Love is in
the air. Spring will soon be sprung. And Valentine’s Day is here once again.
It’s hard not to think about love and romance when it’s all around us this time
of year; and if you have an entrepreneurial spirit like I do, you’re likely
wondering how you can monetize the romance revolution while still working from
home!
Never fear
– we’ve researched the best ways to create income during the Month of Love –
and beyond! Read on to learn more about our top five romance-related ways to
earn money in Q1:
5
Romance-Related Ways To Earn Money From Home
1 – Become
a Wedding Planner
This may
be a bit of a career change – and may require some training – but you can work
as a wedding planner from home! This is especially true if you’re a romantic at
heart and love weddings. Personally, I can’t get enough of a good wedding, and
always, always cry at them.
Starting a
wedding planning business is similar to starting any business – i.e., you need
to start with a good website. Come up with your business name, file the
necessary articles of incorporation in your state, and register your website
with a domain like Squarespace.com, which has beautiful, easy-to-use templates.
Once you
create your website and have all your t’s crossed and i’s dotted, you can start
advertising on social media. Commit to a social media advertising and marketing
goal weekly and monthly.
Also, ask
around – are your friends or family members getting married? If you’ve never
planned a wedding before, offer to do so at a steeply discounted rate, just to
get your feet wet and start getting some reviews on popular platforms like
Yelp! and Google. Word of mouth truly works!
Lastly,
start reaching out to people on LinkedIn (and make sure that your LinkedIn
profile is up-to-date!). Ask other wedding planners how they got started in the
business. Reach out to florists, event spaces, event planners – even DJ’s! Ask
them to recommend your services and direct them to your website.
All of
this, of course, can be done from home on your own (and, well, the bride’s and
groom’s) time. If it seems like a lot of work, keep in mind that you can make
around $2k per month
part-time!
2 – Write
Romance Novels
Yes, you
can absolutely write romance novels for a living! Writers come in all different
stripes, and romance writing is a specific niche that many people can fall
into. If you think about novels like 50 Shades of Grey, and the
fact that the writer of those novels started out writing them as fanfiction
for Twilight, hopefully you can see that romance novel writing can
be easily accessible for many writers.
Real
Ways to Earn interviewed
romance writer Yuwanda Black a while back (read the interview here) and dove into some
details on her experience as a romance writer, what she earned, and in general,
how to be successful if you’re going to commit to the craft. Now, Black makes
between $5k and $10k per month as a romance author and has
additional income from other clients. The romance and erotica industry rakes in
about $1.44 billion in
profit, so it’s a flush industry to be in!
Again, if
you’re like me, you’re probably sitting here thinking, “Well, I am/can be a
freelance writer with a bunch of clients, but who has the time to write a book?”
Black
states that she writes romance novellas, which are “works of
narrative prose; longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel,”
according to Wikipedia. You can expect a novella to fall between 15,000 and
40,000 words, or approximately 30 to 80 pages, single-spaced. If you’re a
writer, that’s not too shabby – and great practice for when you do write
The Great American Novel – or, at least, The Great American Romance Novella!
You can
check out Yuwanda's popular e-course on earning income by
self-publishing romance novels here.
3 – Work
as a Matchmaker for Tawkify
Are
you the go-to person in your friend group to set folks up on
first – or even blind – dates? Then you might just be the perfect person to
work as a matchmaker for matching service Tawiky!
Why are we
mentioning Tawkify? Because we’ve already reviewed Tawkify.
On
average, working for Tawkify means you’ll likely make between $10-$12 per hour,
which is likely not a sustainable rate, and you’ll need supplemental income
(keep reading for more on that!).
Matchmakers
earn, on average, about $100 per date, but if you spend an average of 8 hours
matching folks, then the hourly rate is likely to be lower, so keep that in
mind when considering this role.
4 – Get
Paid to Write Romantic Greeting Card Copy
Ever tried
your hand at writing greeting card copy? What about romantic greeting
card copy? It’s a fun process! In my experience, you have to submit several
pieces of copy for consideration by the greeting card company and if they like
your writing, you may see it pop up soon in a Hallmark store!
We've
written a lot more about getting paid to write greeting cards if
you're interested in learning more about it. Some accepted submissions can pay
upwards of $100. Not bad!
5 – Get
Paid to Write Dating Profiles
Feel like
you could write a really good dating profile, even if you’re happily coupled
up? Me too!
Now, you
can get paid to do it via companies like e-Cyrano (this one has little info
available other than one bad review, although it's been promoted on some
popular media platforms like The New York Times and CNN), and VIDA Select. Fees vary
between these two sites, and you will have to interview the dating pool, so
bear that in mind.
We will
have a post coming soon with a breakdown of some more sites that pay you to
write dating profiles.
So that
wraps up our post! I hope you've found some interesting ideas for “romantic”
ways to earn money at home or online
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