6 Endgame Strategies: Is Work from Home Your Endgame Strategy?

Update: So the movie killed it in the box office and beat the Box Office Debut record with $357,115,007. Making it profitable its very first weekend with a budget of $356 million. That alone is movie history, not to mention the global debut of over $1.2 Billion. Needless to say, records have been decimated. Source.

In celebration of movie making history, our featured word of this post is endgame.

Endgame…

I personally love the movies and it’s been a blast being on the journey with some of my favorite superheroes.

In this post I’ll be blasting the word endgame all over the place, while also trying to give helpful information about work from home opportunities (since I’m currently a full-time work from home and loving it [it was my endgame strategy,] I’ll try to help you get there or at least make a decent side hustle from home to start you off.)

HERE’S THE GAME: As you go through this post count the number of times I use the word “endgame” and post your answer in the comments below. After the “dust” settles I’ll announce the winners of the “endgame” in the comment section or directly to this post for the world to see! If people like this I’ll try to come up with more game posts like this. “We’re in the endgame now…”

Blogging is currently my favorite work from home endgame strategy. And if you like the idea of passive income as a part of your endgame strategy then you’ll love it too. If you want to skip this post and go straight to my FAST TRACK for becoming a blogger you can see my post: How to Become a Blogger in 2019 right now.

There are MANY ways to make a living online right now. I would say the endgame isn’t to make money online any one way but to make money online through various sources.

Real work from home jobs:

Here’s a list of work from home opportunities:

1. Freelance work
2. Blogging
3. Online Surveys
4. Do an Endgame Remote Job Search
5. Teaching Online
6. Diversify Your Endgame Strategy

1. Freelance Work From Home

The past 2-3 years I’ve been working as a freelance writer. It has had its ups and downs. But it is no longer my endgame strategy. Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Work when I want (mostly)
• Get paid WELL for my hourly rate ($125 an hour or more)
• Work for who I want (mostly)
• Freedom to travel (my favorite)
• Life skill I can take anywhere
• Great side hustle income

Cons:

• Deadlines with Clients
• Rude Clients (it happens more than you would guess)
• Trading my time for money
• Not passive or automatic
• If quit working, you aren’t getting paid
• Performance-based work
• Lots of self-marketing
• Sometimes work finds you, but a normal routine involves applying for jobs

Overall I would say that I have loved working as a freelancer even though it’s no longer my endgame and there is LOTS of opportunity for anyone who wants to leave their full time job and be a full time freelancer.

And there is no one mold fits all scenario. You will hear people complaining in various places about how all the “good” work has dried up because of cheaper workers from countries outside of the U.S. but in my first-hand experience, this is completely untrue. This month I wrote emails for a client for over $100 dollars an hour (this is an estimate because it was a flat fee job)

I charge a high rate because my services are valuable and I personally want to “buy” back my time so to speak.

I want to work to live not the other way around.

But that’s just me.

You could easily start a freelancing career today and charge $30-$80 an hour and take a BIG chunk of the freelance pie or make enough to pay the bills and save. I would recommend always trying to increase your rate, but again that’s just me.

Not everyone’s experience is the same. I left my full time job making $12.61 an hour (my boss told me I’d be making $12.75 over the phone and then when my paychecks started coming it said $12.61, SMH. Really? No notice and just cheap your employee out on .14 an hour?!) Needless to say I learned quickly through various jobs how much “the company” cared about its employees.

I started freelancing and quickly landed a job for $20 an hour (quite the raise from $12, with no specialized degree or formal training. Completely self taught), so it was a no brainer for me to leave regular employment behind for the moment.

I’m grateful for the experiences I have been through and what I have learned, but I just realized early that I didn’t want to be there if I didn’t have to. My new Endgame became work from home and be my own boss and honestly its been amazing and hard, as all worthwhile things are 🙂

So I’m grateful for the time I’ve spent as a freelancer and I recommend it to anyone. It’ll continue to be a side hustle in my endgame strategy for the foreseeable future!

2. Blogging Endgame

Since taking the the work from home leap, I have grown in my over all endgame plan and blogging is now my most recommended source of work from home income.

Blogging From Home Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Work when you want. Period.
• Set up automated systems and make money while you sleep or watch Netflix
• Be your own boss
• Freedom to travel
• Make your own schedule
• Write what you want or post and design what you want
• Help people with your passions and skills
• Prioritize what is important to you in life
• Get to tell people you’re a blogger. Endgame 😉

Cons

• A LOT of work up front
• No guaranteed pay for the time and work you put in
• Lots of rules to follow
• The strategies you put in place to make money might not work
• Lots of competition
• SEO and online marketing is ever changing

The list are almost equal in the amount of endgame pros and cons, but for me the pros Highly outweigh the cons. Maybe because I already started from nothing with freelancing and worked my way into a career starting with very little knowledge and starting from the bottom and working my way up.

The ability to build something set it in place and go to bed and wake up and check it and see that it’s making resources for your life is an endgame changer!

Say you have a kids baseball game to go to, are you getting paid while watching that game?

Your buddies want to go out for drinks. Are they getting paid while you’re all sitting there.

When your friends clock out for work on Friday and enjoy their weekend with you, are they making money over the weekend?

Most people are not. Nothing wrong with that, just some people have different endgames then others.

If you decide you want to know more about becoming a paid blogger, you can see my VERY detailed post here: How to Become a Blogger in 2019.

