By Heather B. of NoPasaNada

When I graduated from college my mother presented me not with a hefty envelope filled with cash or the keys to a brand new CR-V and definitely not Happy Graduation Jewelry. Instead she presented me with Suze Orman’s The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous and Broke. I had just returned - literally 36 hours prior - from a six month trip abroad where I spent every single cent to my name plus God knows how much provided by both of my parents up until the last night I was there when I was begging for more euros so I could end my trip in style: table service at a club in Madrid. So I was feeling less than fabulous, really freaking broke but less than young since I was being allowed to enter the real world without any sort of adult supervision. The only guidance provided was Suze Orman’s book and a threat to pull every single hair out of my head if I didn’t get a job.
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By Brandon Rogers

My professional background concerns the whys and wherefores of sending your babies to college, which, let’s be honest, makes for pretty dull barstool conversation, and well, as an INSIDER, I’m not really supposed to share the REAL loopholes because how embarrassing would it be to get a beat down at the hands of some vengeful financial aid advisors ‘cause I let loose their trade secrets? It’s not like they lift weights.

Still, were I to travel back in time with no knowledge of lottery numbers or professional sporting outcomes, I might consider:

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By Catherine from Her Bad Mother, MamaPop, Famecrawler and BlogHer.

So, you’re a blogger. Maybe you’ve been blogging for a long time, maybe you just started, but either way, if you’re blogging, it has probably occurred to you at some point that this whole putting-words-down-online thing is a pretty fun gig. What if you could actually get paid for it? Wouldn’t that be awesome?

It is pretty awesome to work as an online freelance writer - or freelance blogger, or professional blogger, or whatever you want to call it. You get all the fun of blogging with the added bonus of a little spare cash. Note, however, that when I say ‘a little spare cash,’ that’s exactly what I mean: a little. Very little. Like, money for gum. You aren’t going to get rich as a freelance blogger. So, if you want to pursue any sort of career as an online writer, you need to love writing more than you love money, for a start.

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