Episode•March 10, 2022•20 min

Making Money From Home with Whitney Bonds | Ep. 92

Whitney Bonds joins Tiffany in this episode to share flexible side hustle ideas that can help you start making money from home. About Our Guest Whitney Bonds was a working mom desperate to find a way to make money from home so she could stay home and raise her children. She found a void in the market for this very thing and created a website to help her and other moms find legitimate ways to make money from home. The jobs Whitney recommends works for everyone, not just moms and can earn you as little as $1,000 a month to having $10,000 months. Everything has been tried by a mom so you can rest assured it works. Connect with Whitney Bonds Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/triedandtruemomjobs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whitney_ttmj/ Website: http://triedandtruemomjobs.com Connect with Tiffany on Social Media Facebook: Money Talk With Tiff Twitter: @moneytalkwitht Instagram: @moneytalkwitht LinkedIn: Tiffany Grant This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

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Key Takeaways

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Property preservation contracting can generate six-figure income with minimal personal labor
Danielle Pierce earns $400k/year outsourcing 100% of the work to contractors
Banks pay contractors to maintain foreclosed properties until sale
One reader went from the course to $6k/month and is heading to $10k/month
Within 18 months, new contractors can reach $100k following the system
2
Bookkeeping offers high hourly value with flexible scheduling
Average rate is $300/month per client for 30min-4hrs of work
Mom with nine kids earns over $2,000/month as a bookkeeper
Business owners outsource because they lack time/energy for the task
Work can be completed on your own schedule within the month
3
Virtual assistant roles provide accessible entry to online income
Whitney landed her first VA job on Upwork at $25/hr for 5-10 hours/week
Offered one week of free work to build trust and get first review
Generated $1,000/month extra income while keeping full-time job
Tasks include social media, admin, email, writing, and posting
4
SEO-driven content sites can create passive income streams
Whitney learned SEO via $75 coaching and now gets constant Google traffic
Ad impressions generate revenue while she records podcasts
One interviewee earns $30k/month from YouTube ads alone
Whitney currently earns ~$5k/month from her YouTube channel
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Intrinsic motivation plus market need drives successful side hustles
Whitney's drive to be present for her children's milestones fueled persistence
She identified a gap: legitimate work-from-home opportunities for moms
External motivator: bloggers earning $100k/month showed monetization potential
Courses are tax-deductible education expenses when starting a business

Intro

Whitney Bonds shares flexible, legitimate side hustle ideas that allow parents to earn from home while raising children, ranging from $1k to $10k monthly.
Former working mom who created TriedAndTrueMomJobs.com after struggling to find real work-from-home opportunities; now helps others find flexible income streams that anyone can pursue.

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– Property Preservation Contracting

Whitney introduces property preservation as an overlooked opportunity. Contractors maintain bank-owned foreclosed homes by handling landscaping and basic upkeep until the property sells.

She makes four hundred thousand dollars a year doing this.
– Whitney Bonds

Danielle outsources 100% of the labor, paying workers from the bank payments and keeping the profit margin. One of Whitney's readers now earns $6,000/month after taking Danielle's course.

– Bookkeeping as Flexible Income

Bookkeepers typically charge $300/month per client for 30 minutes to 4 hours of work. A mom with nine kids earns over $2,000/month doing this from home.

Business owners don't care when you do it, as long as it's done within the month.
– Whitney Bonds

Tiffany confirms this is a high-value outsourced service because business owners lack bandwidth for the task but need accurate books for taxes.

– Virtual Assistant Opportunities

Whitney's first online job was as a VA on Upwork. She offered one week of free work to prove herself and landed $25/hr for 5-10 hours weekly, generating $1,000/month extra.

VA tasks include social media management, email handling, administrative duties, writing, and posting. One mom turned this into a six-figure business and now offers training that leads to direct job offers from companies seeking her graduates.

– Whitney's Origin Story & SEO Strategy

While pregnant with her second child, Whitney couldn't find legitimate work-from-home options. She decided to interview actual work-from-home moms about what they do and how much they earn.

I had to pay $75... I implemented her strategies. And that's how I started getting traffic to my website.
– Whitney Bonds

After a year of applying SEO tactics, her site exploded with Google traffic. Ad impressions now generate passive income 24/7, even while recording podcasts.

– Motivation & Mindset

Tiffany highlights that Whitney had both intrinsic motivation (wanting to witness her children's milestones) and extrinsic motivation (seeing bloggers earn $100k/month).