3. Online Surveys

Surveys, surveys…surveys.

Surveys are more of a side hustle work from home endgame.

I would never recommend online surveys as your main source of income but if online surveys are done well it can mean hundreds of extra dollars (and stuff) in your pocket each year or more depending on how much time you put into it.

And surveys can be fairly passive forms of income, almost like cash back for buying stuff.

It takes a minute to sign up and go to the site, but you can easily watch Hulu and earn money taking surveys while you do that.

I know people that are religious about it and earn A LOT of extra cash for extra movie nights and dates and some people even earn points for flying and travel.

Whereas others just do 2-3 surveys a week while watching TV and have an extra couple hundred dollars a year added to their endgame bank account.

What cool about surveys is it can be as little or as much as you want it to be and it’s completely up to you. It’s just extra income that is easy for you to take advantage of if you aren’t already.

Online Survey Options for you:

1. SwagBucks

SwagBucks is easy to use and extremely trusted. This can be an easy making money while watching TV side thing. You will make most of your money with them through referrals.

You can sign up here: Sign up for SwagBucks.

2. American Consumer Opinion

If you are an American Consumer, you win!

This survey company is looking for Americans and will pay you for your opinions and surveys.

Taking a walk? Put on some music, take some surveys and make cash. Easy as that.

You can sign up here: Sign up for American Consumer Opinion.

As I find other great, reliable online survey options I’ll make sure to update this list, so check back for more on that.

4. Do a Remote Job Search

There are a surprising amount of work from home jobs that are popping up all over the internet every day.

I remember when it was almost not an option, but now many companies are making the mobile, across the globe office, a part of their endgame strategy, which means you can make it a part of your engame strategy.

I remember when a buddy of mine got a job working remotely full-time for Buffer. I thought it was the coolest thing. I right away started applying for Buffer jobs thinking “We’re in the Endgame now…” WRONG. I got rejected, I think a couple of times, so I gave up. I’m glad I did, or I probably never would have become a copywriter or blogger 🙂

You never know where the journey will lead!

Anyway, I took the liberty of doing a remote jobs google search for you.

Make sure they are legit. But for the most part, I think you’ll be shocked at the possibilities at your fingertips.

Google Endgame work from home job search

Follow the link above or do your own google searching around.

Like I said some are advertisements for who knows what, but there are a growing number of companies looking for work from home employees and even freelancers.

Terms to search:

work from home indeed

Online jobs indeed

remote work indeed

And you can also add in a specialty: work from home “specialty” indeed. Example: “work from home virtual assistant indeed.”

Hope you find your endgame.

5. Teaching Online Endgame

My wife actually does this right now. And I’ll share with you the exact company she uses to make an extra $1000+ a month currently part-time working from home. She spends less than 20 hours a week working with them.

She teaches 1-4 Chinese students English on her laptop just about every morning.

She loves this and it works great for us because now we are both able to make an income from home. Part of the dream is to be stay at home parents and be able to very involved in our kids lives.

I’ve said it many times and I’ll say it again. When you can work from anywhere on your own schedule you can really prioritize what is important to you personally.

Again, this isn’t for everyone. I know plenty of people that would hate the lifestyle we live, but for us right now, its great.

Teaching online, especially English is a RAPIDLY growing niche.

If you are already a teacher that wants a good side income this is for you.

If you want to work from home and think this could be your speed this is a great way to do it.

You do have to have reliable internet, and different companies have different requirements like education and training etc.

My wife was rejected by several companies before one signed a contract with her. She never gave up though. So don’t worry if you get rejected at first, just keep trying. My wife doesn’t have a bachelors, so don’t think that excludes you.

My wife works with SayABC. She loves it. She makes her own schedule depending on class availability. She gets to choose when she wants to take time off, when we travel, and what events she can say yes or no to without being hindered by this work from home income.

Check out SayABC here: Check out SayABC right now

Teach Children English Work From Home Endgame?

6. Diversify Your Endgame Strategy

If there is ONE MAJOR ENDGAME RULE I’ve learned working from home, it is to diversify where your income comes from.

You don’t always have a guaranteed paycheck coming in next week and it’s easier to make more if you do several things or jobs in order to make things work.

So my recommendation is, don’t quit your day job right away.

If you are able and can throw your full attention into working from home than by all means do what you do.

But for most people, they will have to start their work from home thing on the side and grow it to a place where they can quit or not quit their day jobs if they like.

In my opinion, you will want to do several things to pay the bills and figure out what works best for your unique situation.

Try some freelance work, try some different specialties and work your way into specializing in one that you can charge more for being an expert in.

Do some online surveys while your relaxing to earn some extra cash.

• Sign up for SwagBucks right now and start saving
• Sign up for American Consumer Opinion

Start a Blog about your side hustle or work from home journey, or something else your passionate about and want to write or create content for.

Blogs aren’t just about writing, they are also about creating videos and art and cooking and pictures and anything you can think of really. Do a quick google search about your passion and see what you can do to join the blogging community.

If you’re considering starting a Blog I recommending hosting through Bluehost. You can see more details about starting a blog of your own here: Don’t wait, it’s time to start your passion project.

Even if you never decide to monetize it, you’ll own it and it will be meaningful time spent doing something you love and are interested in 🙂

Don’t forget to post your Endgame count below.

Have you started to work from home part time or full time?

Do you have questions about working from home?

What would you do if you could work from home?