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Saving Cents:
Earn extra dough doing
what you know
06:06 PM CDT on
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
By Sherry Williams
11 News
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HOUSTON -- Financial coach and author Loral
Langemeier was in Houston recently promoting her new book, “Put More Cash
in Your Pocket, Turn What You Know into Dough.” The founder of Live Out
Loud, who also has a claim to fame as a contributor to the best-selling book
“The Secret,” said you can earn extra cash by doing things you are
good at without needing start-up money.
“You could do personal
chef, in-home care, scrapbooking, photography, handyman,” said Langemeier.
In her book, Langemeier tells the stories of dozens of people she has
counseled who are now making hundreds, even thousands a month.
She
counseled a woman here in Houston who she said was always driving the
neighborhood children wherever they needed to go. Langemeier told the woman to
turn that into a side business.
“So now, what she has is a
before-and-after care service. She charges anywhere from between $6 to $15. And
if there’s food and homework and tutoring at the end of the day, it could
be as high as $25,” Langemeier said.
Langemeier said the woman
stands to make $150 per day.
Dr. Betsy Gelb, director of the PhD
program in the marketing department of the Bauer College of Business at the
University of Houston ,said Langemeier’s advice can work. But she also
said it’s “a terrible idea” to try to create a customer out of a
friend or neighbor.
To be successful, you have to be willing to tell
people about your business, Langemeier said.
“You have to go out
and promote yourself and anybody can do that,” Langemeier said.
“That’s just talking about you and how fabulous you are.”
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"Loral is the
kind of person who sees what potential lives inside of you and your business
and then leads you to draw that out yourself. I feel very fortunate to count
her as one of my mentors, and absolutely believe that I would not be making the
personal and business progress that I am without her guidance."
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