In this episode of “how I increased my income”, we meet a person who has been working passionately on blogging and web development, his side hustle for the past decade, since he was 16years old. About this series: We all appreciate the importance of a higher income but increasing our income is not easy. It…

A few days, I had asked members of Facebook, Asan Ideas for Wealth, to share real-life stories of how they or someone they knew increased their income by upskilling, self-growth (personal development) or side-hustles. Many of the stories were quite extraordinary. In the first such account, we meet Mrs Rajalakshmi Rangarajan as narrated by her…

In the latest edition of the reader audit, we learned how a reader plans to achieve financial independence, quit his job and move to his native place. Here, he had mentioned, “Since 2016, I’ve been working on a side-hustle, which makes more income than my full-time job. I’ve also joined the “Earn From Skills” training…

Side-hustle seems to be the buzz phrase in the current era. Thanks to the infinite need for money and creative fulfilment. Well, that is right. A side-hustle is not just about income but also about creative satisfaction in addition to the financial rewards. In this article, author and content writer Smriti Tuteja shares some side-hustle…

In this article, I list the lessons I have learnt from following digital marketers. Since many of these lessons are about “how not to do things like them”, no marketer would be mentioned by name. Freefincal readers assume I spend a lot of time reading about investing and personal finance news or related books. The…

This is the final part of the 2-Part series on how to make remote working work for you. Vishal Kataria takes a deep dive into how you can kickstart and sustain a career in remote working — particularly freelancing. Vishal has more than seven years of experience as a remote worker and has taken the trouble…

I recently had an interesting discussion with a 22-year-old. The person who prefers anonymity wanted an opinion on what he should focus on for a side hustle (source of extra income): trading – which he is interested in; has started learning a course or freelancing – he has done a course on digital marketing; is…

The idea of passive income excites many of us. However, very few can get significant passive income. In this article, we discuss the reasons for such failure and present a passive income template that can be used to build a lifelong income. We shall restrict ourselves to building an online passive income. Why many of…

Wanting an extra income or side hustle and wanting to make that online is a popular desire. However, many people make the mistake of assuming that they need to become popular – more followers, more site views, more videos views etc. – in order to make good money. This is a misconception. We discuss why…

My favourite Twitter bio is actors Kevin Hart’s: “My name is Kevin Hart, and I WORK HARD!!! That pretty much sums me up!!! Everybody Wants To Be Famous But Nobody Wants To Do The Work”. You can replace the “be famous” with “make more money”, which would still be true. Another reality is, among the…

I get at least 2-3 emails each day from investors asking me to create a financial plan for them. They have no idea whether I offer such a service or not (I do not); they do not know the fees associated with it but are ready to pay. I laugh when I hear people say,…

Ask a random person, “how YouTubers make money,” and they are likely to say, “from ads”, and by this, they refer to Adsense insertions at the start and middle/bottom of the video. However, Adsense income is only one of many ways in which YouTubers earn money. In fact, with experience, one learns that there are…

Almost everyone dreams of making more money, but almost everyone has the same two problems:  (1) What should I do to make more money? And (2) how do I find the time to do it? By more money, we shall refer to a long-term, scalable combination of active and passive income focusing on automation and…

In recent times, since many of us are working from home, people have turned to freelance to use their extra time and make some additional income. While it may seem easy and glamorous to make money working from home or any remote location, freelancing is not as easy as it appears to be. In this…