How to earn more

[officepa]

You advice would be very welcome.  I am a PA currently in full time employment but due to financial commitments need to earn more.  Impossible in current role and do not want to move jobs.  Has anyone ideas of how I can earn extra doing what I am good at - PA and all that goes with it - during time I am not at work?  Virtual PA has come to mind but assume that employers would want someone available during the day and I am not.
Thank you in advance.

[gee4]

When I worked in a teacher training college some years ago, I used to type dissertations for the students.  Some I knew got to know seeing them every day, whilst some I knew through other connections.  If you have access to a pc or laptop at home and don't mind doing this in your space time, you could have some business cards printed and display them in your local library or supermarket - word of mouth is usually also a good way of getting business.

[gee4]

I also meant to say...if your local education colleges or universities don't mind displaying your services, you will always find students who require work to be typed such as this.  Even though they may have access to computers or laptops, they usually find paying a trained typist to do the work is a load off their mind.

[msmarieh]

I do computer tutoring evenings and weekends. I just run a little 3 line classified ad in our local paper ($21 a month, so even one call a month more than pays for it). I actually run it completely legitimately as a side business (report it on my income taxes, etc.), however I know plenty of people that would do that sort of thing as cash under the table.  

You could do local typing (one idea is afterhours typing for business professionals traveling to local hotels, if you worked out a referral service for the hotel). The term papers mentioned above would be another option.

I would also look at home office professional organizing, where you meet with people in their home offices, help them get caught up on filing, better organized, etc.

Virtual assistants are not always daytime based, especially if you take clients that are outside your geographic area (i.e. the US being 6-8 hours behind the UK).

Writing might be an additional option. There are websites out there that pay for reviews, editorial content, etc. Some of them are quite low. Others give you pay for page views, which if you build up a loyal following can add up.

Marie