift and forgot about it! To my surprise and delight... Signed cookbooks sell like hot cakes on eBay. It sold for $412!! So take a peek at your mom and grandma's old cookbooks - you just might find a valuable treasure worth $400 like I did. And be sure to browse through second hand stores and garage sales too. Happy selling! Sonja Permalink -- click for full blog post "Easy Way to Make $100 Bucks This Week-End" Jan 6, 2010, Quickest Way to Make $50 Bucks Online in a WeekHiya teens! What if you needed to make $50 bucks fast? What would you do? Here's THE Quickest way to make $50 dollars online in a Week: Project Payday - As an experiment one day, I tried Project Payday just to see how long it would take me to make some extra cash. It was free to join so I signed up at their website, downloaded and watched the training videos. I followed the directions for getting set up exactly. Between signing up, watching the training videos, and implementing the instructions, it took me a little over 2 hours. I then spent about half a day just browsing and reading to get a feel of how this program worked. I then put my name out as being available for some “jobs” and I made $50 by the end of the first day. The next day, I spent just under 6 hours "working" and made over $200 total. They have a $100 guarantee that states that if you follow the simple 4 step process and do not make money in the first 24 hours, they’ll give you $100. Pretty cut and dried and the best guarantee I’ve seen. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a get rich quick scheme. You’ll have to work at it but you can earn money quickly. Personally, I found it very tedious though! I’m not cut out to spend long stretches at the computer. You can sign up for free with Project Payday and get started today. It’s one of the few legitimate, yet quick ways to earn extra money online that I’ve found. Good luck! Sonja Permalink -- click for full blog post "Quickest Way to Make $50 Bucks Online in a Week" Dec 17, 2009, Teen Models Wanted in Minneapolis, MNHiya teens! Are you 18 years old or older? Have you ever thought about being a model? And do you want to make $1,200 bucks in a couple of days? Then you could be hired by a major downtown modeling agency looking for new models for a large firm in Minneapolis! Here's what they're looking for in teen models: GALS: They are looking to represent amazing new young perspective female models of diverse backgrounds. For example - your heritage could be: ASIAN, Latina, European, Hebrew, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Brazilian, Eurasian, Persian, East African, Egyptian, Lebanese, Siberian, Tibetan, Lapp, Native American etc. GUYS: They are looking for good looking males - ages 18 to 45. ALL ethnicities. They need to cast athletic looking men, Ivy league types, as well as the classic Latin (Antonio Banderas) type. Men should range from young and hip to the classic business man. Men need to have naturally handsome looks and hair colors ranging from blonde to black. We NEED to cast men with good hair (wavy and or curly is a plus in addition to straight textures) Perspective models should be open to image changes - however these changes will be classic men's looks - nothing avant garde or edgy. They are looking specifically to cast for a major MN Client that is paying great day rates. Two days of pay for two days of work! Perspective models must be open to image changes. Please respond with stats, info, and pictures to tyler@visionmodels.com. But before you leap...make sure you check out all the ins and outs of teen modeling HERE! Good luck, Sonja Permalink -- click for full blog post "Teen Models Wanted in Minneapolis, MN" Dec 1, 2009, Apply for This College Job InternshipHiya Teens! Are you comfortable giving presentations? Are you an effective & persuasive communicator? Do you like organizing events? Are you creative artistically? If so, how would you like to work in the White House as a paid intern? Sounds exciting, doesn't it?! The White House Commission on Remembrance is looking for an intern to assist with marketing its message "Live honoring America's fallen." The intern will work primarily on publicizing the National Moment of Remembrance, but will also assist with other ceremonies and events. Duties include: Building relationships with major sports franchises and businesses Contacting local and national media outlets Assisting in the development of the website (from a graphical/content perspective; technical knowledge is not required). Interns with exceptional creativity and skill in the Graphic Design field will also develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, logos, and the website. If this is something you might be interested in, send a cover letter, resume, and short writing sample to Commission@Remember.gov. Also, include a tentative schedule of availability, ie desired start and end date. And best of all, the commission will work with your college or university to make sure the internship meets any requirement for academic credit! These job internship positions are limited and competitive, so Apply Early. The Commission reviews applications on a bi-monthly basis. Good luck landing your first college job internship! Sonja Permalink -- click for full blog post "Apply for This College Job Internship" Nov 17, 2009, Top 10 Teen Interview Questions & AnswersHiya teens! Everyone gets a little tongue tied answering job interview questions... So can you imagine how nerve-wracking it is for teen-agers at their very first job interview? That's why I've put together the 10 most common interview questions and answers so you can help your teen appear cool as a cucumber! 10 Interview Questions and Excellent Sample Answers 1) Question: Why do you feel you are the best candidate for this job? Answer: Because I'm responsible, reliable, and a hard worker. 2) Question: Do you have any experience in this type of work? Answer: Not exactly, but I am a fast learner and want to learn as much as I can about (blank). 3) Question: Tell me about a strength of yours. Answer: I'm a good listener and I like to be around people. 4) Question: Tell me about a weakness of yours. Answer: I've been called a perfectionist, but I like to do things right. 5) Question: Are you available on week-ends? Answer: Yes I am. And if ever I'm not, I'll be sure to let you know in advance. 6) Question: Tell me about how you would handle a difficult customer. Answer: I would politely listen to their complaint without interrupting them, and then try to help them solve the problem. 7) Question: How would you handle working with someone you didn't particularly like? Answer: I get along easily with people - I don't think that would be a problem. 8) Question: What position do you think would fit you best? Answer: I would like to learn as many different positions and jobs as I can. I'm really flexible. 9) Question: Do you have your own transportation? Answer: Yes. (if you do) or I don't have my own car, but my parents have agreed to drive me to work. 10) Question: Why should I hire you? Answer: Because I have a positive attitude and I'll work hard every day. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Top 10 Teen Interview Questions & Answers" Nov 17, 2009, 5 Ways for Students to Make Money FastAre you a middle school, high school, or college student? It's tough to work and go to school... So I've come up with 5 easy ways to make some cash while you're studying! 1. Open a high-yield savings account This is by far the easiest (and laziest) way to make extra money. All you have to do is open a high-yield savings account, put your money in it, and watch your money grow. 2. Get a part-time job Enough of the laziness, most students have lots of free time. Whether you want to admit it or not, there’s no excuse for not getting a part-time job while you’re in school. Get an on-campus job at a computer lab if you want a low-key, low stress job where you’ll get paid to do your homework … I mean, supervise the computer lab. 3. Sell something you don’t need (or don't like!) Textbooks, CDs, DVDs, video games, iPods, and anything else you might find on eBay. Chances are you have at least one thing you don’t need anymore, so sell it on eBay or Craigs List for some extra cash. If you want to avoid the hassle of shipping your items, then sell locally by posting your items on the Facebook Marketplace. 4. Make money online Everyone has probably seen one of those cheesy infomercials about how easy it is to make money online these days. Well, they’re partially true. You can make some extra money online, and it’s pretty easy. However, it’s not going to turn you into a millionaire overnight (or in a week or in a month). If you put enough effort into it though, you could have a nice steady income while you sleep! Here is a small sample of the many opportunities out there: Complete offers at CashCrate. My 18 year old daughter has made over $956 in the past 9 months. Write articles for Associated Content and earn money based on the performance of your articles. Make videos, post them on Revver, and get a cut of the ad revenue.
5. Do freelance work House sitting, pet sitting, tennis lessons, commissioned art works, tutoring, web design, knitting, computer repair, or whatever else you’re good at doing. Do something you enjoy...and get paid! Networking is your best friend when it comes to freelance work. One of your teachers or professors may need someone to house/pet sit while they’re out of town. A friend of a friend may know someone that wants a website. Good luck and have fun making some extra cash! Sonja Permalink -- click for full blog post "5 Ways for Students to Make Money Fast" Nov 15, 2009, Help! I Want to Be a Movie Star!Hiya teens! Do you want to be an actress or singer? Do you ever watch a movie and think to yourself...I can act better than that! And do you want to make a lot of money for college? Then becoming a child model or actor may be the key to your dreams! But how do you break into show biz? Here's 3 Steps to Get Started: (and it doesn't cost more than a few bucks!) 1) Write a short letter about yourself to potential agents. Be sure to tell them what you're interested (acting, modeling, print ads, commercials, etc.) in and any experience you have, if any. Keep it short and sweet - agents are very busy! 2) Include any size recent photo of you alone (no friends!). On the back, include your name, age, hair & eye color and phone number. 3) Mail to Child Acting Agents in your area. If there are none where you live, then agents in New York or Los Angeles will work fine. Good luck...and as the show biz saying goes...Break a Leg! Sonja Nov 15, 2009, Quick Contest For Teens to Win $100 BucksHi Teens! I'll keep this brief... The city of Colfax wants a spiffy, new logo. Are you creative? Can you design logos? Are you up for the challenge? If so, then you could win a quick $100 bucks! Here's how to get started: ~ Send me an email with "Contest" in the subject and I will send you a file of photos from the town of Colfax ~ Submit your new logos (jpg format please) in BLACK AND WHITE ONLY to me (smishek@gmail.com) by Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 ~ Colfax chooses a winner and you get $100 bucks cash before the holidays!
Pretty simple, eh? Get started today and send me your best designs! Happy week-end! Sonja Nov 12, 2009, How to Make Big Bucks In Hollywood - No Experience Required!Have you ever watched American Idol? Or Survivor? Or maybe Dancing With the Stars? Reality TV shows are HUGE money-makers for Hollywood. That's why you see them popping up all over the networks and cable alike. The reason is because they're cheap to produce and extremely popular. This year, the reality show Dancing With the Stars snagged as many as 22.5 million viewers per episode. In comparison, a top-rated sitcom like How I Met Your Mother brings in about 8 million viewers.
How would you like to make a cool $10,000 or more? If you have an idea for a reality show, you can sell it to Hollywood producers - Just for the idea! However, you need more than just a "good idea." Producers want to "see" exactly what the show will look like. And the simplest way to show them is with a video "demo". If you’re interested in creating a video demo to pitch an idea to reality television show producers... Here are some tips to get you started: •Keep the video to no more than five minutes – three minutes would be better. Hollywood producers are incredibly pressed for time, and have no patience. If they can’t “get” what your show would be like in a few minutes, your video goes in the "round" file.
•Always add music to enhance the “feel” of the show. If, for example, the show is about an up and coming female martial artist, you might use high-energy rock music.
•Keep the video fast-paced, with lots of quick cuts between scenes.
•Capture some panic, anguish, excitement… something the execs can sink their teeth into.
•Use someone with a professional broadcasting voice to do a voiceover narration. If that’s not possible, just use captions to make it easy for the viewer to understand what’s going on onscreen.
If you come up with a hot idea for a reality TV show and present it to producers in a professional manner, they will take you seriously – even if they’ve never heard of you before. Or if you're only a teen-ager! And, if they like your idea… you could be on your way to big bucks...thanks to Hollywood!
Good luck and have fun making movies! Sonja Permalink -- click for full blog post "How to Make Big Bucks In Hollywood - No Experience Required!" Nov 12, 2009, 5 Online Jobs for 13 Year OldsHi Teens! It's tough finding jobs for 13 year olds these days. And it's even tougher finding the time to work around home-work, sports, and other activities. So when times are tough - get creative! If you're looking to make a little extra cash - there are a ton of fun, jobs for 13 year olds to make money online. If you have access to the Internet and little ingenuity - you’ll be making money in no time. According to Submitter.org... Here are 5 online jobs for 13 year olds and older to earn money online - even in a down economy: 1) MySpace or Friendster Layouts Do you love MySpace or Friendster? If you are good with HTML/CSS, you can start making some layouts for your friends and charging a dollar or two to customize it to their liking. Making money off of MySpace or Friendster is easy to do, and if you use your talents wisely, you'll have online profits in no time. 2) Finding Cute Graphics Do you know a lot about computer graphics? If so, then you can make serious money just by finding these graphics online. Find 200 that you like, and then offer those graphics (giving credit to the creators/owners of course) on a small website for your friends to use. The way in which they can make money doing this is by adding a couple of ads around the page. These ads will bring in cash every month as long as there’s traffic on a daily basis. Your can even create your own ads, or sell ad space. 3) Writing A Blog Do you want to write and want people to know what you write? Blogs are the craze right now, and there's big bucks to be made. Do you find awesome funny or entertaining videos on YouTube all the time? Then add those videos in your blogs to give it a more spice. Video Blogs = $$$. 4) Pay To Post Site Have you ever heard of Gather.com or MyLot.com? Do you know how to earn money on the web with these two? Both of these two sites will pay their users to chat with cash or with gift cards to very popular stores. These sites are very credible and it’s very easy to join.
5) Writer’s Haven If you really have the creative juices to produce a good write up, articles etc. very Internet marketer needs a very good writer. So, writers are really in demand. There are sites that pay will you for content. Some will even share their revenue with writers.
Happy making money online! Sonja Permalink -- click for full blog post "5 Online Jobs for 13 Year Olds" Nov 9, 2009, Make Money On Ebay With These 5 Items From WalMartHi kids! I'm always on the look-out for easy ways for kids to make money. Here’s a run down of 5 items that I bought in Walmart and successfully sold on Ebay for pretty good money: 1) CD’s Recipe CD’s sell really well on Ebay. Look for them on sale for $1 and sell them on Ebay for $5 dollars a piece +shipping. These sold really fast! 2) Electronics I found a 512K mp3 player manufactured by Creative Labs that normally sells for $99 at the time, however, they were on sale for $29 each. They were sold for $40 each on Ebay! 3) Toys A whole shopping cart full of the toy Beanz were found in Walmart. They were marked down to $1 each but after bargaining with the manager at Walmart, got them at 50 cents a piece! These were a fabulous money maker! 4) Candles and Other Household Items In Walmart’s closeout section, we found some huge three wick candles weighing around 3 or 4 pounds each. They were marked down from $19 each to $1 a piece. These sold for $11 each on Ebay! 5) DVD’s Walmart has a number of DVD’s found in huge DVD bins that made a pretty decent profit on eBay. One example is The Beverly Hillbillies which purchased from Walmart at around $5 and sold on ebay for $12 each. Another example was $5 Jumanji which was resold for $12.50 per copy. These are just 5 items that I bought from Walmart and resold for a profit on Ebay. Sonja Nov 9, 2009, Who Doesn't Want to Be a Millionaire?Hiya Parents and Kids! How would you like your kids to become millionaires some day?
Teach your kids these 7 money steps...and they'll be ahead of 99% of most people to becoming a future millionaire.
1) Set Money Goals Kids learn best with "hands on" training. So decide early what financial skills you'd like to turn over to your child at what age. And then help them to be ready. For example, with our 4 children: Once they start receiving allowance at the age of 5, they're expected to save half, give 10% to charity, and spend the rest as they want. At age 12, I give them a school clothes "allowance", and the responsibility to shop for their own clothes. At 16, they have to pay for a tank of gas a month. By age 18, you might require your teen to pay half of her car insurance.
2) Show Me the Money! I remember as a kid seeing the jam jar on my grandmother's counter labeled rent, food, utilities and more. What a great way to "see" where the money goes! You don’t need to go back to money in jars, but talk to your kids about the family budget - get them involved. That way, when money is short, kids will know why and they can help brainstorm solutions.
3) Please...Avoid Spoiling
Keep your teen’s allowance small enough so that he’s motivated to save for things he wants...get a job...and move OUT some day! Do your kids a favor and help lower their standards now, so they don't turn to credit cards later.
4) Let's Make a Deal Make a deal with your teens to talk with you before applying for a credit card. A recent study by Sallie Mae, the country’s largest student loan provider, reveals that the average college student carries $3,173 in credit-card debt. That’s a 46-percent increase over the past four years. And nearly one-third of students now put their tuition on plastic. 5) Don’t Be the Banker Never give teens advances on their allowances, unless you want to teach them to rely on payday loans and credit cards as adults. 6) Require Regular Investing THE FASTEST way to grow your money while you sleep is through investing. As soon as your teen has earned income with a part-time job, etc. he should open up an Roth IRA.
7) Be a Good Citizen Nothing feels better giving. Teach your kids to be generous millionaires and they'll be truly happy. Happy Teaching! Permalink -- click for full blog post "Who Doesn't Want to Be a Millionaire?" |